The New Dark Age

19 February, 2011 — creative-i.info

WikiLeaks: RCMP probed baby-smuggling ring
Toronto Sun
By Thane Burnett, QMI Agency Hidden in bureaucratic language and straight
facts in newly released dispatches from overseas cables leaked by WikiLeaks
is a chilling story of baby snatching that may run from Egypt to Canada.
The cables point out that on …
www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/02/18/17333591.html

Geagea Doesn’t Deny Wikileaks Report: Popular Movements are Not against US
Naharnet
In addition, he did not deny a Wikileaks report that he had informed former
US Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison that he opposed Caretaker Prime
Minister Saad Hariri’s return to the premiership. Geagea explained: “It’s
not a matter of lack of trust, …
www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/0411B4598E22A71AC225783C002B3F24?OpenDocument

WikiLeaks Cables Highlight Uganda Homophobia
Advocate.com
By Julie Bolcer US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks depict a
deteriorating human rights climate, including ramped up homophobia, in
advance of the Ugandan presidential elections being held Friday. According
to the Guardian, one leaked cable from a …
www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/02/18/WikiLeaks_Cables_Chilling_Ugandan_Homophobia/

SI’s Grant Wahl Tells Bloomberg TV He Wants To “Do A WikiLeaks” On FIFA
SportsGrid
“I would love to do a WikiLeaks on FIFA,” Wahl said. “If I’m
president I’ll release all of the internal documents to the public, I’ll
start an internal investigation to see if this organization really is
corrupt. I think the international Olympic …
www.sportsgrid.com/media/sis-grant-wahl-fifa-presidency-wikileaks/

WikiLeaks panellists censure ‘virus’ of government secrecy
The Age
Mr Burnside, who spoke in a panel discussion about WikiLeaks at the Capitol
Theatre last night, said the number of classified documents in the US had
grown by almost 10 times between 1996 and 2010. Secrecy hid incompetence
and corruption and was only …
www.theage.com.au/national/wikileaks-panellists-censure-virus-of-government-secrecy-20110218-1azwh.html

Reporter: WikiLeaks faces challenges
TMCnet
Feb 17, 2011 (The Charlotte Observer – McClatchy-Tribune Information
Services via COMTEX) — WikiLeaks’ future will depend on the documents it’s
able to obtain and how it fares against competing splinter groups, a New
York Times reporter who has worked …
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-reporter-wikileaks-faces-challenges-/2011/02/18/5324479.htm

Italy: ‘Damaging’ Berlusconi ‘symbol’ of Italy’s decline say Wikileaks cables
Adnkronos International English
Left-leaning Italian daily La Repubblica and its sister weekly L’Espresso
began publishing the documents on Friday after they were leaked by
whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. Berlusconi “has become the symbol of the
incapacity and ineffectiveness of …
www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/CultureAndMedia/Italy-Damaging-Berlusconi-symbol-of-Italys-decline-say-Wikileaks-cables_311699605484.html

WikiLeaks Cables: Human Rights Watch’s Torture Allegations Threaten Bahrain …
OpEdNews
And now, WikiLeaks has released several cables detailing the torture of
political prisoners and other Bahrainis. The cables shows Human Rights
Watch (HRW) has the power to challenge Bahrain’s credibility
internationally and domestically. …
www.opednews.com/articles/WikiLeaks-Cables-Human-Ri-by-Kevin-Gosztola-110219-101.html

‘Courage to Resist’ Honors Bradley Manning, Wikileaks and Other Whistleblowers
Salem-News.Com
This is our language at Salem-News.com, so naturally we were moved to hear
this special tribute song to Manning and Wikileaks that credits those who
make the right decisions, the kind we were raised to make a Americans. In a
way the US has striking …
www.salem-news.com/articles/february182011/courage-to-resist-tk.php

WikiLeaks may seal business’ lips
Albuquerque Express
The amount of data released by WikiLeaks is something that has never been
seen before at such a sheer scale.’;He pointed out that the role of social
networks such as Facebook and Twitter as well as new media such as
WikiLeaks suggests that government …
story.albuquerqueexpress.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/63e88d54af0cf473/id/43079170/ht/WikiLeaks-may-seal-business-lips/

WikiLeaks Bahrain: Group Says It Will Release 100 Revelations on the Kingdom …
AOL News
WikiLeaks, the whistle-blower group that has released hundreds of thousands
of pages of classified government information over the past few months,
announced on its Twitter feed that it plans to share “over 100 new Bahrain
revelations” sometime tonight …
www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/wikileaks-bahrain-group-says-it-will-release-100-revelations-on/

