The New Dark Age

24 August 2011 — williambowles.info

As drilling looms, Wikileaks reveals previous tensions
Cyprus Mail
The last time Turkey interfered with Cyprus’ oil and gas exploration, unlikely support came from the island’s “evil demon”, the United Kingdom, revealed US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks. According to the cables, sent by the US Embassy in …
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/drilling-looms-wikileaks-reveals-previous-tensions/20110824

Gaddafi: a vicious, sinister despot driven out on tidal wave of hatred
The Guardian
US state department cables released by WikiLeaks show that US diplomats, who returned to Tripoli in 2006 when relations were restored, developed considerable respect for his skill in marginalising allies and rivals alike, and thus maintaining his own …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/23/libya-gaddafi-vicious-despot

Alex Winter Shooting Napster Documentary
Empire Online
“Napster and the birth of file sharing technology made possible everything
from Wikileaks to the iPod to Facebook,” Winter tells Deadline. “It became
an expression of youth revolt, and contributed to a complete shift in how
information, …
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=31863

The darkness at the heart of Anonymous
The Guardian
Attacking PayPal and MasterCard, though, was less smart, even if it was
principled (the principle being that Anonymous likes WikiLeaks, and PayPal
and MasterCard were doing things that didn’t help WikiLeaks, so Anonymous
would be unhelpful in return). …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/23/anonymous-lulzsec-problem

Corruption: Brazil Sheltering Wanted Marxist Terrorist
The New American
The suspicions surrounding the case were highlighted in an explosive US
diplomatic cable from 2006 that was recently released by the
whistle-blowing organization WikiLeaks. But despite the enormity of the
revelations in the document, entitled “Brazil …
http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/8705-corruption-brazil-sheltering-wanted-marxist-terrorist

Anonymous morphs into a political movement
Macleans.ca
The community now attracts both political activists and hackers alike to
campaigns targeting everyone from Arab dictatorships to opponents of
WikiLeaks. Last week, Anonymous carried out its latest offensive on an Arab
government, when hackers swapped …
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/23/moving-targets/

Anonymous launches Operation Unity against budget cuts in UK
Computer Business Review
… attacks against Visa, Mastercard, Sony and The Sun – shot into
limelight late last year after it brought down the services of Visa and
Mastercard against the decision to block payment access to whistleblower
and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. …
http://security.cbronline.com/news/anonymous-launches-operation-unity-against-cuts-in-uk-240811

The Uncivilisation Festival : The apocalpyse? Now we’re talking…
The Independent
Three hundred of us have gathered in a marquee to listen to the
Collapsanomics Panel that includes an ex-WikiLeaks worker from Iceland, a
writer and hacker from the US and a justice specialist from the Russia.
Uncivilisation is no ordinary summer …
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/the-uncivilisation-festival—the-apocalpyse-now-were-talking-2342581.html

The redemption of journalism: the hacking scandal to the biggest year in news
Asylum.co.uk
2010 was a bit of a cake walk in news terms — the sum total of major
events (bar natural disasters) consisted of, Wikileaks, swine flu and the
general election. Wikileaks was billed as a show stopper, but its most
enduring story was that Vladimir …
http://www.asylum.co.uk/2011/08/24/hacking-scandal-journalism-redemption/

What is Common Between Mark Zuckerberg and Rahul Gandhi
Siliconindia.com
According to Wikileaks, in 2009, he shared concerns with the American
ambassador to India Timothy Roemer that the Hindu’s pose a bigger threat to
India than Islamic terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba. On 14th July 2011, a
day after the serial bombing …
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/What_is_Common_Between_Mark_Zuckerberg_and_Rahul_Gandhi_-nid-89267.html

Has investigative journalism found its feet online? (part 1)
Online Journalism Blog (blog)
It is notable that some of the biggest investigative stories in decades
have come during one of the worst commercial periods for the newspaper
industry: and while the MPs’ expenses and Wikileaks stories may not prove
anything about the health of …
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/08/23/has-investigative-journalism-found-its-feet-online-part-1/

Egypt careful not to blame Sinai Bedouin for Israel terror attacks
Ha’aretz
According to a US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks, former
Intelligence Minister Omar Suleiman expressed concern about Iranian plans
to enlist Bedouin for service in Hamas. In Mubarak’s time, the government
of Egypt tried from time to time to …
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/egypt-careful-not-to-blame-sinai-bedouin-for-israel-terror-attacks-1.380364

