The New Dark Age

7 January, 2011 — creative-i.info

WikiLeaks Cables Make Appearance in a Tale of Sunken Treasure and Nazi Theft
New York Times
By KIM SEVERSON and ROBBIE BROWN ATLANTA — The latest twist in the WikiLeaks tale is a plot worthy of a Tom Clancy thriller. It is a story of international …
feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9182c38c6c7dbd15f431c3569151c427

Julian Assange: I Own All of the WikiLeaks Documents
The Atlantic
In an ironic turn of events, one of Assange’s employees at WikiLeaks had leaked the last big chunk of the documents to the Guardian, absolving the paper of …
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/julian-assange-i-own-all-of-the-wikileaks-documents/68941

US cautions people named in WikiLeaks cables
Sify
But he noted that the Taliban had said it would study the WikiLeaks
documents to punish collaborators with the Americans. WikiLeaks’s founder
Julian Assange …
www.sify.com/news/us-cautions-people-named-in-wikileaks-cables-news-international-lbhpEjgfbhh.html

White House Memo Sets Goals for Security Review to Forestall Future WikiLeaks
eWeek
In order to avoid more WikiLeaks style breaches of secret documents, the
OMB asked federal agencies to review security policies to assess how they
measure …
www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/White-House-Memo-Sets-Goals-for-Security-Review-to-Forestall-Future-WikiLeaks-518753/

WikiLeaks: US had corruption concerns at Karni in ’06
Jerusalem Post
By YAAKOV KATZ WikiLeaks: Coca Cola, P&G, HP and others charged 75 times
the standard price to import goods through the Karni crossing. …
www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=202577

MPs to ask questions on Wikileaks, COE prices
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE : The recent Wikileaks reports which attributed remarks to
various Singapore leaders and officials will be raised when Parliament sits
on Monday. …
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1103304/1/.html

WikiLeaks show US sought whaling deal with Japan
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
So show (some of the cables in) the WikiLeaks dump: Japan, tired of having
its whaling ships harassed by the Sea Shepherd group of TV’s Whale Wars
fame, …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=80487

US ambassador becomes first diplomatic WikiLeaks casualty after revealing …
Daily Mail
By Mail Foreign Service It was arguably the most embarrassing leak of a
personal nature of all the WikiLeaks. Colonel Gaddafi was revealed to hate
flying …
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344650/U-S-ambassador-diplomatic-WikiLeaks-casualty-revealing-Colonel-Gaddafis-fondness-flamenco-dancing-voluptuous-blonde-nurse.html

WikiLeaks: Gazprom a Soviet relic
UPI.com
US diplomatic cables leaked to WikiLeaks and published by German news
magazine Der Spiegel, however, paints the gas company as a model of
inefficiency. …
www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2011/01/06/WikiLeaks-Gazprom-a-Soviet-relic/UPI-84791294327701/

THE WIKILEAKS NEWS & VIEWS BLOG for Friday, Day 41
The Nation. (blog)
As I’ve done for more than five weeks, I will be updating news and views on
all things WikiLeaks all day, with new items added at the top. All times
are ET. …
www.thenation.com/blog/157551/wikileaks-news-views-blog-friday-day-41

Assignment – The Rise and Fall of Wikileaks
BBC News
For Assignment Simon Cox investigates the rise and recent troubles of
Wikileaks – the whistle-blowing website. The founder of Wikileaks Julian
Assange is …
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00ct64j/Assignment_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Wikileaks/

U.S. cautions those outed by Wikileaks
The State Column
… is warning hundreds of human rights activists, foreign government
officials and businesspeople identified by the latest batch of Wikileaks
documents. …
www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/u-s-cautions-those-outed-by-wikileaks/

Australia believes China hiding military build-up: Wikileaks
Radio Australia News
The documents obtained by Wikileaks reportedly show that Australian
officials in the intelligence, defence and foreign affairs departments
believe China’s …
www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201101/3108102.htm?desktop

