The New Dark Age

1 January, 2011 — creative-i.info

How WikiLeaks Helped a Dictator
Daily Beast
Not all governments stand to suffer from the WikiLeaks dump—Zimbabwe’s strongman Robert Mugabe, for example, could use information gleaned from the leaks …
www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/how-wikileaks-helped-mugabe/cablegate/

Network of WikiLeaks avengers has links to B.C., according to FBI
Vancouver Sun
Following WikiLeaks’ highly publicized release of diplomatic cables in late
November, US companies including PayPal, Visa and Master-Card decided to
suspend …
www.vancouversun.com/Network+WikiLeaks+avengers+links+according/4047354/story.html

US says Egypt military resists change: WikiLeaks
AFP
… be modernised to counter new threats, but the country’s ageing
leadership has resisted change, according to US diplomatic cables published
by WikiLeaks. …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gWYmbygjcHoPJTIe-kI—fBvQcCg?docId=CNG.39d3ab61dbafa983bc1b74cae2bf9941.191

A WikiLeaks Christmas: Julian Assange gets festive
Telegraph.co.uk
He may be under virtual house arrest, but WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
managed to enjoy a very merry Christmas all the same. The 39-year-old
Australian …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8234328/A-WikiLeaks-Christmas-Julian-Assange-gets-festive.html

MIA releases new Wikileaks-inspired mixtape, ViCKi LEEKX
Los Angeles Times (blog)
On Thursday night, rapper/singer/provocateur MIA released a new
Wikileaks-inspired mixtape called ViCKi LEEKX, a 36-minute rhythm frenzy
featuring new …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/12/mia-releases-new-wikileaks-inspired-mixtape-vicki-leekx.html

Wikileaks: Begging all the free speech questions
Petaluma Argus Courier (blog)
Own.Write All the uproar over Wikileaks, founder, Julian Assange and who’s
trying to bury whom – is far from over. Feels to me like we just cracked
open …
connie-madden.blogs.petaluma360.com/10712/wikileaks-begging-all-the-free-speech-questions/

ARAB WORLD: WikiLeaks founder says many top Arab officials have CIA ties
Los Angeles Times
Julian Assange, the founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, came out
swinging against some high-level Arab officials in an interview with the
pan-Arab …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/12/arab-world-julian-assange-arab-leaders-cia-conspiracy-spies-wikileaks-al-jazeera.html

Journalism in the age of WikiLeaks
Globe and Mail
Today: Journalism in the age of user-generated content and Wikileaks. The
new media is threatening journalism. The continuing collapse of many
newspapers in …
www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/don-tapscott/journalism-in-the-age-of-wikileaks/article1854651/

How S. Korea’s tough policy on North backfired
CNN International
(CNN) — For the past two years, according to US diplomatic cables released
by WikiLeaks, South Korean officials have tried to convince the United
States …
www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/31/nkorea.wikileaks/

Videos that moved us
Vancouver Sun
It was the video that shot WikiLeaks to international prominence: On April
5, the whistle-blowing website released a classified US military video
depicting …
www.vancouversun.com/Videos+that+moved/4047392/story.html

The Minsk Election in a Wikileaks Mirror
CounterPunch
By ISRAEL SHAMIR Wikileaks once again has provided the proof positive to
unlock a mystery. It’s not the stuff of attention-grabbing headlines and
retweets, …
www.counterpunch.org/shamir12312010.html

3RD. MAN OF THE YEAR: Wikileaks- An unfolding phenomenon
Vanguard
In Nigeria in particular where governance has been blighted by corruption
in the last 50 odd years of independence, the Wikileaks phenomenon may
inspire …
www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/man-of-the-year-wikileaks-an-unfolding-phenomenon/

The sting of digital insurgency
Livemint
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg beat WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to the top spot.
Facebook’s business model depends on persuading sane people into making
their …
www.livemint.com/2010/12/31190737/The-sting-of-digital-insurgenc.html?h=B

Facebook, WikiLeaks and PR
Trinidad & Tobago Express
It is significant that as the “WikiLeaks” expose captured international
attention, Time magazine selected Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as its
“Person of …
www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Facebook__WikiLeaks_and_PR-112737349.html

Beating the Anti-Union Drum in Panama: Another WikiLeaks Revelation
OpEdNews
Already, lawmakers have raised serious concerns about Wikileaks cables,
suggesting that Martinelli could be in for a rough patch. …
www.opednews.com/populum/linkrss.php?f=Beating-the-Anti-Union-Dru-in-BuzzFlash-101231-644.html

Wikileaks.org: The latest in releases about “Wikileaks” or “Openleaks”
Premiership News
The current release by Wikileaks has been brought to the fore by the
newpaper report in Israel. This says that a cable from Condoleezza Rice who
was the …
www.premiershipnews.org/wikileaks-org-the-latest-in-releases-about-wikileaks-or-openleaks-1167

Late night laughs
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
“Someone apparently found an old Internet dating profile posted by
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and it has been posted online. …
www.journalgazette.net/article/20110101/EDIT05/301019993/1147/EDIT07

