The New Dark Age

20 June 2011 — williambowles.info

WikiLeaks: Few Cubans can name US-backed dissidents
MiamiHerald.com
Yet respondents identified an average of only 1.5 of the seven dissidents on the list, or fewer than one in four, according to the dispatch, which is part of the huge cache of State Department documents obtained by WikiLeaks and passed to McClatchy and …
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/18/2273188/wikileaks-few-cubans-can-name.htmlIs Big Brother spying on WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange? No, it’s a speed camera
Daily Mail
By Nick Craven and Andrew Young To WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the
self-styled defenders of liberty who support him, it was a clear case of a
Big Brother-style conspiracy. A clutch of ‘Government’ cameras had been
strategically placed outside …
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2005404/Big-Brother-spying-WikiLeaks-chief-Julian-Assange-No-speed-camera.html

Chaudhry brothers favoured non-political president: WikiLeaks
Pakistan Observer
This has been revealed in a cable released by Wikileaks Chaudhry Brothers
met the US ambassador on August 15, 2008, following which former US
Ambassador in Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson wrote to Washington that prior to
Pervaiz Musharraf’s resignation as …
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=98494

‘No surprises’ approach outlined: WikiLeaks
Taipei Times
By Shih Hsiu-chuan / Staff Reporter A recently released WikiLeaks cable
revealed what constituted a “surprise-free” approach adopted by
President Ma Ying-jeou (???) in dealing with Taiwan-US relations, the
contents of which drew mixed views from …
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/06/19/2003506136

Inflation woes – US Embassy in Kingston begs Washington for wage increase
Jamaica Gleaner
In a June 2009 diplomatic cable acquired by The Sunday Gleaner through the
whistle blowing entity WikiLeaks, embassy officials complained that the
wages of its Jamaican staff or Foreign Service Nationals (FSN) were
stagnating amidst high inflation in …
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110619/news/news1.html

Heads, I win; tails, you lose
Jamaica Gleaner
Added to the PNP’s dilemma is the party having itself to deal with
dual-nationality issues and its reshuffling attempt of its shadow Cabinet
perceived as insufficient and badly timed, deflecting some public attention
from the initial WikiLeaks exposure …
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110619/cleisure/cleisure2.html

What might the US cables have said about corruption in Guyana?
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | View Comments After reading your article, ‘Jamaican
Contractor General corruption fight drew US admiration – cable,’ (June
17), I couldn’t help wondering what the Wikileaks cables on information
from the US Embassy in Georgetown to …
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/opinion/letters/06/19/what-might-the-us-cables-have-said-about-corruption-in-guyana/

No to lie-detector test
Jamaica Gleaner
The former finance ministry official, who is named in a US diplomatic cable
accessed by The Sunday Gleaner through the whistle-blowing organisation
WikiLeaks, reportedly repeatedly refused to take the lie-detector test.
“Despite having strong support …
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110619/news/news3.html

Who do the anonymous hackers represent?
Malaysia Star
Attempts to liken Anonymous to Wikileaks are also grossly misplaced.
Wikileaks did not try to deface or destroy websites or to steal official
secrets, but only to relay information of public interest to the public
domain against the wishes of …
http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=thestarsays&file=/2011/6/19/columnists/thestarsays/8931908&sec=The%20Star%20Says

Obama rejects top lawyers’ legal views on Libya
Salon
… compared with three under all previous presidents combined. […] This
week, a grand jury in Virginia heard testimony in a continuing
investigation of WikiLeaks, the antisecrecy group, a rare effort to
prosecute those who publish secrets.
http://letters.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2011/06/18/libya/permalink/7591092da079f54a4746fe6b2ad7436a.html

Christie: I never considered quitting over Gibson departure
Bahamas Tribune
The Farm Road MP’s comments came after a newspaper claimed the veteran
politician considered stepping down in the wake of Mr Gibson’s exit – and
an earlier election court case defeat – based on a US Embassy cable
obtained by whistleblower Wikileaks. …
http://www.tribune242.com/news/06182011_christie_news_pg1-

Kostov: USA Insisted on Democrats-Socialists Coalition
Standart News
“If we are to open Wikileaks, we should open all pages. During the days
of the protest, in the US Embassy Bohlman would share deep fears about the
future of Bulgaria. Bohlman believed we would not be able to peacefully get
out of this protest and …
http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2011-06-19&article=36564

How one Syrian dissident found his voice on the Internet
MiamiHerald.com
He spends up to 12 hours a day online, gathering updates from his far-flung
network of like-minded activists and posting purportedly classified
government documents like a one-man Syrian WikiLeaks. The work of Feezo and
dozens of other Internet-based …
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/19/2273795/how-one-syrian-dissident-found.html

Hack it up
Taipei Times
It had been planted on their site by a group called Lulz Security, a loose
collective of anonymous hackers who wanted revenge for a recent PBS program
that criticized WikiLeaks. “Greetings, Internets,” Lulz wrote on their
own Web site, …
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/06/19/2003506132

Not all hack for the heck of it
Malaysia Star
Since last December, the world has been bombarded by a flurry of hacking
incidents the highest-profiled possibly being the hacking of PayPal,
MasterCard, and Visa by Anonymous in support of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange.
In March, the database of marketing …
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/19/nation/8931367&sec=nation

Standing Up to the King
New York Times
An American diplomatic cable, released through WikiLeaks, suggests that the
palace uses government institutions “to coerce and solicit bribes.”
Indignant citizens used Facebook to organize major protests early this
year. The king (who declined to be …
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/opinion/19kristof.html