How to Prevent a WikiLeaks Mega Leak from Your Organization
eWeek
WikiLeaks has brought new meaning to the concept of insider threat by
providing a vehicle to empower staff in governments and military
organizations to …
www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/How-to-Prevent-a-WikiLeaks-Mega-Leak-from-Your-Organization/

Why WikiLeaks Leaks Matter
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Why should anyone care about the secret diplomatic cables WikiLeaks has
disclosed? So what if State Department bureaucrats say unflattering things
about …
www.thesunnews.com/2011/01/06/1904775/why-wikileaks-leaks-matter.html

How Wikileaks Could Save the Internet
New Republic
American diplomacy seems to have survived Wikileaks’s “attack on the
international community,” as Hillary Clinton so dramatically
characterized it, …
www.tnr.com/article/politics/81017/wikileaks-internet-pirate-party-save

Orwellian Doublethink Part 2-Our Bloodthirsty Leadership’s Response to Wikileaks
Nolan Chart LLC
AND letï¿?s give credit where credit is due to Ron Paul for speaking
common sense to power on the House floor. by Russell G. Davis “WikiLeaks
release of …
www.nolanchart.com/article8248.html

Wikileaks – Is the whistle blowing justified?
TestFunda – MBA Test Prep
The immediate “crisis” is WikiLeaks’ possible releaseof more than
250000 cables from US Embassy. Less than 1000 have beenpublished so far,
but already there …
testfunda.com/examprep/mba-resource/current-affairs/article/wikileaks—is-the-whistle-blowing-justified.htm?assetid=1380c9e1-d66e-4763-93f5-d4cd5e89f61f

WikiLeaks-prompted assessments due this month
SC Magazine US
“The recent irresponsible disclosure by WikiLeaks has resulted in
significant damage to our national security,” Lew wrote in a November
memo to agencies and …
www.scmagazineus.com/wikileaks-prompted-assessments-due-this-month/article/193821/

Wikileaks Revelations: More Good than Bad?
Family Security Matters
On December 28, Mr. Smith addressed the Middle East Forum via conference
call on the implications of Wikileaks regarding the Middle East, …
www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8351/pub_detail.asp

Wikileaks and the repercussions for DLR
German Aerospace Centre (blog)
The latest ‘revelations’ by Wikileaks concern DLR activities in the space
field. Two things must happen now: the ‘information’ must be considered
critically …
www.dlr.de/blogs/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-5896/9578_read-340/

OMB instructs federal agencies on security processes in response to WikiLeaks
Infosecurity Magazine (US)
The US soldier accused of being the source of the WikiLeaks documents was
reportedly unhappy because he had been demoted in rank by the Army shortly
before …
www.infosecurity-us.com/view/14983/omb-instructs-federal-agencies-on-security-processes-in-response-to-wikileaks/

Tightening security to CIA paranoid mentality in post-WikiLeaks era
Computerworld (blog)
28 to report how they manage and protect national security information in
hopes of preventing disgruntled employees from giving WikiLeaks more
classified …
blogs.computerworld.com/17623/tightening_security_to_cia_paranoid_mentality_in_post_wikileaks_era

WikiLeaks cable suggests Israelis took bribes at Gaza crossing
GlobalPost
US companies trying to bring goods into Gaza claim that Israeli officials
bribed them, a cable released by WikiLeaks has revealed. By News Desk …
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/global/110105/israel-gaza-bribes-wikileaks-assange-cablegate

Can Management Fight “Anonymous” and WikiLeaks?
Working Knowledge
And in the age of WikiLeaks and the Internet, when every “secret” seemingly
becomes public before long, the new advice is to avoid trying to keep …
hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6564.html

FBI goes after Wikileaks
The State Column (blog)
The FBI has seized a number of servers in Texas as part of its probe into
the controversial group, Wikileaks. The FBI has seized a server in Texas as
part …
www.thestatecolumn.com/blog/2011/01/fbi-goes-after-wikileaks/