WikiLeaks: a vehicle of disinformation
The News International
In this regard, WikiLeaks can be termed psychological warfare with some
particular countries being targeted. The mainstream Western media, …
www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=23380&Cat=2&dt=1/1/2011

Gabon rejects Wikileaks’ information over Omar Bongo’s embezzlement at BEAC
African Manager
The Gabonese government has dismissed the information published by
international whistle-blowing group Wikileaks over late President Omar
Bongo’s alleged …
www.africanmanager.com/site_eng/detail_article.php?art_id=16068
hl=en&geo=us

WikiLeaks: Egypt focused on Israel as foe
UPI.com
31 (UPI) — Despite a decades-old peace treaty, Egypt views Israel as its
main military threat, frustrating US diplomats, documents released by
WikiLeaks …
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/12/31/WikiLeaks-Egypt-focused-on-Israel-as-foe/UPI-50651293805606/

Will WikiLeaks solve Fr Kaiser riddle?
Daily Nation
By GABRIEL DOLANPosted Friday, December 31 2010 at 18:22 You have to
sympathise with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was forced to do a
book deal with …
www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Will%20WikiLeaks%20solve%20Fr%20Kaiser%20riddle/-/440808/1081706/-/jqqbs8/-/

Leaks and shadows
Business Standard
In a crowded year on the Web, WikiLeaks stood out. Even if it falls, it
will change the online world in 2011. It was a busy year online for the
world. …
www.business-standard.com/india/news/leaksshadows/420271/

MasterCard Hosted Mossad Assassins, Blocked WikiLeaks
Mathaba.Net
US diplomatic cables leaked by Australian editor Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks
web site, reveal that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had asked for US
government …
mathaba.net/news/?x=625621

RT’s 2010 Top 10: Moscow attack, Kaczynski plane crash, WikiLeaks & more
RT
2010 had its fair share of intense tragedy, as well as a few spy scandals
and embarrassing WikiLeaks along the way. But it’s definitely not been all
bad …
www.youtube.com/watch?v=On6GMHd-L58

Report: WikiLeaks source exploited security flaw
FCW.com
… Department computer system made it possible for an inside source to
turn over a massive cache of secret and sensitive diplomatic cables to
WikiLeaks. …
fcw.com/articles/2010/12/31/wikileaks-source-exploited-security-flaw.aspx

WikiLeaks memo leaks disrupt on US-Egypt military alliance
4press
The recent memo released by WikiLeaks divulges this previously unknown
friction between US and Egypt. This recent memo has surprised many because
the …
4press.biz/wikileaks-memo-leaks-disrupt-on-us-egypt-military-alliance/2494/

Death in Baghdad: Reflections on the Wikileaks video Collateral Murder
The Comment Factory
Collateral Murder is the name of the Wikileaks video released last April
that documents American soldiers in an Apache helicopter opening fire on
suspected …
www.thecommentfactory.com/death-in-baghdad-reflections-on-the-wikileaks-video-collateral-murder-4044/

Wikileaks: Asselborn says Luxembourg is “not interested”
Station
Until now only one of the messages sent from Luxembourg has been released
by Wikileaks, about a Guantanamo Bay detainee who was sent to the Grand
Duchy to …
www.station.lu/?p=edito&a=external&id=100805

WikiLeaks Could Get a Good Man Executed
Newser
By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff This is the problem with WikiLeaks: Assange
“lacks any appreciation for the subtleties of international statecraft,
…
www.newser.com/story/108734/wikileaks-could-get-a-good-man-executed.html

WikiLeaks Swamp the World of American Diplomacy
Milli Gazette
By Karamatullah K. Ghori, The Milli Gazette WikiLeaks revelations have hit
the world like a Tsunami. Never before had anything like this happened to
so many …
www.milligazette.com/news/288-wikileaks-swamp-the-world-of-american-diplomacy

The most read business articles of 2010
The Guardian (blog)
WikiLeaks cables: Shell’s grip on Nigerian state revealed 3. Now we know
the truth. The financial meltdown wasn’t a mistake – it was a con 4. …
www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2010/dec/31/most-popular-business-stories-2010

The good, the bad and the ugly of 2010
Zimbabwe Independent
Marriages of conveniences surviving, de-specifications, cabinet boycotts,
and the divisive WikiLeaks. January: TN Financial Holdings listed on the
ZSE …
www.theindependent.co.zw/local/29333-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-2010.html

Pro-WikiLeaks hackers attack Zimbabwe government websites | Naked …
By Naked Security – Sophos
Hacktivists have struck a blow against the regime in Zimbabwe – attacking a
number of government websites in support of newspapers who published secret
cables in the ongoing WikiLeaks saga.
nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/12/31/pro-wikileaks-hackers-attack-zimbabwe-government-websites/

PharmaGossip: How WikiLeaks Enlightened Us in 2010 – CBS News
By insider
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. …
pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-wikileaks-enlightened-us-in-2010.html

WikiLeaks | Mugabe | Zimbabwe | 2011 Election
By Zimbabwe Correspondent
Zimbabwe in WikiLeaks: Mugabe is isolated at the top in Zimbabwe but at 86
he plans to run for another 5-year term in 2011. Grace Mugabe sues
newspaper.
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/zimbabwe/101228/mugabe-zimbabwe-wikileaks

