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18 Apr 2011

Nigerian Elections: Candidates, as Previously Revealed in WikiLeaks Cables, Still Register to Vote Multiple Times

Nigerian elections that had been postponed until Monday, April 4th, have been postponed yet again by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is headed by Professor Attahiru Jega. From the INEC headquarters, the rescheduling was announced by Jega, who said since announcing the rescheduling several requests made to the Commission have urged it to consult more widely and ensure the two-day postponement addresses all logistical issues.
Nigerian elections that had been postponed until Monday, April 4th, have been postponed yet again by the Independent...
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18 Apr 2011

State Department Cables Reveal U.S. Thirst For All Things Iranian

At a November 2009 meeting, top Iranian security officials allegedly discussed staging a student takeover of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, much as students had seized the U.S. Embassy there three decades earlier, according to a State Department cable.
At a November 2009 meeting, top Iranian security officials allegedly discussed staging a student takeover of the Saudi...
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11 Apr 2011

Tell Quantico and the Pentagon to allow official visits to Pfc Bradley Manning

We call on you to stop obstructing official visits to PFC. Bradley Manning at Quantico Marine Base. Marine confinement rules clearly state that people "conducting official government business, either on behalf of the prisoner or in the interest of justice," can be allowed "official visits" not subject to monitoring by the brig. Rep. Dennis Kucinich is clearly conducting official government business in the interest of justice.
We call on you to stop obstructing official visits to PFC. Bradley Manning at Quantico Marine Base. Marine confinement...
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11 Apr 2011

WikiLeaks Demonstrates Where Citizens Must Apply Pressure to Advance Media Reform and Justice

A National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR) put on by Free Press took place over the weekend. Thousands of attendees gathered to discuss the state of media and democracy in the US and how best to fight for better media.
A National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR) put on by Free Press took place over the weekend. Thousands of attendees...
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9 Apr 2011

Avaaz petition for Bradley Manning

To President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: We call on you to immediately end the torture, isolation and public humiliation of Bradley Manning. This treatment is a violation of his constitutionally guaranteed human rights, and a chilling deterrent to other potential whistleblowers committed to public integrity.
To President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: We call on you to...
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8 Apr 2011

Some Jewish Settlers Ready To Move For Money

Newly revealed WikiLeaks documents quote a Jewish settler leader as saying some residents of West Bank settlements would be willing to relocate in exchange for compensation, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported Friday.
Newly revealed WikiLeaks documents quote a Jewish settler leader as saying some residents of West Bank settlements would...
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7 Apr 2011

This Week in WikiLeaks Presents Danny Schechter Talking About US Media

At the Left Forum in NYC, I spoke on a panel called "What Has WikiLeaks Revealed." I presented with Danny Schechter, founder of MediaChannel, and someone who is a broadcast/print journalist and an internationally recognized speaker and writer on media issues
At the Left Forum in NYC, I spoke on a panel called "What Has WikiLeaks Revealed." I presented with Danny Schechter,...
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7 Apr 2011

UK Commons debate on Bradley Manning

The opening argument of MP Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley) is notable for emphasizing that Bradley Manning's citizenship is not the sole reason a government of laws should be concerned about his treatment. She had earlier raised the interpretation of the British Nationality Act with the foreign minister in committee and in the Commons, but in this address, she reminds the government of its commitment to speak out against human-rights abuses everywhere, regardless of the victim's nationality.
The opening argument of MP Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley) is notable for emphasizing that Bradley Manning's...
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5 Apr 2011

365 Days of #WikiLeaks (Since the ‘Collateral Murder’ Video Release) #365Leaks

April 5 marks an important anniversary in the history of WikiLeaks. It was the day that WikiLeaks released the "Collateral Murder" video showing a 2007 Apache helicopter attack in New Baghdad. It was when WikiLeaks became a much more prominent organization.
April 5 marks an important anniversary in the history of WikiLeaks. It was the day that WikiLeaks released the...
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5 Apr 2011

