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4 January, 2011 — creative-i.info

WikiLeaks: US Wanted Trade War Over GM Crops
CBS News
… a trade war against European Union nations over their resistance to
genetically modified crops, according to diplomatic cables released by
WikiLeaks. …
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/04/world/main7211185.shtml

WikiLeaks Japan: Japanese ‘Spy flights’ Pressure Whaling Deals
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Yoree Koh A confidential cable released by WikiLeaks on New Year’s day
reveals that Japan’s use of “spy flights” to monitor the positions of
anti-whaling …
blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/01/04/wikileaks-japan-japanese-spy-flights-pressure-whaling-deals/

Rove Suspected of Role In Swedish WikiLeaks Probe
Connecticut Watchdog
By Andrew Kreig | Last updated Jan 4, 2011, 1:00 am Karl Rove’s help for
Sweden as it and the Obama administration investigate WikiLeaks founder
Julian …
ctwatchdog.com/2011/01/03/rove-suspected-in-swedish-u-s-political-prosecution-of-wikileaks

WikiLeaks: US Diplomats Push For Boeing Sales
KAKE
According to an article in The New York Times, cables leaked by the
website, WikiLeaks, reveal Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul asked President
Barack Obama …
www.kake.com/news/headlines/112837159.html

WikiLeaked: Does Robert Mugabe really need WikiLeaks?
Foreign Policy
Cables from the US embassy in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare account for
just 13 of the nearly 2000 State Department documents that WikiLeaks has
posted …
wikileaks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/03/does_robert_mugabe_really_need_wikileaks

Japan after anti-whaling group’s funding, WikiLeaks cables show
Globe and Mail
According to classified diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks,
the whistle-blower website, high-level Japanese officials have lobbied
United …
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/japan-after-anti-whaling-groups-funding-wikileaks-cables-show/article1856471/

Bank of America’s campaign to fight WikiLeaks is flawed
Tampabay.com
Now looms WikiLeaks, the new online enterprise that’s already published
reams of revealing and embarrassing US diplomatic cables. …
www.tampabay.com/news/business/banking/bank-of-americas-campaign-to-fight-wikileaks-is-flawed/1143329

Issa to investigate government regulation, fiscal crisis, WikiLeaks
Press-Enterprise
Issa will convene hearings targeting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the
effects of Obama administration-imposed regulations and the recent
WikiLeaks scandal …
www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_issaplan04.2cd5ad.html

WikiLeaks Reveals Hyundai Chairwoman’s Gripes
The Chosun Ilbo
… in August of 2009 that she encountered more obstacles in South Korea
than in North Korea, according to a diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks.
…
english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/01/04/2011010400732.html

Next leader seen as dull princeling
National Post
Although WikiLeaks cables say China’s next leader, Xi Jinping (seen with
Australian official John Brumby, right) is not a huge fan of democracy, …
www.nationalpost.com/news/world/Next+leader+seen+dull+princeling/4054806/story.html

Judith Miller attacks WikiLeaks
Salon
But no, it’s easier for her to jump on the Wikileaks ‘2 minutes of hate’
bandwagon. I guess it’s just easier to feign having scruples rather than
actually …
letters.salon.com/politics/war_room/2011/01/03/judith_miller_vs_julian_assange/view/

FBI searches a Dallas server used in Wikileaks-inspired PayPal online attack
Dallas Morning News (blog)
The international hunt for the hackers responsible for attacks on PayPal
and other firms that denied Wikileaks services after the site published US
State …
crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/01/fbi-searches-a-dallas-server-f.html

Some Arab conspiracy theorists seeing WikiLeaks-Israel link
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
It’s because WikiLeaks founder and director Julian Assange struck a deal
with Israel and the “Israel lobby” to withhold documents that might
embarrass the …
www.jta.org/news/article/2011/01/03/2742391/adl-blasts-israel-wikileaks-conspiracy-theory

Germany planning secret satellite recon?
Foreign Policy
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, which announced late last month that
it had obtained full access to the WikiLeaks CableGate archive, has already
caused …
wikileaks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/03/germany_planning_secret_satellite_recon

Wall Street Roundup: Goldman friends Facebook. Prepping for WikiLeaks.
Los Angeles Times
Prepping for WikiLeaks. Bank of America has been preparing furiously for
WikiLeaks to make good on its threat to release a trove of documents from
the …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/01/wall-street-roundup-goldman-friends-facebook-prepping-for-wikileaks-.html

Canadian soccer team rates WikiLeaks mention
Waterloo Record
It got a mention from Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks. While most of soccer’s
elite have to be satisfied with getting their notoriety in the sports
pages, …
www.therecord.com/news/canada/article/308646—canadian-soccer-team-rates-wikileaks-mention

WikiLeaks: Tanzania and fight to stop Airbus sale
IPPmedia
By The guardian reporter Wikileaks has revealed diplomatic cables
complaining of favouritism and suspicion of corruption in the manner Air
Tanzania Company …
www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=24717