One on One With Rep. Jerrold Nadler
truthout
For example, it’s certainly a crime for whoever gave WikiLeaks the
information if it was classified. It’s not a crime, or it’s never been
considered a crime, for WikiLeaks to publish the information or to give it
to The New York Times. …
http://www.truth-out.org/one-one-jerrold-nadler/1314046483

Chris Poole
MIT Technology Review
Less frivolously, the site was the birthplace of Anonymous, a collective of
activist hackers who have targeted Scientology and companies that shunned
WikiLeaks for publicizing government and corporate secrets. When Poole
built 4Chan, he did so with the …
http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?trid=1099&p1=TR35

Microsoft Cuts ‘Supercookies’ out of its Diet
Microsoft Certified Professional
The group, which is being called in some circles, the hipper, more
mischievous younger cousin of Wikileaks, released about 1GB of what it
claims are private e-mails and documents from an executive of a US defense
company that sells unmanned aerial …
http://mcpmag.com/articles/2011/08/23/microsoft-cuts-supercookies.aspx

Chinese prudence vs US recklessness
Asia Times Online
However, Davutoglu’s recurrent references to history in a series of
speeches and media interviews have produced a certain uneasiness around
Turkey and beyond – including in Washington, as shown by some WikiLeaks
cables – with the perception that Ankara …
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/MH25Ad02.html

Five Years in, Twitter Seeks PR Help
AdAge.com
Twitter has been dealing with the FBI and other law enforcement for years,
contacted by legal agencies for various reasons, including Wikileaks. A PR
agency is crucial to Twitter, that despite its entrenched status as a
social-media powerhouse, …
http://adage.com/article/agency-news/twitter-seeks-public-relations-year-run/229428/

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader Wants Reforms Across The Arab World
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
El-Erian: Of course, Wikileaks cannot be depended on. I think these leaks
may be to encourage the West to isolate Iran because a powerful Iran, of
course, in the absence of Egypt was a danger for the [Persian] Gulf and
Saudi Arabia. …
http://www.rferl.org/content/interview_with_muslim_brotherhood_leader_essam_el-/24305890.html

Crash!!! Its raining drones
Center for Research on Globalization
Overall the database now has some details of almost eighty large drone
crashes since 2007, compiled from USAF accident reports, press reports and
Wikileaks. As the drone industry continues to push regulators and
parlimentarians to relax the rules that …
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=26167

Experts Say Need-to-Know Should Trump Security Clearance
Security Management
This increased information sharing led to a record number of personnel with
access to sensitive information which many say enabled the release of
250000 embassy cables to Wikileaks, allegedly by a person who perhaps
should never have had access to them …
http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/experts-say-need-know-should-trump-security-clearance-008930

Provincial bills an infringement on the rights of Albertans: lawyer
Peace River Record Gazette
The 2003 adjustment came shortly after a WikiLeaks cable revealed that the
Alberta Government promised senior United States officials that there would
be abundant electricity available for export to the country. There was an
outcry from industry itself …
http://www.prrecordgazette.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3269830

Can intervention work?
CNN (blog)
He was much more cautious about giving press interviews than his
predecessor, so it is WikiLeaks that confirmed his private views in a
confidential US telegram: [McNeill] was particularly dismayed by the
British effort. They had made a mess of things …
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/23/can-intervention-work/

How do you know if the FBI is going to come after you for an innocent little hack?
ITworld.com
That eye blinked last year, when Anonymous attacked Visa, Mastercard and
Paypal following the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Those
high-profile attacks and the purposeful provocation of LulzSec’s attacks on
FBI-affiliate organizations and …
http://www.itworld.com/security/196491/how-do-you-know-if-fbi-going-come-after-you-innocent-little-hack

Why Is Bank of America’s Stock Cratering Yet Again? It’s the Extend and …
EconoMonitor (blog)
Wikileaks has apparently destroyed some of its BofA data files Henry
Blodgett at Clusterstock endorsed the “BofA needs a lot more capital”
view, and pointed out the obvious: the bank had had plenty of opportunity
to sell equity when its share price was …
http://www.economonitor.com/blog/2011/08/why-is-bank-of-america%E2%80%99s-stock-cratering-yet-again-it%E2%80%99s-the-extend-and-pretend-endgame/

