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15 Dec 2010

Congressional Research Service Analysts Complaining About Blocked Access To Wikileaks

With the Library of Congress blocking access to Wikileaks over some misguided notion of what its legal responsibilities are, Copycense points us to a report about how librarians across the nation are now arguing over whether or not this was the right move, with many feeling that it was decidedly a bad move.
With the Library of Congress blocking access to Wikileaks over some misguided notion of what its legal responsibilities...
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15 Dec 2010

Battling Wikileaks And The Art Of War

Anyone who has studied tactics, for battle or otherwise, knows Sun Tzu's legendary work, The Art Of War. Or at least they should. In reviewing what the first chapter of that work teaches about the five factors a battling faction must consider when endeavoring to battle, you have to scratch your head and wonder if the United States government might need a refresher course. Take a look at some excerpts from this summary of the Giles translation:
Anyone who has studied tactics, for battle or otherwise, knows Sun Tzu's legendary work, The Art Of War. Or at least...
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15 Dec 2010

Air Force In Super Denial Mode Blocks Access To News Sites Covering Wikileaks

And we thought the Library of Congress was in denial mode for blocking access to Wikileaks. It appears the Air Force has gone a step further into denial, as it's now blocking access to over 25 sites, including major news publications covering Wikileaks, such as the NY Times and The Guardian. Apparently, anyone on an Air Force computer who goes to the NY Times is being told: "ACCESS DENIED. Internet Usage is Logged & Monitored," Along with a notice warning people that anyone accessing an "unauthorized" site may be punished. Apparently none of the other branches of the military have the same thing in place, though we've heard from others in the military that Defense Department computers are blocking websites with "Wikileaks" in the title.
And we thought the Library of Congress was in denial mode for blocking access to Wikileaks. It appears the Air Force has...
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15 Dec 2010

Columbia Journalism School Staff Warns Obama That Prosecuting Wikileaks Will ‘Set A Dangerous Precedent’

While it's been unfortunate watching the traditional press attack Wikileaks for doing the job it refused to do itself, it's nice to see the staff of Columbia's journalism school (still considered one of the top journalism schools) come out and warn the Obama administration that prosecuting Wikileaks will set a dangerous precedent for freedom of the press, even for those who disagree with Wikileaks' methods:
While it's been unfortunate watching the traditional press attack Wikileaks for doing the job it refused to do itself,...
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15 Dec 2010

US Is Apparently Torturing Bradley Manning, Despite No Trial And No Conviction

While there's been a ton of attention paid to Julian Assange's arrest and situation, much less attention has been paid to Bradley Manning, the Army Private who has been accused of being the source of many of Wikileaks' more recent leaks concerning the US government and military. It seemed like a reasonable question to ask, upon his arrest, whether or not he was simply whistleblowing or breaking the law. Certainly this is a question that is open for debate. What is pretty clear is that his intentions were absolutely to be a whistleblower.
While there's been a ton of attention paid to Julian Assange's arrest and situation, much less attention has been paid...
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14 Dec 2010

Is The US Response To Wikileaks Really About Overhyping Online Threats To Pass New Laws

Okay, this post is going to take the extreme cynical view, which I don't believe is true, but since it's being suggested, we might as well flesh it out. In my post about how the US government's response to Wikileaks has caused more harm than anything actually in the leaks so far, one of the commenters pointed to a Larry Lessig talk from a few years back, where he mentioned a conversation with Richard Clarke -- the former anti-terrorism government official, who, more recently, has been selling his book on "Cyberwar" -- where he said that the US government has had an "iPatriot Act" sitting in a drawer, ready to go at a moment's notice whenever there was "an i-9/11 event."
Okay, this post is going to take the extreme cynical view, which I don't believe is true, but since it's being...
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13 Dec 2010

Is The CIA Hosting A Wikileaks Mirror

Whatis42? points us to an interesting post on Reddit, which is initially just highlighting a Google heatmap showing the locations from which people are searching for the term "wikileaks." Not surprisingly, the hottest spot on the heatmap is the Northern Virginia, Washington DC area. Shocking, I know.
Whatis42? points us to an interesting post on Reddit, which is initially just highlighting a Google heatmap showing the...
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10 Dec 2010