Imitators create new WikiLeaks sites
GlobalPost
By David Wroe — GlobalPost Daniel Domscheit-Berg, formerly of WikiLeaks,
speaks at the Chaos Computer Club congress on Dec. 29, 2010 in Berlin,
Germany. …
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/technology/110105/new-wikileaks-websites-open-leaks

Keeping your Web reputation in check
Globe and Mail
It was at the height of the Wikileaks release of thousands of classified US
embassy cables, and a number of Web service providers were responding to
the …
www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/business-categories/web-strategy/keeping-your-web-reputation-in-check/article1860130/

WikiLeaks memos the mainstream media doesn’t want you to read
Wizbang (blog)
A few weeks after the huge WikiLeaks dump of diplomatic cables last
November, Rush Limbaugh observed that the leaked documents contained
virtually nothing …
wizbangblog.com/content/2011/01/06/wikileaks-memos-the-mainstream-media-doesnt-want-you-to-read.php

UK Information Commissioner Says Wikileaks Means Governments Should Be More Open
Techdirt
As many are claiming that the end result of Wikileaks will be that
governments try to be even more secretive, the UK’s information
commissioner, …
www.techdirt.com/articles/20110101/22070912480/uk-information-commissioner-says-wikileaks-means-governments-should-be-more-open.shtml

Vincent Warren: WikiLeaks and Democracy
By Vincent Warren
It is disappointing to see the same president who ran on his constitutional
law professor bona fides devote so much time and effort to discrediting
WikiLeaks and working up charges against its founder, Julian Assange.
www.huffingtonpost.com/vincent-warren/wikileaks-and-democracy_b_805498.html

Analysis: Understanding WikiLeaks | intelNews.org
By intelNews
Without getting into ethical considerations of the Wikileaks phenomenon, I
believe it is safe to state that had Wikileaks been in existence would it
be possible for stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt to condemn millions across
central and …
intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/01-630/

WikiLeaks: Keeping Gaza on the Brink | Firedoglake
By Siun
Yesterday’s wikileaks news included the release of a US State department
cable describing Israel’s policy on Gaza: “As part of their overall
embargo plan against Gaza, Israeli officials have confirmed to (U.S..
firedoglake.com/2011/01/06/wikileaks-keeping-gaza-on-the-brink/

WikiLeaks ex-spokesman penning tell-all – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs
By report3
A man who played an instrumental role in the WikiLeaks website is penning a
memoir that will hit stores February 15. No, it’s not Julian Assange. We’re
talking about Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who abruptly quit WikiLeaks as its
spokesman in …
news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/06/wikileaks-ex-spokesman-penning-tell-all/

Deal Between Assange of WikiLeaks and The Guardian Was Nearly …
By By DAVID CARR
According to a report in Vanity Fair, Julian Assange threatened The
Guardian with a lawsuit when it made plans to release the leaked State
Department cables before he was ready.
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/vanity-fair-wikileaks-deal-was-nearly-derailed/

Vincent Warren: WikiLeaks and Democracy
By lucky
It is disappointing to see the same president who ran on his constitutional
law professor bona fides devote so much time and effort to discrediting.
www.insurancemaking.com/politics/59343-vincent-warren-wikileaks-democracy.html

Taking the WikiLeaks Cake “ Saskboy’s Abandoned Stuff
By saskboy
I’ve only seen it publish reports criticizing WikiLeaks (not that I’ve been
watching closely), and contradict itself doing so. In an earlier article,
it claimed that WikiLeaks damaged democracy by releasing too many cables
about …
saskboy.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/taking-the-wikileaks-cake/

Israel Deliberately Choked Gaza Economy: WikiLeaks ~ Window Into …
By admin
AFP — OSLO — 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 Wednesday. According to a cable from
the US embassy …
economy.segnalafeed.com/israel-deliberately-choked-gaza-economy-wikileaks-window-into/

Israel Bribes For Gaza Access Reported By WikiLeaks Cables
By The Huffington Post News Editors
JERUSALEM — A U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on
Thursday quoted American officials as saying a key Israeli cargo crossing
for goods entering the Gaza Strip was rife with corruption. The June 14,
2006, cable, …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/israel-bribes-for-gaza-ac_n_805127.html

