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9 Jul 2011

Why is WikiLeaks using part of its current funds to sue MasterCard and Visa (legal activism)

For six months, without explanation or legal justification, MasterCard and Visa have illegally blocked all public donations made through their systems from reaching WikiLeaks. So WikiLeaks is suing them for access to these donations. Some people ask why WikiLeaks is doing this, instead of only using its present means to continue to publish the US Embassy Cables, of which more than 234,000 remain to be published.
For six months, without explanation or legal justification, MasterCard and Visa have illegally blocked all public...
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8 Jul 2011

WikiLeaks MasterCard, Visa Donations Accepted Again

WikiLeaks has again begun accepting credit card donations, a company affiliated with the secret-spilling site said Thursday. Andreas Fink, the chief executive of Icelandic payment processor DataCell, told The Associated Press that Visa and MasterCard were again processing payments to WikiLeaks after a seven month hiatus. Fink claimed the move was a tacit admission of guilt on behalf of the credit card companies, but it may well have been accidental.
WikiLeaks has again begun accepting credit card donations, a company affiliated with the secret-spilling site said...
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6 Jul 2011

Reclusive and Dangerous: A Behind The Scenes Look Into The Fight Between Hacker Ryan Cleary And Anonymous

Hackers have a habit of publishing logs of their chat-room conversations in forums where everyone can read them. In the logs that hackers claim show Cleary's conversations, he comes across as intelligent, boastful and nasty - he brags about being able to drain funds from the bank accounts he hacks, he threatens to ruin the websites of his critics and he rails against anyone who "fails to understand" him.
Hackers have a habit of publishing logs of their chat-room conversations in forums where everyone can read them. In the...
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6 Jul 2011

The Big Laundry or the Bad Apples in BulgariaÂ’s Banking Sector

On October 26, 2005, on the so-called government route on Bulgaria boulevard in Sofia, banker Emil Kuylev was gunned down. Immediately after the murder, the top people in the country Interior Minister, Rumen Petkov, Chief Prosecutor, Nikola Filchev, and President Parvanov publically declared that Kyulev s business was clean.
On October 26, 2005, on the so-called government route on Bulgaria boulevard in Sofia, banker Emil Kuylev was gunned...
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5 Jul 2011

LocalLeaks and HackerLeaks Press Release

Press Release - First we would like to thank the global media for being so attentive to the launch of our two new disclosure platforms. We would also like to thank the several dozen people who already trusted us with their sensitive leaks. It has been a remarkable week for those of us who staff these two important projects. None of us ever expected in our wildest dreams the enormity of the reaction to these two ideas.
Press Release - First we would like to thank the global media for being so attentive to the launch of our two new...
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5 Jul 2011

Sex, lies and no videotape: Göran Rudling dismantles the case against Julian Assange

G ran Rudling is a highly concerned Swedish citizen in respect of that nation's sexual offences legislation and its operation. He has particular views, some of which are most interesting ie the story of one complainant (for the moment we might refer to her as 'AA') of whom he says: it's a matter of "Revenge by Proxy."
G ran Rudling is a highly concerned Swedish citizen in respect of that nation's sexual offences legislation and its...
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1 Jul 2011

Big bank censorship of Wikileaks

Since December 2010, five major US financial institutions: VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Western Union, and the Bank of America have been trying to economically strangle WikiLeaks as a result of political pressure from Washington.
Since December 2010, five major US financial institutions: VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Western Union, and the Bank of...
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1 Jul 2011

Cables reveal hidden sides of Nicaragua’s ‘Zero Hunger’ budget deficit from the very beginning due to lack of transparency

The reported number of people living below the poverty line is 2,300,000 individuals in Nicaragua, and the zero hunger program was designed to lift people out of poverty. However, recently released cables detail how the progression of planning the program and defining standards had been opaque since the first step.
The reported number of people living below the poverty line is 2,300,000 individuals in Nicaragua, and the zero...
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28 Jun 2011