Panel in Dallas cautions that WikiLeaks could change reporting
Pegasus News
by Christopher Means of The Assignment Desk, DFW DALLAS — In 2006, the
non-profit site WikiLeaks was launched by group of self-described
dissidents, journalists, mathematicians, and entrepreneurs from around the
world. …
www.pegasusnews.com/news/2011/feb/18/wikileaks-dallas-panel-crescent-hotel/

Wikileaks: The Arctic belongs to the Inuit
The NarcoSphere
Wikileaks now provides a new look at the closed door discussions at the
inaugural Arctic Ocean Conference, held in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27 —
May 29, 2008. At the conference, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the
United States, …
narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2011/02/wikileaks-arctic-belongs-inuit

Banker whistleblower loses WikiLeaks custody appeal
Financial News
Elmer was taken into custody in Zürich on January 19, after publicly
handing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange two computer discs of data
containing details of 2000 Swiss bank accounts. Ganden Tethong, a partner
at law firm Tethong Blattner in Zurich …
www.efinancialnews.com/story/2011-02-18/rudolf-elmer-wikileaks-assange-julius-baer

Master of Puppets: US mole in NATO HQ exposed by WikiLeaks
RT
It’s no secret that NATO revolves around the United States, but latest
Wikileaks revelations have shown that its domination of the alliance goes
much further. Published cables reveal that Washington has been snooping on
top NATO officials – and exerts …
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uioeaHpcjX4

BERSANI APPALLED BY WIKILEAKS REVELATIONS
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) Rome – Pier Luigi Bersani expressed his bitterness today regards to
Italy’s current image abroad in view of Wikileaks’ most recent revelations.
“I feel bitter for all that is currently being said about our country,”
said the Pd secretary while …
www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/201102181455-pol-ren1052-bersani_appalled_by_wikileaks_revelations

Top 10 articles: Best Android apps, and HBGary plan to destroy WikiLeaks
V3.co.uk
Our rundown of the Top 10 Android apps was the most popular article with
V3.co.uk readers this week, followed by HBGary’s plan to destroy WikiLeaks.
Nearly all of the other top stories came from our roving reporters at
Mobile World Congress in …
www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2274887/top-android-wikileaks-hacking

Did Geithner lean on US regulators on behalf of the Chinese government in June …
Ideal Taxes Association
Now, according to Wikileaks cables, he possibly leaned on US regulators to
rule in favor of the Chinese government in June 2009. Here’s a selection
from the Reuters report: In June, 2009, the head of China’s powerful
sovereign wealth fund met with …
www.idealtaxes.com/post3315.shtml

WikiLeaks: Russians raped girls in South Ossetia
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
According to a WikiLeaks document, Ossetians took hostages and executed
residents of Gori city and its outskirts and robbed houses near Tskhinvali,
GZT.ru reports. Moreover, the Cossacks fired at Georgians and raped women
and girls in South Ossetia’s …
news.am/eng/news/48422.html

Calmy-Rey portrayed as activist in US cables
World Radio Switzerland
WikiLeaks documents obtained by the Geneva-based newspaper, Le Temps, show
that Switzerland’s president and minister of foreign affairs, Micheline
Calmy-Rey, was considered a political activist by American authorities
under former US president, …
worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/wikileaks-portray-swiss-president-as-an-activist.shtml?23247

US turns transparency issue inside out
Albany Times Union
The government wants the Twitter accounts of three people linked to the
WikiLeaks probe — screen names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers,
credit card and bank account information and Internet protocol addresses.
In this country, the official …
www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/U-S-turns-transparency-issue-inside-out-1020951.php

Internet politics: an interview with hip hop journalist and internet guru Davey D
San Francisco Bay View
Today our guest is legendary hip hop journalist and broadcaster Davey D. We
are going to be talking about the Internet and all of this new stuff going
on – WikiLeaks, net neutrality and what is happening to this democratic
library that we called the …
sfbayview.com/2011/internet-politics-an-interview-with-hip-hop-journalist-and-internet-guru-davey-d/

“My girlfriend is a hacker”: Inside the EFF party
San Francisco Bay Guardian
On our way to the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s 21st Birthday party, my
programmer friend explained to me why, if it weren’t for the work of the
good folks over at EFF, neither eBay nor WikiLeaks could do their thing.
See, it’s all about encryption, …
www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2011/02/18/%E2%80%9Cmy-girlfriend-hacker%E2%80%9D-inside-eff-party

