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Wikileaks: no bloodshed inside Tiananmen Square, cables claim
Telegraph.co.uk
By Malcolm Moore, Shanghai The cables, obtained by WikiLeaks and released
exclusively by The Daily Telegraph, partly confirm the Chinese government’s
account of the early hours of June 4, 1989, which has always insisted that
soldiers did not massacre …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8555142/Wikileaks-no-bloodshed-inside-Tiananmen-Square-cables-claim.html
WikiLeaks: Gerry Adams branded ‘absurd’ and ‘disingenuous’ by US diplomat
Belfast Telegraph
His comments are reported in a leaked diplomatic cable released to the
Belfast Telegraph by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, and provide
another insight into how our politicians are viewed by others. Mr Kenny’s
dispatch was sent following a …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/wikileaks-gerry-adams-branded-absurd-and-disingenuous-by-us-diplomat-16007428.html

Wikileaks Tiananmen cables
Telegraph.co.uk
1. From 89BEIJING18828 – July 7, 1989. A Chilean diplomat provides an
eye-witness account of the soldiers entering Tiananmen Square: HE WATCHED
THE MILITARY ENTER THE SQUARE AND DID NOT OBSERVE ANY MASS FIRING OF
WEAPONS INTO THE CROWDS, …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/8555896/Wikileaks-Tiananmen-cables.html

Bill Keller, New York Times Boss, Still Not Loving WikiLeaks, Twitter
Village Voice (blog)
Keller seems to have started this transition when he took on a column in
the redesigned New York Times Magazine, which he’s used to fight against
some things he finds unsavory including WikiLeaks Julian Assange, who he
called smelly, along with The …
blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/bill_keller_twitter_wikileaks_again.php

WIKILEAKS: Vibrant visa racket Jamaica
Go Jamaica
The cable, obtained by Wikileaks and accessed by The Gleaner, entitled
“fraud summary”, revealed that in October 2009, the Americans informed
their superiors in Washington that the Kingston Embassy has seen a spike in
the number of sham visa …
go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=29135

Americans bemused by Irish governance in Indo’s Wikileaks exposé
Irish Central
Reading the Irish Independent’s coverage of the diplomatic cables it
received from notorious whistleblowing website Wikileaks over the past few
days, you’be be forgiven for forming the impression that the Irish
government was being run by a bunch of …
www.irishcentral.com/story/news/danny_boy/americans-bemused-by-irish-governance-in-indos-wikileaks-expose-123102548.html

WikiLeaks: Everyone knows the British government was involved in Pat Finucane …
Belfast Telegraph
By Adrian Rutherford Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told US diplomats that
“everyone knows” the UK was involved in the murder of solicitor Pat
Finucane, according to a leaked embassy cable. The Catholic human rights
lawyer was shot dead in one of the …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/wikileaks-everyone-knows-the-british-government-was-involved-in-pat-finucane-murder-said-bertie-ahern-16007434.html

Adrian Lamo Speaks About His Wikileaks Role
ReadWriteWeb
By David Strom / June 3, 2011 8:30 AM / 0 Comments A central figure in the
famous Wikileaks/Manning “cablegate” case from last year is Adrian Lamo,
the “homeless hacker” who snitched on Manning to the feds and led to the
latter’s imprisonment. …
www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/06/adrian-lamo-speaks-about-his-w.php

Taipei sought to influence Nicaraguan poll: WikiLeaks
Taipei Times
By Shih Hsiu-chuan / Staff Reporter Diplomatic cables recently released by
WikiLeaks show that Taiwan sought cooperation with the US to influence
Nicaragua’s presidential election in 2006 to reduce the odds of Daniel
Ortega, who favored switching …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/06/04/2003504941

Atomic assets of Pakistan are in safe hands: Wikileaks
Pakistan Observer
Islamabad—Fresh Wikileaks disclosed that Al-Qaeda cannot reach to the
atomic assets of Pakistan and Pakistan’s atomic assets are save due to
civil and military leadership command. American ambassador in Pakistan NW
Peterson wrote a letter to …
pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=95702

Three things US State Dept. has eye on in BC: Wikileaks
TheTyee.ca (blog)
By Dawn Paley June 3, 2011 12:15 pm Though the headlines have died down, at
least in the Canadian media, Wikileaks continues to release diplomatic
cables from the US State Department on a daily basis. Since the first
releases began in November, …
thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/BC-Politics/2011/06/03/USStateDeptLeaks/

Provo ‘businessmen’ fronted property drive
Irish Independent
The revelations have emerged in the ‘Ireland Cables’ — a tranche of more
than 1900 US Embassy documents obtained by the Irish Independent from the
whistleblowing organisation WikiLeaks. In one dispatch, a senior garda
briefed US diplomats that, …
www.independent.ie/national-news/wikileaks/provo-businessmen-fronted-property-drive-2666481.html

