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I would much prefer that the ICIJ make the original raw data available. Right now we don't know what they have omitted from the data.

ICIJ: stop being the gatekeepers.

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Previous leaks can be downloaded from here: https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/pages/database So probably the Pandora Papers will be downloadable in the near future too.

The database does not divulge raw documents or personal information en masse. It contains a great deal of information about company owners, proxies and intermediaries in secrecy jurisdictions, but it doesn’t disclose bank accounts, email exchanges and financial transactions contained in the documents.

Why would they release raw data?

That would be a massive break of journalistic integrity.

People still have journalistic integrity these days? Now that's a real joke.

Without access to the raw data, you don't know what's being omitted. Say, for example, NK's Kim threatens the ICIJ journalists, and they remove any mention of his assets from their reporting. Who's to know?

IMHO, releasing the raw data in its entirety protects the journalists; if you're the gatekeeper, you automatically become a target.

This is nonsensical.

They are journalists not vigilante hackers.

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