The New Dark Age

29 January, 2011 — creative-i.info

WikiLeaks founder says enjoys making banks squirm
Reuters
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds up CD’s containing data on offshore bank account holders, which he received from former Swiss private banker Rudolf …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/29/idINIndia-54494520110129

FBI Raids Pro-Wikileaks Hackers
San Francisco Chronicle
The group attacked the sites in retaliation for their actions against
WikiLeaks, which released classified US diplomatic cables in December. …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/01/28/businessinsider-fbi-raids-pro-wikileaks-hackers-2011-1.DTL

WikiLeaks: US supported Egypt pro-democracy activists
Jerusalem Post
A 2008 diplomatic cable from the US Embassy in Cairo leaked by WikiLeaks on
Friday shows another side to the United States’ relationship with Egypt in
…
www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=205706

US reported ‘routine’ police brutality in Egypt, WikiLeaks cables show
The Guardian
The WikiLeaks cables also shed intriguing light on the US’s staunch
relationship with Egypt, its closest Arab ally. They show US diplomats
concerned about …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/28/egypt-police-brutality-torture-wikileaks

Germany Strives to Be Leader in Data Privacy
ABC News
AP Germany should become a leader in international data protection
standards, the country’s justice minister said Friday, and she praised
WikiLeaks for …
abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12786118

Twitter Alludes To WikiLeaks And #Egypt In Call For Freedom Of Expression
TechCrunch
Probably sick of countless press emails asking for an official stance on
the countless controversial hyper-mediated events like WikiLeaks and the
Tunisan …
techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/twitter-egypt-wikileaks/

What The NY Times Got Right About Wikileaks
The Atlantic
I submit that in the matter of Wikileaks, the American people were a lot
better off for the involvement of The New York Times than we would’ve been
had the …
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/what-the-ny-times-got-right-about-wikileaks.html

The Cost of Manning The Wars
TIME (blog)
In the tragicomedy of errors leading to the WikiLeaks dump, the notion that
an Army private could not only access, but allegedly copy — and share with
the …
swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/01/28/the-cost-of-manning-the-wars/

New York Times Publishes WikiLeaks eBook
mediabistro.com
By Maryann Yin on January 28, 2011 12:24 PM The New York Times has released
an eBook covering the WikiLeaks scandal entitled Open Secrets: WikiLeaks,
…
www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/new-york-times-publishes-wikileaks-ebook_b22117

Mubarak and Wikileaks
American Conservative Magazine
But they also show US pressure is viewed skeptically by Mubarak, who
believes ill-advised US pushes for reform in the Middle East have produced
colossal …
www.amconmag.com/larison/2011/01/28/mubarak-and-wikileaks/

Wikileaks on Land Grab in Oromia/Ethiopia
Gadaa.com Oduu – News
However, a US Embassy cable from February last year, released by Wikileaks
today, indicates that several of these underreported deals operate in the
grey …
gadaa.com/oduu/7894/2011/01/29/wikileaks-on-land-grab-in-oromiaethiopia/

15-year-old schoolboy arrested in France as part of Wikileaks revenge plot
Mirror.co.uk
… Mirror 29/01/2011 A FRENCH teenager has been arrested for masterminding
revenge attacks on credit card firms which withdrew services from
WikiLeaks. …
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/29/15-year-old-schoolboy-arrested-in-france-as-part-of-wikileaks-revenge-plot-115875-22882500/

Feds probing hackers who defended WikiLeaks raid Storrs house
Journal Inquirer
… at least two of whom were detained and questioned about cyberattacks
launched on companies that have stopped doing business with WikiLeaks. …
www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2011/01/29/crime_and_courts/doc4d4393178bd93484593211.txt

Georgia Tech Dorm Room Raided in Connection with WikiLeaks Sympathizer …
WXIA-TV
The group is a loosely formed web of hackers around the globe sympathetic
to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has been going after anyone who has
gone …
www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=175299&catid=40

Hasina defends Britain on WikiLeaks
GulfNews
Responding to a query by a student on WikiLeaks disclosure on RAB’s
training in Britain despite its poor human rights records, the Bangladesh
premier also …
gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/hasina-defends-britain-on-wikileaks-1.753674

Enron Whistleblower: WikiLeaks SEC
Going Concern
… government authorities about accounting fraud at Enron, she would
probably instead take her information to an organization like WikiLeaks,
Watkins said. …
goingconcern.com/2011/01/enron-whistleblower-wikileaks-sec/

Google Denies WikiLeaks Censorship
Truthdig
… spelled out his ambitions for Google in China as well as declaring that
the search giant will deny government attempts to censor WikiLeaks
documents. …
www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/google_denies_wikileaks_censorship_20110128/

High Tide: From An Indonesian Crackdown To A WikiLeaks Competitor
Wall Street Journal (blog)
(Wall Street Journal, WNYC) Openleaks.org, a new rival to WikiLeaks that
says it wants to make “whistleblowing safer & more widespread,” is now
live. …
blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2011/01/28/high-tide-from-an-indonesian-crackdown-to-a-wikileaks-competitor/

