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18 Jan 2011

U.S. Calls for Order in Tunisia While Denying WikiLeaks Link to Revolt

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged Tunisia's new leadership to restore order and adopt broad economic and political reforms in the wake of the popular revolt that overthrew the North African nation's authoritarian president. At the same time, the State Department rejected claims that revelations of rampant corruption in leaked U.S. diplomatic documents had sparked the uprising.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged Tunisia's new leadership to restore order and adopt broad...
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17 Jan 2011

Tunisia That ‘WikiLeaks Revolution’ meme

There's been a rather lot of, well, unsupported analysis on the internet seeking to attribute Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution, which drove President Ben Ali from power yesteday, to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Uber blogger Andrew Sullivan writes: "This is a major, er, coup for Wikileaks and the transparency it promotes - especially against tyrants like Ben Ali." The theory goes that private US diplomatic cables from the Tunis embassy released via Wikileaks on December 7 revealed to Tunisians that Ben Ali was an authoritarian despot, that his family was supremely corrupt, and that life was crushingly hard for the Tunisian poor and unemployed, spurring them to take to the streets.
There's been a rather lot of, well, unsupported analysis on the internet seeking to attribute Tunisia's Jasmine...
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15 Jan 2011

18 Disturbing Things We Wouldn’t Know Without WikiLeaks

So far, WikiLeaks has released less than 3,000 cables from the 251,000-document cache, but already the media, politicians and the public are questioning the value of the leak. It's important, Mitchell writes, to review a small sample of what we have learned thanks to WikiLeaks since April and the release of the 'Collateral Murder' US helicopter video, which showed the killing of two Reuters journalists, among others. It's necessary to do this because most in the US media, after brief coverage, provided little follow-up.
So far, WikiLeaks has released less than 3,000 cables from the 251,000-document cache, but already the media,...
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15 Jan 2011

Bradley Manning, Held in WikiLeaks Case, Gains Backers

Julian Assange, the flamboyant founder of WikiLeaks, is living on a supporter s 600-acre estate outside London, where he has negotiated $1.7 million in book deals and regularly issues defiant statements about the antisecrecy group s plans.
Julian Assange, the flamboyant founder of WikiLeaks, is living on a supporter s 600-acre estate outside London, where he...
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bradley manning, julian assange, legal battle
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15 Jan 2011

Iceland asked for $1 billion bailout from US

Documents released by WikiLeaks reveal that cash-hungry Iceland asked for a $1 billion loan from the United States in 2008 to stop its economic collapse. The U.S. embassy in Reykjavik urged Washington to back the loan, arguing that Iceland might otherwise turn to Russia, with whom it held ultimately unsuccessful talks over a 4 billion euro ($5.4 billion) bailout.
Documents released by WikiLeaks reveal that cash-hungry Iceland asked for a $1 billion loan from the United States in...
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bailout, iceland, usa
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15 Jan 2011

U.S. Treasury We Can’t Blacklist WikiLeaks

King, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, asked the U.S. Treasury Department to add WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange to its economic blacklist, or sanctions list. Doing so would have given WikiLeaks the same designation as terrorist groups.
King, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, asked the U.S. Treasury Department to add WikiLeaks and its...
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14 Jan 2011

The truth hurts Wikileaks stains Clinton reputation

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denounced Wikileaks saying that it is an attack on both the United States and the entire international community. She states that those released documents tear at the fabric of the proper function of government.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denounced Wikileaks saying that it is an attack on both the United States and the...
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14 Jan 2011

Wikileaks Founder Our Enemy is China

Wikileaks may have targeted the US with its ongoing releases of sensitive State Department documents, but China is its real technological enemy, according to founder Julian Assange.
Wikileaks may have targeted the US with its ongoing releases of sensitive State Department documents, but China is its...
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china, julian assange
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13 Jan 2011

Treasury Urged To Take Action Against WikiLeaks

House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., Wednesday urged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to place the whistleblower website WikiLeaks and its founder on a U.S. government list that would ban people and companies in the United States from conducting business with both.
House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., Wednesday urged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to place the...
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12 Jan 2011

Lawyers for WikiLeaks”Assange outline defense for extradition hearing in London

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could eventually face a term in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or even execution by U.S. authorities if he is extradited to Sweden, his attorneys said Tuesday, while Assange vowed after a brief court hearing to continue his work "unabated."
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could eventually face a term in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or...
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julian assange, legal battle, rendition, sweden, usa
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12 Jan 2011

WikiLeaks Founder Said to Fear ‘Illegal Rendition’ to U.S.

