Norwegian newspaper claims to have access to full trove of WikiLeaks cables

[Joanne98]

An Oslo-based newspaper has reportedly gained full access to WikiLeaks’ trove of more than 250,000 secret US embassy cables.

An article published today on Views and News from Norway (VNN), “WikiLeaks experiences leak itself”, claims that Aftenposten has possession of all the documents, despite WikiLeaks’ strategy of drip-feeding them on its own website and through select media partners.

WikiLeaks has only published 1,862 cables so far out of 251,287, according to its dedicated embassy cables site but according to VNN, Aftenposten news editor Ole Erik Almlid told Norway’s main business newspaper Dagens Næringsliv: “We’re free to do what we want with these documents…We’re free to publish the documents or not publish the documents, we can publish on the internet or on paper. We are handling these documents just like all other journalistic material to which we have gained access.”

Full story at this link…

http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2010/12/22/norwegian-newspaper-claims-to-have-access-to-full-trove-of-wikileaks-cables/

[stray cat]

1. Including names and social security numbers

[Bluenorthwest]

3. The article says no such thing. Upon what basis do you

question the journalistic standards of this Oslo paper? Is it because they are Norwegian that you think they are not able to filter the information?
You know, journalists have for all time known information such as names, addresses, places of business, that they have kept private, as they do not have to do with the story.
I defy you to find and cite so much as one example of this Oslo paper publishing private id numbers. Of any kind.
Posting a one line falsehood is not really discussion.

[Diclotican]

2. Joanne98

Joanne98

Nice if it so... I have just renewed my subscription to Aftenposten, så I guess I have to read it now;)...

I guess, a lot of dynamites is in this cables from the US ambassady... The ones we know about here in Norway is damaging enough, as it shows a lot of what US are thinking, or at least did about our government, and other things

Diclotican