US tried to force action on Colombia Three
Irish Independent
The revelations have emerged in the Ireland Cables — a tranche of more
than 1900 leaked US embassy cables obtained by the Irish Independent from
the whistleblowing organisation WikiLeaks. A series of leaked confidential
cables — sent by the US …
www.independent.ie/national-news/wikileaks/us-tried-to-force-action-on-colombia-three-2666485.html

The Future of Money (Hint: It’s Virtual)
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
When the government wanted to shut down Wikileaks, its primary attack came
in the form of choking off donations to Wikileaks via the likes of PayPal,
Visa, and MasterCard. And that says nothing of the Federal Reserve’s
immense power to control the …
money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2011/06/03/the-future-of-money-hint-its-virtual.html

WikiLeaks: Lord Eames and Denis Bradley lobbied for US funding
Belfast Telegraph
The US government was asked to help bankroll a controversial scheme dealing
with the legacy of the Troubles. Leaked cables detail how Lord Eames and
Denis Bradley lobbied US officials for assistance in meeting the £300m
cost of proposals set out by the …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/wikileaks-lord-eames-and-denis-bradley-lobbied-for-us-funding-16007432.html

Republican terror group supported around world
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
THE IRA retained active support around the world right up until it finally
put its arms beyond use, the WikiLeaks cables claim. Security analysts
believed the terror group retained sympathisers in far-flung places,
including Canada and Honduras. …
www.istockanalyst.com/business/news/5204996/republican-terror-group-supported-around-world

Wikileaks: Malta seen as unsupportive of new measures against Iranian shipping …
Times of Malta
A cable sent by the US Embassy in Paris in 2008 claims that Malta, as well
as Cyprus and Greece, were not supportive of additional measures against
Iranian shipping line IRISL, including inspections of its vessels. The
Iranian line was (and still is) …
www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110603/local/wikileaks-malta-seen-as-unsupportive-of-new-measures-against-iranian-shipping-line.368760

Finally we can discard the rose-tinted glasses
Belfast Telegraph
The latest Irish revelations from WikiLeaks’ US diplomatic cables –
published in the Belfast Telegraph – make clear that Bertie threatened to
bring back Articles 2 and 3 of the Republic’s 1936 constitution unless the
DUP finally agreed to share power …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news-analysis/finally-we-can-discard-the-rosetinted-glasses-16007451.html

Alfa, Macedonia: WikiLeaks publishes information about govt’s corruption practices
Focus News
Macedonian government uses the state institutions to secure loyalty and
make those who are dissatisfied with something hold their tongue, state
diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks, Alfa TV reports. A letter sent
to US Ambassador to Macedonia …
www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n251440

Julian Assange Wins Prestigious Journalism Award
Gather.com
Julian Assange is one of recipients of this year’s Martha Gellhorn Prize
for Journalism for his outstanding work as the editor of Wikileaks. The
Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism is awarded to writers who “raise
‘forgotten’ issues of public …
news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979403421

Sony Hackers Brag It Was Easy to Compromise Info From 1 Million Consumers
ABC News
They claim they defaced the website of the PBS NewsHour as a protest
against a “Frontline” documentary on WikiLeaks. And they say they’re not
done yet. “We accessed EVERYTHING,” said the group on a website it
advertised on Twitter. …
abcnews.go.com/Technology/sony-hackers-strike-claim-download-private-data-million/story?id=13753939

seville can go distance
Irish Independent
By Wayne Bailey WASN’T it fascinating to read the WikiLeaks Ireland Cables
this week in this paper? Just like Oprah Winfrey, the seemingly assertive
Irish are obsessed with what others think about them and perhaps we have a
lot of insecurity that we …
www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/seville-can-go-distance-2666270.html

San Diego CityBeat Uses Public Records Act to Obtain Internal SPJ Emails
mediabistro.com
By Matthew Fleischer on June 3, 2011 11:09 AM After reporting extensively
on the WikiLeaks cables and their local impact, San Diego CityBeat’s Dave
Maass felt a little slighted after the Society of Professional Journalists
refused to consider him for a …
www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/san-diego-citybeat-uses-public-records-act-to-obtain-internal-spj-emails_b30326

Cheezburger’s weekly memes: LulzSec, #weinergate
CBS News
PBS.org Hacked: Nyan Cat Appears A hacker group calling themselves
“LulzSec” compromised PBS’s website and Twitter account on Sunday in
retaliation for airing what they believed was a biased documentary on
Wikileaks. In addition to publishing a fake …
www.cbsnews.com/8301-504943_162-20068717-10391715.html