Lawyers acting for Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy group, said on Tuesday they would argue against a demand for his extradition to Sweden on the grounds that he might subsequently face illegal rendition to the United States, risking imprisonment at Guant namo Bay, or even the death penalty.
Lawyers acting for Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy group, said on Tuesday they would argue...
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11 Jan 2011

Pfc. Bradley Manning Soldier’s inhumane imprisonment in WikiLeaks case

Pfc. Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army intelligence analyst suspected of providing documents to WikiLeaks, can't reasonably complain that the military has him in custody. But the conditions under which he is being held at the Marine detention center at Quantico, Va., are so harsh as to suggest he is being punished for conduct of which he hasn't been convicted
Pfc. Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army intelligence analyst suspected of providing documents to WikiLeaks, can't...
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11 Jan 2011

Privacy Law Is Outrun by Speed of Web’s Progress

As Internet services allowing people to store e-mails, photographs, spreadsheets and an untold number of private documents have surged in popularity, they have become tempting targets for law enforcement. That phenomenon became apparent over the weekend when it surfaced that the Justice Department had sought the Twitter account activity of several people linked to WikiLeaks, the antisecrecy group.
As Internet services allowing people to store e-mails, photographs, spreadsheets and an untold number of private...
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11 Jan 2011

Swiss banker who used WikiLeaks faces trial

A Swiss banker whose actions caused a U.S. judge to briefly shut down WikiLeaks three years ago faces trial for allegedly distributing confidential documents showing how his former employer helped rich clients to dodge taxes.
A Swiss banker whose actions caused a U.S. judge to briefly shut down WikiLeaks three years ago faces trial for...
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corruption, crackdown, legal battle, swiss banker, wikileaks source
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11 Jan 2011

U.S. Twitter Subpoena on WikiLeaks Is ‘Harassment,’ Lawyer Says

The Justice Department subpoena, approved last month in federal court and later unsealed, also violates the U.S. Constitution s Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable government searches, Assange s lawyer Mark Stephens said today in a telephone interview in London. WikiLeaks is an organization that publishes leaked documents on its website.
The Justice Department subpoena, approved last month in federal court and later unsealed, also violates the U.S....
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10 Jan 2011

In Persian Gulf, Clinton says damage from WikiLeaks deep

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the Middle East for meetings with Persian Gulf leaders, acknowledged Sunday that it would take years to undo the damage caused by the WikiLeaks revelations, likening her recent travels to an extended "apology tour" to reassure allies who suffered embarrassment or worse because of the disclosures.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the Middle East for meetings with Persian Gulf leaders, acknowledged...
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middle east, state department, wikileaks aftermath
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Publisher: McClatchy

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10 Jan 2011

In WikiLeaks fight, U.S. journalists take the Fifth

Not so long ago, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could count on American journalists to support his campaign to publish secret documents that banks and governments didn't want the world to see. But just three years after a major court confrontation that saw many of America's most important journalism organizations file briefs on WikiLeaks' behalf, much of the U.S. journalistic community has shunned Assange even as reporters write scores, if not hundreds, of stories based on WikiLeaks' trove of leaked State Department cables.
Not so long ago, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could count on American journalists to support his campaign to publish...
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Publisher: Vanity Fair

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8 Jan 2011

The Man Who Spilled the Secrets

The collaboration between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Web s notorious information anarchist, and some of the world s most respected news organizations began at The Guardian, a nearly 200-year-old British paper. What followed was a clash of civilizations and ambitions as Guardian editors and their colleagues at The New York Times and other media outlets struggled to corral a whistle-blowing stampede amid growing distrust and anger.
The collaboration between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Web s notorious information anarchist, and some of the...
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julian assange, legal battle, media
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8 Jan 2011

U.S. Sends Warning to People Named in Cable Leaks

The State Department is warning hundreds of human rights activists, foreign government officials and businesspeople identified in leaked diplomatic cables of potential threats to their safety and has moved a handful of them to safer locations, administration officials said Thursday.
The State Department is warning hundreds of human rights activists, foreign government officials and businesspeople...
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8 Jan 2011

U.S. Warns of Potential Retribution Against People Named in Wiki Documents

Several hundred foreign officials, businessmen and journalists might be at risk for retribution after being exposed in secret government cables made public by WikiLeaks, the State Department warned on Friday. In a handful of the most serious cases, the U.S. has moved individuals to safer locations, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters at a news conference.
Several hundred foreign officials, businessmen and journalists might be at risk for retribution after being exposed in...
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8 Jan 2011

