The New Dark Age

1 March, 2011 — creative-i.info

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange applies to trademark his name
The Guardian
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: following in the footsteps of Sarah Palin. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Julian Assange, the embattled WikiLeaks founder fighting extradition to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexual assault, has applied to …
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/28/julian-assange-trademark-name

Nurse flees sicko bed
New York Post
The cabled report, which came to light after it appeared on the renegade
WikiLeaks site, said she may have been romantically involved with the
68-year-old Libyan strongman. HEALTHY LOOK: Galyna Kolotnytskaya, back home
in Ukraine yesterday (above), …
www.nypost.com/p/news/international/nurse_flees_sicko_bed_5bf1cebyA3u173l4uVdM7M

Wikileaks Goes After The Saudi Royal Family
The Business Insider
Wikileaks just released a motherload of info on the taboo subject of Saudi
Arabian royal rents. The 1996 cable — entitled “Saudi Royal Wealth: Where
do they get all that money?” — describes legal and illegal ways that
royals grab money, according to …
www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-saudi-royal-family-2011-2

Peru: WikiLeaks impact seen on elections
World War 4 Report
28 that the hundreds of US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks had
become part the presidential campaign underway in his country. “It is
embarrassing that information from WikiLeaks has become part of the
campaign, because it contains foreign …
www.ww4report.com/node/9551

Yale University Press buys UK rights to book on WikiLeaks
Yale Daily News
By David Burt As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange publishes secret
diplomatic cables, scholars are publishing books on how his work is
affecting the world. Yale University Press has purchased the United Kingdom
rights to a book titled “WikiLeaks and …
www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/feb/28/yale-university-press-buys-uk-rights-book-wikileak/

Kenya: Wikileaks Says Artur Brothers Were Shielded By Top Officials
All Africa ICT
Nairobi — “Very interesting people, indeed. They seemed to have it their
way,” was the observation by then Speaker Francis ole Kaparo in June 2006
when he allowed Parliament to debate a report on the activities of the
infamous Artur brothers. …
allafrica.com/stories/201103010151.html

Wikileaks, Baton Rouge Style
bestofneworleans.com
Citing a Wikipedia article in a college term paper may bump you down a
letter grade — or worse — but at the Louisiana State Capitol, Wikipedia
articles were framed, under glass, in its halls. A computer printout of the
Wikipedia entry for William …
www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/wikileaks-baton-rouge-style/Content?oid=1597540

WikiLeaks: Monterrey Jacked
GC Advocate
As a US embassy cable published Saturday by WikiLeaks shows, however, the
fight between Mexican authorities and the country’s drug gangs is hardly a
clear-cut case of good guys taking on the bad. Written at the start of
2009, the cable examines civil …
www.gcadvocate.com/2011/02/wikileaks-monterrey-jacked/

China Rejects Curbs on Nuclear Arsenal Expansion
Global Security Newswire
Envoys from the United States have sought unsuccessfully on multiple
occasions to obtain additional information from Beijing about Chinese
nuclear weapons, according to classified cables obtained by the
transparency group WikiLeaks. …
www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20110228_1719.php

WikiLeaks: US Diplomatic Cables Reveal Saudi Royal Welfare Program and Money …
Newser
American diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks detail the royal
welfare program, which has cost the country an estimated $2 billion per
year and has angered many Saudis. The royal patronage system doled out, in
the mid-1990s, $800 per month …
www.newser.com/story/113015/wikileaks-us-diplomatic-cables-reveal-saudi-royal-welfare-program-and-money-making-schemes.html

Raila’s family was involved in maize scandal, claim US cables
The Standard
By Patrick Mathangani Wikileaks claim Prime Minister Raila Odinga attempted
to suspend former Agriculture Minister William Ruto to divert attention
from his family’s involvement in the Sh2 billion maize scam. Secret cables
sent by US Ambassador, …
www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=2000030197&cid=4

Yale latest to buy Wikileaks title
The Bookseller
Yale University Press has bought UK rights to a title exploring the
WikiLeaks controversy and its repercussions, and will be pushing to publish
in March. Politics, economics and current affairs editor Phoebe Clapham
bought the rights to WikiLeaks and …
www.thebookseller.com/news/yale-latest-buy-wikileaks-title.html

