Flash News

Archivo

"Para que la racionalidad del debate pueda existir, tal y como preconizaba la teoría liberal clásica, no basta la libertad formal de todos los ciudadanos para intervenir. Es preciso también que todos los participantes estén dotados de canales de información eficaces para conocer a fondo la realidad en torno a la que discuten. Requieren además una 'conciencia crítica' que les mantenga alerta y les impulse a aceptar el esfuerzo de analizar con rigor los problemas públicos. Unos ciudadanos despreocupados por la calidad de las informaciones de actualidad que reciben, ignorantes del grado de superficialidad y escasez de las explicaciones de la actualidad pública que llegan a recibir, es un público desposeído de capacidad real de participación" (José Luis Dader)

Mail Instagram Pinterest RSS
Mega Menu

That Wikileaks Dump Of Saudi Cables Included Private Medical Information

It details treatment in Saudi hospitals of everything from “kidney trouble” to “depression.”

FABRICE COFFRINI / Getty Images

The cache of classified Saudi diplomatic cables made public by Wikileaks last week includes private medical information for at least half a dozen people.

The medical reports include the names and passport numbers of both Saudis and foreign nationals who were treated in Saudi hospitals, for conditions ranging from "kidney problems" to "depression" to "mental retardation" as well as one Saudi national who was treated in Kuwait for injuries sustained during a car accident.

Several of the reports detail requests from the Saudi government to officials in foreign countries, including Turkey and Egypt, to cover the cost of treatment rendered for citizens of those countries in Saudi Arabia.

Wikileaks has been criticized throughout its history for failing to redact sensitive information that governments claim can be used to harm citizens, as well as for publishing information that is not in the public interest.

LINK: Hillary Clinton’s Passport Information Was Just Made Public By WikiLeaks

LINK: Osama Bin Laden’s Son Asked For His Father’s Death Certificate But U.S. Diplomats Refused To Release It


View Entire List ›


0 desahogos:

Publicar un comentario

Los comentarios son opiniones personales y no necesariamente coinciden ideológicamente con esta pagina. Tu cosmovisión es única e irrepetible.