WikiLeaks gives dangerous ammunition to a tyrant

As the latest diplomatic WikiLeaks trickle down from the headlines to remote parts of the world, we can begin examining their effect. Take Zimbabwe, whose fragility makes it an instructive test case. This is a nation liberated, looted and then ground to dust by a single man: Robert Mugabe. Elections in 2008 were stolen by Mugabe's ruling party, but they produced an uneasy coalition government, with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister.
As the latest diplomatic WikiLeaks trickle down from the headlines to remote parts of the world, we can begin examining...
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6 Jan 2011

WikiLeaks Document Reportedly Shows Israel Wants Gaza to Function at ‘Lowest Level’

A leaked WikiLeaks cable allegedly shows Israel telling U.S. officials that it wanted Gaza's economy "functioning at the lowest level possible" while avoiding a humanitarian crisis, according to Reuters. The 2008 cable shows that the Israeli government kept the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv briefed on its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
A leaked WikiLeaks cable allegedly shows Israel telling U.S. officials that it wanted Gaza's economy "functioning at the...
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3 Jan 2011

Facing WikiLeaks Threat, Bank of America Plays Defense

On Nov. 29, the director of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, said in an interview that he intended to "take down" a major American bank and reveal an "ecosystem of corruption" with a cache of data from an executive s hard drive. With Bank of America s share price falling on the widely held suspicion that the hard drive was theirs, the executives on the call concluded it was time to take action.
On Nov. 29, the director of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, said in an interview that he intended to "take down" a major...
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banks, corruption
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3 Jan 2011

In Boeing-Airbus Rivalry, Hidden Hand of Government

The king of Saudi Arabia wanted the United States to outfit his personal jet with the same high-tech devices as Air Force One. The president of Turkey wanted the Obama administration to let a Turkish astronaut sit in on a NASA space flight. And in Bangladesh, the prime minister pressed the State Department to re-establish landing rights at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The king of Saudi Arabia wanted the United States to outfit his personal jet with the same high-tech devices as Air...
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airbus, boeing, corruption, global trade
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1 Jan 2011

How WikiLeaks Enlightened Us in 2010

WikiLeaks has brought to light a series of disturbing insinuations and startling truths in the last year, some earth-shattering, others simply confirmations of our darkest suspicions about the way the world works. Thanks to founder Julian Assange's legal situation in Sweden (and potentially the United States) as well as his media grandstanding, it is easy to forget how important and interesting some of WikiLeaks' revelations have been.
WikiLeaks has brought to light a series of disturbing insinuations and startling truths in the last year, some...
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1 Jan 2011

WikiLeaks show US frustrated with Egypt military

Egypt's military, the biggest recipient of U.S. military aid after Israel, is in decline, according to American diplomats, who blame the Arab nation's top brass for failing to modernize and adapt to deal with new threats. U.S. diplomatic memos leaked this month show previously unknown friction between the two allies over military assistance and strategy. Military cooperation has always been seen as an unshakable link between Egypt and the U.S., even as the political side of the alliance has gone through public ups and downs over Washington's on-and-off pressure on reform and human rights.
Egypt's military, the biggest recipient of U.S. military aid after Israel, is in decline, according to American...
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31 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks cable dump reveals flaws of State Department’s information-sharing tool

Before the infamous leak, the 250,000 State Department cables acquired by anti-secrecy activists resided in a database so obscure that few diplomats had heard of it. It had a bureaucratic name, Net-Centric Diplomacy, and served an important mission: the rapid sharing of information that could help uncover threats against the United States. But like many bureaucratic inventions, it expanded beyond what its creators had imagined. It also contained risks that no one foresaw.
Before the infamous leak, the 250,000 State Department cables acquired by anti-secrecy activists resided in a database...
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30 Dec 2010

Al Akhbar, a Lebanese Paper, Aims at Provoking Readers

He succeeded. Earlier this month Al Akhbar became the only Arab newspaper to obtain its own substantial batch of WikiLeaks cables and gleefully cataloged various embarrassments to the region s kings, princes and politicians. Soon afterward, the paper s popular Web site came under a cyberattack that became a story in its own right, and provided more free publicity.
He succeeded. Earlier this month Al Akhbar became the only Arab newspaper to obtain its own substantial batch of...
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30 Dec 2010

