May 2011
43 posts
WikiLeaks - The Ireland Cables. From tomorrow in the Irish Independent. http://wikileaks.org/support.html
Kenyan cables provide critical material for ‘evidence war’ on extrajudicial killings http://wlcentral.org/node/1817
The PBS smear of Manning & WikiLeaks | RT http://wlcentral.org/node/1811
Swedish police clear Swedish police in Assange case http://is.gd/TxTTz1
The history and future of WIkiLeaks http://wikileaks.ch/In-Conversation-with-Julian.html
Announce: WikiLeaks forum https://www.wikileaks-forum.com/
WikiLeaks-Assange TED talk now in 38 languages http://is.gd/1PFVYm
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Guantánamo Suicide Was Severely Mentally Ill, And...
There is cruelty. There is stupidity. And far too often, when it comes to the activities of the US government in the “War on Terror,” there is both. In my previous article, The Only Way Out of Guantánamo Is In a Coffin, I wrote about the death at Guantánamo — reportedly as a result of committing suicide — of an Afghan prisoner identified by the US military as Inayatullah, who...
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WikiLeaks: Pakistani airmen sabotaging F-16s
New Delhi: A WikiLeaks cable, which NDTV has exclusive access to, says Pakistan’s airmen were being radicalised and were sabotaging Pakistani F-16s deployed for security operations along the Afghan border. (Read Cable: Pakistan cable on visiting US officials being briefed on F-16s) The cable, sent in March 2006 from the US embassy to Washington, quotes Pakistan’s...
Australia entered ‘crisis mode’ over WikiLeaks, deployed spies http://is.gd/YRzKgZ
Live cam for huge protest gathering in Spain http://www.ustream.tv/channel/motionlook
WikiLeaks: Pakistani airman sabotaging US supplied F-16’s fighter jets http://is.gd/ukvUk4
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Strauss-Kahn case raises issue of diplomat abuse...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears in M… The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is an extreme example of alleged sexual assault by an elite member of the international community. But the charges against him also shine a light on how diplomats and international officials have been accused of abusing maids or nannies in the United States, and have largely...
Sydney, Fri, 6pm (May 20): Who’s Afraid of WikiLeaks? http://is.gd/KsHG2W
WikiLeaks central america conference (video, Elsalvador with Assange) http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14776147
WikiLeaks: The new great war for oil: 1/10 of all cables are about it http://bit.ly/j669ty
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The Hindu : News / International : Prosecution of...
“More information is always better than no information” Amnesty International on Thursday condemned attempts by American authorities to prosecute WikilLeaks founder Julian Assange describing it as a bid to “stifle” free speech in the name of national security. “National security should not be used to stifle freedom of speech except in very restricted circumstances where there is...
WikiLeaks Peru starts again for election http://elcomercio.pe/
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What's Really in the Leaked WikiLeaks...
A leaked confidentiality agreement that those doing “business” with WikiLeaks are expected to sign was obtained and published by the New Statesman. The New Statesman and other news organizations believe they have uncovered another aspect of the WikiLeaks organization that indicates it is unfit to be trusted by whistleblowers. But, for anyone who understands confidentiality agreements there may...
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Amnesty International hails WikiLeaks and Guardian...
The world faces a watershed moment in human rights with tyrants and despots coming under increasing pressure from the internet, social networking sites and the activities of WikiLeaks, Amnesty International says in its annual roundup. The rights group singles out WikiLeaks and the newspapers that pored over its previously confidential government files, among them the Guardian, as a...
WikiLeaks reveals Arctic could be the new cold war http://is.gd/oICSvn
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WikiLeaks Pakistan | Latest in WikiLeaks US...
Most Popular Pakistan WikiLeaks News » WikiLeaks Cablegate highlights America’s deep role in Pakistan power politics Saudi rulers looking for ‘another Musharraf’ in place of ‘rotten head’ Zardari WikiLeaks disclosures “just mere leaks, We don’t believe in them:” Minister US to work with Nawaz if he wins polls: WikiLeaks Benazir Bhutto returned after...
The Osama travelogues, as wrung out of Gitmo detainees http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2009618.ece
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The WikiLeaks Grand Jury and the still escalating...
AP Julian Assange, President Obama and Bradley Manning The contrast between these two headlines from this morning tells a significant story: From The Guardian (click image to enlarge): From NPR: ___________ As Julian Assange wins the Sydney Peace Prize for “exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights,”...
We like busting prior restraints, but @superinjunction is a Scientific Journalism failure, hence Khan. Show us the docs.
