December 2010
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Was Wired's Refusal To Publish WikiLeaker...
One of the interesting sidebars to the WikiLeaks story is Glenn Greenwald’s back-and-forth with Wired Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen regarding Wired’s refusal to publish the chat logs in which alleged whistleblower Pvt. Bradley Manning confided in Adrian Lamo about uploading documents to WikiLeaks. Here’s as short a summup as we can provide. The Backstory: Last May Adrian...
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Crowdleak: Zimbabwean military controls diamonds
Military expansion in Zimbabwe, beginning in November 2008, has displaced the Zimbabwean police and diverted the diamond flow from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to the Zimbabwean military. According to the tribal chief of the diamond-rich Marange region, military and police shootings are continuing. One operation conducted by a human rights group discovered over 200 bodies with fatal gunshot or...
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Crowdleak: Our Concept
The objective of Crowdleak is to diminish all language barriers that may be encountered by those attempting to access Wikileaks cables. With the summarization, translation and publication of cables, we are able to reach the masses by using a method known as ‘crowd journalism.’ We do this by having journalist register at Crowdleak, then find cables that have been leaked by Wikileaks. From there...
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General Link Dump
Here are links to stories that I’ve found from the past week while I was away, which you may have already seen but here they are just in case. Assange says signed £1.1 million in book deals - Yahoo! News [LEAKSPIN] Russian Prisons (08MOSCOW531) (via erasedkilljoy) The Dark Side of Wikileaks | The Atlanta Post Wikileaks: Egypt still sees Israel as its main adversary HaikuLeaks — The...
Crowdleak: US collects data from presidential...
A cable dated March 24, 2008 reports upon a recent Washington review of the reporting and collection needs of USG (United States Government) agencies in Paraguay. The review lists the priorities USG agencies are to focus upon when they allocate resources and update plans to collect information on Paraguay. Information was desired upon all leading presidential contenders – particularly upon the...
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Julian Assange: The Road to Hanoi
Of Potholes and Foresight The Road to Hanoi By JULIAN ASSANGE It seems like everyone I meet plans to follow the young Che Guavara, now that seduction of random latinos has been politically sanctified, and take off on their motorbike and adventure through the poverty and pleasures of South and Central America. And who can blame them? But there are other lands to explore. Last...
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The Law Office of David E. Coombs: Pretrial...
30 December 2010 Pretrial Confinement Review The command determines whether a soldier is placed into pretrial confinement. Unlike in the civilian system, the military does not have a bail system. In other words, once placed into pretrial confinement, a soldier will remain in pretrial confinement unless released by the command, a military magistrate or a military judge. ...
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WikiLeaks: U.K. trained 'death squad' - U.S. news...
The British government has trained a paramilitary force accused of hundreds of killings in Bangladesh, according to leaked U.S. embassy cables. The Guardian newspaper said the cables described training for members of the Rapid Action Battalion as being in “investigative interviewing techniques” and “rules of engagement.” One cable notes that U.S. training for...
#Wikileaks #News On #BoA Bank Of America Suck...
All Documents Wikileaks has on Bank Of America Fraud & Corruption will be Featured HERE. Twitter @OperationleakS via bankofamericasuck.com
Christmas With Julian →
julian-assange-fanciers-guild:
We interrupt our annual marathon of pre-NYE inebriation (it starts very early in the Antipodes) to post this slideshow link, seeing as our inbox is brimming with breathless messages of fangirls losing their minds about it ;)
Happy 2011 to all,
xox The Editor
Raids in Texas Over Wikileaks.org Mirrors - Web...
The FBI has made its first raid on a company thought to be involved in initiating the DDoS attacks in defence of Wikileaks.org. via webhostdir.com
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Wikileaks on Sri Lanka
Wikileaks cables on Sri Lanka. Most of these were published in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten (and not yet elsewhere). Abbreviations: GON: Government of Norway, GOJ: Government of Japan, GSL: Government of Sri Lanka, USG: US Government, MFA: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FM: Foreign Minister, CFA: Cease Fire Agreement, LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, SLMM: Sri Lanka...
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The Listening Post - 'The war you don't see'
via youtube.com On the show this week we interview renowned filmmaker and journalist, John Pilger about his new film, The War You Don’t See, Iran and Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. We then turn our attention to the chequered transcripts coming from an Arabic-language translation service in the US.
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What WikiLeaks revealed to the world in 2010 -...
AP Throughout this year I’ve devoted substantial attention to WikiLeaks, particularly in the last four weeks as calls for its destruction intensified. To understand why I’ve done so, and to see what motivates the increasing devotion of the U.S. Government and those influenced by it to destroying that organization, it’s well worth reviewing exactly what...
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Frost over the World - Julian Assange interview
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Nation Readers' Person of the Year | The Nation
Since we here at The Nation consider our readership the most politically informed and intelligent of any publication in the country, we thought it would be informative to conduct a Nation readers’ poll to determine the Person of the Year for our own community. The response was strong and, interestingly, WilkiLeaks founder Assange was also our clear-cut winner because, as Lorna Singh...
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2010-12-30: Clearing the Air of Nick Davies'...
Today, Huffington Post published an article by Nick Davies, from the Guardian, in response to Bianca Jagger’s Huffpost article. Jagger had been critical of Davies’ role in the publication in The Guardian of the details from the police investigation report on the allegations against Julian Assange. In his article today, Davies states that the publication of the details from the...
Wikileaks' Leaks Leaked: Norwegian Paper Has All...
Update: We incorrectly reported that no other publication had the full body of all the leaked cables. According to the Washington Post, however, the day after the first cables were published the Guardian had the full collection and shared it with the New York Times. Dagens it represents the first publication to reportedly acquire the entire collection, other than the New York Times, which did not...
