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

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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, transparency 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 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 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
  127. t h e B e L l d O G
  128. Empire Burlesque
  129. Milfuegos
  130. Cry of the People
  131. DamSpot's World
  132. Big Adventures
  133. Famous for 15 megapixels
  134. DOWN WITH MURDER INC.
  135. The Farside
  136. The Prissy Patriot
  137. MarketRant
  138. Something Awkward
  139. Margot B World News
  140. BLOGJAMMIN'!
  141. ReidBlog
  142. Miklb's Mindless Ramblings
  143. Portland IndyMedia Center
  144. The Brutal Truth
  145. Sabbah's Blog
  146. Peace Tank
  147. romunov's blog et al
  148. Magpie
  149. Ken's Mission for a New Evolution
  150. The Left End of the Dial
  151. The Phylotopian
  152. you-are.us
  153. Spin Dry
  154. Insomnia - The Journal of Mark Kraft
  155. darealjohnito
  156. No Right Turn
  157. Hardcore Times
  158. Operation: Jungle Lotus
  159. Ramblings of an Insane Yorkshireman
  160. ohs 73a iq
  161. Eye to the Keyhole...
  162. True Neutral Elf Ranger Cleric
  163. The Black Iris
  164. The Golmal Press
  165. DUCKPOND
  166. Blurred Clarity
  167. Cheezy's Blog - Scratch & Sniff
  168. I've got something to Say!
  169. Progressive Gold
  170. Chico vs. The World
  171. Taking a year out from the booze
  172. Jenny Gould
  173. fractured-state
  174. Naivety is the new cocaine.
  175. I,Zak
  176. Nemesis Peace Centre
  177. Nemesis News
  178. WTF, Over!
  179. the radical ranter
  180. Saved From The Skip
  181. Fear And Loafing in England
  182. rant in F sharp
  183. UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT CRISIS
  184. Al Jazeera bombing memo
  185. Leaping Rabbit
  186. Successful F*ck Up
  187. culture of life news
  188. Masochist's Dictionary
  189. From A Table On the Left
  190. The Johnny Sutra
  191. WashingtonRocks
  192. Theatre of the Damned
  193. United We Lay
  194. liuzhou laowai
  195. thumping the tub
  196. just me
  197. Simon's BlogHome Education & Other Stuff
  198. Home Education & Other Stuff
  199. Síðan hans Stefáns
  200. Too Much Cookies Network
  201. Someone You Knew Long Ago
  202. MaxSpeak, You Listen!
  203. ahistoricality
  204. Joe in and around Las Vegas
  205. This is Ol' Baloney Tony's Bunco Booth
  206. Creamy
  207. copenhagen interpretation
  208. Mal's Hodgepodge
  209. chiskop dot net
  210. Friends of Al Jazeera
  211. cheesemongers anonymous
  212. all is in books
  213. US Citizens for Peace and Justice
  214. Wampum
  215. Sgeulachdan
  216. UR-SHALIM
  217. The Blogonian
  218. Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe
  219. CultureLess
  220. The Queer Arabs Blog
  221. FragBlog
  222. frolix_8
  223. HammerHard
  224. John Kevin Fabiani
  225. Panos Drakos
  226. Mike The Actuary's Musings
  227. angel.cc
  228. Anti-Righty: A PNAC Free Zone
  229. Scrutiny Hooligans
  230. Flagrancy to Reason
  231. the wertz generation
  232. Markus Fors Volvo Avis Toyota
  233. inhomoveritas
  234. BLAUGUSTINE
  235. pingouin
  236. Liberal Sym·me·try
  237. scorpiofeminist
  238. marbelous
  239. grey-eyed monster
  240. _Faith
  241. The Nether-World
  242. Wilson's Blogmanac
  243. the void
  244. Vulgar Display of Anger
  245. The Hydrogen Economy
  246. fear of (a) average mind
  247. lost in thought
  248. Send the Lesbians to Canada
  249. Gordon Coale
  250. runningcommentary
