One possible future for WikiLeaks is to morph into a gigantic media intermediary - perhaps, even something of a clearing house for investigative reporting - where even low-level leaks would be matched with the appropriate journalists to pursue and report on them and, perhaps, even with appropriate NGOs to advocate on their causes.
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Related It is fully appropriate for the head of a national political party to secure a meeting for a support... DON FOWLER It was reasonable to struggle, to suffer, perhaps even to die, for a more just, a more compassionate... P.D. JAMES There's no obvious reason from this report to explain why further analysis is appropriate or even ne... BOB EKSTRAND With restricted reporting, the victim would contact myself, a victim advocate, chaplain or health ca... DEBORAH DRUCKER Be content with you own life, my friend, and live it well. Let others decide for themselves what pat... ROBIN HOBB Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my ho... KURT VONNEGUT [Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington] was compelled to research and release a repor... MELANIE SLOAN It's not appropriate for us to comment on a new attraction that hasn't even been approved by our par... 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GAINEY This is something that has been in the works for a while and is something the state would want to pu... SARAH WILLIAMS But perhaps the enthusiastic sensibility of young women of her age also played a role. This feeling ... FRANZ KAFKA Once social media was introduced, it enabled a new way for people, particularly the younger generati... RAYMOND ARROYO BCCI will deal only with one party, which is appropriate, for this way we will be able to retain tra... LALIT MODI We played another solid game. Maybe more solid than spectacular. EVEN PELLERUD The remainder of the game was constant pressure towards the Mexican goal, but we could not finish th... EVEN PELLERUD It's nice to start the international season with a win - in particular when the win is a result of a... EVEN PELLERUD Chelsea I don't know much about, but signing those two players for sure they have a high goal. EVEN PELLERUD We all feel that we are close,. We have much better depth along the roster than we have ever had. 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Perhaps then, someday far into the futu... RAINER MARIA RILKE Anyone seeing women at a bargain-basement sale where aggression is viewed as appropriate, even endea... ESTELLE RAMEY A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE There is no room for partisan grandstanding on this matter, ... If wrongdoing is confirmed it ought ... JIM MATHESON He wanted, in short, a work of art both for what it was in itself and for what it allowed him to bes... JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS I am open and willing to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on a variety of appropri... KURT SCHRADER You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL Drzeci se za proslost, odricemo se buducnosti. TAMARA STAMENKOVIC She was quite pretty too in those days; indeed, perhaps she still was. But for some reason none of h... VIKRAM SETH Women love men for their defects; if men have enough of them, women will forgive them anything, even... OSCAR WILDE with a view to taking over the whole company at some future point in time, and perhaps at a cheaper ... JOHN MEYER Sometimes shit's gotta be done and I just fuckin' do it! MANUEL MONGRAIN Businesses continue to look at the future with some skepticism. Companies again report weaker employ... ALAN OSTER If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE I find that working with friends is always the goal, even if it's just one person. Because the c... LIZZY CAPLAN Effects of Fear and Anger on Perceived Risks of Terrorism. People want to be treated as adults. They... BARUCH FISCHHOFF Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves ... ... 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ERIC NEWTON Connecting with someone is not necessarily a bond with a significant other, or even a friend, but ca... DONNA LYNN HOPE Do no look for that ideal person to be with, be that ideal person. JEFFREY FRY That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dres... J.D. SALINGER It starts dead even. This begins very close, perhaps with the governor up a notch. ARI FLEISCHER Perhaps future space probes will be plastered in commercial logos, just as Formula One cars are now.... MARTIN REES It didn’t seem like they were here to find food. Nor did they have the patience to bite anyone. Le... VIVEK SHANBHAG Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro a... LEIGH STEINBERG Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else. SEAN CONNERY Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is ... 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LYNN PATTERSON Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them. DANIEL CRAIG Is one's homeland the place where a person evolves into life, or is that a choice made in adulthood,... NAVA SEMEL A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD THREE DISQUALIFIERS FOR APPLYING THE CRAFTSMAN MINDSET The job presents few opportunities to disting... CAL NEWPORT Perhaps some day it will be pleasant to remember even this. LINCOLN CHILD I recognize that it may be difficult and perhaps cumbersome during the course of a meeting to enter ... ROBERT FREEMAN
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