16 February, 2011 — creative-i.info

WikiLeaks, free speech and Twitter come together in Va. court case
Washington Post
By Dana Hedgpeth An odd confluence of important issues came together in a
federal courtroom in Alexandria on Tuesday: the criminal investigation of
WikiLeaks, free speech and social networking. It all stemmed from the
government’s attempts to get …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/15/AR2011021506483.html

Hacked and Now Vandalized, HBGary Pulls out of RSA
PCWorld
By Robert McMillan, IDG News The California security company that is at the
center of a controversy over a plan to discredit WikiLeaks and its
supporters abruptly pulled itself out of the RSA security conference in San
Francisco this week, …
www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/219769/hacked_and_now_vandalized_hbgary_pulls_out_of_rsa.html

Hillary Clinton champions Internet freedom, but cautions on WikiLeaks
Christian Science Monitor
But security is still important, she adds, calling WikiLeaks documents
‘stolen.’ Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers her speech,
Internet Rights And Wrongs: Choices & Challenges In A Networked World, on
Tuesday, at George Washington …
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2011/0215/Hillary-Clinton-champions-Internet-freedom-but-cautions-on-WikiLeaks

Wikileaks: BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers harboured Chinese espionage concerns
Telegraph.co.uk
By Garry White 8:30PM GMT 15 Feb 2011 Marius Kloppers, BHP’s chief
executive, made his comments after the Sydney Morning Herald said it saw
Wikileaks cables that suggested Mr Kloppers had offered to share
intelligence about China with US authorities. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/8326464/Wikileaks-BHP-Billiton-chief-Marius-Kloppers-harboured-Chinese-espionage-concerns.html

WikiLeaks: Egypt’s new man at the top ‘was against reform’
Telegraph.co.uk
The briefings, in cables handed to the WikiLeaks website, raise questions
about the field marshal’s suitability for overseeing transition to a
democratically elected government. Today The Daily Telegraph publishes on
its website hundreds of leaked …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/8326225/WikiLeaks-Egypts-new-man-at-the-top-was-against-reform.html

The powerful law firm at the center of the WikiLeaks plot
Salon
By Justin Elliott One of the big outstanding questions in the story of the
plot to undermine WikiLeaks and Salon’s Glenn Greenwald, as well as a
separate plan to discredit critics of the Chamber of Commerce, is the
nature of the role played by the …
www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2011/02/15/hunton_williams_wikileaks_chamber/

WikiLeaks cables show no evidence of Iran’s hand in Bahrain unrest
The Guardian
US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks show that the accusation made by
the Manama government – which is facing street protests demanding
political reforms from an opposition inspired by the Egyptian and Tunisian
uprisings – is not backed by hard …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/wikileaks-no-evidence-iran-bahrain

Wikileaks: Gas Pipeline Permit Was Too Easy in US View
YLE News
US diplomatic cables acquired by YLE from Wikileaks show that American
Embassy officials in Helsinki were surprised by the ease with which the
Finnish government granted a permit for the construction of a
Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline through …
www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/02/wikileaks_gas_pipeline_permit_was_too_easy_in_us_view_2367694.html

Wikileaks DDoS spawns security arms race
ZDNet Australia
Networking provider F5 Networks said yesterday that pro-Wikileaks
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have served as the flashpoint
for a new internet security arms race. Jason Needham, senior director of
product management for F5, …
www.zdnet.com.au/wikileaks-ddos-spawns-security-arms-race-339309259.htm

Aramco is Concealing Saudi Arabian Peak Oil Says Wikileaks
Green Prophet
A leaked Wikileaks cable from a diplomat working for the Bush
administration has revealed that the US was alerted in 2007 that oil in
Saudi Arabia is likely to have been “overestimated.” The report quotes
a former Executive Vice President for …
www.greenprophet.com/2011/02/aramco-is-concealing-saudi-arabian-peak-oil-says-wikileaks/

Rep. Peter King introduces anti-WikiLeaks legislation
Raw Story
By Eric W. Dolan Legislation aimed at helping the United States prosecute
WikiLeaks and other sources of leaked information was introduced to the
House of Representatives by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) Tuesday. “Julian Assange
and his associates who have …
www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/15/rep-peter-king-introduces-anti-wikileaks-legislation/

Spy Games: Inside the Convoluted Plot to Bring Down WikiLeaks
All Things Digital (blog)
by Nate Anderson When Aaron Barr was finalizing a recent computer security
presentation for the US Transportation Security Administration, a colleague
had a bit of good-natured advice for him: “Scare the sh*t out of them!”
This is a section of the All …
voices.allthingsd.com/20110216/spy-games-inside-the-convoluted-plot-to-bring-down-wikileaks/?mod=googlenews

