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2 January, 2011 — creative-i.info

Report: FBI seizes server in probe of WikiLeaks attacks
CNET
by Edward Moyer The FBI has seized a server in Texas as part of its hunt
for the groups behind the pro-WikiLeaks denial-of-service attacks launched
in …
news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20026908-38.html

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange parties it up on Christmas
Sify
He might be in a lot of trouble for many different reasons but that didn’t
stop WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange from enjoying a party on Christmas day. …
www.sify.com/news/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-parties-it-up-on-christmas-news-international-lbckuchjeje.html

Karzai ‘refused’ to sack minister
Aljazeera.net
… sack an allegedly corrupt minister for over a year, according to some
of the latest diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, the whistleblower
website. …
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/01/2011111982262175.html

Letters: In support of WikiLeaks
Houston Chronicle
Regarding “WikiLeaks undermines diplomacy” (Page B9, Monday), Heidi Hardt’s
op-ed misses the point about the importance of the leaked documents that
expose …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/7362052.html

Capital region link traced to ‘WikiLeaks avengers’
Victoria Times Colonist
By Andrea Woo, Postmedia News January 2, 2011 1:04 AM A global network
accused of Internet attacks against perceived WikiLeaks opponents has a
link to …
www.timescolonist.com/Capital+region+link+traced+WikiLeaks+avengers/4049379/story.html

Intimidation and the tyranny of silence
San Francisco Chronicle
While WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is celebrating his $1 million-plus
book deal on a 600-acre estate and enjoying his status as a lefty fringe
hero, …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F01%2F01%2FINEJ1H09FE.DTL

WikiLeaks no favor to historians
CNN International
Now WikiLeaks has introduced a new era in disclosure and other
document-revealing sites are following its lead around the globe. …
www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/01/skinner.wikileaks.history/

Who will confront the hatred in Hungary?
The Guardian
WikiLeaks’s behaviour in Belarus confirms the impression that it is foolish
to try to divide authoritarian movements into arbitrary categories. …
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/02/hungary-repression-wikileaks-assange

[Ann Woolner] As in sex, WikiLeaks chief tests limits of press
The Korea Herald
The admission will come as WikiLeaks was poised to release documents that
would prove Israel’s role. In Russia, the independent weekly newspaper
Novaya …
www.koreaherald.com/common/redirect.jsp?news_id=20110102000195&category_id=020600000000

TechMan: ‘Cyberwar’ advances seen as threat to Internet
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.” So tweeted John
Perry Barlow, one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and
…
www.post-gazette.com/pg/11002/1114759-96.stm

Wikileaks Reveals Five More Twilight Films on the Way
Daily Squib (satire)
By by Robert Pattinsotonson 6 hours 37 minutes ago LONDON – England – There
were gasps and moans at a recent Wikileaks leak session at the offices of
the …
www.dailysquib.co.uk/entertainment/2597-wikileaks-reveals-five-more-twilight-films-on-the-way.html

Anonymous Gets Mugabe
The Right Perspective
Anonymous has launched “Operation Payback” against the websites of
companies and other institutions that infringe on Wikileaks’ ability to
distribute the …
www.therightperspective.org/2011/01/01/anonymous-gets-mugabe/

Saudi Arabia, Declassified
New York Times
Of all the places affected by the WikiLeaks cables, few drew as much
attention as Saudi Arabia, thanks to its strategic location, controversial
image and …
www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/opinion/02alwan.html

Iran denies report that Ahmadinejad was slapped
Ynetnews
Tehran has denied a WikiLeaks report that Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad was slapped by the head of the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary
Guards. …
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4007404,00.html

Myra MacPherson: Of Assange, IF Stone, Secrecy and, Last, Sex
Nieman Watchdog (blog)
Also some right wing tweeters are having a field day since WikiLeaks
reported that “small amounts of chemical weapons” were found in Iraq up
to 2003, …
blog.niemanwatchdog.org/?p=1832

