Thoughts on Invisible Children and WikiLeaks  Earlier this
month, Black Star News sifted through the WikiLeaks cable
database and uncovered some evidence that Invisible Children may
have handed information over to the Ugandan government that led
to the arrest of a member of the opposition. I have been
refraining from writing about this until more information comes
to light, but it seems that everyone is remaining silent, so
now’s as good a time as any to reflect.  According to the cable,
Invisible Children gave information to the Ugandan government
concerning a Patrick Komakech, a former LRA abductee whom the
government alleged was a part of a plot to create a new rebel
group, the People’s Patriotic Front. Komakech was a recipient of
IC’s aid at one time, and was arrested by the police and charged
with treason.  According to an article in The Monitor, both the
Ugandan military and Invisible Children deny that the exchange
of information ever occurred. In an e-mail to Foreign Policy, a
representative for IC st