How Wikileaks will change the online world
Rediff
But the most widely discussed real-world impact has been that of WikiLeaks,
the whistleblower website that invites and publishes confidential documents
…
www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-tech-how-wikileaks-will-change-the-online-world/20110104.htm

Mama Grizzly mating habits: The WikiLeaks cable you won’t see
Christian Science Monitor
By John Hughes / January 3, 2011 Upon release of the WikiLeaks cables in
November, a foreign diplomat told Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton: “You …
www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/John-Hughes/2011/0103/Mama-Grizzly-mating-habits-The-WikiLeaks-cable-you-won-t-see

WikiLeaks: US ambassador urged Bush to start trade wars with European …
Daily Mail
The diplomatic message was in the latest cache of secret cables made public
by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The request came in response to
moves by …
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343889/WikiLeaks-U-S-ambassador-urged-Bush-start-trade-war-European-countries-genetically-modified-crops.html

Haikuleaks tranforms Wikileaks into Japanese poetry
Jerusalem Post
COM STAFF A new website has taken leaked Wikileaks documents and extracted
excerpts from the cables to create the Japanese form of poetry, haiku, …
www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=202071

Does WikiLeaks spell the end of media as we know it?
Ha’aretz
WikiLeaks owes to its professional rival the fact that it has become a word
on the lips of those who would never have otherwise heard about the leaks
on …
www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/does-wikileaks-spell-the-end-of-media-as-we-know-it-1.335090

DAVID B. OFFER: Pentagon Papers revealed lies; WikiLeaks just exposed secrets
Kennebec Journal
Manning is the 23-year-old Army private who has been accused of giving
thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, which then released them on
the …
www.kjonline.com/opinion/DAVID-B-OFFER-Pentagon-Papers-revealed-lies-WikiLeaks-just-exposed-secrets-.html

WikiLeaks trove of secret Taiwan cables may derail Chinese visit to Washington
Examiner.com
WikiLeaks has previously disclosed it has obtained 3456 memorandums and
other documents generated at the United States defacto embassy in Taipei,
…
www.examiner.com/taiwan-policy-in-national/wikileaks-trove-of-secret-taiwan-cables-may-derail-chinese-visit-to-washington

WIkileaks: US Pressures German Internet Privacy
International Business Times
US diplomats described him and the FDP as “difficult” partners in the war
on terrorism, according to documents released by Wikileaks. …
www.ibtimes.com/articles/97062/20110103/us-pressures-germany-on-internet-privacy.htm

WikiLeaks Hacktivists Likely Left Internet Trail for Feds
SecurityNewsDaily
“Operation Payback,” launched in support of Wikileaks and its founder
Julian Assange, knocked the MasterCard website offline on Dec. …
www.securitynewsdaily.com/wikileaks-hacktivists-not-so-anonymous-after-all-0383/

WikiLeaks: US Diplomats Help Boeing Sales
Voice of America
An article Monday in The New York Times quotes US diplomatic cables made
available through the controversial WikiLeaks website. …
www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/WikiLeaks-US-Diplomats-Help-Boeing-Sales-112812344.html

Lessons from the WikiLeaks melodrama
Jamaica Gleaner
In the aftermath of the sensational WikiLeaks disclosures, a pressing issue
facing governments and organisations is how to ensure the protection of …
jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110104/letters/letters2.html

Wikileaks Could Shatter Hopes for Greater Transparency
By Mike Martin
Rampant speculation about which major financial institution Wikileaks
founder Julian Assange means to target with a document dump in 2011 has at
least one U.S. bank playing aggressive defense. Bank of America executives
are reportedly …
www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71567.html

How Wikileaks may upend Zimbabwe | RedState
By James Richardson (Profile)
After the whistleblower group Wikileaks released Afghan war documents
identifying local informants, its founder Julian Assange said in an
interview with the.
www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2011/01/03/how-wikileaks-may-upend-zimbabwe/

Ahmadinejad Slapped By Revolutionary Guard Chief Of Staff …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
According to a recently released cable obtained by WikiLeaks, Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was slapped in the face by Revolutionary
Guard Chief of Staff Mohammed Ali Jafari. According to the cable,
Ahmadinejad surprised the …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/03/ahmadinejad-slapped-wikileaks_n_803685.html

WikiLeaks Cable: Iranian Missiles Can Strike Israel in 12 Minutes
By Linda Gradstein
Israel would have only 10 to 12 minutes to prepare for an Iranian missile
attack , according to a new cable written by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv
and released by WikiLeaks.
www.aolnews.com/2011/01/03/wikileaks-cable-iranian-missiles-can-strike-israel-in-12-minute/

Kenya: Farewell Kenya’s “Wikileaks” · Global Voices
By Ndesanjo Macha
Farewell Mars Group Kenya, the Kenyan equivalent of Wikileaks: “While the
world awaits the release of more cable from Wikileaks, some unfortunate
news comes from Kenya where the equivalent of Wikileaks – the
anti-corruption watchdog …
globalvoicesonline.org/2011/01/03/kenya-farewell-kenyas-wikileaks/