Messages from alleged leaker Bradley Manning portray him as despondent soldier

Bradley Manning, 22, had just gone through a breakup. He had been demoted a rank in the Army after striking a fellow soldier. He felt he had no future, and yet he thought that by sharing classified information about his government's foreign policy, he might "actually change something."
Bradley Manning, 22, had just gone through a breakup. He had been demoted a rank in the Army after striking a fellow...
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30 Dec 2010

The curious case of Glenn Greenwald vs. Wired Magazine

I love a good blog fight as much as anyone, but after reading several thousand words of accusations and counter accusations being slung between Salon blogger Glenn Greenwald and Wired's Evan Hansen and Kevin Poulsen, I'm left scratching my head trying to figure out what, exactly, this particular dispute is all about.
I love a good blog fight as much as anyone, but after reading several thousand words of accusations and counter...
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27 Dec 2010

Banks and WikiLeaks

The whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks has not been convicted of a crime. The Justice Department has not even pressed charges over its disclosure of confidential State Department communications. Nonetheless, the financial industry is trying to shut it down.
The whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks has not been convicted of a crime. The Justice Department has not even pressed...
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27 Dec 2010

Leaked U.S. cables discuss notorious Mexican drug lord and Panamanian president’s request for wiretaps of political enemies

The leader of the Mexican military told U.S. authorities last year that the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel moves among 10 to 15 known locations, but that capturing Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was "difficult" because the most wanted man in Mexico surrounds himself with hundreds of armed men and a sophisticated web of snitches, according to a leaked diplomatic cable.
The leader of the Mexican military told U.S. authorities last year that the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel moves among...
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26 Dec 2010

Cables Show D.E.A.’s Global Reach

The Drug Enforcement Administration has been transformed into a global intelligence organization with a reach that extends far beyond narcotics, and an eavesdropping operation so expansive it has to fend off foreign politicians who want to use it against their political enemies, according to secret diplomatic cables.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has been transformed into a global intelligence organization with a reach that...
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dea, espionage, usa
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24 Dec 2010

‘High-Tech House Arrest’ Fails to Deter WikiLeaks Founder

When Julian Assange wakes these days, he looks out from a three-story Georgian mansion house overlooking a man-made lake. Under a blanket of snow, the 650-acre Ellingham Hall estate, a mile back from the closest public road, is as tranquil a spot as can be found in eastern England.
When Julian Assange wakes these days, he looks out from a three-story Georgian mansion house overlooking a man-made...
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24 Dec 2010

Dylan Ratigan interviews Julian Assange

The Dylan Ratigan Show interviewed Julian Assange on December 21. The newest interview in the U.S. of Julian Assange on the Wikileaks Thing. Discussion about the 1917 Espionage Act and our political leaders including V.P. Biden, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee. Assange making...
The Dylan Ratigan Show interviewed Julian Assange on December 21. The newest interview in the U.S. of Julian Assange on...
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23 Dec 2010

CIA to examine impact of files recently released by WikiLeaks

The CIA has launched a task force to assess the impact of the exposure of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables and military files by WikiLeaks. Officially, the panel is called the WikiLeaks Task Force. But at CIA headquarters, it's mainly known by its all-too-apt acronym: W.T.F.
The CIA has launched a task force to assess the impact of the exposure of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables and...
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23 Dec 2010

Leaked Cable Stirs Tension Between Palestinian Sides

Tensions were rising on Wednesday between Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian political factions, over a leaked American diplomatic cable and ongoing accusations by each side regarding the other s arrests, plans and statements.
Tensions were rising on Wednesday between Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian political factions, over a leaked...
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21 Dec 2010

Prospect of WikiLeaks Dump Poses Problems for Regulators

Tens of thousands of its internal documents will be exposed on Wikileaks.org with no polite requests for executives response or other forewarnings. That was according to Forbes magazine, which interviewed Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, last month. The excerpt sparked a global cacophony of speculation that a bank perhaps Bank of America may be the next target of the inscrutable high-tech terrorist. (Such was Vice President Joseph R. Biden s description of Mr. Assange over the weekend.)
Tens of thousands of its internal documents will be exposed on Wikileaks.org with no polite requests for executives...
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banks, interview, julian assange, wikileaks aftermath
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21 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks Hints at Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation

cable released by WikiLeaks on Monday suggested close cooperation between Israel and forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas when rival Hamas militants overran the Gaza Strip three years ago. The disclosure could embarrass Abbas and his Fatah movement, which Hamas has accused of working with the Israelis. Abbas' standing among Palestinians has already been weakened by his failure to make progress in peacemaking with Israel.
cable released by WikiLeaks on Monday suggested close cooperation between Israel and forces loyal to Palestinian...
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israel, palestine, peace talks
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Publisher: Global Security

