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Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War, and American Diplomacy Paperback – Bargain Price, March 22, 2011

by New York Times Staff (Author), Alexander Star (Editor), Bill Keller (Introduction)
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  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Grove Press (April 12, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802145760
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3.0 out of 5 starsVery Little That You Can't Get for Free, but a Handy Compilation of NYT Coverage.
By mirasreviews HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on February 13, 2011
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The title of "Open Secrets: Wikileaks, War and American Diplomacy" doesn't do much to explain what the book is about -or isn't about, so I'll start there. This is a collection of 93 articles about the contents and reaction to the Afghan and Iraq War logs, the cache of US State Department cables that Wikileaks has made public, and reaction to Wikileaks itself. All but a handful of the articles have appeared previously in The New York Times. Articles are organized into 6 sections with 5 appendices. The appendices contain diplomatic cables and war logs referenced in the articles, additional images, notes on contributors, and acknowledgements.

If you're looking for new insight into Wikileaks or its collaboration with The New York Times, you won't find it here. Bill Keller's introductory article "The Boy Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" (26 January 2011), which caused so much ire when it was published in the paper, appears in slightly longer form here, with no new information. It is well-written but sprinkled with personal attacks on Julian Assange that do more to embarrass Keller. Most of the article is spent reassuring readers of The Times' independence from the other news organizations involved and from the government, its sensitivity to potential harm and national security concerns, and defending its decision to use Wikileaks' material. Keller says exactly what one would expect of an editor caught in a political firestorm. There is nothing sinister about that -but nothing interesting either.

To give the reader some background on the sources of the material, the now-infamous Burns article on Assange (23 October 2010) and somewhat less notorious profile of Bradley Manning by Ginger Thompson (8 August 2010) are included.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic read on a modern tale of intrigue
By Coffeecat on February 6, 2011
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I was reading the New York Times online when I saw the headline "Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled." It was a long article, but I was captivated by the story - it was something straight out of a Stieg Larsson novel.

Then I found out that the article was only the first chapter of the NYT's new ebook. "Open Secrets" is a great read, and really gives an insight into how newspapers interact with shadowy sources like Julian Assange. As a journalism major in college, I was fascinated to read what the editors and reporters at the NYTimes thought when they were landed with the opportunity to print U.S. government secrets, what they did, and how they proceeded, given the extraordinary circumstances: two wars, an unstable (possibly unhinged) source, and the inflammatory nature of the documents themselves.

In addition, the appendix includes an astonishing wealth of information: there are hundreds of diplomatic cables, and also (at least) 2 leaked videos (one of a U.S. helicopter firing on a crowd and one of a helicopter firing on a building). I mostly read this ebook on my Nook, but it's worth watching the videos on your computer.

Engrossing commentary + a wealth of reference material = a winner.

Highly recommended to anyone who is interested in how transparency works in this day and age.
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3.0 out of 5 starsWill be more useful in a few years, an archive of all things wikileaks in November-December 2010
By notjbg on April 25, 2011
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this is a great compilation of articles published by the times about Wikileaks including a full profile on Julian Assange. I see this book being more useful later on in a few years when it'll be harder to remember all this
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