ArabCrunch Select WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange as Person of …
As 2011 is looming in few hours depending in your country, today we
represent ArabCrunch Person of the year. ArabCrunch Person of the year is
an.
arabcrunch.com/2011/01/arabcrunch-select-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-as-person-of-the-year-2010.html

Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, War and Resisting Government Crackdown
By mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
2010 can be defined as the year of WikiLeaks. The whisteblowing website
first made headlines around the world in April when it released a video of
a U.S. helicopter gunship indiscriminately firing on Iraqi civilians
killing 12 people, …
www.democracynow.org/2010/12/31/julian_assange_on_wikileaks_war_and

WikiLeaks reveals State Department discord over U.S. support for …
By Guest
A diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks has revealed that a U.S. diplomat
warned the Obama administration about significant environmental impacts
stemming from Canada’s controversial tar sands oil production program. …
climateprogress.org/2010/12/31/wikileaks-state-department-canadian-tar-sands-oil-pipeline/

M.I.A. releases WikiLeaks-inspired mixtape with Diplo, Blaqstarr …
In time for the New Year, M.I.A. has released a very loud, 18-track mixtape
to crown the year.
www.hitfix.com/articles/m-i-a-releases-wikileaks-inspired-mixtape-with-diplo-blaqstarr-switch

beSpacific: Commentary: Journalism in the age of WikiLeaks
By Sabrina I. Pacifici –
Today: Journalism in the age of user-generated content and Wikileaks – “It
turns out people will not pay for news as a commodity. In an age of
Twitter, bloggers, WikiLeaks and social networks, people can find the news
without buying a …
www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/026125.html

FBI in hunt for pro-WikiLeaks hackers: report | http://www.bullfax.com
By marketmaker
The FBI has joined the hunt for hackers who took down websites like PayPal,
after they stopped processing payments to whistle-blowing website
WikiLeaks, US media reports said Friday.The Smoking Gun website published
five pages of an FBI …
www.bullfax.com/?q=node-fbi-hunt-pro-wikileaks-hackers-report-0

M.I.A Releases Free Wikileaks Inspired Mixtape Download | Gigwise
M.I.A has released a free mixtape inspired by the recent Wikileaks scandal.
The 18-track LP, entitled ‘VickiLeekx’, is available to download from
vikileekx.com, and includes collaborations with dubstep producers Diplo,
Rusko and Switch. …
www.gigwise.com/news/60398/MIA-Releases-Free-Wikileaks-Inspired-Mixtape-Download

WikiLeaks Summary 2010
By Jane Jamison
Many of you have wanted to have a summary or outline of WikiLeaks’
revelations this past year. Though I don’t agree with the conclusions of
this CBS reporter on some of the “leaks” listed below, this is a good
start.
www.uncoverage.net/2011/01/wikileaks-summary-2010/

Wikileaks unveils more cables related to Condoleezza Rice
By john
It is reported by an Israeli magazine that Wikileaks has recently released
more cables which are telling a whole new story about the Israeli attack on
Syria in.
www.wokay.com/world/international-news/wikileaks-unveils-cables-related-condoleezza-rice-44622.html

BREAKING: Wikileaks cables reveal that Joe Miller’s real last name …
By America News
RT @fivethirtyeight: BREAKING: Wikileaks cables reveal that Joe Miller’s
real last name is ‘Winklevoss’. nyti.ms/icDPWk RT @fivethirtyeight:
BREAKING: Wikileaks cables reveal that Joe Miller’s real last name is
‘Winklevoss’. …
theamericanews.com/2010/12/31/breaking-wikileaks-cables-reveal-that-joe-millers-real-last-name-is-winklevoss-httpnyti-msicdpwk.html

Wikileaks Crosses The Line With Zimbabwe Cables – Lez Get Real
By L. S. Carbonell
Among the latest documents Wikileaks released were a series of diplomatic
cables reporting on conditions in Zimbabwe. While not considered to be one
of the world’s more important “hot spots” Zimbabwe’s decades long
instability has had a …
lezgetreal.com/2010/12/wikileaks-crosses-the-line-with-zimbabwe-cables/

Anonymous defends Wikileaks in Zimbabwe website attack – Zanu not …
By A staff writer
Following on from the Zimbabwean Wikileaks palaver which allegedly is
giving dictator Robert Mugabe smear ammunition against his opponents – but
in reality is transparency for the state of the country – the hacking group
Anonymous has …
www.techeye.net/security/anonymous-defends-wikileaks-in-zimbabwe-website-attack

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: WIKILEAKS: EGYPT STILL SEES ISRAEL AS AN ENEMY
By Avi Green
Documents revealed by Wikileaks show that Egypt continues to see Israel as
its primary military threat despite a decades-old peace treaty. Egypt and
Israel fought against each other in four wars before signing the treaty in
1979. …
astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2010/12/wikileaks-egypt-still-sees-israel-as.html

The WikiLeaks War on America
Jonathan Foreman describes the strange political coloration of Julian
Assange.
www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/special-january-preview—the-wikileaks-war-on-america-15611