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The Tension between Secrecy and Transparency: Investigations in the ‘Wiki Age’
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lovell, David W. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | This chapter explores how the two major complications, one that prioritizes secrecy and control of information, the other that prioritizes its free flow, have impacted on investigations into operational incidents, and identifies the benefits and risks of the publicity that operational investigations increasingly confronts in the 'Wiki Age'. Brief mention of three additional operational incidents helps to make the point that Wiki age technology may not always reveal an incident, but has begun to play a major role in its dissemination. The three incidents are: in November 2005, in Haditha, 24 unarmed men, women and children were killed by US Marines; in March 2006, a 14 year old girl was raped and murdered after her family was murdered in the village of Mahmudiyah; and the Maywand District murders in 2010, five US Stryker Brigade soldiers were charged with the premeditated murder of three Afghan civilians and with souveniring body parts. Keywords: Haditha; Mahmudiyah; secrecy; US Marines; US Stryker Brigade soldiers; Wiki age technology |
| Starting Page | 169 |
| Ending Page | 195 |
| Page Count | 27 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004277106_011 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://brill.com/previewpdf/book/edcoll/9789004277106/B9789004277106-s011.xml |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004277106_011 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
