The New Dark Age

25 May 2011 — williambowles.info

India’s political prince battles criticism
The Associated Press
But a series of electoral setbacks, an embarrassing Wikileaks revelation and his accusation, without proof, that police killed and raped protesting farmers in an opposition-led state has left some questioning whether Gandhi has the skill, experience or …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gH2qSjjuKQfi4TAGVxPrc40jUs3g?docId=cfc298d0e4064664994e0e6582e5ee15

Anti-Americanism rife in Pakistan army institution: Wikileaks
Economic Times
ISLAMABAD: Officers received training biased against the United States at a
prestigious Pakistan army institution, according to Wikileaks, underscoring
concerns that anti-Americanism in the country’s powerful military is
growing amid strains with …
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/anti-americanism-rife-in-pakistan-army-institution-wikileaks/articleshow/8567458.cms

West feared Zim civil war in 2008 – WikiLeaks
The Zimbabwean
HARARE – The international community had made contingency plans for a
possible civil war in Zimbabwe in 2008 as parties haggled over a
power-sharing formula following disputed presidential polls. A leaked
diplomatic cable dispatched on November 7, …
www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39927:west-feared-zim-civil-war-in-2008-wikileaks&catid=31:weekday-top-stories&Itemid=30

WikiLeaks: Zardari would have handed over AQ Khan if ‘he had his way’
The Express Tribune
In a separate meeting, former President Pervez Musharraf had also assured
the US ambassador that Pakistan had no plans to release AQ Khan. PHOTO:
FILE Co-chariman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Asif Ali Zardari, had
told the United States (US) …
tribune.com.pk/story/175620/wikileaks-zardari-would-have-handed-over-aq-khan-if-he-had-his-way/

US persuaded Turkey, France to stop Pakistan-bound ships: WikiLeaks
The Nation, Pakistan
The United States had persuaded Turkey and France in 2008 to stop ships
navigating in their respective territorial waters with consignments for
Pakistan, claims WikiLeaks. The Turkish government had demanded proofs from
the US instead of evidence and …
nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/25-May-2011/US-persuaded-Turkey-France-to-stop-Pakistanbound-ships-WikiLeaks

DPM, US Embassy Responds To WikiLeaks Report
The Bahama Journal
By Sasha L. Lightbourne Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette said he is
not bothered by a leaked report from WikiLeaks, which detailed how the
prime minister reportedly had no confidence in Mr. Symonette becoming the
leader of the Free National …
www.jonesbahamas.com/news/45/ARTICLE/23085/2011-05-24.html

WikiLeaks: How Najib overcame the Kartika dilemma
Free Malaysia Today
Details of the confidential cable sent in 2010 were leaked by WikiLeaks to
popular blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin who had published the cable in his
Malaysia Today website today. “That the GOM (government of Malaysia)
chose to cane three anonymous women, …
www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/05/25/wikileaks-how-najib-overcame-the-kartika-dilemma/

WikiLeaks: US wanted to question Hafiz Saeed
NDTV.com
A WikiLeaks cable accessed exclusively by NDTV reveals that less than 20
days after 26/11, the US wanted to question Saeed and had made a request to
the Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan) Shahbaz Sharif. Bryan Hunt,
Principal Officer at the US …
www.ndtv.com/article/wikileaks-revelations/wikileaks-us-wanted-to-question-hafiz-saeed-days-after-26-11-108002

WIKILEAKS flashback
Jamaica Gleaner
“The imbroglio illustrates both the GOJ’s paralysis over the issue as the
Golding administration flails for new legal points on which to delay a
decision, as well as the PNP’s (People’s National Party) determination to
use the issue as a means of …
jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110525/lead/lead4.html

EDITORIAL – WikiLeaks, transparency and the right to know
Jamaica Gleaner
We do not, of course, mean to equate these WikiLeaks cables with either the
Pentagon Papers or the Watergate secrets revealed by the Washington Post’s
Deep Throat source. However, they help to shine light on important aspects
of public policy, …
jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110525/cleisure/cleisure1.html

Defending diplomacy against WikiLeaks
Jamaica Observer
This reality has triggered a spate of disparate assessments of the impact
of Wikileaks’ release of thousands of US confidential diplomatic
dispatches. The consequences for the conduct of diplomacy are far-reaching
and go beyond US fundamental values of …
www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Defending-diplomacy-against-WikiLeaks_8864558

PM briefed a dozen times on WikiLeaks
iT News
Dr McCarthy noted that Australia was referenced in 200 of the 12600 cables
released by Wikileaks to date. Dr McCarthy chaired a Wikileaks taskforce
which included the departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Defence,
Attorney-General’s and Foreign …
www.itnews.com.au/News/258481,pm-briefed-a-dozen-times-on-wikileaks.aspx