Wikileaks and Assange lack values needed for Nobel Peace Prize
Hilltop Views
“By disclosing information about corruption, human rights abuses and war
crimes, WikiLeaks is a natural contender for the Nobel Peace Prize,” he
explained. Website founder Julian Assange has been the focal point of
worldwide media scrutiny since July. …
www.hilltopviewsonline.com/wikileaks-and-assange-lack-values-needed-for-nobel-peace-prize-1.1997629

Majority in Arab world backs Wikileaks
Peninsula On-line
Doha: Six out of ten Arabs believe that the world is better off with
Wikileaks and nearly three quarters would like to see the whistle-blowing
website publish more on the Arab world. Support for Wikileaks and a demand
for greater transparency emerged …
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/142783-majority-in-arab-world-backs-wikileaks.html

WikiLeaks and Swiss Bank secrecy
Nigeria Daily Independent
The handing over of data on about 2000 cross-border accounts to the
now-famous whistleblower site, WikiLeaks, by a former employee of a storied
Swiss bank has expectedly put that nation’s fabled banking secrecy laws
back in the spotlight. …
www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=28916

Lori’s AM Buzz: ICC, WikiLeaks, Jeopardy
Washington Post (blog)
WikiLeaks in court. Government lawyers will be in court in Alexandria
Tuesday to defend some of their tactics in a criminal investigation of
leaks of secret documents by the WikiLeaks website. Lawyers for three
people associated with WikiLeaks …
voices.washingtonpost.com/the-buzz/2011/02/good_morning_happy_tuesday_sun.html

WIKILEAKS: Release of Afghan convicts responsible for 2007 death of Finnish …
Helsingin Sanomat
Minister of Defence Jyri Häkämies (National Coalition Party) is not
willing to comment on the Wikileaks information. Nevertheless, he confirms
that Finland has never been given any explanation for the pardon of the
five convicted killers. …
www.hs.fi/english/article/WIKILEAKS+Release+of+Afghan+convicts+responsible+for+2007+death+of+Finnish+peacekeeper+pointed+to+corruption/1135263834686

Wikileaks: US Disappointed With Finnish Drug Law
YLE News
The United States was disappointed with the Finnish government’s 2008
decision to reduce the cost of medication by requiring pharmacists to offer
a cheaper generic substitute for patented medicines, according to Wikileaks
documents obtained by YLE. …
www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/02/wikileaks_us_disappointed_with_finnish_drug_law_2366331.html

WikiLeaks Vindicates Those Behind Revolutions Unfolding in Middle East
OpEdNews
By Kevin Gosztola (about the author) Page 1 of 3 page(s) For those in
countries that are working to topple brutal and oppressive regimes, there
is a power that WikiLeaks cables have, one that can be tremendously
beneficial. Cables from Tunisia, Sudan, …
www.opednews.com/articles/WikiLeaks-Vindicates-Those-by-Kevin-Gosztola-110215-276.html

Obama Seeks Big Boost in Cybersecurity Spending
Datamation
Computerworld: President Obama’s proposed budget includes big increases for
spending on cybersecurity initiatives, presumably in part due to incidents
related to the Stuxnet worm and WikiLeaks. According to Philip Coyle,
associate director for national …
itmanagement.earthweb.com/daily_news/article.php/422110/Obama-Seeks-Big-Boost-in-Cybersecurity-Spending.htm

Law would aid prosecution of WikiLeaks and similar groups
San Francisco Examiner (blog)
Peter T. King, of New York, re-introduced legislation to give the
Department of Justice additional tools to prosecute future disclosures by
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and similar organizations. Known as the
‘the shield act,’ HR 703 (Securing …
www.sfexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/02/law-would-aid-prosecution-wikileaks-and-similar-groups-0

PRESS DIGEST – British business – Feb 16
Reuters
AX) offered to share intelligence about China with US authorities,
according to WikiLeaks cables. Clive Thompson, a former president of the
CBI, could be barred from being company director after an investigation
into the collapse of Farepak, …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/16/press-digest-british-business-idUSLDE71E2M720110216

Rethinking Access Controls: How WikiLeaks Could Have Been Prevented
eWeek
The WikiLeaks crisis rocked headlines in the second half of 2010, but it’s
not over yet. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Ken Ammon explains why new
security developments will keep this story in the limelight well into 2011.
…
www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Rethinking-Access-Controls-How-WikiLeaks-Could-Have-Been-Prevented/