Most in the American LGBT Community Do Not Know of Bradley Manning

In San Francisco, New York and Chicago, support contingents for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks whistleblower, participated in Sunday s gay pride parades. Those who marched in contingents aimed to make the LGBT community more aware of Bradley Manning.
In San Francisco, New York and Chicago, support contingents for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks...
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26 Jun 2011

@Lulzsec’s Last Press Release

In a pastebin press release, @lulzsec says good bye, thank you, and carry on without us - We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us.
In a pastebin press release, @lulzsec says good bye, thank you, and carry on without us - We are Lulz Security, and this...
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22 Jun 2011

Introducing the Monthly International WikiLeaks Central Essay Competition. Brilliance equals payola.

WikiLeaks is a disruptive innovation in the field of publishing. Both a new kind of institution and an idea, Wikileaks and 'scientific journalism' have emerged from, and are created for, the information age.
WikiLeaks is a disruptive innovation in the field of publishing. Both a new kind of institution and an idea, Wikileaks...
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22 Jun 2011

Interview with Tangerine Bolen: ‘WikiLeaks kicked open the door…our responsibility to make sure that door never shuts again.’

According to Tangerine Bolen, her efforts are a deliberate attempt to show the US government that there are people across the world who publicly stand and support WikiLeaks. "WikiLeaks kicked open the door," Bolen says, "It is our responsibility make sure that door never shuts again."
According to Tangerine Bolen, her efforts are a deliberate attempt to show the US government that there are people...
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17 Jun 2011

Julian Assange: Detention ‘An Impediment’ To WikiLeaks Work

After six months under virtual house arrest, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange acknowledged Thursday that his detention is hampering the work of the secret-spilling site. His supporters accused Britain of subjecting him to "excessive and dehumanizing" treatment.
After six months under virtual house arrest, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange acknowledged Thursday that his detention...
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15 Jun 2011

Grand Jury Meets to Question WikiLeaks Supporters ‘Do You or Have You Ever Worked for WikiLeaks ‘

A federal grand jury empanelled to investigate WikiLeaks meets again in Alexandria, Virginia today. David House, co-founder of the Bradley Manning Support Network, is expected to appear before the grand jury. He and others in the Greater Boston area have been subjected to this process, which seeks to embroil them in espionage charges for being linked to WikiLeaks
A federal grand jury empanelled to investigate WikiLeaks meets again in Alexandria, Virginia today. David House,...
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14 Jun 2011

Torture Accountability After All

Those of us who opposed the Bush administration torture program have been demoralized by the lack of accountability for the numerous abuses committed as part of that program. President Obama decried torture, and said he would end it, but he also said he wanted to "look forward, not back," apparently precluding investigations of the abuses committed by the previous administration.
Those of us who opposed the Bush administration torture program have been demoralized by the lack of accountability for...
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13 Jun 2011

CNN’s ‘WikiWars’ Documentary Exploits Character of Julian Assange to Cast Doubt on WikiLeaks

Closely following the character of Julian Assange, founder of the pro-transparency media organization WikiLeaks, the recently aired CNN documentary, 'WikiWars,' provides a presentation of the story of the organization with a prime focus on Assange's character. It is another opportunity, like PBS' Frontline documentary "WikiSecrets," for a wide audience in the United States to get a better grasp of the nature of the organization
Closely following the character of Julian Assange, founder of the pro-transparency media organization WikiLeaks, the...
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11 Jun 2011

The extradition appeal of Julian Assange EU melting pots, ambiguities and human rights on trial.

