The New Dark Age

18 January, 2011 — williambowles.info

Ex-Banker Gives Data on Taxes to WikiLeaks
New York Times
By DEALBOOK A former senior Swiss bank executive said on Monday that he had given the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, details of more than 2000 prominent …
dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/ex-banker-gives-data-on-taxes-to-wikileaks/

WikiLeaks: the latest developments
The Guardian (blog)
10.25am: Good morning. Stories from the cables today: • Turkey let US use
airbase for rendition flights Turkey allowed the US to use its airbase at
Incirlik …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jan/18/wikileaks-latest-developments

Confusion over WikiLeaks probe panel
The Zimbabwean
A state media article over the Christmas holidays quoted Tomana as saying
that “the WikiLeaks appear to show a treasonous collusion between local
…
www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36781:confusion-over-wikileaks-probe-panel-&catid=69:sunday-top-stories&Itemid=30

German satellite boss sacked after WikiLeaks revelation
Deutsche Welle
WikiLeaks documents published by a Norwegian newspaper have caused a German
satellite company CEO his job. Berry Smutny reportedly called a major
European …
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14772691,00.html

The Lede: Qaddafi Sees WikiLeaks Plot in Tunisia
New York Times (blog)
As some American bloggers have pointed out, WikiLeaks did indeed release
cables describing the elaborate corruption of the Ben Ali regime, but there
appears …
feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=17d1004d215c10d2d062808b5f51b519

WikiLeaks cables: ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier’s possible return to Haiti concerned US
The Guardian
The US expressed its concern about the possible return of Jean-Claude “Baby
Doc” Duvalier to Haiti as far back as 2006, when the country was about to
hold …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/wikileaks-cables-baby-doc-duvalier

Bank of America Outage — Not Related to Wikileaks
PC World
“This has nothing to do with malware, Wikileaks or any type of attack,” a
spokesperson for the bank told Dow Jones Newswires. BofA has reportedly
assembled …
www.pcworld.com/article/216860/bank_of_america_outage_not_related_to_wikileaks.html

Tax cheats on WikiLeaks’ hitlist
Toronto Sun
The whistle-blowing web-based organization WikiLeaks received information
Monday from a disgraced former Swiss banker about 2000 shady Swiss bank
accounts. …
www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/01/17/16921061.html

Miss America comes down on Wikileaks – hard. We think.
National Business Review
… Ms Scanlan, who aspires to be a politician, was asked by a man in the
audience – who appeared to be a soldier – for her views on the Wikileaks
scandal. …
www.nbr.co.nz/article/miss-america-comes-down-wikileaks-hard-we-think-ck-83803

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Julius Baer lower; WikiLeaks weighs
Reuters
VX) fall 3.7 percent as a former executive at the private bank hands over
data on 2000 offshore bank account holders to online whistleblowing site
WikiLeaks …
www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE70G1UZ20110117

Assange: The Dutch need Wikileaks right now
Radio Netherlands
Dutch newspapers and television have for days been snowed under by
Wikileaks revelations about the Netherlands. Wikileaks boss Julian Assange
says it’s no …
www.rnw.nl/english/article/assange-dutch-need-wikileaks-right-now

Pointless Question Of The Week: Was Tunisia A ‘Twitter’ Or ‘Wikileaks’ Revolution?
Techdirt
However, we received a number of submissions and requests suggesting we
write about the so-called “Twitter revolution” or “Wikileaks revolution.
…
www.techdirt.com/articles/20110115/21524712692/pointless-question-week-was-tunisia-twitter-wikileaks-revolution.shtml

Slavoj ?i?ek pontificates about Wikileaks
Wired (blog)
By Bruce Sterling *This strange, gnomic guy is the only philosopher who
makes me feel that we ought to have more philosophers involved in current
affairs. …
www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/01/slavoj-zizek-pontificates-about-wikileaks/

Joining social media revolution comes at a price -your privacy
Montreal Gazette
By MITCH JOEL, Freelance January 18, 2011 4:02 AM The news this week was
littered (once again) with WikiLeaks. In an attempt to figure out exactly
what …
www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/Joining+social+media+revolution+comes+price+your+privacy/4124245/story.html

17/01/2011New Dutch EU ambassador in trouble after Wikileaks
Expatica Netherlands
Top Dutch civil servant Pieter de Gooijer has come under fire after
Wikileaks’ disclosure of messages from the United States embassy in The
Hague. …
www.expatica.com/nl/news/dutch-news/new-dutch-eu-ambassador-in-trouble-after-wikileaks_123789.html

WikiLeaks data gives fresh impetus to Pat Finucane inquiry campaign
The Guardian
“But all WikiLeaks is doing is filling the vacuum created by governments
unnecessarily.” Readers who know the Finucane name will understand the
significance …
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/17/wikileaks-pat-finucane-inquiry

Wikileaks and the safeguarding of data privacy
Bangkok Post
Consider the WikiLeaks affair that has created uproar in diplomatic and
business circles. Over the past few months WikiLeaks has published a vast
archive of …
www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/216898/wikileaks-and-the-safeguarding-of-data-privacy

