The New Dark Age

5 January, 2010 — creative-i.info

WikiLeaks: ‘Voluptuous’ Nurse Cable Costs Ambassador Gene Cretz His Job
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — In what appears to be the first diplomatic casualty from the
latest WikiLeaks revelations, the US ambassador to Libya has returned to
…
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/wikileaks-voluptuous-nurse-cable-diplomat-gene-cretz_n_804514.html

Germany and US Developing Secret Spy Satellites, Wikileaks Says
AHN | All Headline News
Wikileaks, a Web site that publishes secret government documents, appears
to have obtained the US State Department communications that describe the
program …
www.allheadlinenews.com/briefs/articles/90029701?Germany%20and%20U.S.%20Developing%20Secret%20Spy%20Satellites%2C%20Wikileaks%20Says

FBI Steps Up WikiLeaks-Linked Probe With Texas, Germany Raids
Bloomberg
By Michael Riley – Tue Jan 04 19:41:44 GMT 2011 The US is stepping up a
search for participants in WikiLeaks-related cyber attacks on PayPal Inc.
and other …
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-04/fbi-steps-up-probe-of-wikileaks-linked-attacks-with-texas-germany-raids.html

Essay: is WikiLeaks more dangerous than the alternative?
CR-CL Amicus Online
By Victoria Baranetsky In the past few months WikiLeaks has garnered
substantial global attention concerning its release of thousands of
confidential US …
harvardcrcl.org/2011/01/05/essay-is-wikileaks-more-dangerous-than-the-alternative/

Israel said would keep Gaza near collapse: WikiLeaks
Reuters Canada
Three cables cited by the Aftenposten newspaper, which has said it has all
250000 US cables leaked to WikiLeaks, showed that Israel kept the US
Embassy in …
ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE7041GH20110105

WikiLeaks show Australia considered whaling compromise
ABC Online
TONY EASTLEY: US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks show that the
Australian Government was willing to accept a compromise on whaling with
Japan as …
www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s3105859.htm

Pro-WikiLeaks Hackers Attack Tunisian Government Websites
RTT News
(RTTNews) – Anonymous, a group of hackers supporting whistle-blower website
WikiLeaks, launched a series of attacks on websites of the Tunisian
government …
www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Id=1519134&SM=1

Vanity Fair Prepares to Release Exposes on WikiLeaks, Huffington Post by …
The Atlantic (blog)
Sometime starting at midnight tonight, VF will begin rolling out some of
this new content online and we’ll be waiting for two pieces, one on
WikiLeaks and …
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/vanity-fair-prepares-to-release-exposes-on-wikileaks-huffington-post/68888/

WikiLeaks: Governments Fear Environmentalists
Huffington Post (blog)
Though WikiLeaks documents have illuminated the underhanded foreign policy
shenanigans of governments world-wide, the cables also demonstrate that
many …
www.huffingtonpost.com/nikolas-kozloff/wikileaks-from-south-atla_b_804296.html

WikiLeaks and the First Amendment
Huffington Post (blog)
The so-called SHIELD Act, which has been introduced in both Houses of
Congress, would amend the Espionage Act of 1917 to make it a crime for any
person …
www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-r-stone/wikileaks-and-the-first-a_b_804381.html

Arab theorists claim WikiLeaks is an Israeli conspiracy
Jerusalem Post
Unless you are a reader of Islamist websites, you’d probably be surprised
to learn that the WikiLeaks trove of US diplomatic cables is an Israeli
conspiracy …
www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=202205
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Wikileaks illegal say most Americans in new poll
Examiner.com
The July 2010, October 2010 and the November 2010 leaks of almost 500000
classified documents posted on the Internet web site Wikileaks regarding
the …
www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/wikileaks-illegal-say-most-americans-new-poll
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GOP House Chair Seeks Action Against Wikileaks
Datamation
“I think he needs to realize that, for example —Wikileaks — if the
president says, ‘I can’t deal with this guy as a terrorist,’ then he has to
be able to …
itmanagement.earthweb.com/cnews/article.php/3919031/GOP+House+Chair+Seeks+Action+Against+Wikileaks.htm