Government Consults Social Media Chiefs On Riot Action
eWEEK Europe UK
Social networks can be forced to hand over users’ personal details if
police are able to show that they relate to criminal behaviour – as in
the case of the US federal government’s investigation into WikiLeaks
earlier this year. …
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/government-consults-social-media-chiefs-on-riot-action-37655

Germany’s Campaign Against Facebook’s Like Button: Just the First Blow Aimed …
Death and Taxes
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, called Facebook “the most appalling
spy machine that has ever been invented” in an interview with Russia
Today’s Laura Emmet. It seems rather like Weichert agrees with Assange and
is intent on doing something about …
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/134512/germanys-campaign-against-facebooks-like-button-just-the-first-blow-aimed-at-the-spy-machine/

NATO powers have long history of massacres in Africa
Party for Socialism and Liberation
The US ruling class motivation to get rid of Gaddafi was revealed by the
contents of a June 4, 2009 cable from the US Ambassador to Libya to the
State Dept in Washington, DC This cable was uncovered in the Wikileaks
documents. …
http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/nato-powers-history-massacres-africa.html

Did Malaysia’s Anwar Say too Much?
Asia Sentinel
A US diplomatic cable on the WikiLeaks website that was published in Asia
Sentinel on Jan. 20, 2011, related that “Singapore’s intelligence
services and Lee Kuan Yew have told the Australian Office of National
Assessments (ONA) that opposition leader …
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3404&Itemid=178

What are the hottest skills in 2010 ? Find out in our annual technology skills …
ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
What do tech industry people think about organisations like WikiLeaks? By
taking part you will be first to gain access to the results, including
detailed industry analysis and salary benchmarking information relevant to
your own sector and job …
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/read-all-about-it/2011/08/what-are-the-hottest-skills-in.html

WIKILEAKED CABLE: US keen on Mindanao resources
Zamboanga Today Online
Leaked diplomatic documents in Wikileaks showed the United States has a
special interest in the natural resources in Mindanao and the ending of the
armed conflict in the region, giving credence to a suspicion that the
United States is prodding the …
http://www.zamboangatoday.ph/index.php/news/13-top-stories/5915-wikileaked-cable-us-keen-on-mindanao-resources.html

New Media Order in Turkey
Watching the Watchers.org
… event that really excites the community is an upcoming conference on
new media in Istanbul, New Media Order, where Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy
Wales has been invited to be a keynote speaker along with Julian Assange,
the co-founder of Wikileaks.org. …
http://watchingthewatchers.org/indepth/1395101/

Trivial pursuit
Noseweek
Because this is when the local version of WikiLeaks – an anonymous
website hacker of sorts – steps in to really stir things up. Immediately
after the restraining order was served on him, Chaplin spent many evenings
at his favourite pub mulling over the …
http://www.noseweek.co.za/article/2574/Trivial-pursuit

Opinion: Libya’s transition to be led by an unbending prophet of the rule of law
Vancouver Sun
Late in 2009 Jalil also came to the attention of the American embassy in
Tripoli and the thousands of US diplomatic messages published by WikiLeaks
contain several notes to Washington identifying Jalil as a dogged and
determined reformer. …
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Opinion+Libya+transition+unbending+prophet+rule/5297624/story.html

Wikileaks releases new batch of diplomatic cables – Boing Boing
Wikileaks is to release 35000 U.S. diplomatic cables today. Contents are
said to include evidence of multi-billion dollar contracts issued as
political …
http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/wikileaks-releases-new-batch-of-diplomatic-cables.html

Twitter / WikiLeaks: Victory: After 187 days de …
Victory: After 187 days detained without charge by Switzerland, alleged
WikiLeaks banking source, Rudolf Elmer has been released 🙂
http://twitter.com/wikileaks/statuses/102717017366339585

2011/08/19 – Cable Viewer
Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo. Currently released so far… 25416 / 251287.
Articles. Brazil Sri Lanka United Kingdom Sweden 00. …
http://wikileaks.org/reldate/2011-08-19_0.html

Major Wikileaks Cache Destroyed – YouTube
Wikileaks hit quite a pothole when they learned that some of their most
prized information had been shredded. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, one …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S98PeY7WqZM