WikiLeaks: Zardari wanted government of ‘national unity’
The Express Tribune
Zardari told Patterson that he feared the “agencies” might back
Makhdoom Amin Faheem and try to split the PPP. PHOTO: FILE Days after the
2008 general elections, co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali
Zardari had stated that he wanted a …
tribune.com.pk/story/174921/wikileaks-zardari-wanted-government-of-national-unity/

WikiLeaks: The Unknown Prisoners Of Guantanamo (Part Two of Five)
The Public Record
By Andy Worthington As I explained last week in the first part of this
five-part series, one of the great publicity coups in WikiLeaks’ recent
release of classified military documents relating to the majority of the
779 prisoners held at Guantánamo was …
pubrecord.org/law/9404/wikileaks-unknown-prisoners-guantanamo-2/

WikiLeaks: Karachi gangs outnumber police
Foreign Policy (blog)
A 2009 WikiLeaks cable released yesterday adds new context to the
discussion following last weekend’s assault on a Pakistani naval base in
Karachi. The Cable, signed by Consul General Stephen Fakan, surveys the
threat posed by the city’s armed …
blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/24/wikileaks_karachi_gangs_outnumber_police

Thank you WikiLeaks
PakTribune.com
WikiLeaks, though, has washed away this optimism as General Kayani has been
proved to have allowed the Americans to carry out drone attacks in
Pakistan. It has been proved yet again that the army is the supreme power
in Pakistan and the decisions that …
www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=239652

Visa revocation a fitting penalty
Jamaica Gleaner
The Gleaner’s recent series pertaining to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of the
American embassy’s cables has revealed stuff about corruption in Jamaica
that we already knew existed. The difference is the weight carried by this
source of information – Jamaicans …
jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110525/letters/letters4.html

Views of WikiLeaks controversy vary depending on age, politics of the …
Media Newswire (press release)
The recent WikiLeaks controversy represents a crucial step in citizen
journalism, and its portrayal in the media largely depends on the age and
ideology of the reporting newspaper, TV station or online site, a graduate
class at Eastern Michigan …
media-newswire.com/release_1150554.html

The Return of WikiLeaks
The National Interest Online (blog)
Alongside Grossman’s visit, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn released a slew of
new WikiLeaks cables, including some that outline US military involvement
in the tribal areas and Pakistani requests for US drone coverage. Needless
to say, Pakistan’s military …
nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-return-wikileaks-5357

Bran: Documents show ‘true democracy’ denied to Bahamians for years
Bahamas Tribune
By PAUL G TURNQUEST CITING the close working relationship between the
leaders of the PLP and FNM in recently revealed Wikileaks documents, DNA
leader Branville McCartney said it should now be painfully obvious that
“true democracy” has been denied to …
www.tribune242.com/news/05242011_DNA-on-Wikileaks_news_pg3

UAE must “understand the needs” of big neighbors like Iran to survive: Wikileaks
Real Time News, India
A cable leaked by Wikileaks reports the UAE Central Bank governor Sultan
Nasser al-Suweidi as urging the US not to ask for “impossible things” if it
wants cooperation from the gulf state, sandwiched between Saudi Arabia on
the south and Iran on the …
rtn.asia/456_uae-must-understand-needs-big-neighbors-iran-survive-wikileaks

Military Orders Millions of Employees to Spy on Each Other
Gizmodo
Sam Biddle —The faces at the Pentagon are still mighty red since
WikiLeaks. And they don’t want a repeat. A new directive from the
Department of Defense aims at squelching leaks—by deputizing a massive
number of employees as involuntary snitches. …
gizmodo.com/5805089/military-orders-millions-of-employees-to-spy-on-each-other

US dissatisfied over Pak attitude at UN: WikiLeaks
Pakistan Observer
Chennai—As Pakistan continued to vote against US positions and interests
at the United Nations despite its ties with Washington, the US Mission to
the UN expressed apprehension that other member states would be emboldened
to do the same. …
pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=93989

We have no right to be surprised
DAWN.com
I’m certainly disgusted and alarmed to learn from WikiLeaks via Dawn.com
that the US special operations forces deployed secretly on joint operations
with Pakistani troops as early as 2009, but I’m not surprised. Are you? You
shouldn’t be. …
www.dawn.com/2011/05/25/we-have-no-right-to-be-surprised.html