Nigerian Elections: Candidates, as Previously Revealed in WikiLeaks Cables, Still Register to Vote Multiple Times

Nigerian elections that had been postponed until Monday, April 4th, have been postponed yet again by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is headed by Professor Attahiru Jega. From the INEC headquarters, the rescheduling was announced by Jega, who said since announcing the rescheduling several requests made to the Commission have urged it to consult more widely and ensure the two-day postponement addresses all logistical issues
Nigerian elections that had been postponed until Monday, April 4th, have been postponed yet again by the Independent...
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31 Mar 2011

US withholding key documents

The US government has reacted strongly to Bradley Manning's alleged disclosure of recent diplomatic cables via WikiLeaks. We have heard State Department officials make their good case that indiscriminate leaks of contemporary communications - however much they contribute to public understanding of foreign policy - can undermine diplomacy and endanger human lives. But what we haven't heard is that the Department has been withholding from the public historical documents that bear strongly on two ongoing foreign policy crises.
The US government has reacted strongly to Bradley Manning's alleged disclosure of recent diplomatic cables via...
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31 Mar 2011

Bradley Manning Threatened Stepmother With Knife, 911 Call Suggests

Pfc. Bradley Manning, the man who stands accused of leaking more than half a million classified government documents to WikiLeaks, threatened his stepmother with a knife in 2006, a 911 call recently released by Frontline alleges.
Pfc. Bradley Manning, the man who stands accused of leaking more than half a million classified government documents to...
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31 Mar 2011

At Harvard Law School, Ellsberg draws parallels between Pentagon Papers and WikiLeaks

Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, addressed a Harvard Law School audience on March 24 in a discussion of WikiLeaks, the organization that publishes classified documents submitted by whistleblowers worldwide.
Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, addressed a Harvard...
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28 Mar 2011

One Year Ago How the ‘Era of WikiLeaks’ Began — With ‘Murder’

Exactly one year ago this week, Julian Assange and a crew of WikiLeaks volunteers -- including Birgitta Jonsdottir, who has since become a critic -- assembled in Reykjavik, Iceland, to edit and add subtitles to a video of a 2007 incident in Baghdad that Assange himself would title, "Collateral Murder."
Exactly one year ago this week, Julian Assange and a crew of WikiLeaks volunteers -- including Birgitta Jonsdottir, who...
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28 Mar 2011

Bulgaria – Mafia Lives Here

Two weeks after the publishing of the full, unedited version of a diplomatic cable exposing the total invasion of Bulgarian economics and politics by the organized crime, the topic seems to be closed for Bulgarian media.
Two weeks after the publishing of the full, unedited version of a diplomatic cable exposing the total invasion of...
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28 Mar 2011

Yemeni Commander That Defected Was Once Targeted by Saleh

Saudi pilots tasked with striking Houthis in northern Yemen aborted the mission after realizing the site they were being asked to hit was the headquarters of General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar, a Yemeni northern area commander and known political opponent of Saleh. That s what a cable released by WikiLeaks sent out from the US Embassy in Riyadh on February 7, 2010 reads.
Saudi pilots tasked with striking Houthis in northern Yemen aborted the mission after realizing the site they were being...
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27 Mar 2011

The Truth About Swedish feminism

The Swedish Documentary "The gender war" by journalist Evin Rubar still ice, as father, as I know, the only Investigative journalistic examinations ever made, about the Swedish state feminism. How It All Ties Together with big politics. Especially the mighty Swedish Social Democrat party.
The Swedish Documentary "The gender war" by journalist Evin Rubar still ice, as father, as I know, the only...
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26 Mar 2011

India Survives Its Week of Leaks

More cables from WikiLeaks this week shifted India's lively political scene into the chaotic gear. Allegations of bribery by the government led to disruption of the parliament's regular sessions and calls for the resignation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
More cables from WikiLeaks this week shifted India's lively political scene into the chaotic gear. Allegations of...
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26 Mar 2011