Julian Assange s defence made substantial arguments at the extradition hearing that the EAW was not for the purposes of prosecution, that the use of the word lagforing in the warrant, meaning judicial process, was not sufficient to qualify as meaning a prosecution for the required purposes of an EAW.
Julian Assange s defence made substantial arguments at the extradition hearing that the EAW was not for the purposes of...
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10 Jun 2011

How WikiLeaks has changed today’s media

While investigating a recent story about the geopolitical battle for natural resources in the Arctic, I searched for unfiltered, candid dialogue on the issue. Instead, I found a web of conflicting theories, opinions and political doublespeak.
While investigating a recent story about the geopolitical battle for natural resources in the Arctic, I searched for...
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9 Jun 2011

New Subpoenas Issued in WikiLeaks Grand Jury Investigation: Time for a Political Support Committee

The grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks has widened. A subpoena has been issued to David House, co-founder of the Bradley Manning Support Network. Manning s ex-boyfriend, Tyler Watkins, who recently appeared in PBS Frontline s 'WikiSecrets' documentary, and Nadia Heninger, who has done work with WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum (someone whose Twitter user data has been subpoenaed by the government), have each been served with a subpoena
The grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks has widened. A subpoena has been issued to David House, co-founder of the...
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9 Jun 2011

Nigeria: The Cost of Oil

For over 50 years now, the extraction of crude oil and natural gas from Nigeria's Niger Delta has meant wealth for a privileged few but has exacted heavy costs on residents and the environment. Nigeria is the world's 8th largest producer of crude oil, yet remains one of its poorest nations
For over 50 years now, the extraction of crude oil and natural gas from Nigeria's Niger Delta has meant wealth for a...
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7 Jun 2011

Interview with Omar Deghayes

Omar Deghayes was born the son of a prominent Libyan lawyer, an "opponent of the increasingly totalitarian Gaddafi" later taken away by the Libyan authorities and killed.
Omar Deghayes was born the son of a prominent Libyan lawyer, an "opponent of the increasingly totalitarian Gaddafi"...
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6 Jun 2011

Omar Deghayes on Omar Khadr

Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen who was arrested at fifteen after the compound he was living in in Afghanistan was bombed by US military. He was tortured at Bagram prison and Guant namo, and has spent the last nine years of his life imprisoned by the US. WL Central coverage on Omar Khadr is here.
Omar Khadr is a Canadian citizen who was arrested at fifteen after the compound he was living in in Afghanistan was...
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5 Jun 2011

Julian Assange: WikiLeaks Publishing Classified Documents Hasn’t Resulted In Anyone Being Harmed

No one has come to harm as a result of WikiLeaks' publication of thousands of classified documents, the site's founder said Saturday, accusing his critics of opposing the revelations because of "middle-class squeamishness."
No one has come to harm as a result of WikiLeaks' publication of thousands of classified documents, the site's founder...
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5 Jun 2011

The Revenge of Aaron Barr: Firing the Social Engineering Cannon at Anon

The efforts of Aaron Barr of HB Gary to create a modern big brother surveillance state met with disaster when Anonymous retaliated against him. Many thought that after all the fury and sting by Anonymous, Aaron Barr might have learned a lesson.
The efforts of Aaron Barr of HB Gary to create a modern big brother surveillance state met with disaster when Anonymous...
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4 Jun 2011

Bradley Manning Supporters Rally At Kansas Prison

Hundreds of supporters of Bradley Manning converged at Leavenworth, Kan., Saturday to rally for the Army private accused of leaking classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. Gathered outside the prison where Manning is currently being held, protesters denounced Manning's treatment and called on the White House to drop all charges against him.
Hundreds of supporters of Bradley Manning converged at Leavenworth, Kan., Saturday to rally for the Army private accused...
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4 Jun 2011

The Definitive Guantanamo Prisoner List Updated for 2011, With New Information and Photos from WikiLeaks

Since I began my quest to discover the stories of the Guant namo prisoners, and to bring those stories to the world, which I first embarked upon over five years ago, I have endeavoured to make that information as accessible as possible. A major step in achieving this took place in March 2009, when I first produced my four-part Definitive Guant namo Prisoner List, providing the names and nationalities of all 779 prisoners, and, in over 90 percent of those cases, links to my own articles about Guant namo (around 300 at that point), providing more information about them, or references for where their stories appear in my book The Guant namo Files or in 12 additional online chapters.
Since I began my quest to discover the stories of the Guant namo prisoners, and to bring those stories to the world,...
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4 Jun 2011

