The Fifth Estate Page #4

Yes, come on.

We're down again.

We need to add new servers.

Pff.!

Well, that's the price you pay

for giving the world

news for free.

There ain't no money in it.

I've got a few

thousand Euros saved up.

That's a half-dozen

machines on eBay.

What?

Are we not inspired,

men of purpose?

Capable, generous men?

Ah.

it doesn't exactly look

like a data center.

Hey.

Hey.

Nice. You know

the way to my heart, huh?

Long trip-

Julian, meet Marcus,

the second greatest hacker

in the world.

How are you?

Fine.

Okay, uh,

just hook it up right there,

next to the other old IBMs.

And do me a favor,

take off all the tags...

because I don't want to know

which one it is.

You want to protect us

from yourself?

Well, plausible deniability

is never a bad thing, right?

Especially when there might

be jackboots at the door.

A man who understands security.

I'm just basically

following the tradition

of some excellent hackers.

One in particular

who went by this curious name.

Something out of Horace...

splendide mendax, noble liar.

I'm sorry but it's just,

you know...

the way Daniel talks,

I suspected

an illustrious past.

So I did some digging.

Wow. Hacking NASA.

Impressive. MILNET.

You hacked

the U.S. Defense Network?

It, uh, was a long time ago.

Lots of backdoors,

it really wasn't

that difficult.

Delightfully deceiving.

Just like your name.

And your, uh,

robust infrastructure.

No offense,

but any leet hack could see

that your tech was junk.

So, good thing

you're adding servers.

Mmm.

Uh... Your cows seem

a little depressed.

Do you milk those yourself

or get other people

to do it for you?

Sometimes.

Yeah.

He can do some coding.

I don't want you to let him

on the primary server.

Marcus just wants

to be involved.

He's a bit of a legend

in the club.

- Hmm.

- He could be a big help.

Yeah, well, people with

that much experience

tend to have a mind

of their own.

Holy sh*t.

The new server

is already working.

We've got a ton of new traffic.

Look, there's at least

half a dozen new leaks.

This is a Jihadist

training manual.

- Gang wars in the U.S. Army.

- Wow.

A list of British National

Party members.

Sh*t.

It's thousands of neo-Nazis,

right in the heart of London.

Three thousand kilometers?

Where were you?

It's none of our business.

Could you mind

your own business?

Mr. Berg.

- Hey.

- You're alive?

And starving.

The British press is going nuts

over the National Party

member list.

People are donating money.

Not a lot, but some.

And we're getting more leaks.

Toxic dumping

in the Ivory Coast,

corruption in Kosovo.

What? You don't like it?

Mmm! It's delicious.

It's just a bit cold, but...

Yes, it's been sitting there

for an hour.

I'm sorry. I didn't hear you.

It's just the addresses

I don't get.

What?

The National Party members.

I mean, those people

should be exposed...

but you published

their personal information.

Phone numbers, home addresses.

They were in the documents.

Yes, but why not cut them out?

They have families, children.

Someone could get hurt.

Editing reflects bias.

Our sources, the people

on the site, they trust us...

because we don't

screw with the documents.

As Julian says...

"Free people

must have knowledge."

Or, as Orwell says,

"Big Brother is watching."

Is this because

I stayed in on Friday?

I couldn't care less

about Friday.

I had a perfectly good time

with Nik and Claudia...

despite the fact

that Nik tried to get me

to go home with him again.

Oh.

Don't look so concerned.

He bores the sh*t out of me.

Maybe that's exactly

what you need.

Hey, I was the one

who told you to quit your job.

I'm glad you did.

I'm just saying that,

if you're gonna...

I don't know...

nail yourself to a cross...

then you should probably

know what it's made of.

Do you even remember

the last time we had sex?

I'm sure I'm gonna remember

the next time.

So goddamn clever.

Just a little clever.

Mmm.

What was that?

- Who is it?

- I don't know.

Well, neo-Nazis

wouldn't knock, right?

Jesus.

I thought

you were in Australia.

Yeah. Well, I thought

it best not to, um...

to telegraph my movements.

By the way,

you should probably take

your name off the door.

Have you seen

the latest expose...

by the Kenyan National

Coalition on Human Rights?

They've revealed that police

are running death squads.

My friend Oscar

wrote the report.

Kibaki wants to bury it.

We need to get it up

on the homepage.

It details hundreds of murders,

massive human rights

violations.

It's like exposing Chile

under Pinochet.

Have you got any of

that disgusting energy drink?

It might be a long night.

Hey.

I'm sorry.

Am I interrupting something?

Hey.

Anke.

Anke, come on.

Come back inside, please.

It's late.

- Tell him to go.

- I can't.

Do you want me to come

back inside? Tell him to go!

Listen, we've been working

on this project for months.

Julian thinks it could be

the most important leak

we've ever had.

- He just got off the plane.

- Listen to yourself!

Why do you try so hard

to be him?

What?

You'll never be him.

He's got nowhere else to stay.

Well, I do.

Mmm.

- Is that my jacket?

- Mmm.

I'm about to write a press

release on death squads.

I wanted to wear

something that matched

the gravity of the occasion.

I have a son in Melbourne,

you know.

He turns 19 next week.

I haven't seen him in a year.

It takes two things

to change the world...

and you'd be surprised how

many people have good ideas.

But commitment...

true commitment,

that's the hard one.

It requires sacrifice.

- What's his name?

- Daniel.

His name is Daniel.

In the recordings

posted on WikiLeaks...

Perupetro vice-president,

Alberto Quimper...

and Romulo Lon Alegra,

a prominent

Peruvian politician...

are heard discussing bribes in

exchange for oil concessions.

Hackers have broken

into the email account...

of Republican

vice-presidential candidate,

Sarah Palin.

The hacking exposes

what appears to be...

Palin's use

of a personal account

for government business.

The 238-page document...

outlines standard

operating procedure

for prisoner treatment

at Guantanamo Bay.

WikiLeaks revealed that

Iceland's biggest bank,

Kaupthing...

loaned billions

to its own shareholders...

a key contributor to the

country's economic collapse.

The bank obtained a court

order against network RUV...

but that did little good.

We lead tonight with the

collapse of the Kaupthing Bank.

Due to a count injunction, we

can't bring you the whole stony.

But there is an organization that can.

You'll find them at Wikileaks.org

WikiLeaks is redefining

the public's right

to information.

I'd like to add whatever

legitimacy I can,

right after I buy them a drink.

Iceland could become

a new utopia.

A refuge for whistleblowers

and investigative journalists.

She's a Member of Parliament?

Apparently,

our latest spokesperson.

...for the legislative process

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