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The Hindu : News : Musharraf argued against...
Told Senator John McCain that West Asian leaders were worried that such a move would spread sectarian strife throughout the Gulf region In April 2007 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf told Senator John McCain that he and many West Asian leaders were worried that a “premature pull-out” of U.S. and coalition forces from Iraq would spread sectarian strife throughout the Gulf region. ...
WikiLeaks releases cables on Japan’s history with nuclear power http://www.wikileaks.ch/reldate/2011-05-07_0.html
(video) Wall Street Journal’s WikiLeaks wannabe http://youtube.com/watch?v=9H1zLZ-xS0w
Have you supported WikiLeaks this month? http://wikileaks.ch/support.html
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Who is WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning? - The...
In January 2010, more than 130 people gathered to celebrate the opening of Room B-28, a “hacker space” in the basement of the computer science building at Boston University. The room had two rows of computers running open-source software, and, in conformity to the hacker ethic, its walls were painted with wildly colored murals, extensions of the free expression to be practiced there. That...
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OFFICIAL Message from the Coordinating Council of...
A call for all people in the world to support and stand with our peaceful revolution in YEMEN We call every Yemeni woman, man, child and elders, inside or outside of Yemen, for those who love YEMEN and the people of YEMEN to stand a Silent moment every day starting this Monday May 10th at 12:00 noon time according to your local time, please set your daily alarm. Source.
Jens Lapidus ger Julian Assange rätt http://is.gd/lEH2FH
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Iran presses Syria over missing journalist →
kohenari:
In what has to be one of the more bizarre moments for those with an interest in media and human rights, the government of Iran — well-known for the detention of foreign journalists — called for the government of Syria to investigate the disappearance of Dorothy Parvaz, an Al Jazeera journalist, who holds American, Canadian, and Iranian citizenship and traveled to Damascus on her...
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Assange right to slam Swedish courts: lawyers -...
Nearly one third of lawyers in Sweden, including best-selling author and lawyer Jens Lapidus, believe that criticism directed at the country’s legal system by WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is warranted, according to a new survey. “He is partially right about the Swedish legal system,” writes Lapidus, a defence attorney and author of the best selling 2006 crime novel...
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Bomb plot targeted Montreal subway, U.S. embassy...
The RCMP believed that a man linked to Osama bin Laden was planning to bomb Montreal’s subway system in late 2004, then detonate another device at Ottawa’s U.S. embassy weeks later, according to a secret cable released by WikiLeaks this week. According to the cable, the RCMP put the Tunisian man under 24-hour surveillance and were preparing to arrest him after the force received a...
Another attempted attack on WikiLeaks journalist by armed gunmen http://is.gd/x1tMnp
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WikiLeaks: Osama bin Laden 'protected' by...
Pakistani security forces allegedly helped Osama bin Laden evade American troops for almost 10 years, according to secret US government files. Image 1 of 2 Pakistani army soldiers secure the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, north west Pakistan Photo: EPA/IFTIKHAR TANOLI ...
US suspected/knew since 2008 that Osama was living in Abbottabad—which begs the question why the delay? http://is.gd/LtSvHC
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Politico.ie | L33t Leakers: WikiLeaks gets...
IrishLeaks.ie, an Irish leaking platform modelled on WikiLeaks will launch on May 1st, with plans to enable whistleblowers to safely expose abuses of power. Dara McHugh spoke with IrishLeaks, to discuss their plans for the website. IrishLeaks was founded only recently, but the idea has been developing for a long time, and the founders draw inspiration...
WikiLeaks révèle des opinions américaines tranchées sur les chefs canadiens http://is.gd/h4Fo9q
April 2011
72 posts
NZ: US Embassy pushed for quick redraft of s92A; offered to rewrite it http://bit.ly/jAXlJp
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Wikileaks: Police Arrested Movie Pirate As “A...
Geremi Adam, the movie cammer for the Scene release group ‘maVen’, will go down in history as a grand master of his art. Despite difficulties in pinning a crime on him, eventually Adam was arrested. According to a cable released by Wikileaks, that arrest was carried out as “a personal favor” to a movie industry official, setting off a tragic chain of events which would ultimately lead to Adams’...
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What I Think I Know About Journalism » Pressthink
Next month I will have taught journalism at New York University for 25 years, an occasion that has led me to reflect on what I have tried to profess in that time. Or, to put it another way, what I think I know about journalism. # It comes down to these four ideas. # 1. The more people who participate in the press the stronger it will be. # 2. The profession of journalism went awry when it...