Wikileaks Cable Confirms North American Union Agenda

A newly leaked U.S. diplomatic cable originally written over six years ago confirms that the agenda to merge the United States, Canada and Mexico into an integrated North American Union has been ongoing for years, debunking claims made consistently by the corporate media and establishment talking heads that the NAU is a baseless 'conspiracy theory'.
A newly leaked U.S. diplomatic cable originally written over six years ago confirms that the agenda to merge the United...
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31 May 2011

Memorial Day in America: What the US Government Wants Americans to Remember vs. What WikiLeaks Thinks Should Be Remembered

WikiLeaks has released military reports from both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. What those sets of documents reveal along with the contents of the few thousand US State Embassy cables released indicates there is a reality that society and government would like to suppress.
WikiLeaks has released military reports from both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. What those sets of documents reveal...
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27 May 2011

WikiLeaks, Pakistan and the Ghost of Vietnam

What's said about sausage and journalism must also be true of foreign policy: that if you knew how it was produced, you wouldn't want to consume it. I'm certainly disgusted and alarmed to learn from WikiLeaks via Dawn.com that U.S. special operations forces deployed secretly on joint operations with Pakistani troops as early as 2009, but I'm not surprised. Are you?
What's said about sausage and journalism must also be true of foreign policy: that if you knew how it was produced, you...
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26 May 2011

PBS Chat Raises More Questions About Production of ‘WikiSecrets’

Whether Manning could have a fair trial now that the Commander-in-Chief has told his subordinates he thinks Manning is guilty is doubtful. A military officer would be risking his career if he or she handed down a decision that did not meet the approval of the Obama Administration. Gaviria/Smith are seemingly oblivious to this when they type their answer.
Whether Manning could have a fair trial now that the Commander-in-Chief has told his subordinates he thinks Manning is...
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26 May 2011

Julian Assange Calls Media Coverage Of Bradley Manning ‘Appalling’

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange called out the Obama administration for its aggressive pursuit of leakers and criticized media coverage of suspected WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning during a conference call Wednesday about the soldier's legal situation.
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange called out the Obama administration for its aggressive pursuit of leakers and...
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26 May 2011

Pakistan’s National Defense University Rife With Anti-Americanism

Officers received training biased against the United States at a prestigious Pakistan army institution, according to Wikileaks, underscoring concern that anti-Americanism in the country's powerful military is growing amid strains with Washington.
Officers received training biased against the United States at a prestigious Pakistan army institution, according to...
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25 May 2011

PBS FRONTLINE’s ‘WikiSecrets’ Wants to Be Objective and Fair and That’s Why It’s Weak

Anyone familiar with the stories of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, the organization s founder and Pfc. Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower to WikiLeaks, would be forgiven for wondering whether PBS Frontline s documentary 'WikiSecrets' presents anything new or not. The documentary attempts to make a sensational connection between Manning and Assange and suggest that Assange might know Manning is the source of the information.
Anyone familiar with the stories of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, the organization s founder and Pfc. Bradley Manning, the...
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25 May 2011

Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov: Major Methamphetamines Traffic and Dependency on Lukoil

"We must continue to walk a fine line between being used by Borisov's publicity machine and alienating an exceptionally popular and seemingly pro-American politician who may emerge as Bulgaria's next leader. In other words, we should continue to push him in the right direction, but never forget who we're dealing with."
"We must continue to walk a fine line between being used by Borisov's publicity machine and alienating an exceptionally...
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23 May 2011

On the issue of the US, Pakistan’s playing with fire.

