Poitras op-ed about Assange sending cease-and-desist letters regarding "Risk"
http://www.newsweek.com/wikileaks-documentary-makers-accuse-assange-censorsh... ... snippet from op-ed ..... We were disturbed, however, to learn that Julian Assange and WikiLeaks sent cease and desist letters to our distributors demanding they stop the release of Risk: "We therefore demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all images of the Named Participants and that you desist from this or any other infringement of the rights of the Named Participants in the future." RELATED: Wikileaks Attorneys Blast Citizenfour Maker Poitras In WikiLeaks efforts to prevent the distribution of Risk , they are using the very tactics often used against them - legal threats, false security claims, underhanded personal attacks, misdirection - and with the same intentions: to suppress information and silence speech. ..... There is more in the full piece.
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John Newman