The New Dark Age

20 June 2011 — williambowles.info

WikiLeaks critical of NYT, Guardian
Business Spectator
WikiLeaks believes it is changing the fundamental nature of journalism, spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson has said, according to a report on Technology Spectator. Speaking at an event hosted by the University of Sydney and Sydney Ideas on Friday, …
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Wikileaks-critical-of-NYT-Guardian-pd20110620-HYVE7?OpenDocument&src=hp9

US had rejected Indian concerns over Pak nukes: WikiLeaks
Geo Television Network
KARACHI: Wikileaks has revealed that the US had made it clear to India that Washington was satisfied with measures taken by Islamabad to secure its nuclear weapons, and these measures had increased the US confidence in Pakistan. …
http://www.geo.tv/6-20-2011/82711.htm

Cabaniss’s dispatch on Czech arms deals appears on Wikileaks
Prague Daily Monitor
Prague, June 19 (CTK) – A diplomatic dispatch from 2005 according to which
Czech arms dealers cooperate with countries covered by an arms embargo and
withhold this from US partners has appeared on Wikileaks, the Czech
Television (CT) public broadcaster …
http://praguemonitor.com/2011/06/20/cabanisss-dispatch-czech-arms-deals-appears-wikileaks

Haiti: WikiLeaks reveals ‘gold rush’ for contractors after quake
Green Left Weekly
Please consider making a contribution to Haiti Liberte, which is in
financial straits due, in part, to expenses incurred in obtaining the
WikiLeaks cables. You can donate at the website or at http://goo.gl/oY7ct
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http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/47952

After opposing US nuclear deal, Left was most keen on getting its fruits …
Real Time News, India
… lobbying effort until he has had the chance to push back. Ambassador
Mulford, however, made it abundantly clear that asking US firms to set up
businesses in West Bengal would be unacceptable to most US firms,” the
cable, leaked by Wikileaks, said.
http://rtn.asia/703_after-opposing-us-nuclear-deal-left-was-most-keen-getting-benefits-wikileaks

National Lady wins Saif-ul-Malook Cup
The News International
Wikileaks carried by Fahim K and owned by Kamal Farooq won the fourth race
of the day but the stewards forced the race to be cancelled, as they
believe that other jockeys were involved in foul-play by pulling back their
horses in the race. …
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=53526&Cat=10&dt=6/20/2011

‘World’s hippest philosopher’ Slavoj Zizek catches Gaga’s attention
DailyIndia.com
Eyebrows were raised over the pop star’s decision to spend a lot of time
with the 62-year-old, bearded, postmodern theorist and pal of WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange while she was touring the UK and US this
spring.Sources say Gaga and Slovenian-born …
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/446458.php

Poll: Luis Posada may be best known Castro foe
MiamiHerald.com
It was accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, while nearly half of the 236
Cubans surveyed could not identify any of the seven peaceful dissidents on
a list of 20 names shown to them, according to a diplomatic cable made
public by WikiLeaks. …
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/19/2274631/poll-luis-posada-may-be-best-known.html

Cyber Vigilantes Claim to Have Unmasked LulzSec Members
TIME
Among the cyber vigilantes are The Jester (aka Th3j35t3r), a self-described
ex-military gray-hat hacker who has previously attacked Wikileaks and
4chan, and a group calling itself Web Ninjas who are documenting their
search on the LulzSec Exposed …
http://techland.time.com/2011/06/19/cyber-vigilantes-claim-to-have-unmasked-lulzsec-members/

Do you want to know a secret?
Power Line (blog)
Putting the Wikileaks episode to one side, by far the most damaging leaks
of classified information in the past 10 years must be the disclosures that
blew the NSA terrorist eavesdropping program (James Risen and Eric
Lichtblau, New York Times, …
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/06/029281.php

Page One: Inside the New York Times
Documentaries.About.com
Rossi chronicled high-level daily editorial meetings, focused on Media Desk
Editor Bruce Headlam’s anxious efforts to navigate the famous wikileaks
story, and covered the various reportorial forays of Media Desk journalists
Dave Carr (stalking the …
http://documentaries.about.com/od/revie2/fr/Page-One-Inside-The-New-York-Times-Movie-Review-2011.htm

Hackers now target PM Dept’s website
Free Malaysia Today
Alleging that the Malaysian government was abusing human rights by blocking
sites such as Wikileaks and The Pirate Bay, Anonymous warned the Malaysian
authorities that it would make July 4 a day to be remembered by crippling
the nation’s infrastructure …
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/06/20/hackers-now-target-pm-depts-website/