Govt dysfunction hindered demobilization: WikiLeaks
Colombia Reports
Poor personal and institutional relations within the Colombian government
were detrimental to the demobilization process according to a WikiLeaks
cable released via El Espectador. In the cable dated June 5, 2006, then-US
Ambassador William Wood relays …
colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/14628-internal-govt-dysfunction-hindered-demobilization-process-wikileaks.html

Tech Security Firm Palantir Wants To Be The Next Facebook Or Google
The Business Insider
Palantir Technologies is the data analysis and computer security firm who
got in the news for putting out a report on how to crush WikiLeaks. The
company has since apologized and disavowed the report. But Palantir is
still a big player in its field. …
www.businessinsider.com/palantir-technologies-2011-2

Kenyan president’s mistress linked to mercenaries
Foreign Policy
… Kenya’s current vice president and an opposition leader at the time,
told US Embassy officials in Nairobi about an unfolding political scandal
in which he was involved, according to a State Department cable released
yesterday by WikiLeaks. …
wikileaks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/28/kenyan_first_lady_linked_to_mercenaries

Wikileaks – love it or loathe it
just-style.com (blog)
Love it or loathe it, there’s no doubt whistleblowing website Wikileaks has
helped to shed new light on world issues. And none more so than the latest
batch of documents, which is designed to offer an insight into the turmoil
currently gripping Egypt …
www.just-style.com/the-just-style-blog/wikileaks-love-it-or-loathe-it_id1939.aspx

Former Assistant Secretary Under Reagan Says CIA Will Take Out Assange
mediabistro.com
By Tina Dupuy on February 28, 2011 9:44 AM Former Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury for President Reagan and co-founder of the famed Reaganomics,
Paul Craig Roberts talks with RT’s Kristine Frazao about Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange. …
www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/former-assistant-secretary-under-reagan-says-cia-will-take-out-assange_b23353

Battle for the Internet
Down To Earth
Latha Jishnu looks at events in the US following the WikiLeaks exposé of
its diplomatic cables, and in the hot spots of political turmoil across the
world to understand the significance of the Internet in today’s
interconnected world and the threats it …
www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33111

The nationalism bias of journalists
Salon
The Guardian, al Jazeera, and Wikileaks, by contrast, worry much less, if
at all, about US national security interests. . . . As General Michael
Hayden said last year in his comments on Gabriel Schoenfeld’s fine book on
national security secrecy, …
www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/02/28/biases

Will Bar Complaint Take The Bite Out Of US Chamber’s Attack Dogs?
OpEdNews
Thanks to an offshoot of the WikiLeaks story, we are about to get another
opportunity to see if the legal profession can police a few of its numerous
bad actors. Two watchdog groups have filed a bar complaint against lawyers
who allegedly participated …
www.opednews.com/articles/Will-Bar-Complaint-Take-Th-by-Roger-Shuler-110228-383.html?show=votes

US secret Cables claim Uhuru has edge in race
The Standard
According to US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks, Uhuru is bright,
charming, even charismatic, and is enormously wealthy, and, therefore, has
not had to engage in corruption. According to the classified information by
ambassador Michael …
www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=2000030198&cid=4

Wilson, Trotsky, Assange: Lessons from the History of Diplomatic Transparency
ISN
And while Wikileaks may not be the ideal organisation to take diplomatic
publicity to a new level, we should embrace its challenge. By Daniele
Archibugi and Marina Chiarugi for openDemocracy On the 7th of November
1917, just after the revolution, …
www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights/Detail?lng=en&id=127182&contextid734=127182&contextid735=127180&tabid=127180

Record 241 nominations for Nobel Peace Prize
Washington Post
Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina, WikiLeaks and Cuban
dissidents are among the candidates who have been publicly announced by
those who nominated them. The committee does not reveal the names of
nominees. Geir Lundestad, the permanent …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/01/AR2011030101014.html

Chitra Ramaswamy Twitter me not
Scotland on Sunday
Put it this way, if my technological life were a house, it would have
WikiLeaks. If it were food, it would be Spam. Problem number one is my
laptop. It is dying. It may not be ZX Spectrum old (if only it had enough
brainpower to let me play Horace And …
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=7007&articleid=6725384