US impressed with Mamata, keen to invest in WB
IBNLive.com
… of industry and agriculture will be delivered. Right now it doesn’t
appear that way.” The Left Front who once called Mamata Banerjee a US agent
after a WikiLeaks cable showed US wanted to cultivate her, is watching the
developments closely.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/us-impressed-with-mamata-keen-to-invest-in-wb/160804-37-64.html

Of diplomacy and truth-telling
Jamaica Observer
Having been exposed to the diplomatic language as revealed by WikiLeaks in
recent weeks, most of us are seeing a different understanding and use of
the language of diplomacy from that of the traditional use of the symbolic,
non-interfering, …
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Of-diplomacy-and-truth-telling_9022219

Will the real governor of Delaware please stand up?
The News Journal
He also apparently is a bit paranoid about what Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks
could be planning on its attack of the Delaware State Treasury. As such,
Flowers has apparently had each employee assign themselves the name of a
bird from a book on birds of …
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110619/OPINION1801/106190335/Will-real-governor-Delaware-please-stand-up-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7COpinion%7Cp

View from US: Dying for a scoop
DAWN.com
We now have access to WikiLeaks Pakistan Papers (thanks to Dawn) that shine
light on his role in allowing drone strikes; opposition leaders greed for
power and how, when, where and why the president and prime minister sought
the American Ambassador …
http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/19/view-from-us-dying-for-a-scoop.html

Anti-whalers should just stop …
The Japan Times
Cables made public this year by WikiLeaks revealed that Japan had pressed
the US government to target Sea Shepherd as part of a secret deal that
could have reduced the cull. The four cables showed an apparent US
willingness to investigate the NGO …
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110619x3.html

Conference Calls for Recognition of Persecution of Montagnard Christians in …
The Epoch Times
McWilliams and Johnson point to a Wikileaks classified message between the
US Embassy in Hanoi and Washington that downplays the continued ethnic
cleansing as a “land dispute” and the persecution of Montagnard
Christians and other political prisoners …
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/conference-calls-for-recognition-of-persecution-of-montagnard-christians-in-vietnam-57855.html

Security, Security, Security
TechNewsWorld
The group that claimed credit for the hacking was apparently unhappy about
PBS’ recent “Frontline” investigative news program on Wikileaks. Google: At
least 84 instances of malware have been discovered in the company’s Android
Market app store in the …
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72655.html

For UPA, there is nothing to be proud of
Zee News
Julian Paul Assange, editor of the whistle blower website Wikileaks, says
India is the main source of black money. While experts are still working
out the final figure, a conservative estimate pegs India’s black money
stashed overseas at Rs 400 lakh …
http://zeenews.india.com/news/exclusive/for-upa-there-is-nothing-to-be-proud-of_713574.html

In the realm of the warlord
RAWA News
Last year, a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks, showed the
ambassador had warned against supporting a similar powerbroker, General
Razik in Kandahar, who this month was finally made chief of police of that
province. ”In ascribing unaccountable …
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2011/06/18/in-the-realm-of-the-warlord.html

Alia Ibrahim / Correspondent’s Outtakes: Mr. MacMaster, your hoax has caused …
Al-Arabiya
The world is moving forward, and whether people like it or not, digital
contribution is become an integral part of it, and it is often going to be
surrounded by “secrecy,” from Wikileaks, to Anonymous, to the
individual blogger using a pseudo name. …
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/18/153838.html

Leader: Political retreat
Scotland on Sunday
Two weeks ago, this newspaper published leaked US diplomatic cables from
WikiLeaks which revealed the anger of the US and the UN over Britain’s
pull-out from Basra and its disengagement from the Iraq debacle. American
diplomats believed was politically …
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/comment/Leader-Political-retreat.6787466.jp

Heavy rains add to political devastation in Haiti
Workers World
A good example of how decisions are actually made for Haiti comes from US
cables from 2009, released by WikiLeaks, detailing the struggle over the
minimum wage. Only about 20 percent of Haitians with steady jobs are
covered by wage-and-hour laws, …
http://www.workers.org/2011/world/haiti_0623

Something foul in the air?…. it must be AVUSA’s dirty linen.
NewsTime
Another is that BizDay couldn’t afford to be eclipsed by a small website
like The Daily Maverick who could easily have done a WikiLeaks and
published the report had it not been for Michelle Solomon’s journalistic
integrity. Another, more Machiavellian …
http://www.newstime.co.za/column/DavidBullard/Something_foul_in_the_air%E2%80%A6_it_must_be_AVUSA%E2%80%99s_dirty__linen/9/3569/

Virtually Speaking: Dan Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Avedon Carol, Susie Madrak …
Firedoglake
Listen live and later on BTR Thursday, June 23 | 9 pm eastern | 6 pm
pacific | Virtually Speaking w/ Jay Ackroyd | Dan Ellsberg and Glenn
Greenwald – together for up to 2 hrs – talk about WikiLeaks and the
growth of the American Security State. …
http://my.firedoglake.com/sherryreson/2011/06/18/virtually-speaking-dan-ellsberg-glenn-greenwald-avedon-carol-susie-madrak-stuart-zechman-jay-ackroyd/

Nigeria sect spreads reach with suicide bombing
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Western governments have previously expressed concern over Boko Haram, with
the US calling the group the “Nigerian Taliban” in a 2009 cable released
last year by the WikiLeaks website. The documents also expressed fear that
Boko Haram was catching the …
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Nigeria-sect-spreads-scope-with-suicide-bombing-1429979.php

WikiLeaks: Few Cubans can name U.S.-backed dissidents | McClatchy
The peaceful Cuban dissidents who receive the most attention in the U.S.
were largely unknown to Cubans seeking to emigrate, American diplomats in
Havana found in a survey taken in 2008, according to a classified State
Department cable …
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/06/18/116072/wikileaks-few-cubans-can-name.html