JAMAICA NEWSWEEKLY For the week ending June 3rd, 2011
Jamaicans.com
Burchell Whiteman, former government minister and Jamaican High
Commissioner to the United Kingdom, says he understands why a newspaper
published controversial diplomatic communications from WikiLeaks, but also
believes timing and selectivity of the …
www.jamaicans.com/news/weeknews/JAMAICANEWSWEEKLYFortheweekendingJune3rd2011.shtml

Sony and the cyber hackers
Big Issue in Scotland
Is it the work of a lone wolf, or is the threat more organised? by Adam
Forrest What do Facebook-founding billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and Wikileaks
chief Julian Assange have in common? Both started out as hackers in their
teenage years. …
www.bigissuescotland.com/features/view/525

The world’s enduring dictators: Isaias Afewerki, Eritrea
CBS News
According to a WikiLeaks diplomatic cable in which the US ambassador there
described Afewerki as “unhinged,” “cruel and defiant,” the former hero of
the Eritrea’s independence movement announced in May 2008 that elections
would be postponed for “three …
www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20068089-503543.html

Evergreen leaned on over Chen: cable
Taipei Times
By Rich Chang / Staff Reporter, with Staff Writer A cable released by
WikiLeaks suggests that Evergreen Marine Corp distanced itself from former
president Chen Shui-bian (ÚÁ‚©¯∑) because of pressure from China. Chen’s
relationship with the company …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/06/04/2003504940

United States’ disrespect for sovereignty
Jamaica Gleaner
The Gleaner’s decision to publish the leaked US diplomatic cables, via
WikiLeaks, has been met with mixed reactions and raises a number of
concerns. The Gleaner is a credible and influential newspaper, and herein
lies the first concern. …
jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110604/letters/letters3.html

Borderline agenda
North Shore News
Canadians should be paying attention, given the contents of a leaked 2005
US diplomatic cable posted on WikiLeaks this week. The cable discusses the
“North American Initiative” — the integration of North America’s economies
— and suggests one of the …
www.nsnews.com/Borderline+agenda/4892003/story.html

Hackers go wild: An overview of recent incidents
CNET
Not to be outdone, Anonymous, which made headlines last year by hacking
financial institutions and other sites in defense of WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange, recently made public more than 10000 e-mails it stole from
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20068763-17/hackers-go-wild-an-overview-of-recent-incidents/

Anonymous Declares Cyberwar Against ‘the System’
OpEdNews
It has also followed up on WikiLeaks, hacking into the confidential files
of these groups and releasing them to the public. Earlier this year
Anonymous released the emails of Aaron Barr, the executive of security firm
HBGary, including a PowerPoint …
www.opednews.com/articles/Anonymous-Declares-Cyberwa-by-Timothy-Karr-110603-726.html

BDevangshu Datta:/B Beware the World Wide Watch
Business Standard
Among more liberal regimes, the US and its First World partners have been
deeply embarrassed by Wikileaks. Governments are also uncomfortable about
tools like Tor that anonymise surfers and make it tough to trace them or
block access to content. …
www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-bewareworld-wide-watch/437779/

Saleh the Survivor: Autocrat who has quelled crises for over 30 yrs
Times of India
A US diplomatic cable from 2009 released by whistleblowing website
WikiLeaks spoke of a leader who had grown increasingly autocratic. It
quoted Saleh’s cousin Mohammed al-Qadhi as saying that “since 1994, he
decided that he was the only man capable of …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Saleh-the-Survivor-Autocrat-who-has-quelled-crises-for-over-30-yrs/articleshow/8717885.cms

‘We would accept a Zanu PF victory if…’
Zimbabwe Independent
CC: A cable released by WikiLeaks suggests that you met the US Ambassador,
Charles Ray, on December 1 2009 at your embassy and suggested that China
should be roped in to deal with the Zimbabwe crisis. Why China? AC: I will
not comment on anything …
www.theindependent.co.zw/local/31194-we-would-accept-a-zanu-pf-victory-if.html

Editorial: Disgrace of HSE’s ‘lost’ children
Herald.ie
THAT children have been going missing from HSE care for years and ending up
in the sex trade is shocking — but the fact that this revelation comes by
way of WikiLeaks is nothing less than scandalous. HSE officials made the
shocking admission at a …
www.herald.ie/opinion/editorial-disgrace-of-hses-lost-children-2665381.html

Former Martin advisor expelled from Afghanistan over Taliban talks
thejournal.ie
The claim is contained in a US embassy cable obtained by WikiLeaks and
published today by the Irish Independent. But Semple, who had been living
in the Middle East for almost two decades and who was the acting head of
the EU’s mission to Afghanistan at …
www.thejournal.ie/former-martin-advisor-expelled-from-afghanistan-over-taliban-talks-149136-Jun2011/