5 ways to make sure you aren’t the next Wikileak
Network World
Government and intelligence officials around the globe have been caught off
guard and in many cases embarrassed and compromised by disclosures of
documents on the Web site WikiLeaks. For security and IT professionals,
these leaks serve as an important …
www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2011/021511-wikileak-security.html

NATO Saw Potential For Russian Tactical Nuke Use, Cable Says
Global Security Newswire
… assessed that Russia’s military was prepared to deal with no more than
a medium-level conflict in the nation’s western sector, according to a
diplomatic dispatch from the US mission to NATO made public by the
transparency organization WikiLeaks. …
www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20110215_6434.php

Local leaking site set to launch
Montreal Gazette
By JAN RAVENSBERGEN, The Gazette February 16, 2011 2:02 AM A group that has
adopted the name QuebecLeaks – and says it is largely modelling itself on
the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing organization -has delayed its targeted launch
date to March 9 from today …
www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/Local+leaking+site+launch/4291336/story.html

Covisint, a Compuware Company, Details How Pharmaceutical Industry Can Avoid a …
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
Other typical techniques and fixes, he added, only afford stopgap benefits
until a rogue user determines a “work-around,” such as in the current
Wikileaks controversy, where a low-level staffer simply walked out with key
information on a music CD. …
www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=213498

On the Wikileaks trail in Oslo: The planet is a flat screen
Helsingin Sanomat
Since this is also a question of competition between news outlets, and time
is of the essence, I and my Wikileaks partner, HS foreign correspondent
Anssi Miettinen, have not counted the hours but worked day and night. The
words on the screen start to …
www.hs.fi/english/article/On+the+Wikileaks+trail+in+Oslo+The+planet+is+a+flat+screen/1135263838201

Friend of Suspected WikiLeaks Source Alleges Torture
Democracy Now
A friend of the alleged whistleblower, US Army Private Bradley Manning,
says the US government’s treatment of Manning amounts to torture. David
House is one of the few people who have been allowed to visit Manning, who
is being held at a military base …
www.democracynow.org/2011/2/15/headlines/friend_of_suspected_wikileaks_source_alleges_torture

WikiLeaks: Al-Qaeda Planned to Carry out Dirty-Bomb Attacks in Afghanistan…
Weasel Zippers
(CAN)- The Telegraph reports that a document from January 2009 released by
Wikileaks warns that Al-Qaeda had planned to carry out attacks using
explosives with radioactive material wrapped to them, often referred to as
a “dirty bomb. …
weaselzippers.us/2011/02/15/wikileaks-al-qaeda-planned-to-carry-out-dirty-bomb-attacks-in-afghanistan/

Mexico: WikiLeaks cables treat “drug war,” FARC links
World War 4 Report
10 that it had received some 3000 US diplomatic cables from Sunshine Press
Productions, which is presided over by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The cables deal with Mexican issues and provide “a window on the background
and the tone of the …
www.ww4report.com/node/9489

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DOJ Seeks Twitter Records in Wikileaks Probe – Political Punch
By ABCNews.com
ABC News’ Jason Ryan reports: In an interesting juxtaposition to Secretary
Clinton’s internet freedom speech later today, this morning at the US
District Court in Alexandria the Justice Department will be seeking to
enforce a court …
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/02/doj-seeks-twitter-records-in-wikileaks-probe.html

Law would aid prosecution of WikiLeaks and similar groups | Sara A …
By Sara A. Carter
Peter T. King, of New York, re-introduced legislation to give the
Department of Justice additional tools to prosecute future disclosures by
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and similar organizations. Known as the
‘the shield act,’ H.R. …
washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/02/law-would-aid-prosecution-wikileaks-and-similar-groups

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fights back- CNN News Report
By ndmuscle123
If the chink ,Liu, deserve NobePeacePrize by exposing secrets of China, why
not the wikileaks,Assange since he dared to exposed secrets of USA and the
west. The west tried to frame him by alleging him making love W/O using
“condoms’ in …
www.blackhatboy.com/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-fights-back-cnn-news-report

Elder of Ziyon: Wikileaks: Russian anti-semitism way down
By Elder of Ziyon
Wikileaks: Russian anti-semitism way down. Here are sections from a very
interesting Wikileaks cable from December 2009: As the country that a
century ago produced “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” saw
state-sponsored pogroms that …
elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/02/wikileaks-russian-anti-semitism-way.html

Truth&Dare WikiLeaks T-shirts — Lost At E Minor: For creative people
By Gerry Mak
February 16, 2011 | New Fashion | by Gerry Mak |. If you’re into supporting
WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, here are some T-shirts with leaked US Embassy
cables and other classified information printed on them. Tagged: wikileaks
t shirt …
www.lostateminor.com/2011/02/16/truthdare-wikileaks-t-shirts/