Get World Alerts
Huffington Post
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks did not start this cultural movement, but they
have served as a catalyst for its robust growth and worldwide propagation.
…
www.huffingtonpost.com/urizenus-sklar/generation-h-wikileaks-ig_b_803149.html?ir=World
ig_b_803149.html%3Fir%3DWorld&hl=en&geo=us

ATCL reports not submitted for public scrutiny – Zitto
IPPmedia
As government prepares response on the Wikileaks revelations of corruption
allegations in the Air Tanzania Company Limited jetliner purchase deal, …
www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=24754

WiliLeaks journalism is not a crime
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Those people calling for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be indicted
for espionage or treason, imprisoned, even murdered with official sanction
(a near …
www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005134794

British government warned ministers for WikiLeaks revelations
Market Crawl
Britain’s freedom of information watchdog had warned the ministers on
Friday that the WikiLeaks revelations meant that they can no longer believe
that they …
marketcrawl.com/british-government-warned-ministers-for-wikileaks-revelations/10558

Pulse Prognosis Update: Wikileaks Cloud Lingers Over Bank of America
Seeking Alpha
By Angus Robertson Bank of America (BAC) may escaped the mortgage putback
frying pan, but the smoldering threat of a Wikileaks expose fire is likely
to keep …
seekingalpha.com/article/244755-pulse-prognosis-update-wikileaks-cloud-lingers-over-bank-of-america

WikiLeaks: Israel is Preparing for “Major War” in Middle East
Democracy Now
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten is claiming it has come into possession
of all of the classified US diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks. …
www.democracynow.org/2011/1/4/headlines/wikileaks_israel_is_preparing_for_major_war_in_middle_east

Judith Miller responds to criticism over Assange slight
Yahoo! News (blog)
… ET Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller riled up some bloggers
and Iraq War critics over the weekend by calling WikiLeaks editor-in-chief
Julian …
news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110104/ts_yblog_thecutline/judy-miller-responds-to-criticism-over-assange-slight

OMB says post-WikiLeaks assessments due Jan. 28
FCW.com
By Alice Lipowicz White House and national security officials have told
federal agencies to complete their post-WikiLeaks initial assessments of
how they …
fcw.com/articles/2011/01/04/omb-says-postwikileaks-assessments-due-jan-28.aspx

Threat, bribery in jets deal: WikiLeaks
Hindustan Times
And recent release of US diplomatic cables by whistleblower website
WikiLeaks adds more twists to the Nepal Airlines Corporation’s two aircraft
deal with …
www.hindustantimes.com/Threat-bribery-in-jets-deal-WikiLeaks/Article1-646500.aspx

Media Slow To Show WikiLeaks Justified Iraq War
Human Events
by James Zumwalt While the media have been quick to run with WikiLeaks’ US
State Department cable releases to undermine Washington’s efforts to effect
…
www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40978

US government support for Boeing exposed by WikiLeaks
Breaking Travel News
While a long-standing gentlemen’s agreement states government leaders
refrain from such practices, cables released to the New York Times by the
WikiLeaks …
www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/us-government-support-for-boeing-exposed-by-wikileaks

WikiLeaks exposes Loves Park duo’s T-shirt design skills
Rockford Register Star
By Sean F. Driscoll LOVES PARK — As the world’s diplomatic community
continues to rage over the exposure of classified documents on the
WikiLeaks website, …
www.rrstar.com/businessrockford/x493323068/WikiLeaks-exposes-Loves-Park-duo-s-T-shirt-design-skills

Hyundai denies WikiLeaks quote
Korea Times
By Kim Se-jeong Hyundai Group has denied news reports based on newly
disclosed WikiLeaks documentation that quoted Hyun Jeong-eun, the group
chairman, …
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/01/113_79174.html

Editor expounds on WikiLeaks access
Views and News from Norway
She had called it a “paradox” that WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange
reportedly is angry that Aftenposten now can report freely from the leaked
cables. …
www.newsinenglish.no/2011/01/04/editor-expounds-on-wikileaks-access/