LA RUSSA: USING CABLES AGAINST PM IS “SMALL-TOWN” POLITICS
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) Rome – La Russa said using the Wikileaks cables against Berlusconi
would be an example of “small-town “ politics. According to the Defence
Minister, no leader was spared by the Wikileaks cables, but using them
against the prime minister would …
www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/201102181804-pol-ren1079-la_russa_using_cables_against_pm_is_small_town_politics

People & Entertainment Newly adopted ‘fur ball’ may help build bridges
Press Herald
NEW YORK – More leaks about the WikiLeaks founder will soon be published.
The Cogito Media Group is releasing “Julian Assange – WikiLeaks: Warrior
for Truth,” an unauthorized biography by Sophie Radermecker and Valerie
Guichaoua. …
www.pressherald.com/life/newly-adopted-fur-ball-may-help-build-bridges_2011-02-19.html

Documents Show Jihadists Seek Mass-Destruction Weapons
Right Side News
Diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks provide another reminder that
al-Qaida remains committed to obtaining weapons of mass destruction (WMD) –
nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and “dirty bombs.” Security
briefing cables published by the …
www.rightsidenews.com/2011021912871/world/terrorism/documents-show-jihadists-seek-mass-destruction-weapons.html

Clinton urges risk, investment at RSA talk
CNET (blog)
Clinton stressed that this was especially true given recent events in
Egypt, efforts to secure free Internet access around the world,
investigations into WikiLeaks, and the fallout from the Stuxnet virus.
“There are no totally risk-free endeavors and …
news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20033579-83.html

Who is Anonymous’ Commander X? Not This Guy
PCWorld
Among the other tidbits gleaned from the purloined emails: HBGary Federal
cooked up plans to topple WikiLeaks and target CNN journalist Glenn
Greenwald. They had managed to obtain the code for the Stuxnet malware that
bollixed Iran’s nuclear program …
www.pcworld.com/article/220140/who_is_anonymous_commander_x_not_this_guy.html

SPECIAL REPORT-Cables show U.S. sizing up China’s next leader
Vancouver Sun
An unpublished WikiLeaks batch of US diplomatic cables portray the
57-year-old Xi Jinping as untainted by corruption – he is referred to as
“Mr Clean” – and disdainful of China’s nouveau riche and consumer culture.
Xi is the man widely expected to take …
www.vancouversun.com/life/SPECIAL+REPORT+Cables+show+sizing+China+next+leader/4311905/story.html

HAL dismisses concerns over its ability
Livemint
The Financial Times, in a report on Friday, cited US ambassador to India
Timothy Roemer as saying in a confidential cable last year that was leaked
by WikiLeaks: “The potential for HAL to successfully partner with US
firms on a truly advanced aircraft …
www.livemint.com/2011/02/18122346/HAL-dismisses-concerns-over-it.html

WikiLeaks and Latin America “ Aletho News
By aletho
The collection of US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks includes some
20000 documents pertaining to Latin America. Roughly 13000 of them came to
the US Department of State from the US embassies in Mexico, Brasilia,
Buenos Aires, …
alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/wikileaks-and-latin-america/

WikiLeaks Turncoat Will Not Remove His WikiLeaks Tattoo – New York …
By Joe Coscarelli
Daniel Domscheit-Berg, author of Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian
Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website and owner of…
blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/02/wikileaks_turnc.php

Bank Hires Hackers to Hit WikiLeaks | Philadelphia Independent …
“Richard and I am meeting with senior executives at a large US Bank
tomorrow regarding Wikileaks. We want to sell this team as part of what we
are talking about. I need a favor. I need five to six slides on Wikileaks –
who they are, …
www.phillyimc.org/en/bank-hires-hackers-hit-wikileaks

Wikileaks, Visa Fraud, and a Reverse Twist on the Anchor Baby …
By David North
Wikileaks, the unauthorized release of a huge collection of U.S. government
documents, has made a useful contribution to the immigration field. More
specifically, it has shed light on the multiplicity of fraudulent visa
schemes …
cis.org/north/wikileaks-mexico-visa-fraud

Tell-all on WikiLeaks’ Assange coming out in March | The …
By The Associated Press
More leaks about the WikiLeaks founder will soon be published. The Cogito
Media Group is releasing “Julian Assange — WikiLeaks: Warrior for Truth,”
an unauthorized biography by Sophie Radermecker and Valerie Guichaoua
(gee-SHAW’- wah).
washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/2011/02/tell-all-wikileaks-assange-coming-out-march

“friday-lunch-club”: Wikileaks: “King Hamad fumed over Qatar …
By G, Z, or B
Wikileaks: “King Hamad fumed over Qatar’ proposing Faris Bouez as a
compromise choice for President..” Origin: Embassy Manama. Classification:
SECRET. SUBJECT: BAHRAIN’S KING HAMAD ON SYRIA, LEBANON AND THE
PALESTINIANS …
friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2011/02/wikileaks-king-hamad-fumed-over-qatar.html

