The New Dark Age

9 August 2011 — williambowles.info

‘Watchmen’ Author Supports WikiLeaks Whistleblower
PCWorld
Manning is the GI accused of leaking classified US government documents to WikiLeaks. “With any legitimate trial of whistleblower Bradley Manning still being at an unspecified date in the future, it would seem that what is presently on trial here is …
http://www.pcworld.com/article/237520/watchmen_author_supports_wikileaks_whistleblower.html

Terence Blacker: Inappropriate flirting – the great modern sin
The Independent
In her new book, The Revolution Will Be Digitised, the eminent
investigative journalist, Heather Brooke, tells the story of her
disenchantment with the hero of the Wikileaks saga. Once she and Julian had
seemed to be on the same side, fighting the good …
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/terence-blacker/terence-blacker-inappropriate-flirting-ndash-the-great-modern-sin-2333996.html

Italy paid US$18 million for release of pirated tug Buccaneer – Wikileaks
DefenceWeb (press release)
According to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks, the release of the
pirated Italian flagged tug Buccaneer may have been due to the payment of
US$18.5 million to the Somali transitional government. This would make it
the biggest ransom payment so …
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17872:italy-paid-us18-million-for-release-of-pirated-tug-buccaneer-wikileaks&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106

Haefer asserts innocence
UNLV The Rebel Yell
Mercedes Renee Haefer, 20, was one of 14 people arrested for allegedly
attacking the website of internet commerce giant PayPal after the company
suspended WikiLeaks’ account with the site. All 14 are suspected members of
“Anonymous,” an Internet-based …
http://unlvrebelyell.com/2011/08/08/haefer-asserts-innocence/

Kassem on the Evidence in al-Alwi’s Case
Lawfare (blog)
He has asked us to share the following response: Lawfare recently
reproduced portions of an article by Thomas Joscelyn discussing the DC
Circuit’s decision in al-Alwi in light of information revealed by
Wikileaks. The two pieces’ shared conceit is that …
http://www.lawfareblog.com/2011/08/kassem-on-the-evidence-in-al-alwis-case/

Hackers take over defence ministry website
Sydney Morning Herald
THE hacking group Anonymous, which targeted credit card companies for
refusing to process donations to WikiLeaks, has turned its fire on the
Syrian regime, taking over the Ministry of Defence’s website and using it
to transmit a message of support for …
http://www.smh.com.au/world/hackers-take-over-defence-ministry-website-20110808-1ij2p.html

Bill Miscamble on the USA, Wikileaks and the bombing of Japan
ABC Online (blog)
On the anniversary of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima nuclear bombings, Bill
joins the Evenings program to get to the bottom of the negative image the
United States has developed from recent debt crisis and the rise of
Wikileaks. …
http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2011/08/bill-miscamble-on-the-usa-wikileaks-and-the-bombing-of-japan.html

US cables give pointers for EU sanctions on Syria
EUobserver.com
Her father is said by US sources to be hiding regime money The diplomatic
notes, published by WikiLeaks in recent days, date from 2006 to 2008 and
discuss ways to hurt President Bashar Assad over his suspected role in the
assassination of pro-Western …
http://euobserver.com/article/32692

Fox Hosts NRA’s LaPierre To Push Gun Trafficking Myth
Media Matters for America (blog)
The Wikileaks cables from our own State Department prove that. They went to
Congress [Crosstalk] ALISYN CAMEROTA: So are you saying that no
semiautomatic guns from the US and from the southwest border are falling
into the hands of Mexican criminals? …
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201108080040

John Pilger and Phillip Adams
ABC Local
Few are left untouched: Egypt; Syria; the Norway massacre; the ‘slow and
agonising death’ of the labor party in Australia; assylum seekers;
regugees; Australia’s reliance on America; and Wikileaks. The discussion is
characterised by strong oppinions …
http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/08/09/3289375.htm?site=northcoast

InfoFort showcases its secure government to citizen solutions at the Kingdom …
Al-Bawaba
Abed Shaheen, Managing Director, Inforfort delivered the final keynote
speech at the event, focusing on how to improve government to citizen
services while preserving critical records in the age of Wikileaks.
“Services like those provided by InfoFort …
http://www.albawaba.com/infofort-showcases-its-secure-government-citizen-solutions-kingdom-egovernment-summit-2011-387533

NRA’s view: Gun form won’t deter drug cartels
USA Today
State Department cables, released by WikiLeaks, prove it. But the
administration wants the public to believe that it’s going to disarm
cartels with a form? Who is the president kidding? Right now, the
administration is embroiled in congressional …
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-08-08-NRA-gun-law-cartels_n.htm

COMMENT: Who ‘gets’ Pakistan? —Munir Khan
Pakistan Daily Times
Recent WikiLeaks reveal that the venerable and deeply misunderstood Maulana
Diesel appealed to the US ambassador that he was a suitable candidate for
the post of prime minister, and should not be ignored by the US but until
that opportunity arose, …
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C08%5C09%5Cstory_9-8-2011_pg3_5

Did the Russians bomb a US embassy?
Salon
That’s what Wikileaks is for. For after-the-fact knowledge that we, as
citizens, will never do anything about. While I acknowledge that you may be
employing sarcasm in the highlighted above quote, it doesn’t really matter
because it is still premised …
http://letters.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2011/08/08/russia_embassy/view/

