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Video: Sarah Harrison gives Global Media Forum keynote address

Courage’s Sarah Harrison discusses WikiLeaks’ publishing, Snowden’s revelations and how to use transparency to hold the powerful to account

At last week’s Global Media Forum, WikiLeaks Investigations Editor and Courage Foundation Acting Director Sarah Harrison gave the keynote address, entitled “The Battle Against Unaccountable Power”, which covered whistleblowing, publishing, and press freedom. Harrison stressed the the value of publishing source documents in full and in searchable formats, using transparency to hold the powerful to account and the importance of combating government claims that overstate threats to national security.