New Competition For Wikileaks Shows Up — Say Hello To OpenLeaks

Like many folks, I'm somewhat conflicted about Wikileaks as an organization. It's been clear for quite some time that it has some organizational issues, to put it mildly. However, as we've pointed out the concept behind Wikileaks is inevitable, and we fully expected that even if Wikileaks itself went away, others would quickly step up to take its place. Last month, we noted that some former Wikileakers (who were not at all happy with Assange's leadership) were planning a new competitor.
Like many folks, I'm somewhat conflicted about Wikileaks as an organization. It's been clear for quite some time that it...
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10 Dec 2010

Lieberman Praises Companies Helping Him Try To Censor Wikileaks

This should hardly comes as a surprise, but Senator Joe Lieberman has apparently put out a statement, along with Senator Sue Collins, praising companies for following through on their political pressure to try to censor Wikileaks, calling them "good corporate citizens," and saying that people should support those companies for their willingness to bow down to government pressure. Yeah, okay. Even the press reporting on this seem to think Lieberman is simply making stuff up. Witness this paragraph from Wired:
This should hardly comes as a surprise, but Senator Joe Lieberman has apparently put out a statement, along with Senator...
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9 Dec 2010

What Would Happen If Wikileaks Got Its Own Top Level Domain?

With all the talk about how the whole Wikileaks/domain name seizures issue is about a centralized vs. decentralized internet and even talk of a more decentralized DNS system, IP Watch raises an interesting question. With ICANN's plans to allow just about any TLD, what would happen if Wikileaks were to apply for its very own TLD?
With all the talk about how the whole Wikileaks/domain name seizures issue is about a centralized vs. decentralized...
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9 Dec 2010

Wikileaks Payment Company Plans To Sue Visa and Mastercard Over Cutoff

With Visa and Mastercard refusing to take payments for Wikileaks, the company that was providing payment services to Wikileaks, Datacell, has announced plans to sue both credit card companies to try to get them to go back to accepting payments.
With Visa and Mastercard refusing to take payments for Wikileaks, the company that was providing payment services to...
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9 Dec 2010

If Assange Were In China, US Politicians Would Be Cheering Him On

We've pointed out the general hypocrisy of US politicians calling for an end to internet censorship, while threatening Wikileaks at the same time. If you want to see some real irony, check out the fact that Senator Joe Lieberman, who has been the loudest voice in pushing for censorship of Wikileaks and of others in the press, just so happens to be a member of the "Global Internet Freedom Caucus." Yeah, except here in the US.
We've pointed out the general hypocrisy of US politicians calling for an end to internet censorship, while threatening...
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9 Dec 2010

Is Operation Payback A Crime… Or Just The Modern Equivalent Of A Sit In?

With the news coming out that Dutch officials have supposedly arrested someone involved in "Operation Payback," the Anonymous-driven DDoSing of certain websites (first those in favor of stronger copyright, and now those working against Wikileaks), Evgeny Morozov raises an interesting question: is this just the modern digital equivalent of staging a sit-in?
With the news coming out that Dutch officials have supposedly arrested someone involved in "Operation Payback," the...
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9 Dec 2010

Amazon Won’t Host Wikileaks… But Will Sell The Leaked Cables For Your Kindle?

This is making the rounds on Twitter, but cc was the first to submit it here. When Amazon kicked Wikileaks off of their S3 hosting service, we noted how it had (just weeks earlier) tried to defend a pro-pedophilia book by stating:
This is making the rounds on Twitter, but cc was the first to submit it here. When Amazon kicked Wikileaks off of their...
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9 Dec 2010

Operation Payback And Wikileaks Show The Battle Lines Are About Distributed and Open vs. Centralized and Closed

Back in October, I wrote a thought-piece on how "the revolution will be distributed," comparing Wikileaks to Anonymous' "Operation Payback" (whose tactics I disagree with). I noted that the two were very different, and were focused on very different issues, but that both were essentially about distributed and open systems taking on systems that were centralized and closed -- and that the folks in those centralized and closed systems didn't seem to understand this. Thus, all of their reactions did little to fix the challenges they were facing.
Back in October, I wrote a thought-piece on how "the revolution will be distributed," comparing Wikileaks to Anonymous'...
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31 Dec 2010

