The New Dark Age

3 January, 2011 — creative-i.info

Facing WikiLeaks Threat, Bank Plays Defense
New York Times
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 …
dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/facing-wikileaks-threat-bank-plays-defense/

Republican puts crosshairs on Holder over WikiLeaks
Reuters (blog)
US Attorney General Eric Holder should quit if he can’t stop WikiLeaks from
disclosing government documents, Darrell Issa, incoming chairman of the
House of …
blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2011/01/02/republican-puts-crosshairs-on-holder-over-wikileaks/

WikiLeaks backers say Zimbabwe websites shut down
The Zimbabwe Standard
President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace is suing a private newspaper for $15
million for publishing details from US cables on WikiLeaks saying she
gained …
www.thestandard.co.zw/local/27919-wikileaks-backers-say-zimbabwe-websites-shut-down.html

WikiLeaks: Levski FC’s Kazan affair
Focus News
WikiLeaks published a report by representative of the US embassy in
Bulgaria, Susan Sutton, to the CIA and FBIA, dedicated to corruption in
Bulgarian soccer …
www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n238523

Anonymous Attacks Tunisian Government over Wikileaks Censorship
Gawker
In part, because it tried to block access to secret-sharing website
Wikileaks. The block of Tunileaks wasn’t the first time the Tunisian
government had …
gawker.com/5723104/anonymous-attacks-tunisian-government-over-wikileaks-censorship

WikiLeaks or ‘WickedLeaks’?
Jamaica Gleaner
Frankly, I don’t know whether to view WikiLeaks as an evil or wonderful
organisation. The question, therefore, arises in my mind: is WikiLeaks
actually …
jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110103/cleisure/cleisure2.html

Abbas: I’m not afraid of Wikileaks
Ma’an News Agency
“Wikileaks is a defect of the American administration,” Abbas concluded,
calling it “shameful” that hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables were
leaked …
www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=347659

WikiLeaks, Clinton and China
Ottawa Citizen
By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun January 3, 2011 3:03 AM The story of
the year 2010 will be marked indelibly by WikiLeaks’ online publications,
…
www.ottawacitizen.com/WikiLeaks+Clinton+China/4050811/story.html

Wikileaks claims Irishman gunned down in Bolivia was set up
Irish Central
An Irishman shot to death by the Bolivian Army in April 2009 was lured to
his death, a new Wikileaks document claims. Michael Dwyer, a 24-year-old
man from …
www.irishcentral.com/news/Wikileaks-claims-Irishman-gunned-down-in-Bolivia-was-set-up-112769104.html

WikiLeaks cites Brussels: We Tried Everything but Bulgaria Does Not Want Reforms
Novinite.com
fresh diplomatic cables of the US embassy in Sofia, reveled on WikiLeaks,
cite the European Commission team for monitoring Bulgaria as saying. …
www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=123738

The Hidden Meaning of the WikiLeaks Story
New Europe
What has this to do with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, the e-martyr? More
than you may think. The internet is one of the strangest inventions of
mankind. …
www.neurope.eu/articles/103983.php

Infosec lessons from WikiLeaks
Express Computer
In the recent past, a number of articles in various tabloids and
discussions on various TV channels have centered around WikiLeaks. …
www.expresscomputeronline.com/20110103/techviews01.shtml

Half-Formed Thought on Wikileaks & Global Action
All Things Digital
by Clay Shirky This is a coda to my earlier post, Wikileaks and the Long
Haul. It’s an attempt to express a partially formed thought about the
Pentagon …
voices.allthingsd.com/20110103/half-formed-thought-on-wikileaks-global-action/

WikiLeaks to draw weak information laws – media expert
Bizcommunity.com
Aidan’s prediction comes at a time when the world is awash with news
sourced from whistle-blowing website: http://www.wikileaks.com. The website has
since been …
www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/466/55509.html

Finding Poetry in WikiLeaks
Huffington Post (blog)
Still wondering whether you should read through the WikiLeaks documents to
decide for yourself whether they’re a victory for transparency or just
high-tech …
www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/finding-poetry-in-wikilea_b_803021.html

WikiLeaks, Ideological Legitimacy and the Crisis of Empire
truthout
As alleged by Naughton: “What WikiLeaks is really exposing is the extent to
which the western democratic system has been hollowed out. …
www.truth-out.org/wikileaks-ideological-legitimacy-and-crisis-empire66418

God’s Wikileaks: Ready or not, all secrets will be revealed
American Muslim
So what’s all the fuss about Wikileaks? These wikipeaks into the unseemly
side of the American Empire have caused quite a stir – and quite a
backlash. …
www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/gods_wikileaks_ready_or_not_all_secrets_will_be_revealed/0018325

News in the age of WikiLeaks
THINQ.co.uk
Tappscott and Williams observe that people will not pay for online news as
a commodity, what with Twitter, a constellation of blogs, WikiLeaks and
social …
www.thinq.co.uk/2011/1/3/news-age-wikileaks/

Banks aren’t opposing WikiLeaks blockade
Views and News from Norway
Nets, via Teller, continues to block payments to WikiLeaks by suspending
its agreement with yet another company in Iceland, Datacell, reports DN.
…
www.newsinenglish.no/2011/01/02/banks-arent-opposing-wikileaks-blockade/

