"Hacktivists" wage guerrilla cyberwar. Should the U.S. prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange? FilmWeek: The Tourist, All Good Things, The Company Men, The Fighter, and The Tempest, among others. TGI-FilmWeek! ‘Blue Valentine’ and the battle over movie ratings.
WikiLeaks hacktivism – cyber war or cyber nuisance?
WikiLeaks may have started as a small group of activists but now hackers all over the world are showing support by partaking in Dedicated Denial of Service attacks toward companies such as PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard, among others. WikiLeaks has promised that the next incriminating document dump will be about a large, U.S. bank, possibly Bank of America, and the private sector is getting worried about the impact on them. But some experts are saying that the attacks by the "hacktivists" are more a nuisance than a serious threat. Is the danger to business about cyber security or more about the release of corporate secrets? The attention is focused on this now but is there actually any more danger than there was before?
Guests:
Andy Greenberg, Forbes Staff Writer
Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technology Officer, BT; renowned security expert and author of many books including most recently Schneier on Security
Declan McCullagh, Chief Political Correspondent for CNET
Should the U.S. prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange?
The United States is weighing whether to go after Julian Assange, the man behind WikiLeaks’ massive disclosure of 250,000 classified State Department cables, for possible prosecution. British authorities are currently holding Assange without bail, but the U.S. Justice Department is reportedly looking into how he could be charged here. On Wednesday, Senator Joe Lieberman said he believes that WikiLeaks has violated the Espionage Act for releasing government secrets. But mounting a solid case won’t be easy. It’s unclear whether Assange broke any laws or if extradition is an option. What would the legal options and challenges be? And what about the New York Times, which published the controversial documents, should they be exempt from prosecution?
Guests:
John Eastman, Former Dean and Professor, Chapman University School of Law; Founding Director, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Scott Silliman, Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke Law
FilmWeek: The Tourist, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Fighter, All Good Things, The Tempest & more
KPCC film critics Peter Rainer, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Tourist, The Fighter, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, All Good Things, and The Tempest, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
Guests:
Peter Rainer, film critic for Christian Science Monitor Tim Cogshell, senior film critic for Box Office Magazine Charles Solomon, animation critic, author and historian for amazon.com Live tweeting this week's reviews:
‘Blue Valentine’ and the battle over movie ratings
In a rare reversal, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) changed its rating of the new film Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance, from NC-17 to R after a fierce challenge from The Weinstein Company. In another debatable move, the MPAA gave the King’s Speech an R rating because of its main character’s repeated use of the F-word. This isn’t a severe rating, but it’s arguably surprising for this otherwise polite period piece. Ratings can make or break a film by limiting who can see it and where it plays. Critics often argue that the MPAA’s rating process is overly strict, not strict enough, or annoyingly arbitrary. But how exactly are these decisions made? Do ratings serve the purpose for which they are meant?
Guests:
Joan Graves, Chairwoman of Classification and Ratings Administration at the Motion Picture of America Association
Peter Rainer, film critic for Christian Science Monitor
Tim Cogshell, senior film critic for Box Office Magazine
Charles Solomon, animation critic, author and historian for amazon.com