If Wikileaks Is About Cyberwar, Was The Pentagon Papers About A Wood Pulp War

The guy behind the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, recently tweeted a link to my blog post about how some believed the US government was trying to make the case that Wikileaks was a part of a "cyberwar" because it helped further the agenda of certain government officials and defense contractors to use FUD about "cyberwar" to give the government more technological snooping powers and make those contractors tons of money supplying the tools.
The guy behind the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, recently tweeted a link to my blog post about how some believed the...
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10 Dec 2010

Ron Paul’s Sensible Thoughts On Wikileaks

A bunch of folks have been submitting Ron Paul's recent speech to Congress in defense of Wikileaks, which is absolutely worth watching/reading (full text included after the jump). There's not much new here, but it's nice that at least some in the government are pointing these things out:
A bunch of folks have been submitting Ron Paul's recent speech to Congress in defense of Wikileaks, which is absolutely...
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10 Dec 2010

How The Press Misleads About Wikileaks

As Julian Assange's lawyers fully expect him to get charged in the US under the Espionage Act, it's interesting (and a bit distressing) to see how some in the press -- who should be his biggest supporters -- are acting. Glenn Greenwald highlighted how a Time Magazine report on the potential US legal case against Assange misstated a variety of facts -- including the idea that Wikileaks itself had published "thousands" of classified State Department cables and that it had done so "indiscriminately." As Greenwald points out Wikileaks itself has only published a little over 1,000 of the cables, and nearly all of them are the ones that the press has already posted/vetted/reported on.
As Julian Assange's lawyers fully expect him to get charged in the US under the Espionage Act, it's interesting (and a...
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10 Dec 2010

Operation Payback May Now Start Focusing On Actually Digging Through Wikileaks Leaks For Details

While I find Operation Payback fascinating, from a sociological/cultural perspective, I've said from the very beginning that I thought their DDoS strategy to be a bad idea. I was happy, last month, when the folks behind it effectively had "called off" their attacks on copyright-related sites, and a bit disappointed (though, again, fascinated) by the more recent attacks in support of Wikileaks. However, there are now reports that the group has (as it did with the copyright issue) decided to back off the DDoS attacks, but instead, work towards helping to sift through all of the Wikileaks leaks to find the hidden gems of information that need more attention and exposure. As the plan says, "they don't fear the LOIC (the tool used for the attacks), they fear exposure." Could it be that out of what some consider "vandalism," we may get journalism? Welcome to the new digital world...
While I find Operation Payback fascinating, from a sociological/cultural perspective, I've said from the very beginning...
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10 Dec 2010

Wikileaks Leak Suggests Hollywood Is Better At Preventing Terrorism Than The TSA

While it seems like US politicians keep insisting that Wikileaks' release of State Department cables has put people in harm's way -- despite a lack of evidence to support that -- some are pointing out that at least some of the cables actually show that some of what the US is doing in the Middle East has been quite effective. Prashanth points us to the news that one of the leaks showed that American TV and movies in Saudi Arabia are actually "are doing more to dissuade young Muslims from becoming jihadists than virtually anything else." As the cable noted: "Saudis are now very interested in the outside world and everybody wants to study in the US if they can. They are fascinated by US culture in a way they never were before."
While it seems like US politicians keep insisting that Wikileaks' release of State Department cables has put people in...
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10 Dec 2010

Military Threatens To Court Martial Anyone Using USB Drives Or Other Removable Media

Apparently, one strategy the military is taking in a weak attempt to prevent a future State Department cable leaks, like the one currently going on, is to ban all forms of removable media and to threaten to court martial anyone caught using USB keys or CD-Rs on machines connected to SIPRNET. Apparently this is kind of frustrating for many in the military:
Apparently, one strategy the military is taking in a weak attempt to prevent a future State Department cable leaks, like...
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19 Jul 2011

FBI’s Anonymous Catch May Be Small Fry

The FBI's victory is at best a symbolic one. It is hard to imagine that the FBI nabbed anyone of importance in Anonymous, Paul Moriarty, CEO of Umbra Data, told TechNewsWorld. "These groups have a core cadre of experts that are excellent at covering their tracks. The rest are hanger-ons, or back in the day, what we called script kiddies," he said.
The FBI's victory is at best a symbolic one. It is hard to imagine that the FBI nabbed anyone of importance in...
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30 Aug 2011

