The New Dark Age

5 March 2011 — creative-i.info

DreamWorks options movie rights to WikiLeaks books
Times LIVE
The DreamWorks studio has optioned movie rights to a pair of books about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his controversial Website that is bent on revealing government secrets, company officials said. One of the books is “WikiLeaks: Inside Julian …
www.timeslive.co.za/world/article950165.ece/DreamWorks-options-movie-rights-to-WikiLeaks-books

WikiLeaks suspect forced to sleep naked in prison
MSN India
Washington, Mar 5 (PTI) A US soldier accused of passing classified
information to whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has been forced to sleep
naked at least once a week in a detention facility in Virginia, the
Pentagon has acknowledged. …
news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4997663

Kibaki is in good health and fully in charge, says Kalonzo
Daily Nation
Kalonzo distanced himself from the alleged cables released by WikiLeaks
saying that they were meant to tarnish his image. HEZRON NJOROGE By LUCAS
BARASA lbarassa@ke.nationmedia.comPosted Friday, March 4 2011 at 22:00
President Kibaki is in good health …
www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kibaki+is+in+good+health+and+fully+in+charge+says+Kalonzo+/-/1064/1119376/-/xjd4fwz/-/

Wikileaks: Azerbaijan unlikely to defeat Armenia
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
According to the cable of July 2, 2009, published on Wikileaks and
“Russian reporter,” Azerbaijan is presenting a “much rosier scenario
for Nagorno-Karabakh, than it is needed.” Anne Derse served as US
ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2006 to 2009. …
news.am/eng/news/50251.html

US defends making WikiLeaks source sleep naked in military cell
Indian Express
The Unites States has defended its decision to make US Army private Bradley
Manning sleep naked in military cell. A US military spokesman has said the
decision was to prevent Manning from hurting himself in his cell. First
Lieutenant Brian Villiard …
www.indianexpress.com/news/us-defends-making-wikileaks-source-sleep-naked-in-military-cell/758361/

US-Mexico relations hit bottom over WikiLeaks
Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Calderon’s comments were the strongest to date on the secret cables
distributed by WikiLeaks, which have threatened to disrupt what both sides
have hailed as increasingly close co-operation against Mexico’s violent
drug gangs. …
www.smh.com.au/world/usmexico-relations-hit-bottom-over-wikileaks-20110304-1bhzf.html

Your Town: Journalists to discuss WikiLeaks at World Affairs Council event
Monterey County Herald
The panel of journalists, chaired by Jim Bettinger, will discuss “WikiLeaks
and Beyond.” The event is at Rancho Cañada Golf Club, 4869 Carmel Valley
Road. Registration begins at 11:30a.m., followed by lunch at noon and the
program at 12:50 pm Cost of …
www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_17545760

Ex-UK spy boss says WikiLeaks sparked Egyptian revolution
Register
The former head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service has credited
WikiLeaks and other secret-spilling sites with sparking the revolutions
sweeping the Middle East. At what was supposed to be an off-the-record
appearance last month at the Cambridge …
www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/mi6_dearlove_wikileaks/

A broader perspective on WikiLeaks
The National Law Journal
The danger is that, due to WikiLeaks, it will try to hide more. Brennan
Center for Justice chief counsel Frederick AO Schwarz Jr. Whenever a new
mode of distributing information becomes common, the powerful react by
resisting erosion of their control …
www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202484174789&A_broader_perspective_on_WikiLeaks

CEO “Forever Barrlone”, the Koch Ogliarchs & Westboro Baptist Church
iNEWP- Freedom of Speech
After Anonymous ‘crackers’ exposed the anti-WikiLeaks plans of three
private security firms brought together by Hunton and Williams (the law
firm of Bank of America) which included HBGary Federal, in the form of more
than 70000 HBGary e-mails, …
inewp.com/?p=7138

WikiLeaks causes stir by revealing US cables on Costa Rica
Tico Times
The daily La Nación made an agreement with the activist group WikiLeaks to
release 827 cables pertaining to Costa Rica. On Feb. 15, in an undisclosed
apartment building in London, Giannina Segnini, the managing editor of
Costa Rica’s daily La Nación, …
www.ticotimes.net/News/Top-Story/WikiLeaks-causes-stir-by-revealing-U.S.-cables-on-Costa-Rica_Friday-March-04-2011

Better to have the WikiLeaks truth than deceit
Financial Times
Dr Sprüngli claims WikiLeaks is irrelevant. Sadly, it’s only irrelevant
quality is that it has all been revealed too late, as were the historic
Pentagon Papers – too late to stop the needless, wanton destruction of
entire nations and civilised …
www.ft.com/cms/s/78938c3a-46b9-11e0-967a-00144feab49a.html