War crimes court dismisses Taylor’s claims of bias over cables
Reuters Africa
One of the diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks last month contained
comments made by a US ambassador that if Taylor was acquitted or given a
light …
af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE70R0N220110128

Wikileaks Exposes US Embassy Apathy
ChristianNewsToday.com
Washington, DC –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned of a
private US embassy cable recently published by Wikileaks in which the US
Ambassador …
www.christiannewstoday.com/Christian_News_Report_4808.html

Former Senator Mike Gravel To Speak on WikiLeaks
Patch
4 on the WikiLeaks and their importance to democracy. Gravel believes that
the intelligent analyst who purportedly leaked the trove of classified
documents …
walnutcreek.patch.com/articles/former-senator-mike-gravel-to-speak-on-wikileaks

ROTC’s Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk
The Nation. (blog)
A US Army Cadet Command (USACC) memo prohibiting cadets from using
classified information found in WikiLeaks cables for course assignments is
creating a …
www.thenation.com/blog/158112/rotc%E2%80%99s-response-wikileaks-puts-academic-freedom-risk

Fed rights at risk in WikiLeaks backlash, groups say
Federal Times (blog)
Just as agencies are wrapping up security reviews launched after the latest
WikiLeaks breach, a coalition of open government groups is warning of
possible …
blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2011/01/28/fed-rights-at-risk-in-wikileaks-backlash-groups-say/

WikiLeaks rival launches new secret-spilling site
Forbes
AP , 01.28.11, 08:03 AM EST DAVOS, Switzerland — A former member of the
group that created WikiLeaks has launched a rival website with the aim of
giving …
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/01/28/general-eu-davos-forum-openleaks_8280103.html

Government Putting Quite A Lot Of Effort Into Tracking Down ‘Anonymous’
Techdirt
With UK police arresting five guys accused of participating in the
Anonymous cyberattacks to make a statement about efforts to block
Wikileaks, …
www.techdirt.com/articles/20110127/16034212860/government-putting-quite-lot-effort-into-tracking-down-anonymous.shtml

Euro networks learn of more WikiLeaks
C21Media
European broadcasters including Discovery have acquired a one-off
documentary about whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian
Assange. …
www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=4&article=59239

This Week in Review: WikiLeaks’ new rivals, Ongo’s aggregation play, and …
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Playing WikiLeaks Whack-a-Mole: Ever since WikiLeaks broke through into the
public’s consciousness last summer, observers have been predicting that its
…
www.niemanlab.org/2011/01/this-week-in-review-wikileaks-new-rivals-ongos-aggregation-play-and-demand-media-makes-a-splash/

WikiLeaks: A Wake-Up Call for Business
Baseline
By Thomas Smedinghoff As the fallout continues over the release of
thousands of sensitive US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks, businesses should
view this …
www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Security/WikiLeaks-A-WakeUp-Call-for-Business-208968/

WikiLeaks: A good idea afterall?
Peoria Journal Star (blog)
I’m not sure yet what to make of WikiLeaks — the massive release of
secret information that occurred a few weeks ago. Governments need, after
all, …
blogs.pjstar.com/panetta/2011/01/28/wikileaks-a-good-idea-afterall/

Five men arrested on a charge of launching pro-WikiLeaks DDoS attacks
SC Magazine UK
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that five men have been arrested in
connection with conducting distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) at
the end …
www.scmagazineuk.com/five-men-arrested-on-a-charge-of-launching-pro-wikileaks-ddos-attacks/article/195104/

FBI Raids Pro-Wikileaks Hackers
By Matt Rosoff
Seizing evidence in the Anonymous group’s denial-of-service attacks.
www.businessinsider.com/fbi-raids-pro-wikileaks-hackers-2011-1

Amid Digital Blackout, Anonymous Mass-Faxes WikiLeaks Cables To …
By Andy Greenberg
Updated (twice) below with other activist efforts to offer Egyptians
Internet access. Egypt has dropped a digital iron curtain over its
Internet. So WikiLeaks ‘ fans are using an analog tool to smuggle the
secret-spilling site’s latest …
blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/01/28/amid-digital-blackout-anonymous-mass-faxes-wikileaks-cables-to-egypt/

The Next Generation Of Wikileaks
By The Huffington Post News Editors
BERLIN (By Mark Hosenball) – All across Europe, from Brussels to the
Balkans, a new generation of WikiLeaks-style websites is sprouting. Like
their forerunner, the fledgling whistle-blowing sites are a chaotic mixture
of complex systems …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/the-next-generation-of-wikileaks_n_815558.html

WikiLeaks: U.S. Gov’t ‘Secretly Backed’ Egyptian Dissidents …
By Meredith Jessup
The Blaze is a news, information and opinion site brought to you by Glenn
Beck and a dedicated team of writers, journalists & video producers. Our
goal is to post, report and analyze stories of interest on a wide range of
topics from …
www.theblaze.com/stories/wikileaks-u-s-govt-secretly-backed-egyptian-dissidents-plotting-regime-change/