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21 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks Poses Legal Challenges for US Prosecutors

The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly considering whether to file espionage charges against the WikiLeaks Web site and its founder Julian Assange. The case has raised broad legal questions about how the government will protect the freedom of information and an open Internet, while also protecting privacy and national security
The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly considering whether to file espionage charges against the WikiLeaks Web site...
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20 Dec 2010

The New York Times Sleeps With the WikiLeaks Dogs and Now It’s Got Fleas

The fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures of classified American diplomatic cables contines. As does the news related to to the prosecution of Julian Assange. And as the public discussion continues, it's time to take stock: What exactly is the takeaway from 'cablegate?' Has WikiLeaks been good for the country, or for The New York Times?
The fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures of classified American diplomatic cables contines. As does the news related...
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19 Dec 2010

Bank of America Stops Handling WikiLeaks Payments

Bank of America says it will no longer process transactions for the website WikiLeaks, following similar actions by several other financial institutions. The bank said in a statement that it believes that site "may be engaged in activities that are, among other things, inconsistent with our internal policies for processing payments."
Bank of America says it will no longer process transactions for the website WikiLeaks, following similar actions by...
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Publisher: The Washington Post

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19 Dec 2010

Make Julian Assange irrelevant

I can understand why Obama administration figures want to prosecute Assange for espionage or other crimes. I confess I'd like to throw a cream pie in his face myself. But prosecuting Assange would give him exactly what he wants: proof that America is hypocritical, that we don't live by the freedoms we preach. Assange would like nothing more than to be a martyr - and President Obama shouldn't give that to him. The better way to deal with Assange is to make him irrelevant. The only reason WikiLeaks has been a sensation is the absurd secrecy of the Obama administration, in some ways worse than that of George W. Bush.
I can understand why Obama administration figures want to prosecute Assange for espionage or other crimes. I confess I'd...
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18 Dec 2010

Granting Anonymity

Transparency is secretive business. WikiLeaks, the swashbuckling new-media organization whose motto is 'We open governments,- relies on a technology of extreme reticence called Tor Hidden Services - a part of the Tor Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated not to light and clarity but to shadows and opacity, to the increasingly difficult art of keeping secrets online.
Transparency is secretive business. WikiLeaks, the swashbuckling new-media organization whose motto is 'We open...
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18 Dec 2010

Interviews With Freed WikiLeaks Founder

Speaking from outside Ellingham Hall, the country home outside London where he is under what his lawyer calls mansion arrest, Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, expressed concerns on Friday for the mental health of Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private who was detained by the military after he apparently confessed to a former computer hacker that he was the source of leaked video and documents published by WikiLeaks and news organizations this year.
Speaking from outside Ellingham Hall, the country home outside London where he is under what his lawyer calls mansion...
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18 Dec 2010

UK medic WikiLeaks made me object to Afghan war

A Royal Navy medic who claims documents released by WikiLeaks persuaded him to fight his deployment to Afghanistan has lost his appeal to leave the U.K. service on moral grounds. Michael Lyons says he became a conscientious objector to the war after reading of the "enormous underreporting of civilian casualties in the conflict" in leaked military documents published by the secret-spilling website.
A Royal Navy medic who claims documents released by WikiLeaks persuaded him to fight his deployment to Afghanistan has...
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17 Dec 2010

Celebrity Supporters of Julian Assange Misguided, Critics Say

This week, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said he made available $20,000 to help jailed WikiLeaks website founder Julian Assange make bail, in addition to offering the assistance of his website, servers, domain names and anything else he can do to keep WikiLeaks alive and thriving."
This week, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said he made available $20,000 to help jailed WikiLeaks website founder...
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16 Dec 2010

U.S. Tries to Build Case Against WikiLeaks Founder

Federal prosecutors, seeking to build a case against the WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange for his role in a huge dissemination of classified government documents, are looking for evidence of any collusion in his early contacts with an Army intelligence analyst suspected of leaking the information.
Federal prosecutors, seeking to build a case against the WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange for his role in a huge...
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15 Dec 2010

