… we all know incomplete comprehension leads to error, (ask anyone bright enough to operate a bandsaw but not quite savvy about finger placement) – the cases in which simply knowing something draws a death sentence are far more interesting. The CIA claimed that on his last night in Manhattan, Olson purposely threw himself out [...]

… and why that’s a good thing for WikiLeaks but, ultimately, a bad thing for secretive organizations. British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Tuesday on a European warrant issued by Sweden, London’s Metropolitan Police said. Swedish prosecutors issued the arrest order for the 39-year-old Australian who is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of committing [...]

Secrecy is the greatest threat to freedom throughout the world, by far the greatest threat to democracy and freedom, and has been in history and will continue to be. Without secrecy none of the private and governmental means to control and exploit the uninformed populace would work. – Abuse of Secrecy correspondence at Cryptome.org What [...]