WikiLeaks Billboard In Los Angeles

A billboard with the spectre of Julian Assange looms over the intersection of Highland Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The sign, supportive of WikiLeaks, says "WikiLeaks: Giving Us The Truth When Everyone Else Refuses To."
A billboard with the spectre of Julian Assange looms over the intersection of Highland Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard...
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25 Mar 2011

NYU Law School Panel on the ‘Anxiety’ Caused in the World by WikiLeaks

A major panel discussion was recently put on by New York University Law. The panel featured various law, Internet, journalism and national security experts discussing WikiLeaks' release of State Department cables.
A major panel discussion was recently put on by New York University Law. The panel featured various law, Internet,...
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22 Mar 2011

An In-Depth Interview With Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute

Is the trove of U.S. diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks a story of success for increasing transparency in international diplomacy or failure in that diplomacy is best conducted behind the curtain?
Is the trove of U.S. diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks a story of success for increasing transparency in...
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21 Mar 2011

While Manning Languishes in Military Custody, U.N. Calls for Accountability for Torture

Friday in Geneva, the U.N. Human Rights Council, comprised of 47 nations, adopted a long list of over 200 recommendations of policy changes needed to bring the U.S. into compliance with its human rights obligations.
Friday in Geneva, the U.N. Human Rights Council, comprised of 47 nations, adopted a long list of over 200...
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14 Mar 2011

WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning

On Friday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley denounced the conditions of Bradley Manning's detention as "ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid," forcing President Obama to address those comments in a Press Conference and defend the treatment of Manning.
On Friday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley denounced the conditions of Bradley Manning's detention as...
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11 Mar 2011

Crowley slams Defense on Manning

The harsh conditions in which Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks leaker, are being held have helped make him a cause celebre on parts of the left, but the complaints have generated little official government sympathy -- until now
The harsh conditions in which Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks leaker, are being held have helped make him a cause...
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11 Mar 2011

Amnesty calls for protests over Bradley Manning’s treatment

In late January, Amnesty International wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates denouncing the conditions of Bradley Manning's detention as "unnecessarily harsh and punitive" and in "breach the USA s obligations under international standards and treaties."
In late January, Amnesty International wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates denouncing the conditions of...
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10 Mar 2011

Bradley Mistreated while in Custody

I was invited to a presentation at MIT this afternoon, given by P.J. Crowley of the U.S. State Department. His role there is Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs. Mr. Crowley was at MIT to talk about the role of social media in government. During the Q&A, Mr. Crowley stated that he felt Bradley Manning, who has been in military custody since May 2010 for his connection to WikiLeaks, is being 'mistreated' while in custody.
I was invited to a presentation at MIT this afternoon, given by P.J. Crowley of the U.S. State Department. His role...
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9 Mar 2011

US-Libya Business Association Leaders on ‘Surviving the WikiLeaks Controversy’ Let’s Just Forget About the Ukrainian Nurse

Wikileaks cables reveal that one of the chief objectives of diplomats in Libya over the past years have been to improve and ensure that the energy sector is able to have maximum commercial opportunities. This led the USLBA, the National Foreign Trade Council, the National Association of Manufacturers and the US Chamber of Commerce to urge Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to "pursue waiver authority for Section 1083 for countries that have been removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism" on February 28, 2008.
Wikileaks cables reveal that one of the chief objectives of diplomats in Libya over the past years have been to improve...
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5 Mar 2011

The National Shame of the US Military’s ‘Slow Torture’ of Bradley Manning

Stripping before men still clothed is the first step toward weakening the prisoner s psychological defense. But stripping is also sexually laden. It transposes sexual gestures, acts and innuendo from a strip club to the torture chamber. Thus sex is always present in the torture chamber whether the victim is a man or a woman. The sexing of torture is deeply grounded in the recesses of the torturer s psyche.
Stripping before men still clothed is the first step toward weakening the prisoner s psychological defense. But...
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1 Mar 2011