The Dawn Media Group in partnership with WikiLeaks has been releasing the "Pakistan Papers." Thus far, some of the revelations include the following: Pakistan's military asked for continued drone coverage, the US has had troops deployed on Pakistan soil, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been financing jihadist groups in Pakistan and the US did not provide Benazir Bhutto with proper security.
The Dawn Media Group in partnership with WikiLeaks has been releasing the "Pakistan Papers." Thus far, some of the...
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23 May 2011

Trouble for Assange

The influential PBS Frontline series presents a full hour tomorrow night on WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning, and the producers claim that we will learn "for the first time, the whole story....from the inside."
The influential PBS Frontline series presents a full hour tomorrow night on WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning, and the...
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20 May 2011

WikiLeaks Cache Reveal Pakistan’s Role in Drone Strikes

A collaboration between WikiLeaks and the Pakistani newspaper Dawn is straining the already tense relations between the U.S. and Pakistan following the secret raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. A trove of previously top secret State Department cables shed new light on Pakistan's role in encouraging U.S. drone strikes in the country.
A collaboration between WikiLeaks and the Pakistani newspaper Dawn is straining the already tense relations between the...
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19 May 2011

One Year On: The Unmaking of Bradley Manning, Part II

After several weeks of intense attention, Pvt. Bradley Manning began to slip off the media s radar screens again last month with his transfer from the maximum security brig at Quantico to a medium-custody military prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, while he awaits trial.
After several weeks of intense attention, Pvt. Bradley Manning began to slip off the media s radar screens again last...
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19 May 2011

Bulgarian Nationalist under US Diplomatic Fire

Diplomatic cables of the US embassy in Sofia have been revealed on WikiLeaks and provided to the project for investigative journalism www.bivol.bg, bringing out new details about the way Bulgaria's far-right, nationalist Ataka party and its leader, Volen Siderov, are viewed by American diplomats.
Diplomatic cables of the US embassy in Sofia have been revealed on WikiLeaks and provided to the project for...
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19 May 2011

Henry Rollins on Wikileaks and government reform

In America's search for transparency, new organizations have been formed, such as Wikileaks. America is torn on that specific issue. Some view it as treason. Others view it as patriotism. What is your take on the subject?
In America's search for transparency, new organizations have been formed, such as Wikileaks. America is torn on that...
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18 May 2011

One Year Ago: The Unmaking of Bradley Manning

On February 18, 2010, WikiLeaks posted on its Web site a U.S. State Department diplomatic cable dated January 13, 2010, from the embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland. It was an intriguing, if not earthshaking, document that would later earn the tag "Reykjavik13." In the cable, the U.S. deputy chief of mission, Sam Watson, described private talks with Icelandic leaders over a referendum on whether to repay losses from a bank failure, with the real possibility that Iceland could default in 2011
On February 18, 2010, WikiLeaks posted on its Web site a U.S. State Department diplomatic cable dated January 13, 2010,...
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16 May 2011

Former Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumen Petkov Busted for Peeing in a City Fountain

Former Interior Minister of Bulgaria (2005-2008), Rumen Petkov is presented as a "hard working, hard drinking", controversial figure, related to political corruption and russian intelligence in a WikiLeaks diplomatic cable released by the Wikileaks partner Bivol.bg also published on balkanleaks.eu
Former Interior Minister of Bulgaria (2005-2008), Rumen Petkov is presented as a "hard working, hard drinking",...
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16 May 2011

Debating Whether the Organization is Hypocritical or Not

For the past four or five days, a copy of a leaked confidentiality agreement from WikiLeaks has been a hot topic among those who follow news and politics. Those that have regularly scrutinized WikiLeaks, who have typically gone along with any meme in the media that shines a light on the organization s imperfections, took the posting of this agreement as an opportunity to focus on how this showed complete hypocrisy.
For the past four or five days, a copy of a leaked confidentiality agreement from WikiLeaks has been a hot topic among...
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16 May 2011

Behind the Blogger Who Made the WikiLeaks Confidentiality Agreement a Top Story

David Allen Green, legal correspondent for the New Statesman out of the UK, has spent the last few days calling attention to a leaked confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement (NDA), which he revealed in a blog post on May 11.
David Allen Green, legal correspondent for the New Statesman out of the UK, has spent the last few days calling...
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13 May 2011

WikiLeaks Guantanamo Release Offers an Opportunity for Truth Telling

The 779 classified Detainee Assessment Briefs (DABs) that WikiLeaks began releasing on April 24 offer an unprecedented opportunity for us to finally confront the flimsy evidence our government has compiled about hundreds of men to support their past or present indefinite detention at Guant namo.
The 779 classified Detainee Assessment Briefs (DABs) that WikiLeaks began releasing on April 24 offer an unprecedented...
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13 May 2011