Julian Assange: At the Forefront of 21st Century Journalism
OpEdNews
By Kevin Zeese (about the author) Page 1 of 2 page(s) By Kevin Zeese If
there were ever a doubt about whether the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks,
Julian Assange, is a journalist, recent events erase all those doubts and
put him at the forefront of a …
www.opednews.com/articles/Julian-Assange-At-the-For-by-Kevin-Zeese-110228-264.html

Facebook and the office: Drawing a line
Sydney Morning Herald
All of this comes at a time when dictators in the Middle East, and the US
(and other governments) are responding to the challenges wrought by social
media and WikiLeaks. The point to understand, however, is that, while the
speed and volume of …
www.smh.com.au/opinion/facebook-and-the-office-drawing-a-line-20110228-1bb3g.html

Whoa, Nelly – the Gadhafis like to party
CNN
Between US diplomatic cables posted on WikiLeaks and artists’ own
admissions, no less than five performers have entertained the Gadhafis at a
host of international locales. The Caribbean island of St. Barts was the
site for a New Year’s Eve party …
www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/01/libya.entertainers/

Why Does ‘Anonymous’ Seem to Be Targeting the Koch Brothers?
The AtlanticWire
The group gained prominence for its cyber-retaliation against companies
that stopped supporting Wikileaks. Now, it seems the hackers have struck
again. The new target: the Koch brothers-funded group Americans for
Prosperity. …
www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Why-Does-Anonymous-Seem-to-Be-Targeting-the-Koch-Brothers-7166

One small step …
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
Attorney General Eric Holder answers a question about WikiLeaks during a
news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29,
2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) If we are going to argue about something,
can we at least agree on what …
www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsdebate/51329804-176/marriage-sex-administration-editorial.html.csp

Introducing… The Indie Dozen, part two
The Guardian (blog)
German-born Kyratzes is a bit of an indie polymath: “I’ve just finished a
political game about Wikileaks (You Shall Know The Truth) and am in the
process of starting a post-apocalyptic platform/exploration game (A Candle
in the Dark) and a fantasy RPG …
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/mar/01/indie-dozen-intro

Victory at Any Cost?
The Link
The true scale of Afghanistan’s corruption only became obvious in December
when cables released by WikiLeaks depicted a state rotten to its very core,
festering with bribery, extortion and embezzlement at every level of
government. …
thelinknewspaper.ca/article/1055

WikiLeaks: Saudi Royal Welfare Program Revealed
By The Huffington Post News Editors
LONDON (Reuters) – When Saudi King Abdullah arrived home last week, he came
bearing gifts: handouts worth $37 billion, apparently intended to placate
Saudis of modest means and insulate the world’s biggest oil exporter from
the wave of …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/28/wikileaks-saudi-royal-wel_n_829097.html

WikiLeaks at the Forefront of 21st-Century Journalism by Kevin …
By Kevin Zeese
If there was ever doubts about whether the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks,
Julian Assange, is a journalist, recent events erase those doubts and put
him at the forefront of a movement to democratize journalism and empower
people. …
original.antiwar.com/kevin-zeese/2011/02/28/wikileaks-at-the-forefront-of-21st-century-journalism/

EXILE ON MOAN STREET: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange applies to …
By Mona
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: following in the footsteps of Sarah
Palin. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Julian Assange, the embattled WikiLeaks
founder fighting extradition to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexual
assault, …
exileonmoanstreet.blogspot.com/2011/03/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange.html

Newsflash: Wikileaks Verify That Saddam Hussein Had WMD AFTER …
By Michael Eden
WikiLeaks’ latest publication of Iraq war documents contains a lot of
information that most reasonable people would prefer remained unknown, such
as the names of Iraqi informants who will now be hunted for helping the
U.S. …
startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/newsflash-wikileaks-verify-that-saddam-hussein-had-wmd-after-george-w-bush-invaded-iraq/

NYTimes reporter blames Wikileaks for govt not giving her more …
By Antony Loewenstein
Elisabeth Bumiller, Pentagon correspondent with The New York Times, spoke
recently at Brigham Young University and seemed to blame Wikileaks for the
lack of transparency at her workplace. This is a curious defence of
reporters who …
antonyloewenstein.com/2011/02/28/nytimes-reporter-blames-wikileaks-for-govt-not-giving-her-more-information/

Anti-Wikileaks Palantir is next Google, says Palantir – Bored of …
By A staff writer
Palantir Technologies is going to be the next Google or Facebook, according
to Palantir Technologies.Superstar well-moneyed Facebook investor Peter
Thiel has told Forbes that the security outfit is among the most
under-valued in all of …
www.techeye.net/software/anti-wikileaks-palantir-is-next-google-says-palantir