Most, if not all, govts have been lying to their citizens: Wikileaks academic
AsiaOne
With WikiLeaks cables continuing to cause reverberations around the world,
the website’s Bangkok-based international advisory board member, CJ Hinke,
…
news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110118-258851.html

Preventing another Wikileaks
Israel 21C
Aside from revealing diplomatic secrets, Wikileaks also showed the world
just how vulnerable our secure data is. Besides spilling the secrets of 100
empires …
www.israel21c.org/201101188715/technology/preventing-another-wikileaks

Frontline Club to discuss founder’s support for Julian Assange
The Guardian
… disquiet among some members of the Frontline Club over the relationship
forged between its founder, Vaughan Smith, and Julian Assange of WikiLeaks.
…
www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jan/18/julian-assange-media-events-conferences

This Week in Silicon Valley: WikiLeaks – Why it Matters. Why it Doesn’t?
Stark Insider
Hosted by the Churchill Club in Santa Clara the discussion, WikiLeaks –
Why it Matters. Why it Doesn’t?, features an impressive line-up of leading
thinkers …
www.starkinsider.com/2011/01/this-week-in-silicon-valley-wikileaks-why-it-matters-why-it-doesnt.html

Obama urges Americans to volunteer today…Tax evasion the next WikiLeaks?
KSPR
LONDON (AP) — Celebrities and their alleged tax antics my be the next
WikiLeaks project. A former Swiss banker has handed over documents he says
detail …
www.kspr.com/sns-ap-8thnewsminuteupdate,0,5813235.story

WikiLeaks: Did You Know The Leaks Justified Iraq War?
Jawa Report
Don’t feel alone…this isn’t something WikiLeaks or the MSM care to delve
in. Just a burp in the leaks to be buried. While the media have been quick
to run …
mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/205888.php

Wikileaks and the End of Stolen Kisses
Gearfuse
There has been, from the outset, something about (WikiLeaks’) activities
that goes way beyond liberal conceptions of the free flow of information.
…
www.gearfuse.com/wikileaks-and-the-end-of-stolen-kisses/

WikiLeaks Unveil Vatican’s Secret Approval Of GMOs
Care2.com (blog)
Despite this attempt to remain publicly neutral, WikiLeaks recently
uncovered a transmission from Christopher Sandrolini, a US diplomat to the
Holy See, …
www.care2.com/causes/real-food/blog/wikileaks-unveil-vatican-approval-of-GMOs/

Former banker hands big names to WikiLeaks
World Radio Switzerland
Swiss whistleblower and former Julius Bär banker Rudolf Elmer has handed
over two CDs to the website WikiLeaks, before returning home to Switzerland
to …
worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/former-banker-hands-big-names-to-wikileaks.shtml?22701

Celebrities using tax avoidance schemes could be in the spotlight
Telegraph.co.uk
Now with WikiLeaks preparing to name and shame wealthy individuals and
organisations that have avoided tax by storing their cash in offshore bank
accounts, …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8265069/Celebrities-using-tax-avoidance-schemes-could-be-in-the-spotlight.html

Rasool blamed race for firing — US cable
Business Day
In a diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks, Mr Rasool is quoted in a
conversation with US ambassador Donald Gips in December 2009 as saying he
had been ready …
www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=131729

Wikileaks releases Ten Commandments
The Spoof (satire)
Today, a remorseful ex-employee of Wikileaks released secret documents
about the company to the press. Journalists are still sifting through the
mountain of …
www.thespoof.com/news/magazine/wikileaks_releases_ten_commandments_8226.htm

Nepal’s King Traded Tibetan Refugees For US Support
UNPO
Wikileaks reveals that Nepal’s King Gyanendra dangled Tibetan refugees as
bait before the US in a bid to get American support. After ordering the
closure of …
www.unpo.org/article/12142

Today’s media stories from the papers
The Guardian
P10 Wikileaks gets banking data. P13 Nick Clegg gives backing to News of
the World under former editor Andy Coulson investigation. P17 Goldman’s US
clients …
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/18/1

Organized Crime and Uzbekistan Government Contracts: Is the NDN Affected?
EurasiaNet
There are high-level contacts between government officials and organized
crime in Uzbekistan, according to a couple of recently released WikiLeaks
cables. …
www.eurasianet.org/node/62727

Rudolf Elmer, Tax Whistleblower, Gives Data To WikiLeaks
By The Huffington Post News Editors
LONDON, Jan 17: A former Swiss private banker handed over data on hundreds
of offshore bank account holders to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a
news conference on Monday. Rudolf Elmer once headed the office of Julius
Baer in the …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/17/rudolf-elmer-wikileaks-tax_n_809873.html

WikiLeaks Strikes Again | Mother Jones
By Kevin Drum
A former Swiss bank executive said on Monday that he had given the
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, details of more than 2000 prominent
individuals and companies that he contends engaged in tax evasion and other
possible criminal …
motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/01/wikileaks-strikes-again