Leaked WikiLeaks Confidentiality Agreement Neither ‘Draconian’ Nor ‘Extraordinary’

A leaked confidentiality agreement that those doing business with WikiLeaks are expected to sign was obtained and published by the New Statesman. The New Statesman and other news organizations believe they have uncovered another aspect of the WikiLeaks organization that indicates it is unfit to be trusted by whistleblowers. But, for anyone who understands confidentiality agreements there may be nothing extraordinary or even draconian about the agreement
A leaked confidentiality agreement that those doing business with WikiLeaks are expected to sign was obtained and...
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9 May 2011

Journalism vs. WikiLeaks

David Corn has a piece today about a Pakistani businessman who owns several pharmacies in New York City and has been fingered by a Guantanamo detainee as a "possible al-Qaida anthrax operative." So is he? Nobody knows. Maybe the Gitmo detainee was just making stuff up. Maybe it's already been exhaustively investigated and the guy has been cleared. Or maybe he really did have al-Qaeda ties at one time. The Pakistani guy can't be reached, and there's no evidence one way or the other about this aside from the detainee report, so it's impossible to say.
David Corn has a piece today about a Pakistani businessman who owns several pharmacies in New York City and has been...
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8 May 2011

Gitmo Guards’ Rewards System for Detainees Backfires

The story of Yasser Talal Al Zahrani offers one of the most mysterious, and ultimately tragic, narratives in the Gitmo Files published by WikiLeaks this past week. The son of 'a senior official in the Saudi Interior Ministry, reportedly holding the rank of abid, or brigadier,' the seventeen-year-old al Zahrani reportedly left home, having just completed the eleventh grade, 'after hearing that sheiks from neighboring [sic throughout] towns were saying jihad in Afghanistan (AF) was a religious duty.'
The story of Yasser Talal Al Zahrani offers one of the most mysterious, and ultimately tragic, narratives in the Gitmo...
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6 May 2011

Decision to Not Release bin Laden Death Photos Rests on Same Dubious Logic Used Against WikiLeaks

I view everything surrounding the killing of bin Laden to be necessary to deciding whether to release the photos or not. In that sense, President Obama s good decision to not give a speech at Ground Zero in New York yesterday should help inform the debate. What he did by not giving a speech was what someone like former President George W. Bush would not have had the courage to do: he chose, in that moment, to not exploit 9/11 and use it to further advance the national security agenda of America.
I view everything surrounding the killing of bin Laden to be necessary to deciding whether to release the photos or not....
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5 May 2011

Wall Street Journal Launches Its Own WikiLeaks

The Wall Street Journal wasn't on the receiving end of major WikiLeaks document dumps on Iraq, Afghanistan, the State Dept. and Guantanamo Bay. But the Journal may have found a way to cut out the middleman and convince leakers to go straight to the paper's editors.
The Wall Street Journal wasn't on the receiving end of major WikiLeaks document dumps on Iraq, Afghanistan, the State...
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4 May 2011

Facebook Responds To Assange Claim It Is A ‘Spying Machine’

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange recently said in an interview that Facebook is "the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented." Alleging that the social network is vulnerable to "pressure" from U.S. Intelligence, Assange said that the government could potentially exploit user data stored on the network.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange recently said in an interview that Facebook is "the most appalling spying machine that...
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2 May 2011

IrishLeaks Launches Submission Platform

Today marks the launch of IrishLeaks, an implementation of the Wikileaks model for anonymous leaking platforms in the Republic of Ireland. The platform has received some coverage in domestic Irish news in recent days. IrishLeaks is apparently unaffiliated with Wikileaks in any way. The site now claims to be operational, and open to submissions
Today marks the launch of IrishLeaks, an implementation of the Wikileaks model for anonymous leaking platforms in the...
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29 Apr 2011