Shifting editorial standards

Earlier today, Ian Hislop, editor of a magazine called Private Eye, published a lengthy article recounting what he claims are anti-Jewish remarks made to him by Julian Assange in a private telephone call (meaning a call in which only Hislop and Assange participated).
Earlier today, Ian Hislop, editor of a magazine called Private Eye, published a lengthy article recounting what he...
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1 Mar 2011

Why Assange lost

On 24 February 2011, the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden under a European Arrest Warrant. This extradition order does not necessarily mean, of course, that he will be extradited, still less that he will be charged, tried, or convicted.
On 24 February 2011, the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden...
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13 Feb 2011

A Campaign to Smear WikiLeaks Supporters

Internal documents of a California computer security firm obtained by pro-WikiLeaks hackers have been made available online, suggesting various ways companies can help undermine the whistle-blowing website as it prepares to release material that could prove damaging to Bank of America and other financial entities
Internal documents of a California computer security firm obtained by pro-WikiLeaks hackers have been made available...
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13 Feb 2011

Assange Is Not the Point, WikiLeaks Is

It is becoming common for people to say they don't like WikiLeaks because they can't stand Assange. This is misleading. Few sympathize with Assange as a character. Most of us, myself included, have never met with him. But the issue here is not Assange, his hair or whether he does, or does not have, the ability to have sex with women while they are asleep
It is becoming common for people to say they don't like WikiLeaks because they can't stand Assange. This is misleading....
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11 Feb 2011

The leaked campaign to attack WikiLeaks and its supporters

Last week, Aaron Barr, a top executive at computer security firm HB Gary, boasted to the Financial Times that his firm had infiltrated and begun to expose Anonymous, the group of pro-WikiLeaks hackers that had launched cyber attacks on companies terminating services to the whistleblowing site (such as Paypal, MasterCard, Visa, Amazon and others).  In retaliation, Anonymous hacked into the email accounts of HB Gary, published 50,000 of their emails online, and also hacked Barr's Twitter and other online accounts. 
Last week, Aaron Barr, a top executive at computer security firm HB Gary, boasted to the Financial Times that his firm...
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10 Feb 2011

WikiLeaks May Have Just Confirmed That Peak Oil Is Imminent

It's getting more and more difficult to deny that an oil supply crunch is just a few years down the road, especially now that WikiLeaks has released cables revealing that Saudi Arabia's oil reserves have been exaggerated by as much as 40%, or 300 billion barrels. Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil exporter.
It's getting more and more difficult to deny that an oil supply crunch is just a few years down the road, especially now...
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9 Feb 2011

WikiLeaks vs. Donald Rumsfeld Whom Do You Believe

WikiLeaks' massive "war logs" release on Iraq last October exposed Rumsfeld in this regard over and over, but were quickly forgotten by mainstream journalists -- even though the material was not "political" or even from the media but rather from U.S. soldiers on the ground. That's one reason I cover them in-depth (along with all the other WIkiLeaks releases and current controversies) in my new book The Age of WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks' massive "war logs" release on Iraq last October exposed Rumsfeld in this regard over and over, but were...
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9 Feb 2011

NYT’s Keller Disparages Assange

Someone should count how many disparaging descriptions Keller slips in about Assange s personal appearance and ask how that s important to the issues of the factually-verified documentation that WikiLeaks has revealed relating to war crimes, civilian killings, deceitful foreign policies and major frauds.
Someone should count how many disparaging descriptions Keller slips in about Assange s personal appearance and ask how...
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8 Feb 2011

Julian Assange’s Prosecutor Accused of Anti-Men Bias

The extradition hearings in London Monday of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange drips with intrigue: a mysterious Australian hacker accused of sex crimes by two Swedish women. Now add this to the mix: Monday, a retired female judge accused the female Swedish prosecutor attempting to extradite Assange of having a "biased view" against men.
The extradition hearings in London Monday of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange drips with intrigue: a mysterious...
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7 Feb 2011

