Re: <nettime> FW: [IP] WikiLeaks sold classified intel, claims website's co-founder

[idea <idea {AT} mcr1.poptel.org.uk>]

Don't know about you John but I can see a huge difference between 
recovering costs and selling, even though the financial transaction
is essentially the same.


On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:37:38 -0500, John Young <jya {AT} pipeline.com> wrote:
> This should not be news to those who have followed the world of
> hackers -- religion and NGOs. They have been selling restricted 
> information from the beginning of their enterprises. Some do it 
> as employees and off-the-books agents of governments and 
> business and individuals, some do it as rogue entrepreneurs
> like Wikileaks, or more commonly, investigative reporters, 
> private eyes and holy workers -- and, ahem, high-minded 
> scholars.





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