Wikileaks’ Friends Want to Borrow Your Money
Forbes (blog)
The group Anonymous, long a foe of Scientology and more recently a champion
of Wikileaks, has released a video seeking support for its program of “a
…
blogs.forbes.com/quentinhardy/2011/01/04/wikileaks-friends-want-to-borrow-your-money/?boxes=financechannelforbes

WikiLeaks Revelations Show US Diplomatic Interference In Favour Of Boeing
NewsTime
Newly published diplomatic cables obtained from WikiLeaks show that US
diplomats often intervened to aid Boeing secure aircraft contracts from
foreign …
www.newstime.co.za/Business/WikiLeaks_Revelations_Show_US_Diplomatic_Interference_In_Favour_Of_Boeing/18118/

US tortures its own soldier over Wikileaks
Socialistworker.co.uk
He is accused of leaking classified documents to the Wikileaks website.
Manning has been held at the US Marine jail in Quantico, Virginia, …
www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=23494

What WikiLeaks Means: a CJR Podcast
Columbia Journalism Review (blog)
By The Editors WikiLeaks has been around for a while, but this
year—beginning in April, when the site posted a video showing the death
of two Reuters …
www.cjr.org/audio/what_wikileaks_means_a_cjr_pod.php

Wikileaks: US cables show Turkey backing Ahmadinejad as “flexible …
By Ed Morrissey
Wikileaks: US cables show Turkey backing Ahmadinejad as “flexible” but
overruled by hardline mullahs.
hotair.com/archives/2011/01/04/wikileaks-us-cables-show-turkey-backing-ahmadinejad-as-flexible-but-overruled-by-hardline-mullahs/

Mediactive “ A few questions about the WikiLeaks release
By Dan Gillmor
This article was originally published on Salon.com on November 29, 2010.
Among others: How secret are diplomatic cables when 3 million people have
access to them? UPDATED Once again, WikiLeaks has thrown governments and
journalists into …
mediactive.com/2011/01/04/a-few-questions-about-the-wikileaks-release/

WikiLeaks: Ahmadinejad BLOCKED From Making Nuclear Deal By Hard-Liners
By The Huffington Post News Team
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
sought some kind of nuclear fuel swap deal more than a year ago, but faced
internal pressures from hard-liners who viewed it as a “virtual defeat,”
according to U.S. …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/wikileaks-ahmadinejad-blo_n_804204.html

The Vicious Babushka: Arab Media: Wikileaks is a Zionist Plot!
By Vicious Babushka
And Assange’s anti-Semitic buddies are in on it! SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) —
Unless you’re a reader of Islamist websites, you’d probably be surprised to
learn that the WikiLeaks trove of U.S. diplomatic cables is an Israeli
conspiracy.
www.viciousbabushka.com/2011/01/arab-media-wikileaks-is-a-zionist-plot.html

Concurring Opinions “ Ammori on Assange, Free Speech, and Wikileaks
By Danielle Citron
At Balkanization, Professor Marvin Ammori has a thoughtful post on the
Wikileaks story. Professor Ammori, who will be guest blogging with us soon,
gave me the thumbs up on reproducing his post. Hopefully, it will spark
some interesting …
www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2011/01/ammori-on-assange-free-speech-and-wikileaks.html

Latest Wikileaks Casualty: Diplomat Fired Over ‘Voluptuous’ Nurse …
By lucky
WASHINGTON — In what appears to be the first diplomatic casualty from the
latest WikiLeaks revelations, the U.S. ambassador to Libya has returned to.
www.insurancemaking.com/politics/59046-latest-wikileaks-casualty-diplomat-fired-over-voluptuous-nurse-cable.html

WikiLeaks Prompts Federal Agencies to Assess Infosec Programs for …
By Dennis Fisher
In response to the embarrassment and perceived threat resulting from the
WikiLeaks disclosures in recent months, the Office of Management and Budget
has issued a hefty memo with pages of questions that federal agencies must
use to …
threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/wikileaks-prompts-federal-agencies-assess-infosec-programs-sensitive-data-010411