Dinner with Julian

On Wednesday the 9th of February 2011 from 6.30pm GMT people from all around the world will commence dining with their friends in a unified effort to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of speech.
On Wednesday the 9th of February 2011 from 6.30pm GMT people from all around the world will commence dining with their...
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5 Feb 2011

Bradley Manning and the Tomb of the Well-Known Soldier

Nearly nine months after he was arrested for allegedly leaking classified material, including diplomatic cables, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was very much in the news this week. His supporters and attorney David Coombs continued to charge that the conditions of his confinement were overly harsh and punitive, while the Pentagon continued to deny that. Amnesty International protested the conditions and so did Rep. Dennis Kucinich, among many others. Coombs revealed that Manning did not, as some had suggested, have dual British citizenship. Manning, he said, was proud to be an American and an American soldier.
Nearly nine months after he was arrested for allegedly leaking classified material, including diplomatic cables, Army...
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29 Jan 2011

WikiLeaks Cables Show US Toned Down Pressure On Egypt

The U.S. ambassador in Cairo warned Washington to be less confrontational in its dealings with Egypt, toning down human rights pressure to avoid jeopardizing relations with the Middle East ally, dozens of U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks Friday showed.
The U.S. ambassador in Cairo warned Washington to be less confrontational in its dealings with Egypt, toning down human...
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26 Jan 2011

Bradley Manning placed on suicide watch

In a development which may cast new light on yesterday's incidents at Quantico military prison, NBC reports that "U.S. military officials" indicated that Bradley Manning was placed on suicide watch last week by Brig Commander James Averhart, in a violation of procedure.
In a development which may cast new light on yesterday's incidents at Quantico military prison, NBC reports that "U.S....
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26 Jan 2011

Wikileaks barrister Geoffrey Robertson receives NY Bar Association award, warns US

While accepting an award for distinction in international law and affairs from the NY Bar Association, Geoffrey Robertson, who will defend Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at his extradition hearings in London in February, warned that the United States "risked irrevocable damage to its reputation if it pursued Assange" by "aiming the blunderbuss of its 1917 Espionage Act, death penalty and all, at a publisher who is a citizen of a friendly nation," according to the The Age: US told to drop Assange pursuit.
While accepting an award for distinction in international law and affairs from the NY Bar Association, Geoffrey...
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26 Jan 2011

News Desk A WikiLeaks Arms Race

Earlier this month, Al Jazeera launched a new feature on its Web site called the Transparency Unit - the network s in-house version of WikiLeaks. When the unit first went online, there was not much coverage about it in English, but that changed over the weekend when Al Jazeera announced that it had gained access to a large tranche of confidential documents, now being called the "Palestine Papers."
Earlier this month, Al Jazeera launched a new feature on its Web site called the Transparency Unit - the network s...
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24 Jan 2011

Goal of Quantico Incident Was To Abuse Bradley Manning and Intimidate David House

Everyone but David has stopped coming to see Bradley, and it takes a lot of courage to do what David is doing. It s a very intimidating situation. So I try to support him by giving him a place to stay and driving him to the base when he comes to town. That s really my only involvement
Everyone but David has stopped coming to see Bradley, and it takes a lot of courage to do what David is doing. It s a...
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20 Jan 2011

Obama officials caught deceiving about WikiLeaks

Whenever the U.S. Government wants to demonize a person or group in order to justify attacks on them, it follows the same playbook: it manufactures falsehoods about them, baselessly warns that they pose Grave Dangers and are severely harming our National Security, peppers all that with personality smears to render the targeted individuals repellent on a personal level, and feeds it all to the establishment American media, which then dutifully amplifies and mindlessly disseminates it all.
Whenever the U.S. Government wants to demonize a person or group in order to justify attacks on them, it follows the...
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19 Jan 2011