  251. toshoblog
  252. I Jannes hjärna
  253. Hekt News
  254. Wake Up
  255. The Hackenblog
  256. The High Dudgeon
  257. Wilbraham
  258. Islamic Sydney
  259. UmmahDirectory
  260. 12thHarmonicBlog
  261. Sam's Journal
  262. One Act in the Eternal Play of Ideas
  263. excuse the mess... that was just my head
  264. Time's End!
  265. Children! Beware of baobabs!
  266. DESIGNATED DRIVER OF NORTH AMERICA
  267. A Violently Executed Blog
  268. Haramlik
  269. Because Keeping a Diary is for Spinsters
  270. Simon Raven Wiki
  271. Life Or Something Like It
  272. My So-Called Blog
  273. diogenesian discourse
  274. Mother Damnable returns
  275. PublicBroadcasting.ca
  276. barbtries a blog
  277. she said, i know you and you cannot sing
  278. The Middle of the End
  279. Murky View...
  280. LE REVUE GAUCHE
  281. A Big Stick and a Small Carrot
  282. lkjhgfdsa fruit
  283. Richard Brobdingnagian's Treasure Trove of Molten Mammaries
  284. MPACUK
  285. rinf.com
  286. By the Babylon
  287. slow|afternoon
  288. Chris Bulow's strange Iberian tales
  289. PhillyIMC
  290. Making conservatives cringe since 1977
  291. 1820
  292. clearwood
  293. A Fine House
  294. Jezblog
  295. BethBlogs
  296. Mustafa Arif
  297. Cackling Grackle
  298. County Hell Fairgrounds
  299. fikra
  300. The First Church of The NeoCon
  301. Moving Target
  302. Adam
  303. The Sappho Manifesto
  304. Frank notes
  305. A Class act*
  306. Truth Telling Forum
  307. The EGR Weblog
  308. Mystic Bourgeoisie
  309. Dr. Crawley : Not really a doctor
  310. You see, it is simply a very young boy's record
  311. LCFM
  312. Inorganically Gonzo
  313. enacting spaces of hope
  314. Jist Anithir Blog Yi Ken
  315. Opinionated Voice
  316. Take Your Medicine
  317. Gothamimage
  318. Missouri FreeNet
  319. YBLOG ZA
  320. JUSTABRIDGE
  321. Kingston Sucks!!
  322. Disreputable Lazy Aliens
  323. LadyBroadoak
  324. Paranoid Shift
  325. Yummy Yummy Blog.
  326. WORDS OF MASS DECEPTION
  327. CounterPoint
  328. Lighting Will Guide You
  329. Arvin Hill
  330. macewan.org
  331. StealthBadger
  332. Who knew?
  333. Spiral
  334. Two for Tea
  335. American Entropy
  336. abbey lane
  337. Audacious Ontology
  338. Stupid Country
  339. false claims law, qui tam, whistleblowers
  340. Larry Boatman's Home Page
  341. Tolerant?
  342. A sometimes blog
  343. Le Blog de Leerdammer
  344. The Try-Works
  345. No BU**SH** Zone!
  346. The Syria Forum
  347. Valley Online
  348. Zlatko
  349. deleteTheBorder.org
  350. Random thoughts
  351. A Mad Mad World
  352. Colui Che Dubita
  353. treball
  354. the magic lantern
  355. Observations from Afar
  356. Sour Alba
  357. Here I am!
  358. Uncomfortably Numb
  359. ThisCanadian
  360. The Fight For Freedom
  361. Amerikkka.net
  362. insert title here
  363. Voice of a Native Son
  364. KN@PPSTER
  365. STUDENTSABROAD
  366. la buena noticia
  367. Atlanta Progressive News
  368. Eli
  369. Cpl. D.C.'s note to self
  370. rant in F sharp
  371. Politics
  372. Past is Prologue
  373. Getting it Right
  374. SamNews
  375. body on the line
  376. reggiemental
  377. FRONT PAGE NEWS
  378. Sprol
  379. Gray Matters
  380. liberty
  381. TheCustomerIsAlwaysRight
  382. The Lust & Lather
  383. Whitee - Purveyor of Fine Beats
  384. MATHABA
  385. The Memory Hole
  386. Biffin Bridge
  387. AWOKEN Research Group
  388. shayne loves her yellow guitar
  389. Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog
  390. Les Politiques

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.