Air Force Blocks Media Sites That Posted Leaked Cables

The U.S. Air Force is blocking its personnel from using work computers to view the websites of the New York Times and other major publications that have posted classified diplomatic cables, people familiar with the matter said. Air Force users who try to view the websites of the New York Times, Britain's Guardian, Spain's El Pais, France's Le Monde or German magazine Der Spiegel instead get a page that says, "ACCESS DENIED. Internet Usage is Logged & Monitored," according to a screen shot reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The notice warns that anyone who accesses unauthorized sites from military computers could be punished.
The U.S. Air Force is blocking its personnel from using work computers to view the websites of the New York Times and...
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15 Dec 2010

British Court Orders Leader of WikiLeaks Freed on Bail

After a week in detention facing possible extradition, Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks antisecrecy group, was ordered released on $310,000 bail by a court on Tuesday as he challenges a Swedish prosecutor s demand for his extradition to face questioning about alleged sex offenses.
After a week in detention facing possible extradition, Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks antisecrecy group,...
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15 Dec 2010

Poll Americans say WikiLeaks harmed public interest; most want Assange arrested

The American public is highly critical of the recent release of confidential U.S. diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks Web site and would support the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by U.S. authorities, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. Most of those polled - 68 percent - say the WikiLeaks' exposure of government documents about the State Department and U.S. diplomacy harms the public interest. Nearly as many - 59 percent - say the U.S. government should arrest Assange and charge him with a crime for releasing the diplomatic cables.
The American public is highly critical of the recent release of confidential U.S. diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks Web...
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15 Dec 2010

Singapore Lee Says Myanmar ‘Stupid’

A classified U.S. document released by WikiLeaks cites Singapore statesman Lee Kuan Yew as calling Myanmar's junta leaders "stupid" and "dense." A confidential briefing on a 2007 conversation between former Prime Minister Lee and U.S. officials was released by WikiLeaks this week.
A classified U.S. document released by WikiLeaks cites Singapore statesman Lee Kuan Yew as calling Myanmar's junta...
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13 Dec 2010

EasyDNS Helps WikiLeaks, After Being Accused of Dropping It

It is not clear if the mistake first appeared on a blog or flitted around in a Twitter message. But whatever its source, it swept Mark Jeftovic and his company, EasyDNS, into both sides of the storm over corporate support, or the lack thereof, for WikiLeaks.
It is not clear if the mistake first appeared on a blog or flitted around in a Twitter message. But whatever its source,...
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13 Dec 2010

Facebook Wrestles With Free Speech and Civility

Facebook took down a page used by WikiLeaks supporters to organize hacking attacks on the sites of such companies, including PayPal and MasterCard; it said the page violated the terms of service, which prohibit material that is hateful, threatening, pornographic or incites violence or illegal acts. But it did not remove WikiLeaks s own Facebook pages.
Facebook took down a page used by WikiLeaks supporters to organize hacking attacks on the sites of such companies,...
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13 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks’ advocates are wreaking ‘hacktivism’

In England, a 26-year-old advertising agency employee caters to multinational clients but on the side has been communicating with a secretive band of strangers devoted to supporting WikiLeaks. Halfway around the world, a 24-year-old in Montana has used a publicly available - and, according to security experts, suddenly popular - software program called Low Orbit Ion Cannon with the goal of shutting down Web sites of WikiLeaks' perceived enemies
In England, a 26-year-old advertising agency employee caters to multinational clients but on the side has been...
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11 Dec 2010

Diplomats predict bleak economic future for Cuba

Cuba's financial situation ``could become fatal'' within two to three years and the country risks being ``insolvent'' as early as 2011, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable from Havana made public Thursday by WikiLeaks. The cable, however, was sent Feb. 9, before Ra l Castro's government announced it was undertaking far-reaching reforms that would cut the jobs of 500,000 public employees, slash subsidies and expand private business in a bid to jump-start the anemic economy.
Cuba's financial situation ``could become fatal'' within two to three years and the country risks being ``insolvent'' as...
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10 Dec 2010

‘Hacktivists’ Pursue Campaign Against WikiLeaks Foes

In a campaign that had some declaring the start of a cyberwar, hundreds of Internet activists mounted retaliatory attacks on the Web sites of multinational companies and other organizations they deemed hostile to the WikiLeaks antisecrecy organization and its jailed founder, Julian Assange.
In a campaign that had some declaring the start of a cyberwar, hundreds of Internet activists mounted retaliatory...
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crackdown, cyberwars, hackers
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10 Dec 2010