Wikileaks reveals art of nuclear diplomacy
Nuclear Engineering
The Iranian (name redacted by Wikileaks) believes Iran’s leadership is
committed domestically to low-grade enrichment but is not irretrievably
committed to creation of a nuclear weapon. The cable recounts at some
length the Iranian’s exposition of …
www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=2059052

Colombian armed forces collaborated with neo-paramilitaries: WikiLeaks
Colombia Reports
Neo-paramilitary groups with former armed forces personnel as members were
able to infiltrate the state by exploiting their military connections,
according to a WikiLeaks cable. The cable, dated February 13, 2007, and
released by El Espectador on …
colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/14736-colombian-armed-forces-collaborated-with-neo-paramilitaries-wikileaks.html

Indianpropertyreview.com emerges as the Wikileaks of India Real Estate Sector
Online PR News (press release)
It tries to bring out the real picture which is not always disclosed by the
builders and is emerging as the Wikileaks of India Real Estate sector. Be
it commercial or residential property, all the related information, latest
news and unbiased reviews …
www.onlineprnews.com/news/112663-1299177025-indianpropertyreviewcom-emerges-as-the-wikileaks-of-india-real-estate-sector.html

MNN week in review: Environmental WikiLeaks and Denver’s pay-as-you-can cafe
Mother Nature Network
The releases from WikiLeaks have made government workings more transparent,
for better or for worse. Here are five environmental revelations from
WikiLeaks that you might not have heard, including what the Dalai Lama
thinks about climate change. …
www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/stories/mnn-week-in-review-environmental-wikileaks-and-denvers-pay-as-you-can

The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
Just as WikiLeaks has revealed embarrassing, disturbing, and
history-altering facts, the civic government of Vancouver has followed
suit. The difference is that these documents have not been leaked. In an
unprecedented display of magnanimous …
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/the-sedative-effect-of-transparency/article1931185/

The Wikileaks Of School Food
GothamSchools
by Elizabeth Puccini I met James Subudhi, the environmental policy and
advocacy coordinator at WE ACT for Environmental Justice in Harlem, last
month at the City Council hearing on the Department of Education’s school
food policies. …
gothamschools.org/2011/03/04/the-wikileaks-of-school-food/

Wikileaks: Colom referred to Menchú as “a fabrication”
Latinamerica Press
“A fabrication” of French anthropologist Elizabeth Burgos is how
President Álvaro Colom allegedly described Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta
Menchú, according to a classified document published by transparency
activists Wikileaks on Jan. 16. …
lapress.org/articles.asp?art=6322

Leary Leaks blog takes aim at Hampton councilwoman
Daily Press (blog)
We’re all familiar with WikiLeaks. It seems Hampton now has an equivalent –
Leary Leaks. Leary Leaks is a new anonymous website that sprung up this
week taking aim at Councilwoman Angela Leary. While WikiLeaks contained
some claims unsettling for …
weblogs.dailypress.com/news/local/hamptonmatters/2011/03/were_all_familiar_with_wikilea.html

The irony of US net freedom
The Nation, Pakistan
Although the WikiLeaks case found the US government awkwardly on the
‘wrong’ side of Internet freedom, she has tried to downplay the obvious
hypocrisy of her stance – in short, anything that serves United States
government interests is enlightened …
nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/04-Mar-2011/The-irony-of-US-net-freedom

Wikileaks reveals art of US diplomacy in arms sales
msnbc.com
Similar aircraft were sought by Chad, according to diplomatic cables
revealed by WikiLeaks. By Ben Berkowitz NEW YORK — When Lockheed Martin
wanted to sell C-130 military transport planes to the government of Chad in
early 2007, the US embassy in …
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41910575/ns/us_news-wikileaks_in_security/

Dark passages: Hungry for justice
Los Angeles Times
But whether it’s the sex charges leveled against Wikileaks front man Julian
Assange, ABC News’ Lara Logan assaulted amidst Egyptian revolution or
domestic abuse by the likes of actor Mel Gibson or music stars like Chris
Brown, these stories produce an …
www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/books/la-ca-dark-passages-20110306,0,1137209.story

iFive: Cloud iTunes Due Soon, Windows for Tablets Delay, Groupon Sued Over …
Fast Company
Krstinn Hrafnsson, an Icelandic journalist and spokesman for WikiLeaks,
just won Iceland’s Journalist of the Year award for “excellent processing
of a video of a helicopter attack in Baghdad” (the controversial attack
that killed Reuters reporters, …
www.fastcompany.com/1734652/ifive-cloud-itunes-due-soon-windows-for-tablets-delay-groupon-sued-over-expiries-south-korea