Jamaica, Bahamas: Wikileaks Revelations · Global Voices
By Janine Mendes-Franco
Jamaican and Bahamian bloggers weigh in on Wikileaks cables about their
respective countries. Tweet · submit to reddit. Email this to a friend
Email. StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper. More stories about Bahamas.
Read this post . …
globalvoicesonline.org/2011/06/03/jamaica-bahamas-wikileaks-revelations/

2011-06-03 Wikileaks cables falsified – Macedonian ruling party …
By Bivol
Wikileaks material has been denied authenticity many times. Last known case
came from Bulgaria, where the PM Boyko Borissov, who’s shady activities
were exposed in a US cable, said he’s “not reading Wikileaks and tabloids”.
…
wlcentral.org/node/1841

No “Conspiracy Theory”: Wikileaks Cable Confirms North American …
By jayfromeire
“The cable, released through the WikiLeaks website and apparently written
Jan. 28, 2005, discusses some of the obstacles surrounding the merger of
the economies of Canada, the United States and Mexico in a fashion similar
to the …
www.sovereignindependent.com/?p=21421

Wikileaks Cable Confirms North American Union Agenda | iTREVINO
By conspiracy
Wikileaks Cable Confirms North American Union Agenda. Offbeat. Saturday,
June 4th, 2011 02:18 am GMT +00:00 02:18 AM. Italy: Prosecutors release 23
million euros of Vatican money. Offbeat. Saturday, June 4th, 2011 02:11 am
GMT +00:00 …
www.itrevino.com/2011/06/04/wikileaks-cable-confirms-north-american-union-agenda/

Feds: WikiLeaks Associates Have ‘No Right’ To Know About Demands …
By Adi
Birgitta Jonsdottir, a member of Iceland’s parliament. Fri?rik Tryggvason/
Wikimedia Commons Three associates of WikiLeaks challenging a government
demand for records of their Twitter use have no right to information about
similar …
www.shareconnector.com/feds-wikileaks-associates-have-%E2%80%98no-right%E2%80%99-to-know-about-demands-for-their-records

Harry’s Place “ Wikileaks’ best-kept secret… until now
By Cross-Post
Harry’s Place – Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people
what they don’t want to hear.
hurryupharry.org/2011/06/03/wikileaks-best-kept-secret-until-now/

Wikileaks Haiti: US pushed to lower minimum wage – CBS News
By Haitifeed
Business InsiderWikileaks Haiti: US pushed to lower minimum wageCBS NewsThe
Nation published a scoop – momentarily – on its website about Wikileaks
cables revealing pressure from Washington on Haiti’s government not to
raise the …
www.haitifeed.com/2011/06/04/wikileaks-haiti-us-pushed-to-lower-minimum-wage-cbs-news-4/

Wikileaks Confirms North American Union – WideShut: Alternative News
By Keelan Balderson
Leaked cable outlines North American ‘integration’ strategy.
wideshut.co.uk/wikileaks-confirms-north-american-union/

FOI FYI “ Blog Archive “ FOI DAILY DOSE: WikiLeaks founder wins …
By mwatkins
WikiLeaks has become a point of controversy in discussions of transparency,
especially concerning the criminal charges against alleged WikiLeaks
whistleblower Bradley Manning. The six judges voted unanimously for
Assange. …
blogs.spjnetwork.org/foi/?p=1174

PBS Hacked In Response To WikiLeaks Documentary | WashingtonExec
By Brynn Koeppen
The hacker group, Lulzsec, responded to PBS Frontline’s hour-long
documentary on WikiLeaks by cracking servers and posting thousands of
stolen passwords and fake news stories on PBS’s blogging website. On Sunday
night, an article showed …
www.washingtonexec.com/2011/06/pbs-hacked-in-response-to-wikileaks-documentary/

OpEdNews – Article: WikiLeaks Through the Looking Glass: A Panel …
A student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in
Chicago was gracious enough to invite me to speak on a panel on Bradley
Manning, the alleged whistleblower to WikiLeaks, which he had to put
together for his …
www.opednews.com/articles/WikiLeaks-Through-the-Look-by-Kevin-Gosztola-110602-500.html

WikiLeaks Inspires Online Oversharing | Magazine
WikiLeaks wannabes take aim at everything from Russia’s oligarchs to porn
stars. Just how good are they?
www.wired.com/magazine/2011/05/st_wikileak/

WikiLeaks Cables Reveal “Secret History” of U.S. Bullying in Haiti …
_The Nation_ magazine, in partnership with the Haitian weekly newspaper,
_Haïti Liberté_, has launched a series of reports based on more than
19000 …
www.democracynow.org/2011/6/3/wikileaks_cables_reveal_secret_history_of