We're Prepared To Pay The Price Of Freedom, Are You?

By quarsan at Fri, 2005-11-25 06:39
Important note for bloggers:
We're finding it hard to keep track of all those wanting to join us. We really do appreciate the support and you look like a fine bunch of potential cell mates.

For those who wish to add their name to the ever growing list, we are no longer adding sites via the comments or trackbacks.

From now on, to sign up, please use the following link:

I wish to add my site to the list of those who will publish the "al-Jazeera Memo" should it leak out.

We'll try to work with our friends at Don't Bomb Us so you all get the recognition you deserve.
The internet can be a great tool for openness, transparancy and democracy, and you're all playing your part. Thanks for your support.
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After Blair's threat to jail any editor who reports the Bomb Al-Jazeera memo, we thought there would be an outcry. Who would stand up for press freedom, or at least the freedom not to be bombed to buggery?

One man has come out fighting. Boris Johnson:
The Attorney General's ban is ridiculous, untenable, and redolent of guilt. I do not like people to break the Official Secrets Act, and, as it happens, I would not object to the continued prosecution of those who are alleged to have broken it. But we now have allegations of such severity, against the US President and his motives, that we need to clear them up.

If someone passes me the document within the next few days I will be very happy to publish it in The Spectator, and risk a jail sentence. The public need to judge for themselves. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. If we suppress the truth, we forget what we are fighting for, and in an important respect we become as sick and as bad as our enemies.

We're with you Boris. Here's the deal. If you get it, send it to us and we will also publish it. We will also risk jail.

Would any other bloggers like to join us in this pledge? Please let us know by comment or trackback or email if you're with us.

Bloggers and others, joining us in the cells:

1. Don't Bomb Us
2. Bloggerheads
3. Streamtime
4. Blood and Treasure
5. Monograph
6. Chicken Yoghurt
7. Run Over by the Truth
8. Jarndyce
9. Turbulent Cleric
10. Postman Patel
11. The Yorkshire Ranter
12. qwghlm
13. Craig Murray
14. Mr Eugenides
15. Pickled Politics
16. Perfect,
17. Ian Hislop (See Have I Got News For You tonight)
18. Wayne Madsen
19. D Notice
20. Building a Pyramid
21. Guido Fawkes
22. My Boyfriend is a Twat
23. AndyRamblings.co.uk
24. the Disillusioned kid
25. Postman Patel
26. Fuck Bush
27. MediaWatchWatch
28. Cryptome
29. Free Britannia
30. WarmWell,
31. The Control Grid
32. Spanish Podcasting
33. The Mushkush Miscellany
34. Anything that defies my sense of reason
35. FlashBoy,
36. Antagonist
37. A Life Best Left Unexamined
38. Brad Blog - Who has video from UK Channel 4 News on the story, a Must See
39. Live Hive
40. Mark Gamon
41. Mons Graupius
42. Rimone
43. Akatsukira
44. DireTribe
45. Developing Your Web Presence
46. KingsBlog
47. Democratic Survivalist
48. Tomato And Basil Sandwiches
49. Plep
50. North by Northwest
51. Kalamazoo Pride
52. Progressive Austin
53. Insomniac
54. Global Echo
55. BushWatch
56. Life as I Know it
57. Karmalised
58. Catalyzer
59. Factivism
60. Flying Imam
61. Heli's Heaven and Hell Radio
62. No Blood For Hubris
63. This too Shall Pass
64. Politics in the Zeros
65. Life as I know it
66. Political Cortex
67. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle
68. Coffee and PC
69. Left I on the News
70. Spittin' in the Snake
71. Faluya Castelldefels
72. Toda LA VERITAT
73. Strange Stuff
74. Dawgs Blawg
75. The Urban Fox[with apologies for the late addition]
76. How This Old Brit Sees It
77. John Hatch
78. Y si no, no.
79. US-UK-Interventions
80. Alecya G's Plastic Castle
81. In an Alternate Universe
82. Grisly Falcon
83. agitprop
84. You forgot Poland!
85. Milfuegos
86. Morrisseau for Congress
87. LENIN'S TOMB
88. Blognonymous
89. Ajeeb
90. Tell me a secret
91. duryodana
92. Rolled up Trousers
93. Krizzium Imperia
94. Resistance is Phutile
95. LEFT is RIGHT
96. Blurred Clarity
97. Mas o menos
98. interbreeding
99. Stony Brook Independent
100. The Liberal Avenger
101. JULTRA
102. israel
103. Citizens for an Legitimate Government
104. NOTFA
105. tabacco
106. LiveHive
107. GagWatch
108. Too Much Cookies Network
109. What Ails You
110. The Front Line
111. Dan's Place
112. A Canadian Viewpoint
113. Gnus of the World
114. Porpoise Blog
115. thoughts on the eve of the apocalypse
116. Robert Sharp
117. Secret Rudy
118. What Really Happened
119. MWCNEWS
120. American Leftist
121. Daniel Brett
122. BelenistanBlog
123. crusader bunnypants
124. The Guerrilla Campaign
125. Blogtrotter
126. Rachel from North London

and Dave Hansell and Nick who are prepared to hand copies out in the street!

Update: Peter Kilfoyle has just put down two Early Day Motions in Parliament. As usual it will be interesting to see who signs up for them:
EDM 1084
That this House notes recent reports that President Bush discussed with the Prime Minister the bombing of the al-Jazeera television station in Qatar; and calls on the Government to publish the record of this discussion.

EDM1117
That this House is appalled by the reported comments of President Bush to Prime Minister Blair that he wished to bomb Al-Jazeera headquarters in Qatar; is further concerned by the failure of the United Kingdom to restrain the American assault on Fallujah; and calls on the Government to publish the record of the conversation of President Bush and Prime Minister Blair held in April 2004, where these matters were discussed.

Latest from Downing St Says:
Put to the Official Spokesman that a senior executive of Al Jazeera was looking to meet with the Prime Minister when he came to London next week, would the Prime Minister be willing to meet him and did he have a comment about Peter Kilfoyle's Early Day Motion, the PMOS said he was not aware of the EDM. It was also, he suspected, the first that Downing Street had heard about the request from Al Jazeera. It was somewhat short notice. That said the Government was quite happy to talk to Al Jazeera just as they were quite happy to talk to other broadcasters. In terms of who talked to them that would depend on who was available and how much time was given to set up a meeting. Asked if the Government, in relation to the EDM, would be willing to disclose the memo if Parliament put pressure on it to do so, the PMOS said that people needed to take notw of the fact that this was something that was sub-judice.

Yeah, right, he can't disclose it because of his decision to prosecute. You can't win Tony. It will come out and you won't be able to prosecute all of us.

Please Note that we are continuing to research this and the question we are asking in our latest post is are there two memos?

In addition we're going to have to stop adding people to the bloggers list above at some point, we hope you understand when that happens.
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