Wikileaks To Shame Cheating ‘Pillars of Society’
By Ryan Tate
A former Swiss banker provided the names of more than 2000 prominent tax
cheats to Wikileaks, which has promised to quickly release details of the
evasion — unlike governments and the media, which apparently buried the
scandal.
gawker.com/5735800/wikileaks-to-shame-cheating-pillars-of-society

Julian Assange | WikiLeaks| Swiss Banking
By News Desk
A former Swiss banker has passed on account details of 2000 prominent
people to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/united-kingdom/110117/swiss-bank-wikileaks-julian-assange-secrecy
Swiss bank account details in WikiLeaks | Swiss whistleblower to …
By administrator
Assange reveals discs containing secret Swiss bank accounts | WikiLeaks
promises Swiss banking secrets revelations | News for wikileaks swiss bank
| WikiLeaks to receive Swiss bank account details | WikiLeaks Swiss bank
account details …
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Swiss Whistleblower Provides WikiLeaks With Offshore Banking Documents
By Amar Toor
A Swiss former banker has provided WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with
confidential information on hundreds of offshore bank accounts. The
whistleb.
www.switched.com/2011/01/17/swiss-whistleblower-rudolf-elmer-wikileaks-offshore-accounts/

Wikileaks Swiss Bank Indian Politicians | Online News Station
By Waqar
LONDON – A former Swiss banker on Monday delivered the documents WikiLeaks,
he argues in detail attempts to wealthy businessmen and legislators to
evade paying taxes.
www.onlinenewsstation.com/2011/01/17/wikileaks-swiss-bank-indian-politicians/

WikiLeaks Gets Handed Secrets on Thousands of Swiss Bank Accounts …
By Chris Rovzar
In a press conference today, WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange accepted two
computer disks from former Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer. Stored on the disks
are details on thousands of offshore bank accounts, which Elmer claims
include evidence of …
nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/01/wikileaks_gets_handed_secrets.html

Joe. My. God.: Facebook Vs. Wikileaks
By Joe
… Troubled Diva · V-Hold · Wayne Besen · Powered by Blogger · Main |
Monday, January 17, 2011. Facebook Vs. Wikileaks. (Source). Labels:
Facebook, internet, privacy. New! Share this on Facebook: Share. posted by
Joe 0 comments …
joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/01/facebook-vs-wikileaks.html

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Cautions Fox News | Africana Online …
By Erin
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has a message to Fox News—”Be afraid
of him.” He has revealed that he has “insurance files” on Rupert
Murdoch.
www.africanaonline.com/2011/01/wikileaks%E2%80%99-julian-assange-cautions-fox-news/

Wikileaks claims its first scalp – Galileo, Beelzebub has a devil …
By Nick Farrell
Online whistleblowing site Wikileaks has cost the job of a chief executive
at one of Germany’s leading space companies.OHB-System’s Berry Smutny has
had to clean out his desk after he told US diplomats that he thought
Europe’s Galileo …
www.techeye.net/internet/wikileaks-claims-its-first-scalp

WikiLeaks: Swiss banking secrets to be revealed | Chicago Breaking …
By Reuters
A former Swiss private banker handed over data on hundreds of offshore bank
account holders to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday, saying he
wanted to.
chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2011/01/wikileaks-swiss-banking-secrets-to-be-revealed.html

Wikileaks to reveal Swiss banking secrets
By Jorge Hernandez
He may be sequestered in the United Kingdom, but Wikileaks founder Julian
Assange is still getting dirt on the world’s most powerful people. A former
Swiss banker has provided Assange with what he claims are financial details
of over …
www.trendbuzz.com/world-events/12150/wikileaks-to-reveal-swiss-banking-secrets.html

Wikileaks given data on Swiss bank accounts – Democratic Underground
If they do not check it out, and any significant part of it turns out to be
fudged, that provides the PTB with the narrative “you cant trust wikileaks,
they just post anything true or false”. That is something to be avoided.
…
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×4699482

p2pnet news “ Blog Archive “ WikiLeaks discloses offshore banking …
By Jon
p2pnet view P2P | Politics:- Many star-studded, bidniz and political
sphincters will be quivering nervously with the news the latest WikiLeaks
revelations include the names of people who’d used the Swiss banking firm
of Julius Bar to …
www.p2pnet.net/story/47937

WikiLeaks promises to reveal Swiss banking secrets – This Just In …
By Mallory Simon
A Swiss whistle-blower Monday handed over what he said were secret Swiss
banking records to WikiLeaks, the website dedicated to revealing secrets.
Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer handed two discs to WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange at a news …
news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/17/wikileaks-promises-to-reveal-swiss-banking-secrets/

Former Swiss Banker To Help WikiLeaks Expose Powerful Money …
By kevindgr
The New York Times reported: “Mr. Elmer said he had turned to WikiLeaks to
educate society about what he considers an unfair system designed to serve
the rich and aid money launderers after his offers to provide the data to
universities …
www.neontommy.com/news/2011/01/former-swiss-banker-help-wikileaks-expose-powerful-money-launderers

What Does WikiLeaks Have on Bank of America?
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is promising to unleash a cache of secret
documents from the hard drive of a U.S. megabank executive. …
www.truth-out.org/what-does-wikileaks-have-bank-america66889