The Norwegian member of Parliament, Snorre Valen, stated that Wikileaks is one of the most important contributor to the freedom of speech and transparancy and this justifies Wikileaks to be nominated.
Wikileaks was recently in the news when American diplomatical documents were posted on the site which caused world wide commotion around the behaviour of American diplomats and politicians and their view on their countertparts.
Mr. Valen mentioned that Wikileaks was also responsibel for leaking documents on the corruption of the former Tunesian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family. Eventually the protests that followed on the Wikileaks postings were the reason that the Tunesian President ended up in exile.
Wikileaks has played a vital role in the publication of documents that proofed corruption of governements all over the world as well as in large companies. Wikileaks also published the evidence on war crimes, illegal surveiances and other crimes by various states.
The Nobel committee comprises of five people who advised to keep the nominees classified to avoid speculations before the eventual Nobel Prize winners are announced in October.
Banks Fear Wikileaks
Wikileaks boss, Julian Assange announced also that his website will soon publish documents that will cause massive commotion in the financial industry. Wikileaks will publish around tens of thousand documents of a large American bank and this is only the beginning. Assange expects that these new publications will trigger the American authorities to start undependent investigations.
Wikileaks is illegal but positive
The Russian President Dimitri Medvedev has told the press that Wikileaks is illegal, but also stated that the activities of Wikileaks could have a positive effect on international diplomacy. It is widely known that the Russian President is a gadget enthousiast and promotor of modern communication tools.
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