I'm with you on this one -

I'm with you on this one - I'll publish to my site & take the risk of incarceration for the sake of freedom.

The Flemish trackback is

The Flemish trackback is from a Belgian Newspaper. The article says that Al Jazeera journalists are fighting back on the web and Boris has promised to publish the memo and we're asking bloggers to also pledge to publish the memo.

Happy to sign up. Indeed

Happy to sign up. Indeed I've taken the liberty of providing a handy means for others to do so

http://www.pledgebank.com/bomb-document

I'd be happy to publish it

I'd be happy to publish it on my blog too. Please add me to the list.

Information wants to be free :-)

I've just had a note come up

I've just had a note come up saying my ip address has been used to post spam to this site. I can assure you, I do not post spam. I hate spam. I don't have a clue why your site thinks I've sent spam.

I'm very angry about this - I'm will check what my IP address actually is and ask my ISP what the hell is going on. If you actually have had spam linked in any way to me, could you do me a favour and email an example to me?

cheers

Red, Twas the spam filter

Red,
Twas the spam filter flapping, sorry. It's fixed.

I don't have a blog (too

I don't have a blog (too many time constraints at this point in my life). However, I'd be prepared to hand out copies in the street if I got hold of one.

My email address is above.

I would be only too happy to

I would be only too happy to publish. Count me in.

Already published

Already published http://postmanpatel.blogspot.com/2005/11/secret-bushblair-conversation-revealed.html

Nov 23rd

I'll publish it. Happy to

I'll publish it. Happy to help.

Will also publish. This

Will also publish. This matter is far too shocking to ignore.

Boris Johnston leading me to

Boris Johnston leading me to the barricades? Irresistible!

I'll happily join you in this pledge.

Send me a copy and I'll

Send me a copy and I'll email everyone on my mailing list and tell the local fuzz that I've done so.

I've now posted on this and

I've now posted on this and put a link back here. One day I'll figure out about trackbacks...

hi red, your post is here.

hi red, your post is here. Well said and worth reading.

i'm not that well-known for

i'm not that well-known for my political views as i often get confused but this is down-right outrageous. i believe in democracy [cough, splutter, choke] and if i can get hold of a copy of that memo, then it'll go up on my blog.

btw, i look great in orange.

cheers! anyone who fancies

cheers!

anyone who fancies one should help themselves to the "I'll publish teh al Jazeera memo" button on the sidebar. Bit rough and ready, but I thought speed before beauty...

Yeah, why not? If it's a

Yeah, why not? If it's a free speech thing, I'm only too happy to join in.

I'm in. However many

I'm in. However many documents there turn out to be.

A possibility is one memo

A possibility is one memo leaked in two parts...

I don't know the answer.

But however many documents there are, there must be something interesting in them that hasn't come out yet, or why the gagging order?

Are the precise terms of the gagging order/letter from Goldsmith or however they do it known? That would give a clue. Or are they subject to gagging too?

One other thing that has puzzled me is that Bush has just dismissed the Mirror story as "outlandish" even as Blair is having a crackdown on the story. That was strange when Bush said it, but there seems to have been no attempt by Bush and Blair to get into line with each other since - they have had a bit of time now...

All very odd.

Yes, count me in.

Yes, count me in. Publication of this memo may spell the end for at least one of the two regimes. It will be an honour to a stretch for that.

Now, while I would like to see Tony Blair replaced with George Galloway, I would settle for Boris Johnson if that weren't possible...

Count me in. I'll post on

Count me in. I'll post on my blog and circulate as far as I can.

Add me to the list. Happy to

Add me to the list. Happy to publish it.

A thought - how about something at Pledgebank? "I will publish the al Jazeera memo on my website, if 25 others will do so as well", or something like that...

Great idea...LiveHive blog

Great idea...LiveHive blog supports publication of the memo and will publish the memo when it becomes available.

