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WikiLeaks: Transparency or Menace to Global Governance Tues., March 8, 2011 - 6 p.m. Toyota Auditorium Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy It’s irresponsible . . . This will ruin foreign relations . . . This is an attack on the government’s ability to protect our country . . . They’re criminal! All of these allegations have been lodged against Julian Assange and Wikileaks. But is it irresponsible to promote transparency in government? Is it criminal to expose government and military atrocities? And is worldwide media and journalism moving into a new era in which exposure and accountability is more widely encouraged? Join us at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy as our panel explores these questions and more. Victor Ashe, JD, former Ambassador to Poland, whose private cables were posted on WikiLeaks Ben Bates, PhD, Professor, UTK Journalism & Electronic Media, on what Wikileaks and other collaborative and citizen news sites means for transparency and the future of journalism David Brule, PhD, Assistant Professor, UTK Political Science, on the effect of the leaked cables on US foreign relations Jack McElroy, Editor, Knoxville News Sentinel Dwight Teeter, PhD, Professor, UTK Journalism & Electronic Media, will moderate the panel and offer his own perspective Free & Open to the Public!