Quote Of The Day: Glenn Greenwald On This Whole Wikileaks Kerfuffle

As far as OpenLeaks is concerned, I have found the whole thing to be strange from the beginning, because if you look at the way in which this sort of dissident faction left Wikileaks and began this competing organization, what you'll find is that the differences that supposedly motivated it were very trivial and petty and personalized.
As far as OpenLeaks is concerned, I have found the whole thing to be strange from the beginning, because if you look at...
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19 Jan 2011

PdFLeaks II – NY University symposium on WikiLeaks and Internet Freedom

Personal Democracy Forum, in partnership with New York University's Interactive Technology Program, is pleased to present our second symposium on WikiLeaks and Internet Freedom this coming Monday, January 24, from 6-8pm. Tickets are $15 and only available in advance; don't delay, they're selling quickly.
Personal Democracy Forum, in partnership with New York University's Interactive Technology Program, is pleased to...
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28 Jul 2011

News of the World, media cartels and the fiscalisation of power” 2009 interview with Julian Assange

In this and subsequent interviews, Julian has talked a lot about the historic record, and it s to that thing posterity I m offering this now. To reiterate, this interview was conducted 18 months ago: I make no claim, and nor should anyone else, that the opinions expressed in it (for example, around the News of the World phone hacking scandal) are opinions he holds today. The facts have changed and, who knows, the man might have changed too. This is about understanding who he was and what was motivating him before he set out on what was probably the most eventful and scary year of his life.
In this and subsequent interviews, Julian has talked a lot about the historic record, and it s to that thing posterity I...
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9 Dec 2010

The 24-hour Athenian democracy

I am talking to members of a group called Anonymous , using a web-based collaborative text-editing service. It is the first such interview for all of us, and their answers begin to collide on the page. One member comes from Norway; another shows surprise, then offers that she is from New Zealand. Another writes that group members come from Nepal and Eastern Russia. They all speak through pseudonyms, but I don't even know which psuedonym comes from what country because shortly after I read these answers, someone who calls himself Tux erases them all and writes
I am talking to members of a group called Anonymous , using a web-based collaborative text-editing service. It is the...
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13 Dec 2010

Twitter explains why it’s not trending, as hackers play cat and mouse

Twitter has officially posted on its blog about the fact that the #wikileaks hashtag has not been continually trending. The topic has been the source of anger among some people who have insisted that the company is censoring its "trending topics", possibly under pressure from the US government.
Twitter has officially posted on its blog about the fact that the #wikileaks hashtag has not been continually trending....
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13 Dec 2010

The Anonymous group is taking aim at the wrong target

Long ago and far away (ie 1998) Larry Lessig - yes, that Larry Lessig, long before Creative Commons and remix culture occupied his days - got uptight about spam vigilantes. Lessig was unhappy that an increasingly popular approach to stopping spam - in 1998, a fast-growing but almost completely unregulated problem - was for groups of sysadmins to blacklist certain sites, on the say-so of other techie types who had evidence that those sites harboured spammers.
Long ago and far away (ie 1998) Larry Lessig - yes, that Larry Lessig, long before Creative Commons and remix culture...
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11 Dec 2010

Thousands download LOIC software for Anonymous attacks – but are they making a difference

The LOIC software is used by the Anonymous group to coordinate attacks against targets - which are discussed and loosely coordinated through an IRC (internet relay chat) chatroom called #target, while the software is worked on individually and then linked to via a related channel called #hackers.
The LOIC software is used by the Anonymous group to coordinate attacks against targets - which are discussed and loosely...
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10 Dec 2010

The move to cloud computing is unstoppable – but WikiLeaks gives us pause

Until last week, any computing futurologist would tell you that cloud computing is where it's at. You don't need to know where your data is being stored; it's just on a computer, or more likely computers, Out There On The Internet. Thus Amazon, with its EC2 ("Elastic Cloud Compute") service, or Microsoft with its Azure service, or the most familiar example, Google, with its GoogleMail and Google Docs services, which are used by thousand of companies around the world. (Disclosure: the Guardian uses Google Docs and Mail, and Amazon's EC2 system for its API.)
Until last week, any computing futurologist would tell you that cloud computing is where it's at. You don't need to know...
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21 Jul 2011

