Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi spoke Monday about her investigations into the Julian Assange case in her new book Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its Enemies* at the Foreign Press Association in London. Consortium News provides the introduction below to the 70-minute discussion, which may be viewed HERE. Endorsements of the book, along with details of how to order copies, are HERE. — MCM
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Watch: ‘Secret Power’
It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organisation WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power.
Working closely with WikiLeaks‘ founder Julian Assange and his organisation for her newspaper, Maurizi has spent over a decade investigating state criminality protected by thick layers of secrecy, while also embarking on a solitary trench warfare to unearth the facts underpinning the cruel persecution of Assange and WikiLeaks.
With complex and disturbing insights, Maurizi’s tireless journalism exposes atrocities, the shameful treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, on up to the present persecution of WikiLeaks: a terrifying web of impunity and cover-ups.
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* The book was published on Nov. 4 in English by Pluto Press. Its original Italian edition came out in August 2021.