Europeans Criticize Fierce U.S. Response to Leaks

The United States considers itself a shining beacon of democracy and openness, but for many Europeans Washington s fierce reaction to the flood of secret diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks displays imperial arrogance and hypocrisy, indicating a post-9/11 obsession with secrecy that contradicts American principles.
The United States considers itself a shining beacon of democracy and openness, but for many Europeans Washington s...
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crackdown, democracy, state department
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10 Dec 2010

U.S. cables leaked on WikiLeaks reveal Venezuela-Nicaragua tensions, blackmail

U.S. diplomats viewed Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega as a mercurial opportunist who bashed the United States in public even as he cozied up to officials in private -- particularly when he feared Venezuela and other benefactors might not come through with funds.
U.S. diplomats viewed Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega as a mercurial opportunist who bashed the United States in...
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10 Dec 2010

Web Attackers Find a Rallying Cry in WikiLeaks

They got their start years ago as cyberpranksters, an online community of tech-savvy kids more interested in making mischief than political statements. But the coordinated attacks on major corporate and government Web sites in defense of WikiLeaks, which began on Wednesday and continued on Thursday, suggested that the loosely organized group called Anonymous might have come of age, evolving into one focused on more serious matters: in this case, the definition of Internet freedom.
They got their start years ago as cyberpranksters, an online community of tech-savvy kids more interested in making...
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anonymous, cyberwars, hackers
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10 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks avoids shutdown as supporters worldwide go on the offensive

Over the past several days, the anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks has been hit with a series of blows that have seemed to threaten its survival. Its primary Web address was deactivated, its PayPal account was frozen, and its Internet server gave it the boot
Over the past several days, the anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks has been hit with a series of blows that have seemed to...
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10 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks shows reach and limits of Internet speech

U.S. companies are pulling the plug on WikiLeaks and its activists, raising tough questions about cyberspace as a celebrated free speech forum and about government pressure. MasterCard, Visa Inc and eBay Inc unit PayPal have severed ties with the website, cutting into the funding lifeline of the organization that has published secret government cables embarrassing to Washington
U.S. companies are pulling the plug on WikiLeaks and its activists, raising tough questions about cyberspace as a...
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democracy, internet speech
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9 Dec 2010

Cyberattackers Focus on Enemies of WikiLeaks’s Assange

A small army of activist hackers orchestrated a broad campaign of cyberattacks on Wednesday in support of the beleaguered antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks, which has drawn governmental criticism from around the globe for its release of classified American documents and whose founder, Julian Assange, is being held in Britain on accusations of sex offenses.
A small army of activist hackers orchestrated a broad campaign of cyberattacks on Wednesday in support of the...
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hackers, wikileaks aftermath
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9 Dec 2010

Hackers Attack Those Seen as WikiLeaks Enemies

Activists attacked sites of companies like Mastercard that took action against WikiLeaks; a counterattack on hackers sites followed.
Activists attacked sites of companies like Mastercard that took action against WikiLeaks; a counterattack on hackers...
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9 Dec 2010

Hackers Give Web Companies a Test of Free Speech

Facebook and Twitter face tough decisions around how they should handle situations as politically charged as the WikiLeaks developments. On Wednesday, anonymous hackers took aim at companies perceived to have harmed WikiLeaks after its release of a flood of confidential diplomatic documents. MasterCard, Visa and PayPal, which had cut off people s ability to donate money to WikiLeaks, were hit by attacks that tried to block access to the companies Web sites and services. To organize their efforts, the hackers have turned to sites like Facebook and Twitter. That has drawn these Web giants into the fray and created a precarious situation for them.
Facebook and Twitter face tough decisions around how they should handle situations as politically charged as the...
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9 Dec 2010

Karzai’s Response to Cables Relieves U.S.

