WikiLeaks: Delightful Irony, Rank Hypocrisy, or Both?

Paul Rosenzweig / May 12, 2011

You have to love this story. Apparently, WikiLeaks is plagued by … you guessed it, leaks!

Confronted with the fact that some of its volunteers and employees are talking to outsiders about WikiLeaks and about some of the materials it has collected but hasn’t yet published, WikiLeaks is now demanding that everyone sign a confidentiality agreement and promise to keep everything about WikiLeaks secret unless authorized to release the information.

The agreement says that anyone who violates its terms will be subject to a penalty of $20 million (we kid you not). In fact, even the confidentiality agreement itself is supposed to be secret. Oops. (more…)