Obama Should Read WikiLeaks on Afghanistan by Ray McGovern …
By Ray McGovern
Other WikiLeaks cables make Pakistan’s deep concern about the encroachment
of India in Afghanistan unmistakably clear. In one cable, for example,
Pakistani Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani is reported to have been “utterly
frank” about the …
original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2011/01/03/obama-should-read-wikileaks-on-afghanistan/

WikiLeaks Japan: Whale Diplomacy – Democratic Underground
In the first set of cables leaked by WikiLeaks that originate from the U.S.
embassy in Tokyo, Japan asked the U.S. to take action against an
anti-whaling activist group for harassing Japanese whalers, including
taking away the group’s …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×4681313

Anonymous Attacks Tunisian Government, in Defense of WikiLeaks
By Amar Toor
The notorious band of hackers known as Anonymous has taken down the
Tunisian government’s website, in apparent retaliation for the country’s
decision.
www.switched.com/2011/01/03/anonymous-attacks-tunisian-government-wikileaks/

WikiLeaks: Sea Shepherd, Anti-Whaling Group, Tax Exempt Status …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
TOKYO — Japanese and American officials discussed taking action to weaken
a prominent anti-whaling group, with Tokyo insisting that Sea Shepherd’s
confrontations on the high seas actually hurt efforts to reduce whaling,
U.S. diplomatic …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/03/wikileaks-sea-shepherd-an_n_803543.html

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Ahmadinejad Slapped | WikiLeaks | Mediaite
By Jon Bershad
Throughout the hubbub over WikiLeaks recent batches of leaked cables, many
people have pointed out that a large amount of the content is material the
public may not have known, but probably could have guessed.
www.mediaite.com/online/best-tidbit-in-wikileaks-cables-an-iranian-general-slapped-ahmadinejad-in-the-face/

WikiLeaks: Israel Plans Total War on Lebanon, Gaza | MyFDL
By fairleft
However that may be, there is no reason to think that Ashkenazi’s saber
rattling in a leaked cable proves anything whatsoever about what kind of
operation Wikileaks is. Are you asking us to believe that Israel doesn’t
want Hizbullah to …
my.firedoglake.com/fairleft/2011/01/03/wikileaks-israel-plans-total-war-on-lebanon-gaza/

Pickled Politics “ Did WikiLeaks really set back democracy in …
By Sunny
Wikileaks has been releasing its cables only in collaboration with its
media partners, using its media partnerships to outsource its harm
minimization procedures. This ensures that cables are only released after
they have been …
www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/11297

The Official Bank of America–WikiLeaks Checklist™ | VF Daily …
Winking emoticon within e-mail about foreclosures. ( 5)
www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/01/the-official-bank-of-americawikileaks-checklist.html

How Can The Bank Of America WikiLeaks Top This? “ Dealbreaker: A …
By Bess Levin
As you may have heard, Julian Assange has hinted that his next big ‘Leak
will center around Bank of America and could “take down” the company.
BAC has taken the threat seriously, though some have wondered what dirt
Assange could …
dealbreaker.com/2011/01/how-can-the-bank-of-america-wikileaks-top-this/

‘My parents were executed under the espionage act: we must fight …
Twitter
‘My parents were executed under the espionage act: we must fight to save
Julian Assange’ | Rosenberg
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/22184366096519168

Sweden subverted Parliament with secret US deal | Telegraph http …
Twitter
Sweden subverted Parliament with secret US deal | Telegraph
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/22165653649629184

Julian’s Swedish case has been moved to the “terrorism” court at …
Twitter
Julian’s Swedish case has been moved to the “terrorism” court at Belmarsh
Jan 11
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/22170315081646081

Facing WikiLeaks Threat, Bank of America Plays Defense – NYTimes.com
Since WikiLeaks threatened to “take down” a major American bank, Bank
of America has been hunting for signs that its systems have been
compromised.
www.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/business/03wikileaks-bank.html

How WikiLeaks Enlightened Us in 2010 – World Watch – CBS News
Sometimes Lost Amid the Brouhaha Over Julian Assange Are the Truly
Startling Things WikiLeaks Revealed About the World Read more by Joshua
Norman on CBS …
www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20026591-503543.html

Why WikiLeaks Changes Everything by Christian Caryl | The New York …
WikiLeaks changes everything. We can act as if the old standards of
journalism still apply to the Internet, but WikiLeaks shows why this is
wishful thinking …
www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jan/13/why-wikileaks-changes-everything/

Santa’s Naughty List Hits WikiLeaks – Boing Boing
Now, if WikiLeaks did release a tongue-in-cheek Santa’s naughty list
(filled with the bad guys from the US cables), that would make my holiday
🙂 …
boingboing.net/2010/12/21/santas-naughty-list.html

As in Sex, WikiLeaks Founder Tests Limits of Press: Ann Woolner …
For better and for worse, Julian Assange pushes limits. In his work life
and his sex life, he stands at the border dividing legal conduct from
criminality, …
www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-29/as-in-sex-wikileaks-founder-tests-limits-of-press-ann-woolner.html