Let's give it a snappy name:

Bloggers for Liberty and Independence in American Reporting (BLIAR)

Got memo? Publish it forward...the power of the press belongs to the person that owns one, i.e. a blog...publish the Blair/Bush/Al Jezeera memo.

Publish it here, there, and everywhere.

And may freedom define us, each and every one.

Great idea...LiveHive blog

Great idea...LiveHive blog supports publication of the memo and will publish the memo when it becomes available.

Let's give it a snappy name:

Bloggers for Liberty and Independence in American Reporting (BLIAR)

Got memo? Publish it forward...the power of the press belongs to the person that owns one, i.e. a blog...publish the Blair/Bush/Al Jezeera memo.

Publish it here, there, and everywhere.

And may freedom define us, each and every one.

Leia Amidon CISSP
LiveHive
http://livehive.typepad.com/

Hey, give it to me. I'm not

Hey, give it to me. I'm not an EU citizen. I'm a US citizen, so if you have this memo this is pretty much the only way it will get any coverage over here. They can't prosecute me.

Count me in. I'll post it

Count me in. I'll post it too

Hmmm...before I make any

Hmmm...before I make any rash promises, can someone explain exactly what length of jail time we're talking about? Maximum or minimum security? What sort of food do they serve, will I have access to the internet, a well-stocked library, BBC Radio 4, etc?

Also, what effect will my US citizenship have? Will I be jailed near foreign nationals who foment terror and look at me scary? Or will I simply be deported, which I'm not willing to risk--they'd detain me back in the USA, I'm pretty sure, or possibly send me to Gitmo. Although maybe I can claim asylum, or else be deported to Greece or somewhere sunny.

I'll definitely have to think about it.

i'd be proud to publish this

i'd be proud to publish this on my site -- good luck and let's keep the pressure ON.

I've now posted about this

I've now posted about this here and linked back to this page.

Wadah Khanfar of Al-Jazeera is on his way to London now, so I look forward to seeing what happens next.

The King's Blog will also

The King's Blog will also publish and be damned.

oh i say, a bit of a

oh i say, a bit of a rebelion and treason is it? which way to the baricade dear chap?

I, too, don't have a blog

I, too, don't have a blog but am willing to hand out copies on the street, at my University, and at Hyde Park corner :)

Count me in too.

Count me in too.

Here's an American ready to

Here's an American ready to enter into a rebellion WITH the British this time. And besides, I doubt that the Official Secrets Act reaches across the pond. Count me in. http://kalamazoopride.blogspot.com

ProgressiveAustin.org will

http://ProgressiveAustin.org will publish this memo if sent to the webmaster.

Just a minor correction

Just a minor correction please. For 'Diatribe' - its 'Diretribe'. Thank you.

I'll publish the memo.

I'll publish the memo.

I'll publish it...Bring it

I'll publish it...Bring it on!

Count me in, too. Nice idea

Count me in, too. Nice idea making the list!

I'm up for it. Sign me up.

I'm up for it. Sign me up. I'm in.

Afraid of jail? I've been a

Afraid of jail? I've been a visiting minister for many years, so I don't mind going back :-)
The truth will out! I'd love to publish it on my blog: http://www.flyingimam.com

You can count me in. I'm not

You can count me in.

I'm not afraid of jail.

Keep up the good work!

Regards,

Earthling

Sorry about the repeats - I

Sorry about the repeats - I kept landing on an error page so I assumed my comment hadn't been posted, and posted again and again. :(

Regards,

Earthling

Sorry, I'm trying to fix

Sorry, I'm trying to fix it.
Goddam technology...

Yep, more than happy to

Yep, more than happy to publish it on mine as well.

i'd be happy to publish too

i'd be happy to publish too on every web publication i edit.

I am tired of these

I am tired of these parasitic criminals in power. Blair and Bush belong in jail cells, not Downing Street and the White house.

I will also publish the

I will also publish the memo. As I live in Spain they would find it harder to prosecute me.

Yes, I'm all for the truth

Yes, I'm all for the truth being brought into the light. I would publish this document on my website www.us-uk-interventions.org