Anonymous and LulzSec Statement to FBI – TNW Media

Anonymous and LulzSec in response to FBI crackdown point out that: 'Governments lying to their citizens' and 'corporations aiding and conspiring with said governments' as part of what they find unacceptable and that gives them legitimacy.
Anonymous and LulzSec in response to FBI crackdown point out that: 'Governments lying to their citizens' and...
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12 Feb 2011

Firm targeting WikiLeaks cuts ties with HBGary – apologizes to reporter

Dr. Alex Karp, the Co-Founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, one of three data intelligence firms who worked to develop a systematic plan of attack against WikiLeaks and their supporters, has severed all ties with HBGary Federal and issued an apology to reporter Glenn Greenwald. The move comes just twenty-four hours after The Tech Herald reported on the plans, thanks to a tip from Crowdleaks.org
Dr. Alex Karp, the Co-Founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, one of three data intelligence firms who worked to...
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13 Jan 2011

U.S. attempted to leverage Twitter in war on WikiLeaks

Twitter has been caught in the crossfire as the U.S. government moves forward with their investigation into WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. However, Twitter fought back, and as a result the world can follow along as the U.S. Department of Justice goes fishing.
Twitter has been caught in the crossfire as the U.S. government moves forward with their investigation into WikiLeaks...
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31 Mar 2011

The Mystery Of The Fiat-Gaddafi Connection The Truth About Cars

Back in 1976, the Italian automaker Fiat had been badly battered by a global energy crisis and the resulting malaise infecting the global auto industry. In what Time Magazine described at the time as "a devastatingly ironic example of petropower," Col. Muammar Gaddafi instructed his Libyan Arab Foreign Bank to invest some $415m into the Italian automaker, giving it a stake that would eventually grow to some 14 percent of the firm s equity.
Back in 1976, the Italian automaker Fiat had been badly battered by a global energy crisis and the resulting malaise...
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5 Apr 2011

New group leaks confidential Tufts financial information online

A group of current and former Tufts students identifying themselves as "Jumboleaks" on Saturday posted online an outdated list of university financial holdings, citing financial transparency and responsible investment among their motivations.
A group of current and former Tufts students identifying themselves as "Jumboleaks" on Saturday posted online an...
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4 Apr 2011

Openleaks 101 video

This is a video introduction on the open leaks system and how they are planning to process and publish whistleblower leaks.
This is a video introduction on the open leaks system and how they are planning to process and publish whistleblower...
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6 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks Shines a Light on the Limits of Techno-Politics

The hacker ethic, open source, open government, radical transparency and mass collaboration: all these ideas are linked by a belief that the Internet will promote non-hierarchical organization, decentralization, democratization , openness and sharing. A side effect of the WikiLeaks cables is to show that, for all the talk of movements and revolutions, these beliefs are empty of real political content. The cables prompt some tough questions, but the fault lines those questions reveal run perpendicular to digital attitudes, not parallel. When push comes to political shove, open source proponents and so on are found on both sides of the debate. The Internet is a new terrain, but the battles being fought on it are old ones.
The hacker ethic, open source, open government, radical transparency and mass collaboration: all these ideas are linked...
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4 Aug 2011

Protecting Against the Weakest Link – Information Security in the Age of WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks has published top-secret information from the U.S. military s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has also shared thousands of pages of U.S. State Department cables with the world. The U.S. government and other governments around the world are learning that in the age of WikiLeaks, no secret is safe. What does this mean to international companies or organizations? This white paper shows a few lessons of WikiLeaks for information security leaders in today s business and government organizations.
WikiLeaks has published top-secret information from the U.S. military s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has also...
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21 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks – Mirrors

Wikileaks is currently under heavy attack. In order to make it impossible to ever fully remove Wikileaks from the Internet, you will find below a list of mirrors of Wikileaks website and CableGate pages.
Wikileaks is currently under heavy attack. In order to make it impossible to ever fully remove Wikileaks from the...
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15 Dec 2010

wikiriver.org

This is a project by Dave Winer - A stream of wikileaks news indexing various sources of information world wide
This is a project by Dave Winer - A stream of wikileaks news indexing various sources of information world wide
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6 Dec 2010