Swiss ‘Wikileaks’ banker guilty of coercion

A Swiss banker who claims to have handed WikiLeaks details of rich tax evaders has been found guilty of coercion and breaking Switzerland's strict banking secrecy laws. A judge at Zurich's Regional Court has sentenced Rudolf Elmer to a fine of over 6,000 Swiss francs ($6,000).
A Swiss banker who claims to have handed WikiLeaks details of rich tax evaders has been found guilty of coercion and...
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19 Jan 2011

Bradley Manning Walking in the Footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The world now demands a maturity of America that we may not be able to achieve. It demands that we admit that we have been wrong... that we have been detrimental to... life. The situation is one in which we must be ready to turn sharply from our present ways," said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when speaking of the Vietnam War.
The world now demands a maturity of America that we may not be able to achieve. It demands that we admit that we have...
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19 Jan 2011

‘Pained’ Libyan Dictator Blames Wikileaks for Tunisia Uprising

As chaos reigns in neighboring Tunisia, Libya's "Brother Leader" Muammar Qaddafi went on television to say he is "very pained" to see another strongman fall. He's probably also upset over reports of riots breaking out in Libya.
As chaos reigns in neighboring Tunisia, Libya's "Brother Leader" Muammar Qaddafi went on television to say he is "very...
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17 Jan 2011

Press conference at Frontline with Rudolf Elmer and Julian Assange

This morning at the Frontline club, Rudolf Elmer handed over to Julian Assange a set of CDs containing leaked banking materials for 2,000 offshore bank accounts. As we reported on Sunday, "[d]details on the CD's ... include information on business people, approximately 40 politicians, people who have made their living in the arts and multinational conglomerates, from US, Britain, Germany, Austria, Asia" and other currently undisclosed locations.
This morning at the Frontline club, Rudolf Elmer handed over to Julian Assange a set of CDs containing leaked banking...
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17 Jan 2011

Pained’ Libyan Dictator Blames Wikileaks for Tunisia Uprising

As chaos reigns in neighboring Tunisia, Libya's "Brother Leader" Muammar Qaddafi went on television to say he is "very pained" to see another strongman fall. He's probably also upset over reports of riots breaking out in Libya.
As chaos reigns in neighboring Tunisia, Libya's "Brother Leader" Muammar Qaddafi went on television to say he is "very...
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13 Jan 2011

How WikiLeaks Unhinged Washington

The WikiLeaks disclosures have prompted a new round of craziness within the U.S. government from the Justice Department devising novel theories for prosecuting people (even non-Americans) who publish Washington s secrets to new strategies for ferreting out disgruntled employees who might be inclined to leak.
The WikiLeaks disclosures have prompted a new round of craziness within the U.S. government from the Justice Department...
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10 Jan 2011

Government-created climate of fear

One of the more eye-opening events for me of 2010 occurred in March, when I first wrote about WikiLeaks and the war the Pentagon was waging on it (as evidenced by its classified 2008 report branding the website an enemy and planning how to destroy it).
One of the more eye-opening events for me of 2010 occurred in March, when I first wrote about WikiLeaks and the war the...
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10 Jan 2011

WikiLeaks causes Singapore Officials to be Cautious with U.S Diplomats

Last month, there were several released documents from WikiLeaks, which showed Singapore Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew and other Singapore diplomats giving unflattering remarks on countries including Myanmar, North Korea, Malaysia and India.
Last month, there were several released documents from WikiLeaks, which showed Singapore Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew...
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10 Jan 2011

US subpoenas Twitter, seeking information on WikiLeaks’ 635,561 followers

A Dutch investigative journalist blasted the US Department of Justice for requesting information on everyone following WikiLeaks' Twitter account and everyone they follow. Which would include Raw Story. The US Department of Justice subpoenaed the social networking site Twitter in December in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation of the secrets outlet.
A Dutch investigative journalist blasted the US Department of Justice for requesting information on everyone following...
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8 Jan 2011

WikiLeaks and Glenn Beck show that journalism is becoming more influential – but also more reductive.