Iranian narcotics and Levon Ter-Petrossian: what the Wikileaks …
By Karl Rahder
Has former Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrossian been personally
profiting from the Iranian narcotics trade? This is the conclusion that
some people are.
caucasus.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2011/02/28/iranian-narcotics-and-levon-ter-petrossian-what-the-wikileaks-cable-actually-said/

Wikileaks 1 By Stephan Haggard | NKNews.org – North Korea News …
By Christopher Stenning
Remember Wikileaks? We’ve found it hard to keep up, too. But a cable from
the US consulate in Shenyang from early 2010 has a number of interesting
insights into the China-DPRK relationship. An unnamed
informant—apparently Chinese—told a …
nknews.org/2011/03/wikileaks-1-by-stephan-haggard/

WikiLeaks: State Dept. traces Narco Grenades. Result: Made in …
By admin
02/28/2011 Report by William Cummings Retailers in the U.S. are a major
source of weapons for Mexican drug trafficking organizations, but many of
their armaments are from military sources. A U.S..
neglectedwar.com/blog/archives/3153

Podcast: Law: WikiLeaks Update “ SMU Law Library Online
By smulawlib
Podcast: Law: WikiLeaks Update. Posted on March 1, 2011 by smulawlib.
“The attempt to extradite Julian Assange to Sweden has raised several
legal issues. Following the court hearing, and in an amended repeat of the
programme that went …
smulawlib.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/podcast-law-wikileaks-update/

The Wikileaks Papers | Media Law Journal
By Steven
The Wikileaks Papers. By Steven | March 1, 2011. Who said this, and when?
It’s time to quit making national heroes of those who steal public secrets
and publish them in the newspaper? When whole filing cabinets can be stolen
there can’t …
www.medialawjournal.co.nz/?p=439

bail to Julian Assange gree | Choose 4 Me Best Online Article Solution
By yaojingdiliee
WikiLeaks has sparked a furor in recent weeks by releasing hundreds of
classified U.S. State Department cablesEd Hardy Clothes for women. The
whistle- blowing organization says it has more than 250000 State Department
documents and has …
choose4me.com/bail-to-julian-assange-gree/

Technology, Politics, and War | No Left Turns
By Robinson O’Brien-Bours
Politically, we have already seen the power that the Internet plays in
world affairs in recent months—from Iran to WikiLeaks to the Jasmine
Revolution. Tyrants are increasingly struggling to try control this
powerful weapon. …
nlt.ashbrook.org/2011/02/technology-politics-and-war.php

Julian Assange™ – Boing Boing
By Xeni Jardin
I fully anticipate the tinfoil-hat wearing wikileaks fanbois to now repeat
their misogynistic claims of a CIA honeytrap (the same people who embraced
Hans Reiser’s innocence, unsurprisingly), but the leaked police reports are
oh-so- very …
www.boingboing.net/2011/02/28/julian-assange.html

Julian Assange applies to trademark his name
By Molly McHugh
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied to trademark his name for
“public speaking [and entertainment] services.” Assange will soon be
extradited to Sweden where he will defend himself against sexual misconduct
charges. …
www.digitaltrends.com/computing/julian-assange-applies-to-trademark-his-name/

TrackBack (0) – Newshoggers.com
By John Ballard
The WikiLeaks diplomatic cables reveal that Gaddafi’s ploy of using Saif
al- Islam as the public face of the regime to the West may have backfired,
as many Libyans now view him as a stooge to western interests. …
www.newshoggers.com/blog/2011/02/the-arabist-reads-the-morning-papers.html

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange loses round in extradition fight …
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden for
questioning and possible trial on charges of sexual assault, a British
judge ruled …
articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/24/world/la-fg-julian-assange-extradition-20110225

Wikileaks | Facebook
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menneskene i livet ditt. Facebook © 2011 · Norsk (bokmål) …
nb-no.facebook.com.by.com/wikileaks

Now There’s a WikiLeaks for Colleges – Education – GOOD
UniLeaks wants to expose shady dealings at the world’s universities. Get
ready to submit those secret emails, memos and contracts.
www.good.is/post/now-there-s-a-wikileaks-for-colleges/