Horror show on TRP street
Calcutta Telegraph
The Prime Minister, too, had expressed concern over this several times,
most forcefully when the Opposition raised a storm over the WikiLeaks
revelations. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had last week congratulated
the Opposition for resolving not to …
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110809/jsp/frontpage/story_14356971.jsp

Kansas sheriffs are among victims of ‘Anonymous’ attack
KSN-TV
… websites in America was revenge for the recent arrests of more than 20
hackers associated with the group. Those arrests stemmed from an attack on
the PayPal website after PayPal stopped taking donations for the Wikileaks
site run by Julian Assange.
http://www.ksn.com/mostpopular/story/Kansas-sheriffs-are-among-victims-of-Anonymous/C5S_Kn_a6kGFg4k0XFZCoQ.cspx
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Security Experts Not Surprised by Hacking of 70 Law Enforcement Websites
Government Technology
Last year during the WikiLeaks scandal, AntiSec unsuccessfully tried to
attack Amazon.com. And Anonymous and LulzSec already created a slew of
cyber-security issues this year after attacking corporate giants Sony and
Apple as well as the FBI.
http://www.govtech.com/policy-management/Security-Experts-Hacking-70-Law-Enforcement-Agencies.html

CIA, US military operating inside Mexico’s “drug war”
World Socialist Web Site
Significantly, the Obama administration has named as its new ambassador to
Mexico—his predecessor Carlos Pascual was forced to resign in March after
embarrassing disclosures in classified embassy cables released by
WikiLeaks—Earl Anthony Wayne, …
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/mexi-a09.shtml

Did Foreign Training Help the Taliban Take Down a NATO Helicopter?
The Atlantic Wire
Last year, The Guardian, citing WikiLeaks cables, noted that intelligence
reports warned of Iranian or Pakistani support around the time that the
Taliban shot down another Chinook helicopter over Helmand province in 2007
with a shoulder-launched …
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/08/did-foreign-training-help-taliban-down-nato-helicopter/40960/

SmartGrid Security and the Shady RAT
TMC Net
This is not a WikiLeaks effort since the goal is not public revelation.
It’s the ultimate insider trading plan. The hedge fund of knowledge and
it’s use can include manipulation of markets, destruction of production,
and a lot more scary things that …
http://smart-grid.tmcnet.com/topics/smart-grid/articles/205730-smartgrid-security-the-shady-rat.htm

Panetta Invokes Pearl Harbor While Anonymous Calls for Revolution
Nextgov
Pangburn argues that “in the future, hackers will be integral to dissent —
in a sense, you already are in light of WikiLeaks, Anonymous and LulzSec,”
hacktivist groups that post US secrets online. He adds, “We hope that most
of you stay out of the …
http://cybersecurityreport.nextgov.com/2011/08/the_troops_who_can_defend_against_the_next_pearl_harbor.php?oref=latest_posts

When Did the President Know and Who Did He Tell?
Big Government
Something that I wouldn’t mind seeing on WikiLeaks. “If they were
liquidating in anticipation of the drop that is a crime. ” -only if they
were acting on info not available to the public. then you may well sell
that stock before the next quarterly …
http://biggovernment.com/cstreet/2011/08/08/when-did-the-president-know-and-who-did-he-tell/

Afghan History Haunts NATO
The Diplomat
The paper also quoted a WikiLeaks cable saying that last year, the US
military covered up a reported surface-to-air missile strike that downed a
Chinook helicopter over Helmand, killing seven soldiers. History seems to
be haunting international troops …
http://the-diplomat.com/indian-decade/2011/08/08/afghan-history-haunts-nato/

Hackers tap into 70 law enforcement websites, including Cape County sheriff
Southeast Missourian
It’s the same group that is associated with WikiLeaks and they’re well
versed at hacking.” Anonymous, a worldwide group of Internet hackers that
call themselves “hacktivists,” are taking credit, saying they’ve pulled off
their biggest “heist-and-post” …
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1751307.html

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WikiLeaks Cables Show US Strategy for Regime Change in Syria as …
By admin
As protests continue and the brutal crackdown on protests wears on, US
State Embassy cables released by the media organization WikiLeaks provide a
greater understanding of the Washington power politics that have led to
this moment. …
http://www.shoah.org.uk/2011/08/08/wikileaks-cables-show-us-strategy-for-regime-change-in-syria-as-protesters-are-massacred/

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By proclus
2011-08-08 #WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News on #Cablegate Releases & WikiLeaks
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IVR Deconstructed » Antisec: Part One
By lisa
Wikileaks has gone on to publish equally contentious information including
thousands of documents detailing the war in Afghanistan, the Iraq war logs,
U.S. State department diplomatic cables and files relating to prisoners at
Guantanamo …
http://www.plumvoice.com/blog/antisec-part-one

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WikiLeaks Revisited – Topix
WikiLeaks Revisited. Full story: Charleston City Paper … This will search
the titles of the threads in the WikiLeaks forum. Search the WikiLeaks
Forum: …
http://www.topix.com/news/wikileaks/2011/08/wikileaks-revisited