Leila Ben Ali rose from hairdresser to first lady
Telegraph.co.uk
Tunisian disdain towards Ben Ali’s extended in-law family was referred to
in various US diplomatic cables released on WikiLeaks, where they are
called a “quasi mafia”. “Tunisians intensely dislike, even hate, First Lady
Leila Trabelsi and her family,” …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/8586240/Leila-Ben-Ali-rose-from-hairdresser-to-first-lady.html

Thrust into the eye of a storm
Vancouver Sun
Christopher Schneider, a UBC sociologist and expert in criminology and
social media, said the massive online reaction to the Vancouver riots is
unprecedented and potentially as groundbreaking as WikiLeaks. “There will
be a lot of fallout, …
http://www.vancouversun.com/Thrust+into+storm/4973868/story.html

Commentary: A bailout bigger than TARP
MarketWatch
And not from some WikiLeaks hacker-come-activist, but from a report
released by China’s central bank, although it is now no longer on its web
site. Read more on Chinese embezzlement report. The report spelled out in
fascinating detail the long-held …
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinas-divergent-insider-assets-markets-2011-06-19?link=home_carousel

Reading Karzai in Kabul
Politico
Wikileaks revealed that Karzai is described as a “manic depressive” by
at least one official. Even before that, leaked diplomatic communications
revealed US officials’ speculations that Karzai might be taking drugs, or
be a better friend of Iran than …
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57325.html

Hacktivist group seeks ‘satisfaction’
USA Today
The Sony hacks stemmed from the entertainment giant suing a young hacker,
George Hotz, for reprogramming his PlayStation 3 gaming console; the PBS
hack followed the network’s airing of a Frontline documentary LulzSec
deemed unfair to WikiLeaks, …
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-06-19-lulzsec-cybersecurity_n.htm

The FP Twitterati 100 | Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Birgitta Jónsdóttir (@birgittaj) — Member of the Icelandic parliament;
outspoken WikiLeaks supporter. Paul Kagame (@PaulKagame) — President of
Rwanda and Twitter fanatic. Khalid Al Khalifa (@khalidalkhalifa) —
Foreign minister of Bahrain. …
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/20/the_fp_twitterati_100

For 2012 Hopeful, Envoy Job in China Was a Useful Detour
New York Times
Diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks show meetings with the leading
executives from Cisco, Pfizer and Wal-Mart; close contact with the United
States Chamber of Commerce; and requests for help from the Las Vegas Sands
casino, the chairman of which, …
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/us/politics/20huntsman.html

Field trials of genetically modified corn
DAWN.com
The US ambassador in Paris, according to a WikiLeaks cable, advised
Washington in 2007 that it should start a military-style trade war against
any European country which opposes genetically modified crops. His advice
was in response to moves by France …
http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/20/field-trials-of-genetically-modified-corn.html

Nigel Stanley Presents at Jane’s Cyberwar Webinar
IT-Director.com
Also in December 2010 a number of financial payment websites were subject
to denial of service attacks by hacktivists disgruntled at these companies
no longer processing payments to the WikiLeaks website. For commercial
websites that trade across the …
http://www.it-director.com/content.php?cid=12822

India building campaign for membership of multilateral export control regimes
The Hindu
South Block’s position has remained the same since it was encapsulated by
Wikileaks in November 2009 when Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told her
American interlocutors that any attempt to deny ENR to India would amount
to a “roll-back” of the NSG …
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2117993.ece

Supporting Imran Khan
The Express Tribune
The writer is generous in his praise of Imran Khan saying that his
“un-corruptibility and independence has been long established, amongst
other instances, through the WikiLeaks saga”, and “many Pakistanis
clamour for an independent Pakistan free of …
http://tribune.com.pk/story/192179/supporting-imran-khan-2/

What Is Anna Hazare’s Crime?
Mainstream
The resonance of WikiLeaks highlights global concerns about abuses of
power—with the belief that truth can change things. The same belief’s
showing in the Indian electorate now, media-armed and well-informed. It
knows for instance of the Ombuds-man’s …
http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article2837.html

FT interview: Dmitry Medvedev: Moscow’s enigma
Financial Times
For instance, a US state department cable from February 2010, released by
Wikileaks, tells of a conversation with a senior French foreign ministry
official who “described the long-standing French effort to strengthen
Medvedev by respecting his official …
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/721875a2-9a9f-11e0-bab2-00144feab49a.html

