WikiLeaks Cable Dump and the Function of Secrecy

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WikiLeaks Cable Dump and the Function of Secrecy
Frontline Club - The Frontline Club
Following the release this weekend of 251,287 confidential United States embassy cables, this First Wednesday debate focuses on the revelations of the latest leak from whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.Joining the discussion are:WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson; Professor Colleen Graffy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, US State Department and law professor, Pepperdine University; James Ball a data journalist who has been working with WikiLeaks; Sir Richard Dalton, associate fellow of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House.The discussion will be chaired by author and broadcaster Tom Fenton.