Anonymous claims security firms plotted against Wikileaks | TG Daily
By Emma Woollacott
Anonymous alleges that HBGary, along with other security firms including
Palantir Technologies, has been planning an attack on Anonymous, as well as
on Wikileaks, intending to publish false documents on the whistle-blowing
site – and …
www.tgdaily.com/security-features/54124-anonymous-claims-security-firms-plotted-against-wikileaks

Dershowitz Joins Legal Team for Wikileaks – Democratic Underground
Dershowitz Joins Legal Team for Wikileaks.
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×4733771

Washington loathes Wikileaks; Arabs love it “ Antony Loewenstein
By Antony Loewenstein
Support for Wikileaks and a demand for greater transparency emerged from a
wide- ranging Doha Debate poll that surveyed the views of Arabs in 17 Gulf,
North Africa and Levant countries, including Egypt and Tunisia. …
antonyloewenstein.com/2011/02/16/washington-loathes-wikileaks-arabs-love-it/

As U.S. pursues WikiLeaks, must Twitter turn over user data …
By Levi Sumagaysay
A hearing today in a federal court in Virginia will determine whether
Twitter must turn over to the U.S. government information about three
people with former or present ties to WikiLeaks, including Birgitta
Jonsdottir, member of the …
blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2011/02/as-us-pursues-wikileaks-must-twitter-turn-over-user-data.html

Wikileaks Takes on Dershowitz
By Press Release
More shocking, at this time, is that it amounts to an attack on the right
to freedom of association, a freedom that the people of Tunisia and Egypt,
for example, spurred on by the information released by Wikileaks, have
found so …
pacificfreepress.com/news/1/8080-wikileaks-takes-on-dershowitz.html

Corporate America vs. Wikileaks | Dylan Ratigan
By Dylan Ratigan
Salon’s Glenn Greenwald talks about the attacks on the free press in
America by corporate security firms with Matt Miller, filling in for Dylan.
Here an extended podcast conversation with Dylan and Glenn here.
www.dylanratigan.com/2011/02/15/corporate-america-vs-wikileaks/

‘Double standard’ applied to WikiLeaks – Parker Spitzer – CNN.com …
By Steve Frank, Digital Producer
“PARKER SPITZER” EXCLUSIVE: Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz, advising the
legal team for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, says the U.S. is using a
double standard on use of new media. Watch the full interview tonight on
“Parker Spitzer” …
parkerspitzer.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/15/double-standard-applied-to-wikileaks/

Twitter users seek privacy in WikiLeaks case | http://www.bullfax.com
By marketmaker
Lawyers for three Twitter users asked a US judge to overturn a court order
directing the microblogging site to disclose clients’ data to US
authorities for a probe into WikiLeaks.The order calling on Twitter to
release data about the …
www.bullfax.com/?q=node-twitter-users-seek-privacy-wikileaks-case

Email: DOJ Directed BofA to Go After Wikileaks | The Meck Deck
By Jeff A. Taylor
Among the contents of the emails posted by information activists is a
reference to the Department of Justice directing Bank of America to hire
lawyers and security consultants to go after Wikileaks. The emails come
from security …
charlotte.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=11308

Intellectual Freedom vs. WikiLeaks (Feb 24, Brookfield Public …
By Michael Zimmer
Building from the successful event on Minding the Gaps: WikiLeaks and
Internet Security in the 21st Century held at UW-Milwaukee, I will be
joining my colleague Dr. Joyce Latham to discuss Intellectual Freedom vs.
…
michaelzimmer.org/2011/02/15/intellectual-freedom-vs-wikileaks/

H5N1: WikiLeaks: Egyptians take H5N1 threat seriously
By Crof
Via The Telegraph, a leaked diplomatic cable from June 29, 2009: AVIAN
INFLUENZA REMAINS MOST THE DANGEROUS THREAT. Excerpt: SUBJECT: AVIAN
INFLUENZA REMAINS MOST THE DANGEROUS THREAT Sensitive but unclassified.
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2011/02/wikileaks-egyptians-take-h5n1-threat-seriously.html

Update: Palantir apologizes for proposal to attack WikiLeaks | The …
The proposed assault on WikiLeaks, The Tech Herald reported, was revealed
after the “non-group” of hacktivists known as “Anonymous” gained access to
more …
www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/09/data-intelligence-firms-proposed-attack-wikileaks/

Twitter / WikiLeaks: Why I Nominated WikiLeaks …
Why I Nominated WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize is.gd/QGaXmF.
twitter.com/wikileaks/status/33019930936868864