Uganda’s anti-gay bill spotlighted
Louisville Courier-Journal
US diplomatic cables, published by WikiLeaks, have decried the country’s
violent homophobia. It’s gotten so bad, Kiyimba said, his church opened a
“safe house” for gay children fleeing their parents or schools. “It’s
what life is like for gay people” …
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110619/NEWS01/306190061/Uganda-s-anti-gay-bill-spotlighted?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome

Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright: The Role of the Asian American in American Pop …
PopMatters
Some major talking points from as recently as the last six months include:
China’s economy will surpass America’s by 2016; the Arab Spring will
reconfigure US power in the Middle East; Wikileaks has exposed America’s
waning economic and military …
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/142206-tiger-tiger-burning-bright/

RPT-Buffett-backed carmaker BYD raises $219 mln in China IPO
Reuters
Diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks and provided to Reuters by a third
party, as well as interviews with industry consultants and executives who
have examined the company’s operations, have raised a number of questions
about the fledgling carmaker. …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/19/byd-ipo-pricing-idUSL6E7HJ03920110619

Defence: Contractors lured as India and Brazil rearm
Financial Times
Mr Cohen’s view echoes that of the US ambassador to India, who in cables
released by Wikileaks, criticised standards at an Indian aerospace factory
he visited, where a local company was assembling aircraft kits made by BAE
Systems. …
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/557b0eda-988f-11e0-94d7-00144feab49a.html

Hacker group LulzSec join forces with Anonymous
TopNews New Zealand
LulzSec’s request to people to support the websites of anonymous and
wikileaks suggests that the hacker groups has partnered with Anonymous.
However, Anonymous has so far not confirmed the rumored partnership. Over
the past few months, …
http://topnews.net.nz/content/216018-hacker-group-lulzsec-join-forces-anonymous

Who Is Undermining Parliament? Civil Society or Government?
CounterCurrents.org
Wikileaks revealed the close scrutiny and immense influence exerted on
India ‘s parliamentary processes, choice of Ministers (remember the
Wikileaks revelation that Murli Deora’s appointment as Petroleum Minister
was influenced by the US ), foreign …
http://www.countercurrents.org/saha190611.htm

Lulz hackers on cyber attack chaos: ‘It’s funny’
New Zealand Herald
“To confirm, we aren’t going after Anonymous,” Lulz said. Anonymous has
been staging cyberattacks for years on companies cracking down on music and
movie piracy and gained notoriety last year with cyberattacks in support of
controversial website WikiLeaks.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10733347

Ambassador to Montenegro: Who is Sue Brown?
AllGov
In a cable released by WikiLeaks, she criticized the Ghanaian government’s
anti-drug efforts, implying that it concentrated on small-time dealers
while lacking “the political will to go after the barons.” In 2009,
Brown became office director for …
http://www.allgov.com/Appointments_and_Resignations/ViewNews/Ambassador_to_Montenegro__Who_is_Sue_Brown_110619

Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director » Blog Archive » WikiLeaks and the …
By CharlieBeckett
I am rushing to finish a book on the significance of WikiLeaks and the
emergence of more networked political journalism. I am not writing this as
a wiki-type project but, just for fun, here is a random lump of an early
draft [it’s not …
http://www.charliebeckett.org/?p=4643

Spying on Wikileaks
By sam@adamsmith.org (Anna Moore)
In a recent video, Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and various hangers-on whinge
that the government has been spying on them with CCTV cameras outside the
home in East Anglia where Assange is living while out on bail. …
http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/justice-and-civil-liberties/spying-on-wikileaks/

ARTiculation news » WikiLeaks. Its impact on journalism and …
By Christopher Strong
Whatever the answers may be to these questions, there can be little doubt
that WikiLeaks has had a huge impact on the way journalists operate, on the
ethics of journalism, on the relationship between journalists and their
sources and on …
http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/artsnews/?p=1158

Power, the State and the Wikileaks Effect. Guy Rundle
In the first of the Wednesday Lectures (Hosted by Raimond Gaita at
Melbourne Law School), Guy Rundle speaks about the global impact of
Wikileaks. Two decades after the Berlin Wall came down, and a decade after
9/11 became the pretext …
http://www.homepagedaily.com/Pages/article12129-power-the-state-and-the-wikileaks-effect-guy-rundle.aspx

manystuff.org — Graphic Design daily selection » Blog Archive …
By manystuff
Students from the graphic design department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy
browsed the content of the WikiLeaks website. They went through lots of
documents and picked a leak. They were asked to edit and design this
content. …
http://www.manystuff.org/?p=13375