GORDON DUFF: WHY WIKILEAKS DIED
Veterans Today Network
When CFR Director, Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the most feared power
brokers in Washington or anywhere else, openly attacked Wikileaks as an
intelligence …
www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/02/gordon-duff-why-wikileaks-died/

Wikileaks: Why Lebron James Left Cleveland; Why Brandon Roy Is Not Playing, Etc.
Bleacher Report
Wikileaks was all over the news in 2010 for publishing previously secret,
private and classified media from anonymous sources. …
bleacherreport.com/articles/558710-wikileaks-why-lebron-james-left-cleveland-why-brandon-roy-is-not-playing-etc

WikiLeaks Finds Another Malaysian Scandal
Asia Sentinel (blog)
The latest round of WikiLeaks cables to embarrass Malaysia alleges that a
“VVIP” later identified as Rais Yatim, the Information, Communications, …
asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2893&Itemid=189

WikiLeaks fuels data breach fears
Business Insurance
Although the highest-profile information released by WikiLeaks has centered
on government documents, concerns have been raised about corporations also
…
www.businessinsurance.com/article/20110102/ISSUE01/301029961

The Media Made Itself The Story In 2010
Vermont Public Radio
Among other stories, there was extensive coverage of the WikiLeaks
documents dumps, the Jon Stewart/Steven Colbert rally in Washington and
several …
www.vpr.net/npr/132583015/

WikiLeaks: U.S. Diplomats Acted As Salespeople For Boeing Over Airbus
By The Huffington Post News Editors
This is the high-stakes, international trading bazaar for large commercial
jets, where tens of billions of dollars are on the line, along with
hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs. At its heart, it is a global
wrestling match …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/02/wikileaks-boeing-airbus_n_803384.html

Wikileaks: Israel Plans Total War on Lebanon, Gaza | Informed Comment
By Juan
6 Responses to “Wikileaks: Israel Plans Total War on Lebanon, Gaza”.
Dennis in UK says: 01/02/2011 at 6:12 pm. I think it’s time for the arab
states to team up and tell Israel to behave itself and adhere to
international law. …
www.juancole.com/2011/01/wikileaks-israel-plans-total-war-on-lebanon-gaza.html

WikiLeaks: Israel planning ‘major war’ against Gaza and Lebanon
As the WikiLeaks documents continue to be digested by the global media
community, it was revealed that the Israeli military has been planning for
a ‘major war’ against its adversaries in Gaza and Lebanon.
www.digitaljournal.com/article/302058

Tunisia Blocks Wikileaks and Anonymous Takes Action | IT-Networks
By Alex
Just as the stories are starting to get interesting, the Tunisian
authorities block Wikileaks and every other form of leaks that mention
Tunisia.
www.it-networks.org/2011/01/02/tunisia-blocks-wikileaks-and-anonymous-takes-action/

Wikileaks Releases Oft-Discussed April Glaspie 1990 Cable from …
Wikileaks Releases Oft-Discussed April Glaspie 1990 Cable from Iraq Before
Kuwait Invasiont.
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×4680963

Bank of America Stops Handling WikiLeaks Payments
By News Room
Bank of America Corp. has joined several other financial institutions in
refusing to handle payments for WikiLeaks.FILE – In this April 21,
nationalcybersecurity.com/?p=45187

Wikileaks Hackers Bring Down Zimbabwe Websites : Greg Laden’s Blog
Hacktivists have struck a blow against the regime in Zimbabwe by attacking
a number of government websites. The cyber-assault appears to have been in
support of newspapers who published secret cables in the ongoing WikiLeaks
saga, …
scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/01/wikileaks_hackers_bring_down_z.php

Julian Assange | Wikileaks Books | Daemon’s Books
By Eric
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is claiming that financial reasons are
forcing him to write his upcoming memoirs. Assange has stated that he is
writing the book because it is the only way to keep his organization from
folding. …
www.daemonsbooks.com/2011/01/03/wikileaks-julian-assange-forced-into-writing-a-book/

NewsDaily: BofA reviews documents amid WikiLeaks threat: report
A team of up to 20 Bank of America Corp officials, led by the chief risk
officer, Bruce Thompson, have been reviewing thousands of documents amid a
threat that it may be a target of WikiLeaks, The New York Times reported on
Sunday.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre7020bs-us-bankofamerica/

Wikileaks: U.S. Provided 100 Bunker-Buster Bombs for Use Against …
By Richard Silverstein
Aftenposten is reporting that a Wikileaks cable describes a November, 2009
meeting between a high-level delegation of Israeli and American political,
military…
www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2011/01/02/wikileaks-u-s-provided-100-bunker-buster-bombs-for-use-against-iran/

Wikileaks: US Diplomats Pushed Boeing Planes | FrumForum
By FrumForum News
To a greater degree than previously known, diplomats are a big part of the
sales force, according to hundreds of cables released by WikiLeaks, which
describe politicking and cajoling at the highest levels. It is not
surprising that the …
www.frumforum.com/wikicables-us-diplomats-pushed-boeing-planes