The MoJos are here
The Hindu
Whatever happens to him personally, and to Wikileaks in this year, the
notion of leak-based journalism has come to stay. By the end of 2010, …
www.hindu.com/mag/2011/01/02/stories/2011010250040100.htm

Leadership, accountability and performance
Jamaica Observer
Along comes an organisation called WikiLeaks which defines its purpose in
the following terms: “We are of assistance to peoples of all countries who
wish to …
www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Leadership—accountability-and-performance_8261992

On the double-o licence of the powerful
Nation on Sunday
Much of the discussion following WikiLeaks’ clearly selective and
structured disclosures has focused on political intrigue in high diplomatic
circles, …
www.nation.lk/2011/01/02/newsfe8.htm

‘Sweden has key role in cyberwar’: report
The Local.se
Sweden has a key role in Europe as the US prepares for future
cyber-warfare, classified documents released by WikiLeaks indicate. …
www.thelocal.se/31202/20110102/

Amid terror threats, France bulking up spy agency’s budget
Boston Globe
The move follows hostage-takings abroad, bomb scares at the Eiffel Tower,
and fallout from WikiLeaks’ publication of secret US diplomatic cables. …
www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2011/01/02/amid_terror_threats_france_bulking_up_spy_agencys_budget/

The Politics of Peace
Jamaica Gleaner
The revelations have come from WikiLeaks which publishes leaked
information, such as those from and between governments, in this case, from
the United …
jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110102/focus/focus2.html

My Word: Lieberman’s core issues
Jerusalem Post
To his credit, it has been said that were WikiLeaks ever to publish the
contents of his private conversations, they would reveal nothing he hasn’t
already …
www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=201797

Gabon-France: Wikileaks reveals The Financing of French Political …
By Lova
On December 30, 2010 Antoine Ganne writes in an article on afrik.com citing
Wikileaks : “ nearly 30 millions euros were diverted from the Bank of the
Central African States (BEAC) by former Gabonese president Omar Bongo, some
of which …
globalvoicesonline.org/2011/01/01/gabon-france-wikileaks-reveals-the-financing-of-french-political-parties-by-omar-bongo/

p2pnet news “ Blog Archive “ Ringing the changes: WikiLeaks
By Jon
p2pnet view P2P | Freedom:- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may not be
Time Magazine Person of the Year for 2010 – that distinction has gone to
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg – but he has certainly managed to dominate the
global …
www.p2pnet.net/story/47384

WikiLeaks! It’s a wiki that leaks! | MetaFilter
By Rory Marinich
I think this is the most important thing about WikiLeaks: it exposes our
diplomatic relationships as “good old boys” clubs where the rich, through
lobbyists, pretty much get to dictate what the American national interest
is. …
www.metafilter.com/99113/WikiLeaks-Its-a-wiki-that-leaks

WikiLeaks Clones Popping Up in Europe and Beyond || AK Rockefeller
By humphreyking
WikiLeaks’ recent releases have inspired more activists The perceived
successes of WikiLeaks have catalyzed would-be whistle-blowers to launch
their own.
akrockefeller.com/news/wikileaks-clones-popping-up-in-europe-and-beyond/

8 smears and misconceptions about WikiLeaks spread by the media …
By News Source
The corporate media’s tendency to blare misinformation and outright
fabrications has been particularly egregious in coverage of WikiLeaks. As
Glenn Greenwald has argued, mainstream news outlets are parroting smears
and falsehoods about …
warincontext.org/2011/01/01/8-smears-and-misconceptions-about-wikileaks-spread-by-the-media/

WikiLeaks Cables: Sri Lanka And War-Crimes | The Sunday Leader
By admin
WikiLeaks Cables: Sri Lanka And War-Crimes. Sri Lanka: Gosl Complicity In
Paramilitary Factions’ Human Rights Abuses. AMERICAN EMBASSY, COLOMBO
Classified By: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr. Allegations of government
complicity in …
www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/01/02/wikileaks-cables-sri-lanka-and-war-crimes/

