The New York Times has been mentioned in most of the Guantanamo Bay articles that I found on the Guardian website. Apparently, the NY Times, the Guardian and WikiLeaks have worked together in the release of the Guantanamo Bay cables.
I found, in a New York Times article, that a lawyer went to court sometime last week in order to obtain access to the files released by WikiLeaks, but with a view to discuss them in order to represent one of the prisoners in court. The documents were said to be ‘classified by law’ (New York Times, 2011) and must be handled in ‘accordance with all relevant security precautions and safeguards’ (New York Times, 2011). This meant that any information they find out would be restricted by security guidelines. The lawyers were concerned that if they openly discussed their findings from the files it could jeopardise their careers.
Obviously, this is a risk that WikiLeaks takes with every file release; there will always be some sort of backlash concerning their published documents. The reason WikiLeaks has been so successful is because they keep all of their sources anonymous, which means that any classified information they gain access to is given to them by a source and they submit with the idea of ‘freedom of speech’ (WikiLeaks, 2011), something, which is within all of our basic human rights.
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