The New Dark Age

6 January, 2010 — creative-i.info

The day Julian Assange threatened to sue The Guardian over the US embassy …
The Guardian
The WikiLeaks US embassy cables revelations caused a world-wide sensation. But the story behind their publication turns out to be just as sensational too. …
www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jan/06/wikileaks-julian-assange

Agencies instructed on how to review information security
Washington Post
The Office of Management and Budget also warned federal employees to steer clear of viewing classified documents published by WikiLeaks or other news…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/05/AR2011010506361.html

Wikileaks trove used in fight over shipwreck trove
Washington Post
Deep-sea explorers in Florida are using some of the trove of recently leased WikiLeaks documents to try to force the US government out of their legal battle …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/05/AR2011010504923.html

US envoy to Libya ensnared in WikiLeaks uproar
Reuters Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US ambassador to Libya has found his job in limbo after revelations in US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks drew complaints …
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE70500R20110106

WikiLeaks: US companies were asked to pay bribes to send goods to Gaza
Ynetnews
… demanded to be paid off for allowing them to bring goods into Gaza
through the Karni crossing, a classified document released by WikiLeaks
revealed. …
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4009864,00.html

WikiLeaks: Israeli Blockade Aimed to Weaken Gaza Economy
Voice of America
A US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday says Israel’s
blockade of Gaza aimed to “keep Gaza’s economy on the brink of collapse.
…
www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/WikiLeaks-Israeli-Blockade-Aimed-to-Weaken-Gaza-Economy-112950569.html

US Ambassador Feels Heat from WikiLeaks
The Chosun Ilbo
WikiLeaks has put US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens in an
awkward situation since among the thousands of diplomatic telegrams that
have been …
english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/01/06/2011010600996.html

Garrett wanted Tas ice flights
TheMercury.com.au
FORMER environment minister Peter Garrett talked up Hobart as a base for US
Antarctic operations, Wikileaks has revealed. US government cables dated
…
www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/01/06/198275_tasmania-news.html

Debunking The ‘Wikileaks Puts Lives In Danger In Zimbabwe’ Myth
Techdirt
While Wikileaks critics keep claiming that the site has “put lives in
danger,” it’s never been able to back up those statements. …
www.techdirt.com/articles/20110105/04094912528/debunking-wikileaks-puts-lives-danger-zimbabwe-myth.shtml

Nundu: Wikileaks revelations are illogical, untrue
IPPmedia
By Judica Tarimo Transport Minister, Omari Nundu yesterday described
revelations by Wikileaks on corruption allegations in the Air Tanzania’s
…
www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=24795

WikiLeaks are ‘harmless thunderbolts’ says Chamisa
The Zimbabwean
Nelson Chamisa (pictured), a spokesman for the MDC led by Prime Minister
Morgan Tsvangirai has said the recent revelations by the WikiLeaks website
are …
www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36504:wikileaks-are-harmless-thunderbolts-says-chamisa&catid=69:sunday-top-stories&Itemid=30

Activist Group Targets Websites Operated by Tunisian Government
Techzone360
In other news related to WikiLeaks, TechZone360 reports that the
controversial website may be having a hard time paying its bills, but its
embattled founder …
www.techzone360.com/topics/techzone/articles/131941-activist-group-targets-websites-operated-tunisian-government.htm

US contemplated sanctions against Sri Lanka: WikiLeaks
Hindustan Times
A new set of confidential cables leaked by Wikileaks said intelligence
reports revealed that a Lankan company was planning to buy Rocket Propelled
Grenade …
www.hindustantimes.com/US-contemplated-sanctions-against-Sri-Lanka-WikiLeaks/Article1-646711.aspx

Americans Split On Media’s Rights Following WikiLeaks Scandal
Personal Liberty Digest
In the wake of the WikiLeaks scandal, Americans are divided about the
extent of protection granted by the First Amendment of the United States
Constitution. …
www.personalliberty.com/news/americans-split-on-medias-rights-following-wikileaks-scandal-800321905/