In the past year, journalism, which in the West sees itself as beset by decline, has vastly increased its power. Three large developments have made the implicit, yet huge, claim that journalism, our way of knowing what is happening in our complex world, is essentially a matter of competing high-decibel political dispute and total transparency.
In the past year, journalism, which in the West sees itself as beset by decline, has vastly increased its power. Three...
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8 Jan 2011

Israel Bribes For Gaza Access Reported By WikiLeaks Cables

A U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on Thursday quoted American officials as saying a key Israeli cargo crossing for goods entering the Gaza Strip was rife with corruption. The June 14, 2006, cable, published Thursday by Norway's Aftenposten daily, says major American companies told U.S. diplomats they were forced to pay hefty bribes to get goods into Gaza. It was unclear whether the practice still continues.
A U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on Thursday quoted American officials as saying a key Israeli cargo...
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7 Jan 2011

Instances Where Public Discourse Benefited from the Leaks

Regardless of the heated debate over the propriety of Wikileaks actions, some of the cables have contributed significantly to public and political conversations all around the world. In this article, we highlight a small selection of cables that been critical to understanding and evaluating controversial events.
Regardless of the heated debate over the propriety of Wikileaks actions, some of the cables have contributed...
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7 Jan 2011

The Pirate Party, And The Future Of The Internet

American diplomacy seems to have survived Wikileaks s attack on the international community, as Hillary Clinton so dramatically characterized it, unscathed. Save for a few diplomatic reshuffles, Foggy Bottom doesn t seem to be deeply affected by what happened. Certainly, the U.S. government at large has not been paralyzed by the leaks contrary to what Julian Assange had envisioned in one of his cryptic-cum-visionary essays, penned in 2006.
American diplomacy seems to have survived Wikileaks s attack on the international community, as Hillary Clinton so...
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7 Jan 2011

Julian Assange Threatened To Sue Guardian For Publishing WikiLeaks Cables

Julian Assange threatened to sue The Guardian unless the paper ceased its plans to published the State Department cables the WikiLeaks chief had given it, a Vanity Fair piece released Thursday reveals. The article, written by Sarah Ellison, details, the tense, volatile relationship between Assange and various media organizations after he decided to collaborate with them to publish WikiLeaks material.
Julian Assange threatened to sue The Guardian unless the paper ceased its plans to published the State Department cables...
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6 Jan 2011

Wikileaks in Zimbabwe, and in the Media

The problem here isn t that Albon and Richardson are wrong, though I certainly do disagree with them. The problem is that they don t seem to be anywhere nearly as interested in being right about Zimbabwe as they are in moralizing about Wikileaks
The problem here isn t that Albon and Richardson are wrong, though I certainly do disagree with them. The problem is...
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5 Jan 2011

Obama Should Read WikiLeaks Documents

Perhaps President Barack Obama should give himself a waiver on the ban prohibiting U.S. government employees from downloading classified cables released by WikiLeaks, so he can better understand the futility of his Afghan War strategy.
Perhaps President Barack Obama should give himself a waiver on the ban prohibiting U.S. government employees from...
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3 Jan 2011

Israel Plans Total War on Lebanon, Gaza

The memo on the talks between Ashkenazi and [Congressman Ike] Skelton, as well as numerous other documents from the same period of time, to which Aftenposten has gained access, leave a clear message: The Israeli military is forging ahead at full speed with preparations for a new war in the Middle East.
The memo on the talks between Ashkenazi and [Congressman Ike] Skelton, as well as numerous other documents from the same...
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29 Dec 2010

Floyd Abrams whizzes on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange

Did an imposter steal Floyd Abrams' identity and use it to sell an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal? That's the only explanation I can come up with after reading the First Amendment litigator's wacky battering of WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange ("Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers").
Did an imposter steal Floyd Abrams' identity and use it to sell an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal? That's the only...
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28 Dec 2010

