tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post3948644726016268989..comments2024-02-26T16:52:31.026+00:00Comments on Jon Slattery: Nick Davies: 'It's not our job to get people killed'Jon Slatteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-46783256582612842272010-08-15T10:06:55.158+01:002010-08-15T10:06:55.158+01:00Not particularly convinced on this one. How exactl...Not particularly convinced on this one. How exactly are these thousands of documents not going to be used by the Taliban to track down informants? Assange himself has commented a few times on this matter, mainly in a cavalier 'ends justify the means' dialogue.<br /><br />I put a question to Alan Rusbridger over Afghanistan via Twitter. I asked why there's only one full-time Guardian reporter for the entire nation (Jon Boone) . I suggested it was in the public interest for him to take a pay cut out of his circa £500,000 salary & finance some reporters in that country. His trite verbiage on this matter isn't comforting in the face of what actions he takes to further these supposed principles.<br /><br />I agree with Nick Davies on many things but this isn't one of them. It's all hindsight...we may never be certain if deaths occurred as a consequence of the leaks. They'll be inevitable ambiguity what with people going missing and lack of communication from some - so if Nick would like to say definitively why lives aren't endangered I'd love to hear it.<br /><br />Pete, editor at dirtygarnet.comPeter Demainhttp://www.dirtygarnet.com/noreply@blogger.com