WikiLeaks Primed To Get Bigger Donations Through Flattr
Forbes (blog)
By PARMY OLSON Flattr, the microdonations web site, is one of the few
available means for donating to WikiLeaks, whose funding services have been
cut off by …
blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/01/05/wikileaks-primed-to-get-bigger-donations-through-flattr/

WikiLeaks: The Gazprom Cables – ‘Not A Competitive Global Economy’
Free Internet Press
The first priority, he said according to US diplomatic cables obtained by
WikiLeaks and shared with Spiegel and other partners, is to provide
reliable and …
freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=28264

Batchelor: Give WikiLeaks a Chance
The Dartmouth
By Jacob Batchelor, Staff Columnist I largely missed the latest WikiLeaks
release — the so-called “Cablegate” event — while I was abroad. …
thedartmouth.com/2011/01/06/opinion/batchelor

Potential Trade War Over Genetically Modified Crops Revealed by WikiLeaks
Riverfront Times (blog)
5 2011 @ 7:00AM A WikiLeaks cable indicates that the US was advised to
start a trade war with European Union members who banned genetically
modified grains. …
blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2011/01/potential_trade_war_over_genet.php

Regarding “WikiLeaks”
Cookeville Herald Citizen
A person might be tempted to agree with Tom Purcell’s column on Julian
Assange and his latest expose of our nation’s thoughts concerning other
leaders and …
www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/7811926/article-Regarding—WikiLeaks—?instance=most_popular

Maria Shriver’s India visit chronicled in WikiLeaks cable
California Watch
Details of the wide-ranging conversation were made public last month in a
candid State Department cable released by Web-based whistleblower
WikiLeaks, …
californiawatch.org/dailyreport/maria-shrivers-india-visit-chronicled-wikileaks-cable-7868

Blogging WikiLeaks News & Views for Thursday, Day 40!
The Nation. (blog)
As I’ve done for the previous five weeks, I will be updating news and views
on all things WikiLeaks all day, with new items added at the top. …
www.thenation.com/blog/157516/blogging-wikileaks-news-views-thursday-day-40

UCLA News Week: How much damage from WikiLeaks?
UC Los Angeles
By UCLA Newsroom January 05, 2011 Category: Academics & Faculty, UCLA News
Week Release of confidential cables by WikiLeaks crossed the line between
…
newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-how-much-damage-190124.aspx

Bank of America’s Digital Opportunity: In the WikiLeaks Era, Forewarned Means …
Fast Company
The Sword of Damocles known as WikiLeaks does indeed represent a salient
and, in some ways, unprecedented opportunity for the great financial
institution to …
www.fastcompany.com/1714577/bank-of-americas-digital-opportunity-in-the-wikileaks-era-forewarned-means-forearmed

Wikileaks: US and Japan had whaling deal
Radio Netherlands
The United States and Japan reached an agreement in 2009 on whale catches
according to documents on Wikileaks. Japan was willing to catch fewer
whales in …
www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/wikileaks-us-and-japan-had-whaling-deal
The year of the UFO? Let’s get real
msnbc.com
Alan Boyle writes:What do WikiLeaks and mass bird die-offs have in common?
Both anomalous phenomena have been linked in with the popular fascination
with …
pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=84daf56eb098378533efe07012680db2

BofA sets up defence team against WikiLeaks, news report claims
Bobsguide (press release)
Bank of America (BofA) has set up a damage control team to prepare for a
potential release of documents involving the bank by the WikiLeaks website.
…
www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2011/Jan/5/BofA_sets_up_defence_team_against_WikiLeaks,_news_report_claims.html

Wikileaks Could Sink These Stocks
Motley Fool
By Alyce Lomax | More Articles If you’ve been ignoring the ongoing
controversy around document-disclosing website Wikileaks, you might be
making a big …
www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/01/05/wikileaks-could-sink-these-stocks.aspx

Get World Alerts
Huffington Post
WikiLeaks uploads 400000 classified US military documents on the Iraq war,
and 250000 confidential State Department cables. Hardly a day goes by when
we …
www.huffingtonpost.com/sheldon-himelfarb/media-and-international-c_b_805018.html?ir=World

