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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 t...

Weekend Edition May 21 - 23, 2010 Obama's Afghan Torture Center and the American Psychological Association By STEPHEN SOLDZ A   recent pair of articles by Marc Ambinder of the   Atlantic   has shed new light upon activities in the secret so-called “black jail” on the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan . Among other aspects, these new revelations suggest that psychologists may be playing a major role inside the facility, raising questions about the reasons for American Psychological Association (APA) lobbying activities in support of the agency that Ambinder reports is running the detention center.   In recent months the   Washington Post ,   New York Times , and   BBC   reported on a secret prison on fringes of the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan . Referred to by former prisoners as the “black jail,” this institution is reportedly a site where prisoner abuse is regular and systematic. The   BBC   reported that all nine former prisoners...