2011-01-01: WikiLeaks in today’s media: Cablegate coverage | WL …
By aguillonmata
2011-01-01: WikiLeaks in today’s media: Cablegate coverage. Submitted by
aguillonmata on Sun, 01/02/2011 – 06:46. Tweet. El País: Pacto fallido
entre EE UU y Japón para reducir la caza de ballenas (Failed agreement
between the United …
wlcentral.org/node/795

homedailynews.com “ FBI Chases Pro-Wikileaks Hackers
By admin1
U.S. intelligence agencies, the FBI, has asked all countries work together
to jointly support track hackers who managed to paralyze the site Wikileaks
‘enemy’ Wikileaks. Reported by Yahoo News from the Smoking Gun website on
Saturday …
homedailynews.com/fbi-chases-pro-wikileaks-hackers/2012/

Hackers target Zimbabwe government over WikiLeaks | Nehanda Radio
By admin
Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, has become the latest victim of online
attacks by supporters of WikiLeaks, it was claimed. Cyber activists said
they had brought down government websites after Mugabe’s wife sued a
newspaper for …
nehandaradio.com/2011/01/01/hackers-target-zimbabwe-government-over-wikileaks/

THE SWASH ZONE: Wikileaks – Nothing new here
By Nameless Cynic
Even before I took my little Christmas vacation from blogging about
politics, I avoided saying anything about Wikileaks. I thought it might be
prudent to wait and see if any of the revelations might actually be as
damaging as some …
swashzone.blogspot.com/2011/01/wikileaks-nothing-new-here.html

Wikileaks, the United States, Sweden, and Devil’s Island
By William Blum
On that same snowy day last month Julian Assange of Wikileaks was freed
from prison in London and told reporters that he was more concerned that
the United States might try to extradite him than he was about being
extradited to Sweden, …
pacificfreepress.com/news/1/7692-wikileaks-the-united-states-sweden-and-devils-island-.html

How Wikileaks is helping The Espionage Act of 1917 be used against …
By seeker401
American proponents of government secrecy are calling for WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange to be assassinated or imprisoned, even if it means creating
a new law to do it. And that is exactly what anti-WikiLeaks activists in
the federal …
seeker401.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/how-wikileaks-is-helping-the-espionage-act-of-1917-be-used-against-you/

Wikileaks 1-02-11 | Dprogram.net
By sakerfa
When it comes to journalistic achievements in 2010, the elephant in the
room is WikiLeaks. I’ve seen many put-downs of the materials as containing
“no smoking guns”, or as being essentially trivial communications to
the State Department …
dprogram.net/2011/01/02/wikileaks-1-02-11/

To those inciting murder upon Julian Assange and/or his family …
Twitter
To those inciting murder upon Julian Assange and/or his family
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/19957588003135488

8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media …
Shredding the corporate media’s malicious attacks on WikiLeaks.
www.alternet.org/story/149369/8_smears_and_misconceptions_about_wikileaks_spread_by_the_media

Wikileaks: Manning’s attorney on the laws he’ll use to fight …
That being said, Wikileaks has engaged in warfare against the United
States. We as a nation should return the favor and 1) destroy Wikileaks and
2) kill …
boingboing.net/2010/12/21/wikielaks-mannings-a.html

‘Persistent listener’ gets NPR to run WikiLeaks correction | Poynter.
Standing for journalism, strengthening democracy | Journalism training,
media news & how to’s |
www.poynter.org/latest-news/romenesko/112542/persistent-listener-gets-npr-to-run-wikileaks-correction/

Bradley Manning/Wikileaks Timeline | Firedoglake
Private First Class Bradley E. Manning was arrested and charged with the
unauthorized use and disclosure of U.S. diplomatic cables to Wikileaks. …
firedoglake.com/bradley-manning-wikileaks-timeline/