Dallas Server Targeted by FBI in Wikileaks Investigation
Server Watch
Dallas News reports that FBI agents believe the online groups known as
“Anonymous” and “4chan” are thought to be behind the Wikileaks-inspired
hacks but …
www.serverwatch.com/daily_news/article.php/419432/Dallas-Server-Targeted-by-FBI-in-Wikileaks-Investigation.htm

Panopticism, Facebook, the ‘information bomb’, and Wikileaks
Thought Leader
But — to return to the Wikileaks phenomenon referred to earlier — such
“interactivity of information … [could] wreck the peace between
nations”, …
www.thoughtleader.co.za/bertolivier/2011/01/04/panopticism-facebook-the-%E2%80%98information-bomb%E2%80%99-and-wikileaks/

Wikileaks: Israelis ‘Intend to Keep the Gazan Economy on the Brink …
By Juan
6 Responses to “Wikileaks: Israelis ‘Intend to Keep the Gazan Economy on
the Brink of Collapse’”. jaycee says: 01/05/2011 at 3:47 pm. What I can’t
help remembering, when faced with these confirmations of suspected
policies, is the utter …
www.juancole.com/2011/01/wikileaks-israelis-intend-to-keep-the-gazan-economy-on-the-brink-of-collapse.html

Collective punishment: Wikileaks doc says Israel kept Gaza on …
By Philip Weiss
The Wikileaks cable first reported by Aftenposten and mentioned by Amy
Goodman this morning on Democracy Now (and picked up by Robert Mackey at
the Times and Andrew Sullivan too). The assault on the banking system was
documented in …
mondoweiss.net/2011/01/collective-punishment-wikileaks-doc-says-israel-kept-gaza-on-brink-of-collapse-in-part-because-of-capture-of-gilad-shalit.html

Wikileaks | Julian Assange Wikileaks Founder Arrested In London …
By admin
WikiLeaks is an international new media non-profit organization that
publishes submissions of otherwise unavailable documents from anonymous
news sources and leaks. Its website, launched in 2006, is run by The
Sunshine Press. …
www.public88.com/secret/top-secret/wikileaks-julian-assange-wikileaks-founder-arrested-in-london-bbc-news/

Flattr rolls out direct donations, Wikileaks likely to benefit greatly
By Steve O’Hear
Earlier today, the official Twitter account of Flattr, the micropayment
startup founded by ex-Pirate Bay associates, tweeted that they were excited
excited excited …
eu.techcrunch.com/2011/01/05/flattr-rolls-out-direct-donations-wikileaks-likely-to-benefit-greatly/

Wikileaks in Zimbabwe, and in the Media “ zunguzungu
By zunguzungu
…where Mugabe’s strong-arming, torture and assassination attempts have
failed to eliminate the leading figure of Zimbabwe’s democratic opposition,
WikiLeaks may yet succeed. Twenty years of sacrifice and suffering by
Tsvangirai all for …
zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/wikileaks-in-zimbabwe-and-in-the-media/

What Can We Learn from Wikileaks About Market Regulation—or, Is …
By Annelise Riles
In the wake of the Wikileaks debacle, we have started to see some
conversation in the editorial pages about whether transparency is always a
good thing in international affairs. The point is that there are times when
allowing the …
www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2011/01/what-can-we-learn-from-wikileaks-about-market-regulation-or-is-transparency-always-a-good-thing.html

Wikileaks Bank of America ~ Android Application v1.2 By FreeHAL …
Wikileaks Bank of America – Android Application – FreeHAL Team – Books &
Reference.
www.androlib.com/android.application.wikileaks-boaleaks-zzBEB.aspx

Israel deliberately choked Gaza’s economy: WikiLeaks | Citizens …
By legitgov
Israel deliberately choked Gaza’s economy: WikiLeaks 05 Jan 2011 Israel
deliberately maintained the economy of the Gaza strip “on the brink of
collapse” without “pushing it over the edge,” a leaked US diplomatic cable
from 2008 showed …
www.legitgov.org/Israel-deliberately-choked-Gazas-economy-WikiLeaks