On Wikileaks Gov 2.0, The Press and Free Society

There s something to capitalize on because Government 2.0 is a movement, albeit a very loose one with many banners. The broad movement, though, boils down to a core commitment to democracy and a more collaborative and transparent government. There are a also a number of tools associated with the Gov 2.0 movement, from wikis to crowdsourcing platforms, social media and structured open data.
There s something to capitalize on because Government 2.0 is a movement, albeit a very loose one with many banners. The...
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29 Nov 2010

Cyberattack Against WikiLeaks Was Weak

In the first test of WikiLeaks resiliency since a staff rebellion earlier this year, the organization recovered within hours from a distributed denial-of-service attack during its rollout of leaked State Department cables Sunday. But experts who monitored the disruptive traffic say the attack was relatively modest in size.
In the first test of WikiLeaks resiliency since a staff rebellion earlier this year, the organization recovered within...
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29 Jul 2011

Feds Defend Seizure of WikiLeaks Supporter’s Laptop

The Justice Department on Thursday fired back against a lawsuit filed by a WikiLeaks supporter and friend of accused leaker Bradley Manning over the warrantless seizure of his laptop, arguing that they held onto the machine for a lengthy 49 days only because he refused to provide the password, and because his dual-boot Linux/Windows configuration taxed federal agents forensics capabilities.
The Justice Department on Thursday fired back against a lawsuit filed by a WikiLeaks supporter and friend of accused...
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13 Jul 2011

Manning-Lamo Chat Logs Revealed

A little more than a year ago, Wired.com published excerpts from instant messenger chats between accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo, the ex-hacker in whom he confided and who reported him to the authorities. It s now time to reveal the previously unpublished portions of these conversations
A little more than a year ago, Wired.com published excerpts from instant messenger chats between accused WikiLeaks...
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20 May 2011

WikiLeaks Shows Need for a Legal ‘Watchdog Privilege’

WikiLeaks makes news and shapes the public agenda. But the site, and any that follow in its footsteps, would be vulnerable if dragged into a U.S. federal court proceeding aimed at unmasking a source. Fifth Amendment protections aside, WikiLeaks wouldn t qualify to claim the federal reporter s privilege.
WikiLeaks makes news and shapes the public agenda. But the site, and any that follow in its footsteps, would be...
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11 May 2011

WikiLeaks Threatens Its Own Leakers With $20 Million Penalty

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange now makes his associates sign a draconian nondisclosure agreement that, among other things, asserts that the organization s huge trove of leaked material is 'solely the property of WikiLeaks,' according to a report Wednesday.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange now makes his associates sign a draconian nondisclosure agreement that, among other...
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15 Apr 2011

WikiLeaks Associates Hit Back Over U.S. Twitter Records Demand

Three WikiLeaks associates fighting to keep records of their Twitter use out of the hands of the prosecutors lobbed the latest volley in a contentious legal battle with the Justice Department on Thursday, charging in a court filing that the government s argument "trivializes both the Parties and the public s constitutional rights."
Three WikiLeaks associates fighting to keep records of their Twitter use out of the hands of the prosecutors lobbed the...
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5 Apr 2011

‘Collateral Murder’ Soldier Speaks in New Film

Ethan McCord, a 33-year-old Army specialist, was engaged in a firefight with insurgents in an Iraqi suburb in July 2007, when his platoon, part of Bravo Company, 2-16 Infantry, got orders to investigate the aftermath of a recent firefight on a nearby street.
Ethan McCord, a 33-year-old Army specialist, was engaged in a firefight with insurgents in an Iraqi suburb in July 2007,...
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5 Apr 2011

Army: Manning Snuck ‘Data-Mining’ Software Onto Secret Network

Accused WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning installed and used unauthorized 'data-mining software' on his SIPRnet workstation during the time he allegedly siphoned hundreds of thousands of documents off that classified network, the Army said Friday in response to inquiries from Threat Level.
Accused WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning installed and used unauthorized 'data-mining software' on his SIPRnet...
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2 Apr 2011