Israel Matzav: Wikileaks: Israelis demanded bribes to process …
By Carl in Jerusalem
Wikileaks: Israelis demanded bribes to process American goods at Karni. A
Wikileaks cable charges that Israeli officials demanded as much as 75 times
the normal cost to allow US goods to transit the Karni crossing point into
Gaza. …
israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2011/01/wikileaks-israelis-demanded-bribes-to.html

OpenLeaks, a more transparent alternative to WikiLeaks | Brajeshwar
By Deeptaman Mukherjee
After all the hoopla that WikiLeaks went through along with Julian Assange,
the founder of WikiLeaks, it was a wonderment as to what would happen to
the online whistle-blowing fraternity. Well, there seems no respite yet for
the …
brajeshwar.com/2011/openleaks-a-more-transparent-alternative-to-wikileaks/

Islam in Europe: Wikileaks: Norwegian terrorists planned attack …
By Esther
Wikileaks: Norwegian terrorists planned attack during 2008 Olympics, Bush
possible target. Via Aftenposten (cable sent 08/08/2008): According to
intelligence reporting, two Norway-based East Turkestan Islamic Party
(ETIP) associates on …
islamineurope.blogspot.com/2011/01/wikileaks-norwegian-terrorists-planned.html

Podcast: Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo and WikiLeaks with …
By Andy Worthington
Podcast: Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo and WikiLeaks with Rob Kall
of Op -Ed News. 7.1.11. To coincide with my induction as a trusted author
on Op-Ed News, I spoke to Rob Kall, Op-Ed News’ executive editor and
publisher on …
www.andyworthington.co.uk/2011/01/07/podcast-andy-worthington-discusses-guantanamo-and-wikileaks-with-rob-kall-of-op-ed-news/

Phronesisaical: Why Wikileaks Is Not the Pentagon Papers
By Cheryl Rofer
There is another way in which the Wikileaks materials differ from the
Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers were a coherent whole, containing
their own analysis of material from the field. The Wikileaks materials are
the raw material, …
phronesisaical.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-wikileaks-is-not-pentagon-papers.html

Wikileaks & the UFO’s
By Zahir Ebrahim
But before reading further, just reflect on what has already been achieved
in Wikileaks by mentioning UFO in the same breadth as other core-axioms of
empire: “it is worth noting that in yet-to-be-published parts of the
cablegate archive …
pacificfreepress.com/news/1/7721-wikileaks-a-the-ufos.html

It is not acceptable the Guardian to blame us for a cable the …
Twitter
It is not acceptable the Guardian to blame us for a cable the Guardian
selected and published on Dec 8
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/22138391466344449

YouTube – GLENN GREENWALD vs FRAN TOWNSEND WIKILEAKS DEBATE
Added to queue How Wikileaks REALLY Worksby kossomemedia1151 views · 4:25.
Add to … Added to queue Michael Moore On WikiLeaks “We’re In 6 Wars
Rig…by …
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XInz4i6AV8M

WikiLeaks quotes IDF chief: Iran could hit Israel within 12 …
Gabi Ashkenazi told U.S. officials in 2009 that Israel was preparing for
war against Hamas, Hezbollah and that rocket threat against Israel is ‘more
serious …
www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/wikileaks-quotes-idf-chief-iran-could-hit-israel-within-12-minutes-1.334813

UAE considered keeping Hamas hit under wraps: WikiLeaks | Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates chose to release details of a
Hamas leader’s assassination in Dubai nearly a year ago, after deciding
silence …
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BR1QB20101228

Little Green Footballs – Wikileaks Reveals Politics, Iranian Style
Here’s an amusing and interesting Wikileaks revelation; it shows who is
really the boss in Iran, and it’s not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran President
…
littlegreenfootballs.com/article/37842_Wikileaks_Reveals_Politics_Iranian_Style