Wikileaks trove used in fight over shipwreck trove | Tampa Bay, St …
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Deep-sea explorers in Florida are using some of the
trove of recently leased WikiLeaks documents to try to force the U.S.
government out of their legal battle with Spain over a shipwreck treasure.
…
www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=166556
Wikileaks Cable Reader PAID application in news & magazines …
The Wikileaks US Embassy Cable Reader application is a very simple
application to read the latest US embassy cables being released…
droidmill.com/wikileaks-cable-reader-paid-153653.html

NewsDaily: U.S. envoy to Libya ensnared in WikiLeaks uproar
The U.S. ambassador to Libya has found his job in limbo after revelations
in U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks drew complaints from the
government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre7045yx-us-libya-usa/

WikiLeaks Ruins Diplomat’s Ability to Comment on Libyan Leader’s …
By Nitasha Tiku
Julian Assange has always maintained that in four years since WikiLeaks
launched , no report has emerged of an individual being hurt by the
information exposed in one of its leaks. Tell that to former ambassador
Gene Cretz. …
nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/01/wikileaks_ruins_diplomats_abil.html

US May Replace Libya Envoy Over WikiLeaks Tension — News from …
By Jason Ditz
A number of comments by Cretz regarding Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi came
to light in December as the result of the WikiLeaks document releases, and
the damage Cretz’s comments have done makes it unclear if he would be able
to carry …
news.antiwar.com/2011/01/05/us-may-replace-libya-envoy-over-wikileaks-tension/

Wikileaks: Israelis ‘Intend to Keep the Gazan Economy on the Brink …
By admin
Israeli officials have confirmed to Embassy officials on multiple occasions
that they intend to keep the Gazan economy functioning at the lowest level
possible consistent with avoiding a humanitarian crisis.” …
economy.segnalafeed.com/wikileaks-israelis-intend-to-keep-the-gazan-economy-on-the-brink/

Israel Matzav: So much for the Wikileaks conspiracy theory
By Carl in Jerusalem
You will recall that there are people out there who believe that Israel is
behind the Wikileaks document dump because Israel has thus far escaped
pretty much unscathed. This story might disprove that theory. The story –
admittedly an …
israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2011/01/so-much-for-wikileaks-conspiracy-theory.html

Lame Stream Media Mum on WikiLeaks Documents Which Show Bush Was …
By doctorbulldog
While the media have been quick to run with WikiLeaks’ U.S. State
Department cable releases to undermine Washington’s efforts to effect
stability in unstable parts of the world, it is slow, if not silent, in
giving credit where credit …
doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/lame-stream-media-mum-on-wikileaks-documents-which-show-bush-was-justified-in-invading-iraq/

Only “witness” against Bradley Manning appears to be a …
Twitter
Only “witness” against Bradley Manning appears to be a pathological liar
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/22147816893710336

ISP shuts down Wikileaks mirror over complaints from upstream …
From EFF, a disturbing story about a customer of SiteGround, an ISP, who
had his account suspended and was forced to remove a mirror of the
Wikileaks …
boingboing.net/2010/12/23/isp-shuts-down-wikil.html

Anti-Israel backlash from WikiLeaks release | JTA – Jewish …
WikiLeaks’ release of thousands of classified diplomatic cables has caused
a backlash of anti-Israel conspiracy theories, …
jta.org/news/article/2010/12/29/2742355/anti-israsel-backlash-from-wikileaks-release

WikiLeaks: Panama’s leader pressured U.S. to help wiretap …
In July 2009, the U.S. ambassador in Panama received an unexpected message
on her BlackBerry. It came from newly elected President Ricardo Martinelli,
…
articles.cnn.com/2010-12-29/world/panama.wikileaks.wiretaps_1_wiretap-program-president-ricardo-martinelli-cable?_s=PM:WORLD