A cache of leaked American diplomatic cables quoted Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry, the United States ambassador to Afghanistan, describing President Hamid Karzai s inability to grasp the most rudimentary principles of state-building.
A cache of leaked American diplomatic cables quoted Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry, the United States ambassador to...
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9 Dec 2010

Wikileaks U.S. incensed by Ukraine’s arms exports

The United States is fighting a constant battle to stop the flow of arms from Ukraine and other East European countries to terrorist in the Middle East, documents released by the Wikileaks website reveal. In November 2009, during U.S.-Ukraine non-proliferation talks in Kiev, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Vann Van Diepen complained about the sale of potential ballistic missile parts to Iran, the Wikileaks cables revealed
The United States is fighting a constant battle to stop the flow of arms from Ukraine and other East European countries...
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9 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s accuser has ties to Cuban dissidents

The bizarre saga of WikiLeaks yielded an arrest and yet another unexpected wrinkle on Tuesday: One of the Swedish women who has accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes was revealed to be a supporter of Cuban dissidents.
The bizarre saga of WikiLeaks yielded an arrest and yet another unexpected wrinkle on Tuesday: One of the Swedish women...
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7 Dec 2010

Assange to Meet with British Police, Lawyer Says

The legal noose tightened around Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, after his lawyers said Monday that an Interpol notice and European arrest warrant would oblige the British police to arrest him for questioning on accusations of sexual offenses from Sweden.
The legal noose tightened around Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, after his lawyers said Monday that an...
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7 Dec 2010

Baltic States Lobby NATO

When fighting broke out between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, a shudder passed through the former Soviet Baltic republics. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had painful memories of Soviet occupation and feared that a resurgent Russia might come after them next. They began lobbying NATO, which they had joined in 2004, for a formal defense plan.
When fighting broke out between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, a shudder passed through the former Soviet Baltic...
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7 Dec 2010

Daily Roundup of Jittery World

In Tunisia, a man was spotted sitting in a cafe, watching the road to the American ambassador s residence, before driving away in a gray Volkswagen. In Nigeria, extremists, possibly including a well-trained operative just arrived from Chad, were believed to be planning a massive terrorist attack. And Persian-language computer hacking sites had posted dangerous Trojan horse programs, suggesting how Iranian agents might attack the United States.
In Tunisia, a man was spotted sitting in a cafe, watching the road to the American ambassador s residence, before...
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foriegn policy, usa
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7 Dec 2010

French Plans for Ship Upset U.S.

After France, one of America s closest allies, announced in February that it hoped to sell a Mistral a ship that carries helicopters and can conduct amphibious assaults to Russia, with the option to sell several more, American officials soon raised objections. The proposed transaction would be the largest sale by a Western country to Russia since the end of World War II. The commander of the Russian Navy has said that if his Black Sea fleet had had such a ship during the 2008 war with Georgia, it would have been able to carry out its operations in 40 minutes instead of 26 hours.
After France, one of America s closest allies, announced in February that it hoped to sell a Mistral a ship that carries...
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7 Dec 2010

U.S. Strains to Stop Arms Flow

Just a week after President Bashar al-Assad of Syria assured a top State Department official that his government was not sending sophisticated weapons to Hezbollah, the Obama administration lodged a confidential protest accusing Syria of doing precisely what it had denied doing.
Just a week after President Bashar al-Assad of Syria assured a top State Department official that his government was not...
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7 Dec 2010

Untangling a North Korean Missile Business

The Korea Mining and Development Corporation is a North Korean maker and seller of Scud missiles. According to diplomatic cables, it has ties with companies in Europe, Asia and Africa that supply it with parts, markets and financial pipelines. Related Article
The Korea Mining and Development Corporation is a North Korean maker and seller of Scud missiles. According to...
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6 Dec 2010

A United States with geopolitical muscle like no one else.

The very essence of diplomacy between nations in the old days maybe even yesterday lay in knowing the difference between official communications, unofficial ones, and those that, being leaked, might be denied. (During the American Civil War, the U.S. secretary of state once read a confidential dispatch word for word to the correspondent for the London Times, just to make sure the British foreign secretary got his point ... unofficially.) All of these modes had their uses for signaling intent, saving face, or stepping back from a brink. And they still do, as the 250,000 U.S. State Department cables that have begun appearing on Wikileaks.ch amply demonstrate.
The very essence of diplomacy between nations in the old days maybe even yesterday lay in knowing the difference between...
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social media, state department, us foreign policy, whistleblowers, wikileaks aftermath
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6 Dec 2010

Arab States and Terror Funds

Nine years after the United States vowed to shut down the money pipeline that finances terrorism, senior Obama administration officials say they believe that many millions of dollars are flowing largely unimpeded to extremist groups worldwide, and they have grown frustrated by frequent resistance from allies in the Middle East, according to secret diplomatic dispatches.
Nine years after the United States vowed to shut down the money pipeline that finances terrorism, senior Obama...
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