The Guardian is trying to excuse having leaked the password to decrypt the file of encrypted unredacted US cables.

Wikileaks published unredacted US cables because various governments and agencies were about to get the password to decrypt the encrypted file. A Guardian reporter had published the decryption password in a Guardian book.

Assange concluded it was better to publish the cables than for them to be available only privately to those in the know.

Just recently the Guardian has started seriously covering the Assange hearings.

Meanwhile, here are two more days of Craig Murray's thorough coverage.

George Monbiot: *[Bogus] Johnson's pledges on the environment are [bogus]. Worse is how cynical they are.*

*America's year of fire and tempests means climate crisis just got very real.*

How Ghana licked Covid-19: its president did a proper job of leading the country, focusing on the crucial goals.

In other words, a country does not need to be rich or advanced to do this; it is enough to have a competent leader that focuses seriously on the task at hand, and that people trust. Alas, many countries don't have one.

US technology companies may already be helping China repress Hong Kongers, or anyone talking about Hong Kong.

You cannot trust technology companies that operate in Hong Kong, or in China.