Sportswriter Grant Wahl Wants To “Do A WikiLeaks” On FIFA …
By FC Uptown
‘Yesterday, Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl announced his
candidacy for FIFA president. At the time, he sounded like he was
half-joking, but.
theoriginalwinger.com/2011-02-18-sportswriter-grant-wahl-wants-to-do-a-wikileaks-on-fifa

AdoptionTalk: WikiLeaks & International Adoption
By malinda
Wikileaks has published the first cable sent by the US Embassy Bucharest.
The document dated April 2006 is related to the international adoptions in
Romania and to a letter sent by a Romanian adoption official. …
chinaadoptiontalk.blogspot.com/2011/02/wikileaks-international-adoption.html

WikiLeaks reveals need for journalism ethics
By Megan Myer
The ensuing chaos surrounding the more than 250000 diplomatic cables leased
by.. .
www.linfield.edu/linfield-review/?p=6468

Wikileaks: The economic reasons behind the siege on Gaza | SHOAH …
By Olson34Essie
Wikileaks: The economic reasons behind the siege on Gaza | SHOAH. The Shin
Bet informed the US embassy that banks in Gaza know that they must neither
allow Hamas members to open bank accounts nor have salaries deposited into
existing …
www.anti-semitism.net/gaza/wikileaks-the-economic-reasons-behind-the-siege-on-gaza-shoah.php

Wikileaks: The economic reasons behind the siege on Gaza | SHOAH
By admin
The ripple effects of the Wikileaks documents are still being felt, but
until recently Israeli officials continued to boast that the documents were
‘good for Israel’. As opposed to the way the Palestinian Authority (PA) was
portrayed in …
www.shoah.org.uk/2011/02/19/wikileaks-the-economic-reasons-behind-the-siege-on-gaza/

Wikileaks claims Irishman gunned down in Bolivia was set up …
By Danny Weil
U.S. cable links Bolivian govt to death plot, secret plan The Guardina
newspaper from England reported in 2009 that the police in Bolivia had shot
dead.
dailycensored.com/2011/02/18/wikileaks-claims-irishman-gunned-down-in-bolivia-was-set-up/

WikiLeaks: French language a hoax!
By Michael John Scott
In a stunning revelation WikiLeaks has declared the French language a
complete sham. Read this astonishing story.
madmikesamerica.com/2011/02/wikileaks-french-language-a-hoax/

Breaking News Today “ Wikileaks reveals that the U.S. uses …
By Stefani
As a country in decline with a ruling class inefficient and irresponsible,
and a prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is ”damaging” but that can be
used, was defined by the former ambassador to Italy, Ronald Spogli U.S.
according to the …
www.coffetoday.com/wikileaks-reveals-that-the-u-s-uses-berlusconis-own-benefit/9012392/

Child Trafficking: Wikileaks – baby smuggling pipeline from Egypt …
By Mike Hitchen
The Toronto Sun reports hidden in bureaucratic language and straight facts
in newly released dispatches from overseas cables leaked by WikiLeaks is a
chilling story of baby snatching that may run from Egypt to Canada. …
ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com/2011/02/child-trafficking-wikileaks-baby.html

YouTube – Wikileaks, openleaks and whistleblowers – how far should …
By deutschewelleenglish
Whistle blowers are people who expose what they believe to be misdeeds in
their workplace or their government. They see themselves as protecting
others by re…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3XuqBNOkCs

The Editor: Julian Assange and the future of Wikileaks…
By LeStudio1.com / Blogs Google
The journey of the founder of Wikileaks is also reminiscent of that of
people like Wael Ghonim or Anderson Cooper. Defenders of freedom of the
people beyond the traditional powers. Several books provide insight into
these characters and …
theeditorlestudio1.blogspot.com/2011/02/julian-assange-and-future-of-wikileaks.html

WikiLeaks defector blasts Assange in book – CNN
WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange went from being “imaginative, energetic
(and) brilliant” to a “paranoid, power-hungry, megalomaniac,” a former
colleague …
articles.cnn.com/2011-02-10/world/germany.openleaks.wikileaks_1_julian-assange-wikileaks-employees-defector?_s=PM:WORLD

This Is Where the WikiLeaks Servers Are Now
Pressured by the US government, their leader chased by the Interpol and
kicked off their servers by Amazon, Wikileaks is on the run.
gizmodo.com/#!5704405/wikileaks-servers-escape-to-france