White House Punishing Press for Reporting on Bradley Manning

Reports have emerged over efforts by the Obama administration to chastise the San Francisco Chronicle, and in particular its reporter, Carla Marinucci, for reporting on a protest staged during an Obama fundraiser in support of incarcerated whistleblower, Bradley Manning
Reports have emerged over efforts by the Obama administration to chastise the San Francisco Chronicle, and in particular...
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29 Apr 2011

Putin to bulgarian PM: Bulgarians risk being cold this winter if they don’t advance russian energy projects

A set of cables about Bulgarian energy business, published by the Wikileaks media partner Bivol.bg, discloses a realm of "energy mafia", murky intermediaries, connected with organized crime, and Russian financial interests.
A set of cables about Bulgarian energy business, published by the Wikileaks media partner Bivol.bg, discloses a realm of...
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28 Apr 2011

Is there evidence of secret CIA prisons on Polish territory

Polish public broadcaster TVP reports that an investigation into alleged secret CIA prisons on Polish territory may have yielded first results. According to a source, Polish investigators have evidence on the exact date prisoner Abu Zubaida was transferred to and from Szymany airport. He is said to have arrived in December 2002 and departed in September 2003.
Polish public broadcaster TVP reports that an investigation into alleged secret CIA prisons on Polish territory may have...
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27 Apr 2011

The Sharecropper And The Terrorist: What The Leaked Files On Two Detainees Reveal About The Guantanamo Dilemma

In December 2001, Pakistani forces arrested two men within a few days of each other in the mountains on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The travelers had nothing to do with each other and little in common. Yet for the next year or so they shared a fate: imprisonment in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
In December 2001, Pakistani forces arrested two men within a few days of each other in the mountains on the border of...
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27 Apr 2011

The Guantanamo Children: These Aren’t What You’d Call ‘Little League’ Terrorists

Pakistani national Naqib Ullah (also Naqibullah) was 14 years old and out doing an errand for his father when he was kidnapped from his village in Khan, Afghanistan by 11 men that called themselves, "Samoud's people." The men, according to Ullah, "forcibly raped him at gunpoint". He was taken back to the men's village encampment and "forced to do manual work."
Pakistani national Naqib Ullah (also Naqibullah) was 14 years old and out doing an errand for his father when he was...
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26 Apr 2011

The WikiLeaks Guantanamo release ‘Made up as they went along’

Faced with the worst-ever foreign attack on American soil, the U.S. military set up a human intelligence laboratory at Guant namo that used interrogation and detention practices they largely made up as they went along.
Faced with the worst-ever foreign attack on American soil, the U.S. military set up a human intelligence laboratory at...
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26 Apr 2011

Guantanamo Files: The essential primer

We wake up Monday to another batch of leaked, classified documents, and some of the most indicting yet: The Guantanamo files. The cache, leaked to Wikileaks, provides intelligence assessments of 759 of the 779 prisoners held at Gitmo.
We wake up Monday to another batch of leaked, classified documents, and some of the most indicting yet: The Guantanamo...
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26 Apr 2011

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Met With Jose Padilla, Ex-Chicago Gang Leader, In 2002 WikiLeaks

According to a new batch of documents released by WikiLeaks, the mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks met with a Chicago gang leader to discuss potential terrorist attacks against targets within the city.
According to a new batch of documents released by WikiLeaks, the mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks met...
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25 Apr 2011

New York Times, NPR Collude with US Government on Gitmo Files Coverage

A statement from the Pentagon was published just after 9 pm ET on April 24th, no more than an hour or two after the New York Times had posted their package covering the Gitmo Files they had not obtained from WikiLeaks. The statement was posted on NPR and the Times website. Yet, again, it seems this is an instance of complete collusion between the press and government.
A statement from the Pentagon was published just after 9 pm ET on April 24th, no more than an hour or two after the New...
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25 Apr 2011

Will WikiLeaks vs. NYT, The Guardian and Daniel Domscheit-Berg Drama Overshadow Contents of Gitmo Files

