Saturday, May 22, 2010
The taxidriver eXpose THE REAL BASTARD US OBAMA'S Barbaric Rituals an alternative moral universe VS THE ASSHOLE MUSA HASSAN THE UMNO BUTCHER
When Sweden-based web site WikiLeaks released long-sought video of a 2007 Baghdad incident that ended in the deaths of several Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists, it provoked a firestorm of coverage. But beyond the coverage of the U.S. military's controversial actions and cover-up, much attention has fallen on the group that started this in the first place. What is WikiLeaks, exactly? How did they get this video, what did they hope to accomplish, and what role are they playing in the global conversation into which they've just injected themselves?
- How WikiLeaks Publishes The BBC reports, "Anyone can submit to WikiLeaks anonymously, but a team of reviewers - volunteers from the mainstream press, journalists and WikiLeaks staff - decides what is published." It claims to host over a million documents. WikiLeaks Director Julian Assange tells them, "We use advanced cryptographic techniques and legal techniques to protect sources." BBC reports that WikiLeaks relies on permissive web hosting laws in Sweden and Iceland to function.
- Leaks Repository, Independent Journalism, or Open-Source Spies? The New York Times' Noam Cohen and Brian Stelter evaluate, "With the Iraq attack video, the clearinghouse for sensitive documents is edging closer toward a form of investigative journalism and to advocacy." However, WikiLeaks' Assange tells them, "That’s arguably what spy agencies do — high-tech investigative journalism. ... It’s time that the media upgraded its capabilities along those lines." As for the group's size, "Today there is a core group of five full-time volunteers, according to Daniel Schmitt, a site spokesman, and there are 800 to 1,000 people whom the group can call on for expertise in areas like encryption, programming and writing news releases."
- WikiLeaks' Potent Combination Wired's Nathan Hodge sees that the "website dedicated to anonymous leaks has become a venue for a more traditional model of investigative reporting. 'In terms of journalism efficiency, I think we discovered a lot with a small amount of resources,' Assange said. Combining leaked material and sending reporters into the field, he added, was a 'powerful combination.'"
- The Future of Journalism Foreign Policy's Jonathan Stray explains why. "No traditional journalism organization was able to bring it to the public, as these tapes are normally classified; Reuters filed an FOIA request but never received a response." But WikiLeaks is not just a "passive" repository for leaks. "They cultivate and protect anonymous sources, verify submitted materials, add context, and promote important leaks. ... It prints no paper, but instead stores its articles online in Sweden, where journalists are required by law not to reveal sources. ... Wikileaks, however, makes no bones about its desire to advance a political message, promising sources that their material will be used for 'maximal political impact.'"
- Can Challenge Governments That Reporters Can't TechPresident's Nancy Scola notes, "Wikileaks reach, amorphousness, and willingness to protect its sources come what may has raised the ire of some governments; it was recently revealed -- on Wikileaks, naturally -- that the government of Australia had included the clearinghouse on a blacklist of websites that it was considering banning in the country."
- Proves Newspapers Are Irrelevant TechDirt's Mike Masnick scoffs, "there's no doubt that the release of the video is a journalistic scoop. And yet, we keep being told that if newspapers fail, no one will be left to do investigative journalism? So what were the traditional journalists doing to get this story?"
The Debate
- WikiLeaks' Identity , The New York Times
- So Much for Newspapers , TechDirt
- Future of Journalism , Foreign Policy
- How Wikileaks Operates , BBC
- Blacklisted , TechPresident
Steadyyaku47 thanks GOD for IGP’s numbered days, but chances for a better replacement are at best, bleak. Safer to bet for the worse, base on recent happenings in the government or UMNO related organisations e.g. Judiciary, PDRM, MCCA, Sime Derby and etc. “Only scum rises to the top, the scummier it is the higher it rise
Police have forwarded the findings of their preliminary investigations into the shooting of a 17-year-old youth by a policeman here on May 8 to Bukit Aman.
OCPD Asst Comm Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said they were also now in the final stage of completing the probe before the investigation papers were submitted to the deputy public prosecutor’s office for further action.
“We have submitted our initial findings to Bukit Aman according to procedure. We are now in the final stage of our probe and expect to complete this soon,” he said when contacted.
Mohd Azizi Aziz was shot in the abdomen when he did not stop his motorcycle despite being repeatedly told to do so by two policemen in a patrol car at about 3.30am.
It was later learnt that Mohd Azizi, who was riding his friend’s Honda EX5 motorcycle, did not have a valid licence.
The 20-year-old policeman, who has been in service for one-and-a-half years, was detained then released on police bail last Thursday.
Police are investigating the case under Section 307 of the Penal Code for attempted murder.
In SHAH ALAM, the families of shot teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah and his friend Azamuddin Omar have lodged reports against the police for allegedly attempting to cover up the incident which led to the former’s death.
Both families lodged their police reports together at the Shah Alam police headquarters around 2pm yesterday.
The families’ lawyer N. Surendran said the reports were to ensure that there was a thorough investigation into the attempted cover-up.
“There were initial claims by the police that the victim reversed the car into the police and that there was a machete inside. However, now that a policeman has been charged, those claims have been forgotten,” he said, adding that this clearly indicated the police were attempting to cover up the incident by branding the teenagers as criminals.
Surendran said the reports also claimed the police had attempted to murder Azamuddin.
“When you shoot at a car as many times as that, you are clearly attempting to kill the person inside,” he said.
Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed the police report and assured the families that the matter would be investigated thoroughly.
ACA was bad enough and Badawi supposedly revamped it for the better and gave us MCCA as one of his departing farewell gift as PM, ended disastrously with Teo Beng Hock lying dead at the base of the MCCA building while supposedly still under the custody of MCCA with zero accountability from anyone.
MCCA seems to work base on job orders from higher up, not independently base on complains or police reports as it should. Someone else seems to be calling the shot on whom to prosecute, which cases to be ignored or delayed if it can’t be covered-up.
Best candidate for top jobs are those who have the most skeletons in their closet as those are the most easy to be controlled. Chances are best among those candidates with the most skeletons. Skeletons are important criteria in the job application.
PDRM, MCCA and other government or UMNO related organisation are just like those dogs portrayed in George Owels’s “Animal Farm”, not there to protect the innocent or to serve the nation but to do their master’s dirty bidding.
Does anyone expect cream to raises to the top? Just bet on scum, it’s safer, though not literally.
As IGP said, we do really need to understand the cops and the above was my humble understanding.
“The people must understand that when facing the police, they must adhere to police instructions and directives,” said Musa.
Mr Tan Sri IGP Sir, from my experience, adhering to police instructions and directives requires me to “share” my hard earned ringgit with your people every time I am pulled up for a traffic infringement. That “ringgit” stays in their pockets and does not find its way into Government coffers – which must be upsetting for those who are entrusted to “spend” this money – i.e. the Barisan Nasional politicians! It is not my place to ask the Barisan Nasional politicians where or how they spend this money; suffice to say that writing cheques the day after a by-election could be a preferred option.
By steadyaku47
First, IGP, you must learn humility. Humility is something I learnt from my parents from the time when I was conscious of our ability to push our weight around (if we wanted to) with the servants that worked for my parents and with the policemen who worked under my late Father when he was a senior police officer. My parents always told us to respect them so that they would respect you in return. If your parents did not teach you that … then you are excused.
During my late father’s time, we called the ordinary policemen “mata-mata” or even “datok” with a small “d”. They were people we respected and they were the eyes of the nation, of the of the people, to ensure that all is good and well in our country and that we and our children were safe. And then from “mata mata”, I noticed that people were calling them “bakul” behind their backs. At first, I wondered why and then it hit me. You put things into a “bakul”. And so when you put things into the hands of these policemen, you can “selesai” any “problems” you might have with them. Then, at just about the same time, we all spontaneously started to refer to them as “babi”.
We all know, Tan Sri, for a Malay to be called “babi” is an insult. But then, we Malays were ourselves calling these policemen “babi” with relish and gusto because by then and by their actions these policeman have earned the right to be called “babi”. By this time the Policeman had become legal thugs paid for by our tax money!
I see in you what I saw in your minister – a propensity to shoot from the hip and the “Look at me I am the Minister/IGP mentality” – doing and saying things with arrogance and without much thought of the consequences or what it does to the office that you are holding. We respect the post of IGP because we remember Hanif. Do we see another IGP getting a Tun ship … I think not! Anyway, between you and Din as the Malay proverb says “Bapa borek, anak rintek”i.e. if the father has freckles … so has the son.
Your time is almost over (thank GOD!). We live in hope that IGPs that will surely come after you will take cognizance of the hope of the people. That they are more emphatic of the needs of the people to have an honest PDRM. Our hope is not much – just do your job and live within your means as we try to do. Understand that the “them and us” mentality is destructive to all of us.
For now, the police are thugs. As the first tier, UMNO had already replaced the Sultans in their excesses and greed. The Police have now taken over from the thugs, the gangsters and the criminal elements of our country in intimidating the people for their own personal gains. PDRM is better disciplined, better armed and have the support of the so-called legitimate Barisan Nasional government behind them. So my dear IGP, do you not think that the people are worried? Do you not think that the people have a sense of hopelessness because if we cannot look to the police for protection – then who?
Have you ever put yourself in the position of someone who has to pay a bribe to the police? Think! You are caught talking on your mobile while driving and stopped. You know you have done wrong. So you wait in your car as the policeman approaches. You tell yourself off for doing something stupid then you prepare yourself for the unpleasant task of dealing with the policemen. You say "Sorry". He says it is not enough. Slowly, a feeling of disgust and anger starts from deep within you. Angry because this man wants money for doing what he is paid to do and disgust because he makes no pretense about it being his right to get that money off you! And so, and my Tan Sri IGP, you are the man in charge of PDRM, are you not?
We now come to the present day. People are clamouring publicly for you to go. Everywhere in cafes, over meals, amongst friends, we talk about how corrupt and brutal the police have become. PDRM is no longer a beacon of hope and a force for good in our country. PDRM is a force for good only for Barisan Nasional. You do their bidding. You put away those that are seen to be a danger to Barisan Nasional. You set your force upon that defenseless crowd and whack them (as Petra is fond of saying!) and you hit them without mercy when it pleases the BN government.
And then the killings and the torture you inflict upon those in your custody – simply unforgivable! Because these people cannot fight back, cannot defend themselves and they are murdered by your officers because this is the culture now condoned and prevailing within the PDRM – sanctioned by you, your minister and the Basrian Nasional govt.
Until such time as you understand the disgust and contempt we the people have for PDRM and the BN government for allowing PDRM to be what it is today, then … until that time … we the people will be your enemies, not your friends. We the people will be your nemesis, not your supporters. And we the people will look upon PDRM the
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