The merger of journalists and government officials

Kevin Poulsen and Kim Zetter of Wired reported that a 22-year-old U.S. Army Private in Iraq, Bradley Manning, had been detained after he "boasted" in an Internet chat -- with convicted computer hacker Adrian Lamo -- of leaking to WikiLeaks the now famous Apache Helicopter attack video, a yet-to-be-published video of a civilian-killing air attack in Afghanistan, and "hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records."
Kevin Poulsen and Kim Zetter of Wired reported that a 22-year-old U.S. Army Private in Iraq, Bradley Manning, had been...
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27 Dec 2010

Publisher confirms Julian Assange book deal

Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Inc. has confirmed striking a book deal with Julian Assange that the WikiLeaks founder says could be worth more than $1 million. A spokesman for the New York publishing house says that "a principle agreement is in place" and that Assange is due to hand in a manuscript sometime in 2011. The book's publication date is yet to be determined.
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Inc. has confirmed striking a book deal with Julian Assange that the WikiLeaks founder says...
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27 Dec 2010

The worsening journalistic disgrace at Wired

For more than six months, Wired's Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen has possessed -- but refuses to publish -- the key evidence in one of the year's most significant political stories: the arrest of U.S. Army PFC Bradley Manning for allegedly acting as WikiLeaks' source.
For more than six months, Wired's Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen has possessed -- but refuses to publish -- the key...
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24 Dec 2010

What WikiLeaks revealed to the world in 2010

Throughout this year I've devoted substantial attention to WikiLeaks, particularly in the last four weeks as calls for its destruction intensified. To understand why I've done so, and to see what motivates the increasing devotion of the U.S. Government and those influenced by it to destroying that organization, it's well worth reviewing exactly what WikiLeaks exposed to the world just in the last year: the breadth of the corruption, deceit, brutality and criminality on the part of the world's most powerful factions.
Throughout this year I've devoted substantial attention to WikiLeaks, particularly in the last four weeks as calls for...
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24 Dec 2010

Article 13 and PFC Bradley Manning

PFC Bradley Manning, unlike his civilian counterpart, is afforded no civil remedy for illegal restraint under either the Federal Civil Rights Act or the Federal Tort Claims Act. Similarly, the protection from cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment and Article 55 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) does not generally apply prior to a court-martial. Thus, the only judicial recourse that is available is under Article 13 of the UCMJ.
PFC Bradley Manning, unlike his civilian counterpart, is afforded no civil remedy for illegal restraint under either the...
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23 Dec 2010

What the Wikileaks furor shows us is that a dissent tax is emerging on the Internet

The Wikileaks furor shows us that these institutions of power are slowly and surely taking control of the key junctures of the Internet. As a mere quasi-public sphere, the Internet is somewhat akin to shopping malls, which seem like public spaces but in which the rights of citizens are restricted, as they are in fact private. If you think the freedom of the Internet could never be taken back, I implore you to read the history of radio. Technologies that start out as peer-to-peer and citizen-driven can be and have been taken over by corporate and state power
The Wikileaks furor shows us that these institutions of power are slowly and surely taking control of the key junctures...
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23 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks and the Fight for Privacy

In this view, a diplomatic communication should be protected so U.S. diplomats can communicate candidly to Washington, without fear their words will be made public and used against them. Yet, regardless of this argument s merits, it is curious that many of those making it were comparatively silent over the National Security Agency s warrantless wiretapping program that was exposed back in 2005, when it was the Bush administration deciding, without judicial oversight, to pry into the private communications of American citizens and others.
In this view, a diplomatic communication should be protected so U.S. diplomats can communicate candidly to Washington,...
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23 Dec 2010

The Case of Julian Assange

Given that US politicians, from Joe Biden to Sarah Palin, have called for Assange's head, it isn't paranoid to suspect that he is being singled out in order to extradite him to the United States. But it could also be that Sweden is following up because prosecutors get mad when world-class celebrities flee the country and then thumb their noses at them cf. Roman Polanski.
Given that US politicians, from Joe Biden to Sarah Palin, have called for Assange's head, it isn't paranoid to suspect...
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