2011-01-05: NewsInEnglish.no: Wikileaks & Cablegate Coverage | WL …
By x7o
More WikiLeaks documents reveal strains in 2009 and earlier, and there’s
also international alarm over a Chinese space project that has destroyed
satellites. Now relations between China and Norway seem frozen. …
wlcentral.org/node/834

FBI Steps Up Probe of WikiLeaks-Linked Attacks With Texas, Germany …
By twitter:@usherr
RT @BloombergNow: FBI Steps Up WikiLeaks-Linked Probe With Texas, Germany
Raids bit.ly/hjsbBu.
tweetmeme.com/story/3627525965/fbi-steps-up-probe-of-wikileaks-linked-attacks-with-texas-germany-raids-bloomberg

Wikileaks an Israelia Conspiracy? | Verum Serum
By John
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 Jewish state – at least that’s what Al Manar, the
Hizbullah-run media outlet, …
www.verumserum.com/?p=20314

EA WorldView – Home – WikiLeaks Iraq Special: Did US Ambassador …
By Scott Lucas
Now WikiLeaks makes an important intervention in the story, releasing the
cable with Glaspie’s lengthy account of her meeting. (In fact, the National
Security Archive was able to get the declassified document in 2008, but The
Washington …
www.enduringamerica.com/home/2011/1/5/wikileaks-iraq-special-did-us-ambassador-green-light-saddams.html

Wikileaks: US cables show Turkey backing Ahmadinejad as “flexible …
By admin
Wikileaks : US cables show Turkey backing Ahmadinejad as “flexible” but
overruled by hardline mullahs. Related posts: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Ahmadinejad Slapped | WikiLeaks | Mediaite Wikileaks: Cables show India
accused of widespread, …
www.lastnews4u.com/blog/20110104/wikileaks-us-cables-show-turkey-backing-ahmadinejad-as-%E2%80%9Cflexible/

WikiLeaks Document Dump: Iran President Ahmadinejad Slapped by …
WikiLeaks Document Dump: Iran President Ahmadinejad Slapped by Head of
Revolutionary Guard.
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×4682505

Wikileaks Helping the Neocons Build a Fabricated Case for War …
By willyloman
Despite Glenn Greenwald’s recent conclusion to the contrary, the Wikileaks
psyop doubled down on the regime change plan in Iran just about a week ago
and it looks like the fake “leaks” are helping the Neocons pound the
drums of war. …
willyloman.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/wikileaks-helping-the-neocons-build-a-fabricated-reason-for-war/

“WikiLeaks’ Most Terrifying Revelation: Just How Much Our …
By The Blogger
The N.Y. Times thus not only acknowledged that Wikileaks had supplied
Americans with vital information about the war that its own government was
denying them, but that this information had not been provided by the U.S.
mass media. …
windowintopalestine.blogspot.com/2011/01/wikileaks-most-terrifying-revelation.html

WikiLeaks: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Was Smacked By Revolutionary Guard …
By Mihai-Silviu Chirila
The famous scandal related to the leak of classified documents to the
whistle- blowing website WikiLeaks is far from being over, as the U.S.
diplomatic cables.
www.metrolic.com/wikileaks-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-was-smacked-by-revolutionary-guard-chief-155123/

Please Use Wikileaks Responsibly | Hyphenated-Republic
By omooex
While there’s been much political sunshine blown about the dangers
Wikileaks supposedly creates for the US, there is, it turns out, something
dangerous about Wikileaks. That, is, like anything, it must be used
responsibly. …
hyphenatedrepublic.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/please-use-wikileaks-responsibly/

Another WikiLeaks Cable from the Bush Administration About My …
And considering how WikiLeaks has released only 1826 cables of its planned
drop of 251287 — and I’ve already played a starring role twice — I can
only say …
www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/another-wikileaks-cable

Exclusive Photos of WikiLeaks’s Julian Assange at Christmas …
In an exclusive photo gallery, NEWSWEEK peeks into WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange’s Christmas revelry as he awaits a British court’s decision on
whether …
www.newsweek.com/photo/2010/12/30/exclusive-photos-of-wikileaks-julian-assange.html