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Australian Financial Review reports:
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks offered a [US$100,000] bounty for copies of a Pacific trade pact that is a central plank of President Barack Obama's diplomatic pivot to Asia on Tuesday.
WikiLeaks, which has published leaked chapters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating text before, started a drive to crowdsource money for the reward, just as U.S. unions launched a new push to make the text public.
"The transparency clock has run out on the TPP. No more secrecy. No more excuses. Let's open the TPP once and for all," WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in a statement.
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WikiLeaks Offers $100,000 Bounty for Copy of TPP Trade Document
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(Score: 2) by looorg on Thursday June 04 2015, @12:57AM
The thing is if you got access to that document then a $100k probably isn't all that much money. At least not enough for it to be worth it. You have a nice job that pays fairly well, or great. You probably have fantastic job-security, no risk of getting fired unless you really fuck up. Risking it all to give Wikileaks and Assange a secret document just won't be worth it or be that great of an idea.
I guess they could hope that there is currently someone in the army of lower level people with access that is really disgruntled, some secretary, assistant or someone that is charge of the copy-machines that can deliver a copy for them. They might not have the skills tho and are likely to fuck it up and get caught and then they won't get their 100k -- or well won't get to enjoy it anyway. Plus if you have a low pay job and get 100k you can't really start spending it like there is no tomorrow either.
Their best bet might be shitty it-security and that someone finds it on one of their little hacking endeavors.
I wonder what will happen to the people that supported this, I assume the wikileaks data is "secure" so it won't show up somewhere. It seems like this would be a great way to wind up on some watchlist or get a visit at your door for a chat.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:47AM
Snowden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Insightful) by looorg on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:55AM
You probably have fantastic job-security, no risk of getting fired unless you really fuck up. Risking it all to give Wikileaks and Assange a secret document just won't be worth it or be that great of an idea.
Snowden
Yeah. He really traded up didn't he. Total job security and a life in a tropical paradise traded away for a small flat in Moscow and an uncertain future on the run as a fugitive from justice. But at least he got his army of adoring online fans.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:00AM
If anyone does it they better get Assange to show them that money up front first because he'll fuck them over like he did Bradley Manning. He doesn't give a rat's ass about anyone but his ego.
Although, if you want to make an easy buck, just write yourself up a fake trade agreement. If you make the US look bad enough in it, Assange will eat that shit up and buy it hook, line, and sinker.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anal Pumpernickel on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:22AM
Total job security and a life in a tropical paradise traded away for a small flat in Moscow and an uncertain future on the run as a fugitive from justice.
You probably didn't intend it this way, but he's running away from unethical thugs, not justice. Our legal system doesn't deal in justice by any means.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by arslan on Thursday June 04 2015, @02:45AM
You're missing the other point. Just by having this "reward" campaign, the publicity it generates is already potentially worth it to wikileaks.
Also, like buying the lotto, the probability might be very small, but if you don't buy the chances are nil. For all we know, the extra publicity and awareness of this could set in motion a series of events that lead to another Snowden scenario much later on.
When you're fighting from the underdog position, you take every single opportunity. I like their attitude.