The release of the files should draw attention to the reality that, despite US President Barack Obama's promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, the prison is still open. In fact, El Pais has posted analysis to complement coverage of the Guantanamo Files, which details how "legal and political setbacks" prevented Obama from closing the military prison:
The release of the files should draw attention to the reality that, despite US President Barack Obama's promise to close...
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25 Apr 2011

What Can Be Found in Each File

McClatchy Newspapers writes "the US military set up a human intelligence laboratory at Guantanamo," the Washington Post details new classified military documents obtained by the "anti-secrecy organization" present "new details" of detainees whereabouts on Sept 11, 2001 and afterward and the Daily Telegraph reports that it has exposed "America's own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world's most dangerous terrorists."
McClatchy Newspapers writes "the US military set up a human intelligence laboratory at Guantanamo," the Washington Post...
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25 Apr 2011

In Gitmo Opinion, Two Versions of Reality

On Sunday night, a number of news outlets and WikiLeaks published a trove of classified documents [1] on detainees at Guantanamo Bay. ProPublica has been reporting on Gitmo [2] and the issues surrounding indefinite detention for more than two years. In October 2010, Dafna Linzer revealed how the Obama administration censored one federal judge's Gitmo decision [3] that had questioned the government's evidence against a detainee.
On Sunday night, a number of news outlets and WikiLeaks published a trove of classified documents [1] on detainees at...
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25 Apr 2011

Most Surprising Revelations From The Leaked Documents

"Impotence-promoting" drugs. The threat of a "nuclear hellstorm." Prisoners leashed like dogs and forced to urinate on themselves. These are just a few of the shocking revelations found among the cache of over 700 classified military documents detailing the 779 people who have been detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
"Impotence-promoting" drugs. The threat of a "nuclear hellstorm." Prisoners leashed like dogs and forced to urinate on...
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24 Apr 2011

Ethan McCord and Kevin Zeese on Bradley Manning and Soldiers in War

McCord suggests the army goes after these 17, 18 or 19 year old kids because they don t have empathy yet and they can easily be molded into killers. They want people who aren t going to think about if what they are doing is wrong. Also, it s very hard for soldiers to 'take off that hero hat.'
McCord suggests the army goes after these 17, 18 or 19 year old kids because they don t have empathy yet and they can...
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23 Apr 2011

Director of New Film on ‘Collateral Murder’: It’s a ‘Perfect Microcosm of Iraq War

A new short documentary called, 'Incident in New Baghdad,' premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on Sunday. The film tells the story of Iraq war veteran Ethan McCord, a soldier who appears in the 'Collateral Murder' video rescuing two wounded children.
A new short documentary called, 'Incident in New Baghdad,' premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on...
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19 Apr 2011

State Dept Spokesman’s Newspeak on Whether the US is Undermining the Syria Government

The Washington Post s coverage of US State Embassy cables that suggest the US has been secretly backing Syrian opposition groups snowballed into a big story today. With the regime gunning down more protesters, senior Obama Administration officials took the opportunity to rehash the talking point that the disclosure of information obtained by WikiLeaks could endanger lives.
The Washington Post s coverage of US State Embassy cables that suggest the US has been secretly backing Syrian...
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19 Apr 2011

Second appeal to the American Medical Association concerning Bradley Manning

President Obama recently stated that Private Manning s conditions comply with the Pentagon s basic standards. Given that those standards apparently permit Private Manning to be subjected to plainly unconstitutional conditions, it is clear that the Department of Defense must adapt its standards to meet the demands of the constitution.
President Obama recently stated that Private Manning s conditions comply with the Pentagon s basic standards. Given that...
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18 Apr 2011

Shadowy figures play with real lives in

We are extremely concerned that lives are endangered as a result of this article based on WikiLeaks," a senior Obama administration official told Fox News Monday morning. "The concern regards what (the) Syrians might do to those that work for (Barada), given that (Assad and his security forces) are prone to crack down and could well use this as an excuse -- blaming it on foreigners."
We are extremely concerned that lives are endangered as a result of this article based on WikiLeaks," a senior Obama...
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