Top Computer Scientists Back WikiLeaks Associates in Twitter Case

The government should be required to obtain a search warrant to get the IP addresses of Twitter users linked to WikiLeaks, argues a court brief filed Thursday by a group of respected security experts who say the addresses carry a higher expectation of privacy than mere phone numbers.
The government should be required to obtain a search warrant to get the IP addresses of Twitter users linked to...
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26 Mar 2011

WikiLeaks Associates Appeal Twitter Records Demand

Three WikiLeaks associates entangled in a federal grand jury probe in Virginia asked a federal judge Friday to reverse a ruling that would hand over records of their Twitter use to federal prosecutors, arguing that the ruling violates a federal statute and the constitution.
Three WikiLeaks associates entangled in a federal grand jury probe in Virginia asked a federal judge Friday to reverse a...
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17 Mar 2011

Congress Asks to Review DoD and NSA Contracts With HBGary

Anonymous' recent exposure of a federal contractor's plan to take down WikiLeaks has led to a congressional probe seeking data on contracts the company and its partners hold with the U.S. military and intelligence agencies.
Anonymous' recent exposure of a federal contractor's plan to take down WikiLeaks has led to a congressional probe...
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12 Feb 2011

Spy Chief: Damage from WikiLeaks Is Unclear

At a key congressional briefing yesterday, the man who oversees all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies backed off an early, dire assessment of the damage done to the government by WikiLeaks. "The impacts of the WikiLeaks disclosures are still being assessed," James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, told the House intelligence community during an annual omnibus testimony on national security known as the Worldwide Threat briefing.
At a key congressional briefing yesterday, the man who oversees all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies backed off an early,...
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11 Feb 2011

WikiLeaks Defector Defends Site’s Crippling

In the marble-lined hall of a former Prussian palace here Thursday, former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg defended actions that have left the controversial document-posting site unable to receive new leaks online.
In the marble-lined hall of a former Prussian palace here Thursday, former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg...
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25 Jan 2011

Bradley Manning Friend Prevented From Visiting Soldier Over Traffic Violation

Military officials at the brig where accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning is imprisoned prevented a long-time visitor from seeing the soldier after discovering that the car he was driving had expired registration tags.
Military officials at the brig where accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning is imprisoned prevented a long-time...
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29 Dec 2010

Putting the Record Straight on the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs

Six months ago, Wired.com senior editor Kevin Poulsen came to me with a whiff of a story. A source he d known for years claimed he was talking to the FBI about an enlisted soldier in Iraq who had bragged to him in an internet chat of passing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks.
Six months ago, Wired.com senior editor Kevin Poulsen came to me with a whiff of a story. A source he d known for years...
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adrian lamo, bradley manning, journalism
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17 Dec 2010

Congress Hears WikiLeaks Is ‘Fundamentally Different’ From Media

The Justice Department would have no problem distinguishing WikiLeaks from traditional media outlets, if it decides to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act, a former federal prosecutor told lawmakers Thursday.
The Justice Department would have no problem distinguishing WikiLeaks from traditional media outlets, if it decides to...
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1 Dec 2010

Salaries of WikiLeaks Staffers to Be Revealed in New Report

Expenses and salary earnings for paid WikiLeaks staff will be revealed for the first time in a report expected to be published by the end of this year, according to Kristinn Hrafnsson, a spokesman for the secret-spilling organization.
Expenses and salary earnings for paid WikiLeaks staff will be revealed for the first time in a report expected to be...
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19 Nov 2010

Another Hacker’s Laptop, Cellphones Searched at Border

A well-known and respected computer-security researcher was detained for several hours Wednesday night by border agents who searched his laptop and cellphones before returning them to him. The researcher, who goes by the hacker handle Moxie Marlinspike, was met by two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the door of his plane when he arrived at JFK airport on a Jet Blue flight from the Dominican Republic
A well-known and respected computer-security researcher was detained for several hours Wednesday night by border agents...
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1 Aug 2010

Ex-Hacker Denies Alleged WikiLeaker Gave Him Classified Documents

An Army intelligence analyst who is charged with leaking classified documents to the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks also allegedly sent classified documents to the hacker who turned him in to the feds, according to a friend and associate of the hacker who helped connect him with federal agents.
An Army intelligence analyst who is charged with leaking classified documents to the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks also...
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30 Jun 2010