More than Words
Calcutta Telegraph
They speak plainly to their own governments, as the WikiLeaks affair
showed, but not to the public: when we’re told of a “full and frank”
discussion, it means anything up to a blazing row. These thoughts struck me
as I read of Queen Elizabeth’s recent …
www.telegraphindia.com/1110525/jsp/opinion/story_14007097.jsp

Uganda names bribes-claim minister new PM
Reuters
Mbabazi was one of two ministers the US ambassador to Uganda, Jerry P.
Lanier, urged his government to impose travel bans on over corruption,
according to cables posted on WikiLeaks last year. [ID:nLDE6B911I] “The
president described Amama Mbabazi as …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/24/uganda-politics-idUSLDE74N1W320110524

UK privacy-hungry celebrities face Mubarak moment
Reuters
The US struggled to prevent the spread of Wikileaks cables and all the
efforts of China’s authorities haven’t quite halted online dissent. Now, a
selection of mid-ranking British celebrities who hoped expensive court
“superinjunctions” would hide …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/24/us-britain-injunctions-idUSTRE74N4K820110524

Arab Media Forum 2011 Tackles Region’s Unfolding Revolts
Huffington Post (blog)
Another prickly issue was a session on the media’s use of Wikileaks cables
and whether they translated into open source information or misleading
data, and, the price paid for such public disclosures. “It’s very valuable
historical information,” said …
www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/arab-media-forum-2011-_b_865521.html

‘Duplicitous’ Pakistani military faces growing calls for accountability
The National
Much of the content of the new leaks was already in the public domain
before the original WikiLeaks revelations in November 2010. What is
notable, however, is the timing of the fresh releases. Coming so soon after
the killing on May 2 of Osama bin …
www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/south-asia/duplicitous-pakistani-military-faces-growing-calls-for-accountability

Sarkozy urges tighter internet controls
Financial Times
France has been keen to include discussions on governance of the internet
under its presidency of the G8 in a bid to win some sort of international
consensus, after controversies such as the WikiLeaks affair and the rise of
web piracy. …
www.ft.com/cms/s/447c0d7c-8625-11e0-9e2c-00144feabdc0.html

Alberta finance minister accuses federal Conservatives of being “hypocrites”
Macleans.ca
A 2009 diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks a few weeks ago revealed that
former environment minister Jim Prentice vowed that the federal government
would intervene and regulate the oilsands if the industry and the province
failed to address the …
www2.macleans.ca/category/need-to-know/?current=193893

Ryan Giggs Injunction: Chuck Those Manchester United Medals In The Bin
Sabotage Times
Fast forward to today and you’ve got WikiLeaks; millions of pages of leaked
government and corporate documentation available to download at the push of
a button. Hell, I’ve even got an app for that on my phone. Lord Chief
Justice Lord Judge might think …
www.sabotagetimes.com/football-sport/ryan-giggs-injunction-chuck-those-manchester-united-medals-in-the-bin/

Trial by twitter
BBC News
The decision was taken following pressure by journalists and activists
covering the extradition hearing of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Lord
Judge said: “The use of an unobtrusive, hand-held, virtually silent piece
of modern equipment for the …
www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-13372452

The e-G8 Talks Of A New Industrial Revolution – But Where Are The Steam Engines?
Washington Post
Meanwhile the worlds developed economies are dealing with the breakdown of
copyright and IP because of the Web, and the radical transparency brought
by things like Wikileaks and the subsequent amplification of news via
social media. …
www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/the-e-g8-talks-of-a-new-industrial-revolution—but-where-are-the-steam-engines/2011/05/24/AFZmLRAH_story.html

WIKI: Frustration with a Swedish attempt to ‘help’ Cyprus
Famagusta Gazette
A wikileaks cable sent from the US Embassy in Nicosia in 2007, highlights
international frustration with a Swedish attempt to become involved in the
Cyprus issue and the lack of progress at establishing peace talks after the
July 8th agreement. …
famagusta-gazette.com/wiki-frustration-with-a-swedish-attempt-to-help-cyprus-p12024-69.htm

US to Name New Ambassador to Mexico
Gather.com
… the previous diplomat who held the post, was compelled to resign in
March when the press found his criticism of President Felipe Calderon’s
execution of the Mexican drug war amongst the treasure trove of leaked
documents stemming from Wikileaks. …
politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979363409

Pakistan Security Brief – May 24, 2011
Critical Threats Project
Details emerge on Karachi naval base attack; WikiLeaks cables prompt strong
rebuttals from Pakistani officials; Zardari encouraged by US to turn down
Iran’s offer of concessional oil for Pakistan; Javed: “We are not as
advanced as you are” with respect …
www.criticalthreats.org/pakistan-security-brief/pakistan-security-brief-may-24-2011