WikiLeaks ‘Only the Beginning’ | Opinion | Epoch Times
By Lela Gary
Governments, banks, credit companies, and the Media give lip service to
Free Speech.
www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/50188/

Egypt Breathes New Life Into WikiLeaks | Death and Taxes
By Stephen Blackwell
WikiLeaks has become an almanac for bad things that are going to happen in
the world.
www.deathandtaxesmag.com/48477/egypt-breathes-new-life-into-wikileaks/

New Wikileaks Competitor Gets Leaked
By Adrian Chen
High-profile Wikileaks competitor Openleaks officially launched today. In a
sign of what’s to come, Openleaks’ website was leaked to another
secret-sharing website two days before its launch. It’s leaks all the way
down.
gawker.com/5746053/new-wikileaks-competitor-gets-leaked

WikiLeaks: For Norway, oil wealth and humanitarianism go hand in …
By kristinsponsler
In a brief but revealing cable included in the vast WikiLeaks “CableGate”
trove and published last week by the Norwegian paper Aftenposten, US
embassy officials report that the Nordic nation opted to divest its
sovereign wealth holdings …
www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-01-28/wikileaks-norway-oil-wealth-and-humanitarianism-go-hand-hand

Is OpenLeaks WikiLeaks 2.0? | WebProNews
By Chris Richardson
If you thought the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would bring
an end to the “Let’s Leak it to the World” phenomenon, not to mention
the subsequent fighting about how we should react to these leaks, think
again. …
www.webpronews.com/topnews/2011/01/28/is-openleaks-wikileaks-20

The hunt for pro-WikiLeaks hackers is on
By noreply@allvoices.com
The CNET News reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
agents were deployed yesterday to pursue the people responsible for the
cyberattacks defending the controversial whistle-blowing site, WikiLeaks.
www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8031665-the-hunt-for-prowikileaks-hackers-is-on

The BRAD BLOG : Egypt’s ‘Internet Kill Switch’, Democracy via …
By Brad Friedman
Egypt’s ‘Internet Kill Switch’, Democracy via WikiLeaks & Terror ‘Made in
the U.S.A.’
www.bradblog.com/?p=8326

AMERICAblog News: WikiLeaks Swedish ISP to anonymize its user traffic
By Chris in Paris
WikiLeaks Swedish ISP to anonymize its user traffic. Don’t they know that
they’ re socialists who hate freedom and democracy? In order to be a true
democracy these days it’s critical that governments have the full authority
to spy on …
www.americablog.com/2011/01/wikileaks-swedish-isp-to-anonymize-its.html

Amid Digital Blackout, Anonymous Mass-Faxes WikiLeaks Cables to …
On Friday afternoon, the loose hacker group Anonymous began a campaign to
fax thousands of copies of WikiLeaks’ latest missives–a series of State
Department cables revealing human rights abuses under Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak and …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×4714346

The Tweets Must Flow: Twitter Alludes to WikiLeaks and #Egypt in …
By DG
Probably sick of countless press emails asking for an official stance on
the countless controversial hyper-mediated events like WikiLeaks and the
Tunisan and Egyptian uprisings now being amplified through Twitter,
co-founder Biz Stone …
www.ditii.com/2011/01/28/the-tweets-must-flow-twitter-alludes-to-wikileaks-and-egypt-in-call-for-freedom-of-expression/

WikiLeaks Cables Detail Egyptian Repression, Torture — News from …
By Jason Ditz
With the eyes of the world already on Egypt, WikiLeaks released a massive
collection of cables related to Egypt today, detailing broad-based
repression of political dissident and indeed even those officials
conceivably could see as …
news.antiwar.com/2011/01/28/wikileaks-cables-detail-egyptian-repression-torture/

Cable: Egypt detained Christian blogger for criticizing Islam http …
Twitter
Cable: Egypt detained Christian blogger for criticizing Islam
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/30944462691639296

Egypt: “Police will round up 40 to 50 suspects and hang them by …
Twitter
Egypt: “Police will round up 40 to 50 suspects and hang them by their arms
from the ceiling for weeks”
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/30949865341067264

WikiLeaks founder says enjoys making banks squirm – Yahoo! News
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he enjoys making banks squirm
thinking they might be the next targets of his website which has published
U.S. …
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110129/tc_nm/us_wikileaks

WikiLeaks unlikely to release Swiss bank data soon | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks is unlikely anytime soon to make public
material provided to it this week by Swiss bank whistleblower Rudolf Elmer,
…
www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/18/us-wikileaks-swiss-idUSTRE70F0TF20110118

Wikileaks: Fomer Swiss banker hands off Swiss bank data to Assange …
The way you know that Wikileaks is going to be around for a very long time
is to look at the number of people who purport to tell them how they should
run …
www.boingboing.net/2011/01/17/wikileaks-fomer-swis.html