WikiLeaks Posts Mysterious ‘Insurance’ File Threat Level

In the wake of strong U.S. government statements condemning WikiLeaks recent publishing of 77,000 Afghan War documents, the secret-spilling site has posted a mysterious encrypted file labeled 'insurance.' The huge file, posted on the Afghan War page at the WikiLeaks site, is 1.4 GB and is encrypted with AES256. The file s size dwarfs the size of all the other files on the page combined. The file has also been posted on a torrent download site.
In the wake of strong U.S. government statements condemning WikiLeaks recent publishing of 77,000 Afghan War documents,...
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9 Feb 2009

Wikileaks Forced to Leak Its Own Secret Info

What s Wikileaks, the net s foremost document leaking site, supposed to do when a whistle-blower submits a list of email addresses belonging to the site s confidential donors as a leaked document?
What s Wikileaks, the net s foremost document leaking site, supposed to do when a whistle-blower submits a list of email...
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1 Apr 2004

The Homeless Hacker v. The New York Times

Known as the Homeless Hacker before his arrest, Lamo did most of his virtual exploring from the Internet connections at Kinko's copy shops. Besides his laptop - an eight-year-old Toshiba with six keys missing - he traveled light, usually with a blanket, a change of clothes, and a Taser stun gun, which he used to pick electronic locks and sometimes to shock vending machines to see if they would drop food or spare change.
Known as the Homeless Hacker before his arrest, Lamo did most of his virtual exploring from the Internet connections at...
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28 Apr 2011

Army Wants to Stage Plays at Guantanamo Bay

Get ready for live theater at the world's most notorious detention facility. No, not for live readings of the Gitmo Files. The Army wants to stage readings from Sophocles' classic plays Ajax and Philoctetes for the beleaguered troops at Guantanamo Bay.
Get ready for live theater at the world's most notorious detention facility. No, not for live readings of the Gitmo...
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21 Dec 2010

Mercs Win Billion Dollar Afghan Cop Deal. Again.

Danger Room has confirmed that DynCorp, one of the leading private-security firms, has held on to a contract with the Army worth up to $1 billion for training Afghanistan s police over the next three years. With corruption, incompetence and illiteracy within the police force a persistent obstacle to turning over security responsibilities to the cops by 2014, NATO has revamped much of its training efforts except, apparently, the contractors paid lavishly to help them out.
Danger Room has confirmed that DynCorp, one of the leading private-security firms, has held on to a contract with the...
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7 Dec 2010

U.S. Satellites, Ammo Aided Saudis in Border War

Even after expressing alarm about civilians being killed in Yemen and Saudi Arabia s war last year against Shiite separatists in Yemen, the U.S. provided the Saudis with crucial military aid, including ammunition and satellite imagery, the WikiLeaks document trove shows.
Even after expressing alarm about civilians being killed in Yemen and Saudi Arabia s war last year against Shiite...
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25 Aug 2010

WikiLeaks Publishes Mundane CIA Thought Experiment

Now it can be told: a CIA analytic team assessed in February that the recent spate of homegrown terrorism could have unpredictable foreign-policy consequences for the United States. And if not for the controversial transparency organization WikiLeaks, we might never have known that the CIA can occasionally bore policymakers to tears with its time-wasting obviousness
Now it can be told: a CIA analytic team assessed in February that the recent spate of homegrown terrorism could have...
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9 Dec 2010

Protests, cyber-skirmishes rage over WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group clashed in cyberspace Thursday, with spam attacks crashing websites on both sides of the battle. Offline, some efforts by the U.S. government and its allies to punish the site for leaking secret documents have landed in court or are headed to one. Judicial authorities in France foiled the French government s effort to boot WikiLeaks from its French computer servers, while supporters in Switzerland and Germany threatened lawsuits against U.S. financial companies who have cut their ties to WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group clashed in cyberspace Thursday, with...
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12 Jul 2011

Julian Assange’s extradition appeal kicks off

On Tuesday, the court began hearing an appeal by Assange against a decision by Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in February to send him to Sweden for questioning about allegations of rape and sexual coercion. His defence barrister Ben Emerson kicked proceedings off on Tuesday by arguing the actions behind the allegations of sexual misconduct against Assange would not be judged offences under British law.
On Tuesday, the court began hearing an appeal by Assange against a decision by Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in February...
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