Daughter’s threat, bank’s dilemma
The Hindu
But, as a diplomatic cable dated September 28, 2005 (41524: secret/no
forn), accessed by TheHindu through WikiLeaks, shows, the Central Bank
developed cold feet when Ms. Khan threatened to sue it for blocking the
account and for “physical and emotional …
www.thehindu.com/news/article2045826.ece

WikiLeaks: Diplomatic cable outlines drug cartel’s sniper plot against DEA
San Diego CityBEAT
By Dave Maass A secret diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on May 19
revealed a reported cartel sniper plot in which two Mexican police officers
and a naturalized US citizen planned to assassinate US Drug Enforcement
agents in Tijuana. …
www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/blog-347-wikileaks-diplomatic-cable-outlines-drug-cartels-dubious-sniper-plot.html

Guardian.co.uk wins two awards for digital news
The Guardian (blog)
Guardian.co.uk was named digital news service of the year, with the judges
describing the site’s WikiLeaks coverage as “a jaw-dropper”.
“Guardian.co.uk is constantly raising the bar by which other news-oriented
websites are judged,” they said. …
www.guardian.co.uk/media/datablog/2011/may/25/guardian-newspaper-awards-two-prizes

Deception and Diplomacy: The US, Japan, and Okinawa
Center for Research on Globalization
Apart from the diplomatic cables that have been published by Wikileaks,
this paper also discusses the so-called “mitsuyaku” or secret diplomacy
between the two countries that has gradually come to light in the past two
years without any help from Wiki, …
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24948

Belligerence as defence
Daily Pioneer
The latest WikiLeaks revelations show that the US had tried unsuccessfully
for Lt Gen Pasha to travel to India to help in the investigation into the
26/11 attack but General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani forced Mr Gilani to reverse
his decision. …
www.dailypioneer.com/340998/Belligerence-as-defence.html

NewsDaily: Anti-Americanism rife in Pakistan army institution …
By Zeeshan Haider
Officers received training biased against the United States at a
prestigious Pakistan army institution, according to Wikileaks, underscoring
concerns that anti-Americanism in the country’s powerful military is
growing amid strains with …
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre74o1ea-us-anti-americanism-rife-in-pakistan-army-insti/

India Worried over US Exit from Afghanistan: WikiLeaks
After the US President Barack Obama declared his troops exit strategy from
Afghanistan, Indian officials worried it could hurt India’s security,
WikiLeaks whistled. In early 2010 at a meeting with US Senator Claire
McCaskill, …
tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/2790-india-worried-over-us-exit-from-afghanistan-wikileaks

WikiLeaks:More Truths or More Lies !
By Ahmad Abdullah Ravian
WikiLeaks claimed that President Asif Ali Zardari told former US ambassador
Anne Patterson that PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif was willing to support Pervez.
www.defence.pk/forums/national-political-issues/110304-wikileaks-more-truths-more-lies.html

Wikileaks. Cable 48368 “ IDL Reporteros
By admin
Wikileaks. Alberto Fujimori. Martes, 24 Mayo de 2011. Últimas: Wikileaks.
Cable 68387 | Wikileaks. Cable 60170 | Wikileaks. Cable 48368 | Wikileaks.
Cable 38338 | Wikileaks. Cable 44640 |. Wikileaks. Cable 48368. Tweet. id:
48368 …
idl-reporteros.pe/2011/05/24/wikileaks-cable-48368-a/

Salam Fayyad on Qatar: from Wikileaks | SHOAH
By admin
Salam Fayyad on Qatar: from Wikileaks. Posted on25 May 2011. NOVANEWS. It
is hilarious when small US puppets, like this Salam Fayyad, thinks that
they can sway US policies. “PA Prime Minister Fayyad, meeting with Under
Secretary of the …
www.shoah.org.uk/2011/05/25/salam-fayyad-on-qatar-from-wikileaks/

Leave a comment – Augean Stables
By Richard Landes
This is an essay I wrote back at the time of Wikileaks, and it got rejected
from two different journals. I got distracted by my book, and forgot about
it. I just got a nice email from a fan who asked me where I wrote the
following: …
www.theaugeanstables.com/2011/05/24/3028/

Mark Collins – Site with WikiLeaks on Canada
By admin
Soon, I’ll expand the Watchlist database to include the rest of what
WikiLeaks has released from the cable archive, as well as a number of other
important sets of documents which are increasingly difficult to find
online. …
www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=259

Twitter / WikiLeaks: Note that we can assume Go …
Note that we can assume Google & Facebook also have secret US government
subpeonas. They make no comment. Did they fold?
twitter.com/wikileaks/statuses/23611515697364992