Beyonce’s Qaddafi Problem: Singer Returns Million-Dollar Pay From Libyan …
Slate Magazine (blog)
Beyonce and Mariah Carey are trying to distance themselves from embattled
Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi after WikiLeaks reported the singers were
paid hefty sums to perform at private events for the Qaddafi family.
Beyonce is donating her $1 million …
www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/trending/archive/2011/03/04/beyonce-s-qaddafi-problem-singer-returns-million-dollar-pay-from-libyan-leader-video.aspx

Libyan intelligence chief vetted UK sociologist before Gaddafi saw him
DailyIndia.com
According to leaked documents published by the whistle blowing web site
WikiLeaks, the US lobbying firm — Monitor Group — organised meetings
between Gaddafi and the former London School of Economics director. Lord
Giddens is said to have met Gaddafi …
www.dailyindia.com/show/428173.php

Marines Defend Making WikiLeaks Suspect Sleep Nude – Las Vegas …
WASHINGTON — The Army private suspected of giving classified U.S.
documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks was stripped of all clothing
for two nights to keep him from hurting himself in his military jail cell,
a Marine Corps …
www.fox5vegas.com/news/27081749/detail.html

Marines defend making WikiLeaks suspect sleep nude | The Daily …
‘It was a situationally driven event but to go into detail about it would
be inappropriate’
dailycaller.com/2011/03/04/wikileaks-suspect-forced-to-sleep-naked-in-brig/

Marines defend making WikiLeaks suspect sleep nude – US news
The Army private suspected of giving classified U.S. documents to the anti-
secrecy group WikiLeaks was stripped of all clothing for…
www.mail.com/news/us/246768-marines-defend-making-wikileaks-suspect-sleep-nude.html

Wikileaks’ Leaker Faces 22 Additional Charges and Life Imprisonment
By Jim Kouri CPP
After what it described as an intense investigation that’s in its seventh
month, the United States Army’s Criminal Investigation Command (CIC)
announced Wednesday evening that the primary suspect in the so-called
Wikileaks case is …
www.aim.org/guest-column/wikileaks-leaker-faces-22-additional-charges-and-life-imprisonment/

Wikileaks News-5 March 2011 “ScrollPost.com
By editor
US Military abusing WikiLeaks soldier. This week in history. WikiLeaks and
the Zionist conspiracy.
www.scrollpost.com/2011/wikileaks-news-5-march-2011

“Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy.” A brief …
By KNews
Since this publication, Assange’s closest working partner, Daniel
Domscheit-Berg (aka Daniel Schmitt) has broken with Wikileaks and has
published a devastating evaluation of Assange (”Inside Wikileaks: My Time
with Julian Assange at the …
www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2011/03/05/%E2%80%9Cwikileaks-inside-julian-assange%E2%80%99s-war-on-secrecy-%E2%80%9D-a-brief-review/

A Nobel For Wikileaks? Nobel Prize Worth About A Cup Of Horse Crap …
By Michael Eden
There’s also the complicity of Wikileaks in possible torture and death, but
who cares about that? Wikileaks callously released the names and
whereabouts of Afghan informants helping US troops drive out the Taliban
— a truly corrupt, …
startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/a-nobel-for-wikileaks-nobel-prize-worth-about-a-cup-of-horse-crap-these-days/

Borderland Beat: Calderon: WikiLeaks caused severe damage to U.S. …
By Ovemex
Calderon’s comments were the strongest to date on the secret cables
distributed by WikiLeaks, which have threatened to disrupt what both sides
have hailed as increasingly close cooperation against Mexico’s violent drug
gangs. …
www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/03/calderon-wikileaks-caused-severe-damage.html

Lawyers Seek to Shield Twitter Accounts From WikiLeaks …
By Andrew
The department is trying to obtain records associated with several Twitter
users , including Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst suspected
of passing classified information to WikiLeaks; Julian Assange, WikiLeaks’
editor; …
www.ktradionetwork.com/nwo/lawyers-seek-to-shield-twitter-accounts-from-wikileaks-investigation/

Recovering from Wikileaks: Reforming Information Policy | American …
By John Cappel
Princeton student editorials on current events both at home and abroad.
afpprinceton.com/2011/03/wikileaks/

Wikileaks ‘whistleblower’ was ‘stripped and left naked in cell …
By admin
The U.S. soldier accused of leaking secret government files to Wikileaks
was stripped and left naked in his cell for seven hours this week, his
lawyer said. Private Bradley Manning’s confinement conditions at a
marine-run facility in …
dominicanewsonline.com/dno/wikileaks-whistleblower-was-stripped-and-left-naked-in-cell/

Activist Post: Military ‘abusing’ US soldier in WikiLeaks case
By Activist
The army private faces numerous charges for stealing classified files and
is suspected as the source of a massive trove of classified documents
published on the WikiLeaks website in recent months, infuriating and
embarrassing US …
www.activistpost.com/2011/03/military-abusing-us-soldier-in.html