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In 2011, he was named by ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine to its list of top global thinkers, with Sami Ben Gharbia and [[Alexey Navalny]]. He stated [[Occupy Wall Street]] was the ''Best Idea''.<ref> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,23#thinker24</ref>


==WikiLeaks==
==WikiLeaks==

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Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Daniel Domscheit-Berg at 26C3, talking about Wikileaks
Born1978
NationalityGerman
Other namesDaniel Schmitt
Known forformer spokesperson for WikiLeaks, founder of OpenLeaks

Daniel Domscheit-Berg, previously known under the pseudonym Daniel Schmitt (born 1978), is a German technology activist.[1] He is best known for his role, until September 2010, as a spokesperson for WikiLeaks, the whistleblower organization, in Germany. He is the author of Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website (2011).[2]

After leaving Wikileaks, he announced plans in January 2011 to open a new website for anonymous online leaks called OpenLeaks. At a Chaos Computer Club event in August 2011, he announced its preliminary launch and invited hackers to test the security of the OpenLeaks system, as a result of which the CCC criticized him for exploiting the good name of the club to promote his OpenLeaks project and expelled him from the club.[3] In September 2011, several news organizations cited Domscheit-Berg's split from Julian Assange and Wikileaks as one of a series of events and errors that led to the release that month of all 251,287 United States diplomatic cables in the Cablegate affair.[4]

In 2011, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers, with Sami Ben Gharbia and Alexey Navalny. He stated Occupy Wall Street was the Best Idea.[5]

WikiLeaks

Domscheit-Berg began working with WikiLeaks after meeting Assange at the Chaos Computer Club's annual conference (24C3) in 2007.[6] On 25 September 2010, after reportedly being suspended by Assange, Domscheit-Berg told Der Spiegel that he was resigning, saying "WikiLeaks has a structural problem. I no longer want to take responsibility for it, and that's why I am leaving the project".[7][8][9]

Domscheit-Berg was highlighted in the Swedish Sveriges Television (Sweden's Television) programme, WikiRebels - The Documentary, released in the second week of December 2010.[10]

A book about his experience with and separation[11] from WikiLeaks was released in Germany in February 2011, entitled Inside WikiLeaks: Meine Zeit bei der gefährlichsten Website der Welt ("My Time at the World's Most Dangerous Website").[12] An English translation followed some days later by Australian publisher Scribe Publications.[13][14][15] Domscheit-Berg has criticised Julian Assange's handling of the Afghan War Diaries and his leadership style in his book.

OpenLeaks

Main article: OpenLeaks

OpenLeaks aims to be more transparent than WikiLeaks.[16] Daniel Domscheit-Berg and Herbert Snorrason are the two public contacts for the website.[17] Instead of publishing the documents, OpenLeaks will send the leaked documents to various news entities or publishers.[18]

Book: Inside WikiLeaks

  • Daniel Domscheit-Berg (2011), Inside WikiLeaks: Meine Zeit bei der gefährlichsten Website der Welt, Berlin: Econ Verlag, ISBN 978-3-430-20121-6 (German)
  • Daniel Domscheit-Berg (2011), Inside WikiLeaks: my time with Julian Assange at the world's most dangerous website, Carlton North, City of Melbourne: Scribe Publications, ISBN 9781921844058[19]
  • Daniel Domscheit-Berg (2011), Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website, New York: Random House, ISBN 978-0-307-95191-5[20]

References

  1. ^ For his use of "Daniel Schmitt," see "'The Only Option Left for Me Is an Orderly Departure'", Der Spiegel, September 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Tweedie, Neil; Swaine, Jon (11 December 2010). "WikiLeaks Julian Assange: the most dangerous man in the world?". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. ^ "Hacker distanzieren sich von OpenLeaks", Der Spiegel, August 13, 2011.
  4. ^ Stöcker, Christian. "A Dispatch Disaster in Six Acts", Der Spiegel, September 1, 2011.
  5. ^ http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,23#thinker24
  6. ^ Hosenball, Mark (15 December 2010). "Julian Assange vs. the world". National Post.
  7. ^ "WikiLeaks Spokesman Quits: 'The Only Option Left for Me Is an Orderly Departure'". Der Spiegel. 27 September 2010.
  8. ^ Brown, Craig (12 February 2011). "War of the WikiFreaks: Inside WikiLeaks by Daniel Domscheit-Berg". Daily Mail. London.
  9. ^ Unpublished Iraq War Logs Trigger Internal WikiLeaks Revolt|Threat Level. Wired.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
  10. ^ WikiRebels - The Documentary. Sveriges Television. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  11. ^ "WikiLeaks said to be in disarray". United Press International. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  12. ^ Collins, Hugh (10 December 2010). "Former Wikileaks Employee Daniel Domscheit-Berg to Publish Tell-All Book". aolnews.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  13. ^ "Scribe News: Scribe acquires rights to Inside WikiLeaks: my time at the world's most dangerous website". Scribe Publications. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  14. ^ Boyes, Roger (28 September 2010). "WikiLeaks defector Daniel Domscheit-Berg reveals Julian Assange's siege mentality". The Australian. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  15. ^ "Dissatisfaction with Assange: Former WikiLeaks Activists to Launch New Whistleblowing Site". Der Spiegel. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  16. ^ Piven, Ben (17 December 2010). "Copycat WikiLeaks sites make waves". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  17. ^ "About OpenLeaks". OpenLeaks. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  18. ^ Greenberg, Andy, "WikiLeaks' Stepchildren", Forbes, 17 January 2011, p. 20.
  19. ^ "Scribe Publications online". Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  20. ^ "Random House online". Retrieved 10 February 2011.

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