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by beardyw·5y ago·view on hn ↗
Just finished reading Eliot Higgins’ Becoming Bellingcat last night. He stresses how important it is to archive sources because, as we know, stuff online is here today gone tomorrow. Sometimes literally apparently.

International repercussions over stuff like this take years to run their course.

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A good argument for donating to archive.org, which is undeniably a global treasure at this point. We definitely need more repositories of open source intelligence, if only so we can tell when operators like Bellingcat are trying to play us. And yeah, Greenwald has stood out with a very few others in challenging official propaganda from both government and private interests. Believe it or not, there are those out there who think he hasn't done enough across a broader front. But that's probably unfair: we're talking just a few conscientious reporters versus an veritable army of high priced shills in shiny suits.
Late correction - book was We Are Bellingcat