Wikileaks Newslinks 21-22 July 2011

22 July 2011 — williambowles.info

Hacking groups say they are back after FBI arrests
Reuters
WikiLeaks supporters wear masks of the ”Anonymous” internet activist group and a mask of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (R) during a demonstration calling for the release of Assange, in Malaga, southern Spain December 11, 2010. …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/21/us-cybersecurity-response-idUSTRE76K66G20110721

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News Corp scandal just tip of privacy-breaching iceberg — RT

22 July 2011 – RT

As the scandal over voicemail and phone-hacking by the Murdoch media empire rages, public and political fury has focused on ruthless tabloids out of control. But some say in this day and age, the whole concept of privacy is falling apart.

News International chairman James Murdoch has been accused of trying to mislead British MPs by saying he was unaware of the true extent of phone-hacking by reporters. His testimony was challenged by two former executives, Colin Myler and Tom Crone, who say Murdoch was informed three years ago that the illegal practice went beyond just one rogue journalist.

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News Corp scandal just tip of privacy-breaching iceberg — RT

22 July 2011 – RT

As the scandal over voicemail and phone-hacking by the Murdoch media empire rages, public and political fury has focused on ruthless tabloids out of control. But some say in this day and age, the whole concept of privacy is falling apart.

News International chairman James Murdoch has been accused of trying to mislead British MPs by saying he was unaware of the true extent of phone-hacking by reporters. His testimony was challenged by two former executives, Colin Myler and Tom Crone, who say Murdoch was informed three years ago that the illegal practice went beyond just one rogue journalist.

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 21 July, 2011: Troops Uproot Olive Orchards Near Jerusalem

21 July , 2011 — VTJP

News

International Middle East Media Center

Soldiers Break Into Room Of Detained Fateh Leader, Barghouthi
IMEMC – Thursday July 21, 2011 – 19:19, Palestinian Ministry of Detainee at the dissolved government in Gaza reported Thursday that Israeli soldiers broke, on Wednesday at night, into the room of detained Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, before forcing him into solitary confinement.

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Gaza: The Blockade Runners: Pro-Palestinian activism to break the illegal siege By Julie Lévesque

18 July 2011 — Global Research

Global Research Editor’s Note

The following article by Julie Lévesque is Part I of a review of  the lone humanitarian ship to Gaza, “The Spirit of Rachel Corrie” which reached Palestinian territorial waters before being brutally intercepted by The Israeli Navy.

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