Cryptome
| Cryptome is the grand-daddy of anti-authoritarian whistleblower, leak, publish-and-be-damned sites. It was a major source of both content and inspiration when setting up the Wikispooks site. It is highly recommended when researching anything concerning Wikispooks articles. |
http://cryptome.org/ 
Started: 1996
Founders: John Young, Deborah Natsios
Owner: John Young
In its own words:
"Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and secret governance — open, secret and classified documents — but not limited to those. Documents are removed from this site only by order served directly by a US court having jurisdiction. No court order has ever been served; any order served will be published here — or elsewhere if gagged by order. Bluffs will be published if comical but otherwise ignored."
Constitutes: Leak site
Sub-Page
| Page Name | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cryptome/Principled Leaks, Deep State Agency - or a bit of both? | 10,661 | A critical discussion about John Young and Cryptome, stemming from discussions between a Wikispooks editor and Trowbridge H Ford. |
“Cryptome raises serious questions that nobody else on the left or in the media want to talk about, including how Omidar has created a business from Snowden's cache; what exactly Snowden may have been doing while he was working for the CIA prior to his time at NSA (and what else he may have been doing at NSA itself); and why Snowden and The Intercept continue to proselytize for Tor, the anonymization tool, despite its massive funding from the U.S. government, the Pentagon and the national security state.”
Tim Shorrock (February 2016) [1]
Closing
In August 20, 2023, Cryptome announced it is closing until Julian Assange is freed[2].
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Cryptome’s searing critique of Snowden Inc | article | 13 February 2016 | Tim Shorrock | Commentary on an interview with John Young and his wife Deborah Natsios by Pit Schultz of reboot.fm at the 'Transmedia 2016' event in Berlin on 6 February 2016 |
| Document:John Young Interview | interview | 15 November 2013 | Michael Morisy | |
| Document:Nothing too Threatening to Publish | article | 10 July 2011 | John Young | |
| Document:Secrets and Lies | article | 1 September 2007 | John Cook | |
| Document:That's Outrageous | article | 1 March 2005 | Michael Crowley | A Readers Digest contributor is outraged, OUTRAGED I say, that a web site like Cryptome should be 'allowed to exist'. He does not intend humour at all, he is deadly serious - which is precisely what makes the piece so funny. |
| Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 14 | blog post | 22 September 2020 | Craig Murray | Following defence witness Professor Grothoff, the only further evidence heard was the reading by Edward Fitzgerald QC of the gist of a statement from Cassandra Fairbanks. I did not hear most of this because, having adjourned to 4.30pm, the court re-adjourned earlier than advertised, while Julian’s dad John Shipton, the musician M.I.A. and I were away having a coffee. |
| Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 17 | blog post | 25 September 2020 | Craig Murray | I am going to write to Judge Baraitser applying for a copy of the transcript of Lewis cross-examining Professor Kopelman on the razor blade, with a view to reporting James Lewis QC to the Bar Council. I do wonder whether the General Medical Council might not have reason to consider the practice of Dr Rachel Daly in this case. |
Documents sourced from Cryptome