Omar Bongo pocketed millions in embezzled funds,...
The cable, released by WikiLeaks, continued: “Asked what the officials did with the stolen funds, the Beac official responded, ‘sometimes they kept it for themselves, sometimes they funnelled it to French political parties.’ Asked who received the funds, the official responded, ‘both sides, but mostly the right; especially Chirac and including Sarkozy.’ The Beac...
Tom Meltzer's WikiLeaks glossary | The Guardian
WikiLeaks has blown the lid off many things in 2010 – including the US view of George Osborne. Batman Description of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin by US sources in Moscow. The cable observed: “Medvedev continues to play Robin to Putin’s Batman.” Comic-book fans will know there have been five Robins, which, at two terms as president each, suggests Putin could...
Many Arab officials have close CIA links: Assange
113Share By MOBIN PANDIT & AHMED EL AMIN DOHA: Top officials in several Arab countries have close links with the CIA, and many officials keep visiting US embassies in their respective countries voluntarily to establish links with this key US intelligence agency, says Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website, WikiLeaks. “These officials are spies for the US in their...
To those inciting murder upon Julian Assange and/or his family http://wlcentral.org/node/725
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"My Shit Must Remain Unknow" by ~ViejoIvan
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Mossad assassins’ Master Card numbers http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2010/02/10ABUDHABI103.html
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All your loyalty by ~jaanush
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Save Manning by =dandakobajai
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iLeak by ~flappyb
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WTF? CIA creates W-kileaks T-ask F-orce :) |...
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Remember Bradley this Christmas
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MERRY XMAS/FESTIVAS - ENJOY YOUR TOYS!
via blog.susobaleato.eu From a post by suso baleato: Neutralizing DNS attack on Wikileaks, which has lots of great graphics in it.
U.N. to investigate treatment of Bradley Manning...
U.N. to investigate treatment of Bradley Manning By Glenn Greenwald Salon, December 23, 2010 (updated below - Update II - Update III - Update IV) Both The Guardian and the Associated Press are reporting that the U.N.’s top official in charge of torture is now formally investigating the conditions under which the U.S. is detaining accused WikiLeaks...
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Spectator WikiLeaks Cover Art | Anton Emdin's...
via antonemdin.com We’ve got a really good score on the transparency and corruption map on the Guardian too. Much better than the USA. Maybe Australia really is relevant afterall. :P Merry Xmas Australia. Enjoy your grog and seafood. :D
Fuck Yeah, Julian Assange | Julian Assange’s...
Julian Assange’s Christmas To-Do List 1) Give the treadmill that’s gathering dust in the attic a whirl to counteract the effects of Vaughan Smith’s stodgy cooking 2) Figure out way to slip monitoring bracelet onto a squirrel without setting off the alarm 3) Secure licensing deal to manufacture figurine dolls of own likeness 4) Release those explosive documents on the egregious...
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OPERATION BLING: You are Anonymous
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WikiLeaks cables: US intervened in Michael Moore...
Michael Moore: US officials panicked when they thought an NZ cabinet minister was hosting a showing of his film Fahrenheit 9/11. Photograph: Gary Calton/Network Whatever else WikiLeaks may have revealed, one fact has been repeatedly confirmed: the US government under George Bush really loathed the documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. After a leaked...
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Anonymiss, very nice #anonymous on Twitpic
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I can handle the truth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
via flickr.com I can handle the TRUTH!
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Support wikileaks | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Boy and Bubbles | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
via flickr.com “Boy and Bubbles 38/365 I didn’t get chance to take a photo today, so I am posting one of my favourites from the Wikileaks protest the other day. A lady had a bubble machine attached to her bicycle (it is a wonder that anybody even has a bike in Sydney!) and this little boy was absolutely fascinated by the bubbles. In the midst of all these nervous-looking...
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Christmas Break
I am leaving with the family for a week of holidays starting today. I don’t know how much internet access I will get so in case something big happens and I’m not available to cover it, my good friend kompromat has promised to pick up the slack. I am queuing up a few arty posts for over the week so it may look like I’m here when I’m not. I know things have been looking a...
BBC News - Today - Transcript: The Assange...
via news.bbc.co.uk The full transcript is also at the link if you, like me, can’t stand the interviewer’s pompous British accent on top of his invasive questioning.
John Pilger - The War You Don't See 1/7
via youtube.com It’s all there on YouTube.
Legal Schnauzer: Is Karl Rove Driving the Effort...
via legalschnauzer.blogspot.com I don’t know enough about Karl Robe or Swedish politics to assess this story, but I thought it might be of interest to others anyway.
Corruption index 2010: the most corrupt countries...
Corruption index 2010: the most corrupt countries in the world Our map depicts worldwide corruption levels as ranked by Transparency International. High scores denote clean countries; low scores denote corrupt countries. The bigger...
WikiLeaks cables: will the world now intervene...
A mother of a disappeared son protests on the eve of International Human Rights Day in Srinagar, Kashmir. Photograph: Farooq Khan/EPA Almost every household in Kashmir has a story to tell of human rights violation by the local police or the Indian security forces. Generations have experienced violence amid a culture of impunity spanning six decades....
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Bill Quigley: Cover-Ups, Coups and Drones
A Sampler of What Wikileaks Reveals About the US Cover-Ups, Coups and Drones By BILL QUIGLEY Human rights advocates have significant new sources of information to hold the United States accountable. The transparency, which Wikileaks has brought about, unveils many cover-ups of injustices in US relations with Honduras, Spain, Thailand, UK and Yemen over issues of torture at Guantanamo,...
News Black-Out in DC: Pay No Attention to Those... →
OpEdNews - Article: Veterans Want YOU for Civil...
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