The New Dark Age

4 October 2011 — williambowles.info

WikiLeaks ‘Architect’ threatens site’s future
ABC Online
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds himself isolated, fighting extradition and deserted by many of his former partners and friends. His organisation is damaged and cannot receive the leaks that are its lifeblood. Can WikiLeaks survive? …
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-04/wikileaks-architect/3207748?site=melbourne

Zimbabwe: MDC Behind 2008 Election Violence – WikiLeaks
AllAfrica.com
According to WikiLeaks cables, an MDC regional co-ordinator for security,
intelligence and youth branches Charles Mutama told the US Embassy in
Harare that the attacks were meant to force Government into an early
election. He told the US Embassy that …
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110040225.html

WikiLeaks Cables Show How Big Pharma Shapes Foreign Policy
The Atlantic Wire
A new cache of diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks shows how big
pharmaceutical companies’ lobbying efforts threaten “to taint US diplomatic
relations in emerging nations,” The Fix’s Jed Bickman and Walter Armstrong
write. …
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/10/wikileaks-cables-show-how-big-pharma-shapes-foreign-policy/43264/

Under Pressure to Disclose Health Records, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Says in Good Health
Voice of America
Rumours about Mugabe’s health were recently nurtured by US diplomatic
cables leaked to the press by the Wikileaks website quoting Reserve Bank
Governor Gideon Gono as telling US envoys that Mugabe had prostate cancer
that had spread and that he might …
http://www.voanews.com/zimbabwe/news/Under-Pressure-to-Disclose-Health-Records-Zimbabwes-Mugabe-Says-in-Good-Health-130999713.html

A WikiLeaks Prosecutor Joins Richmond Firm
Main Justice
A veteran of two decades in the Justice Department, Davis was most recently
assigned to the investigation of WikiLeaks, the watchdog website that has
been disclosing confidential government documents. Nearly a year ago,
Attorney General Eric Holder …
http://www.mainjustice.com/2011/10/03/prosecutor-from-eastern-district-of-virginia-joins-richmond-firm/

A big day for … (not) keeping secrets
Sydney Morning Herald
HARD to believe but the internet’s secrets superstore WikiLeaks turns five
today, with the domain name Wikileaks.org registered on this day in 2006 on
behalf of the Sunshine Press, the not-for-profit organisation fronted by
the Townsville-born Julian …
http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/a-big-day-for—not-keeping-secrets-20111003-1l5dz.html

INEC concocted 2007 results for tribunal — Yar’adua lawyer – Daily Trust
Nigerian Bulletin
… Yar’adua at the presidential poll tribunal in 2007 told American
diplomats that INEC was busy cooking up result sheets to present to the
tribunal because no real elections were held, according to leaked US
diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks. …
http://nigerianbulletin.com/2011/10/04/inec-concocted-2007-results-for-tribunal-%E2%80%94-yar%E2%80%99adua-lawyer-daily-trust/

UN’s do-nothing green scheme
National Post
First, the Internet whistleblower WikiLeaks revealed documents showing that
many UN-approved development programs are shams, the UN’s emissionstrading
scheme has failed to reduce carbon emissions and UN officials are aware of
all of this, …
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/nothing+green+scheme/5497243/story.html

Murr Voices Support for Suleiman, Says ‘Things Back on Track’
Naharnet
by Naharnet Newsdesk Former Defense Minister Elias Murr said on Tuesday
that publishing the WikiLeaks cables were behind the rift with President
Michel Suleiman, but things are back to normal. “Things are back on track
and better than before,” Murr …
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/16530-murr-voices-support-for-suleiman-says-things-back-on-track

US behind ‘secession’ plot in Hong Kong?
Asia Times Online
Responding to WikiLeaks’ release of nearly 1000 unedited US State
Department cables about Hong Kong, an office spokesman accused American
diplomats of contravening international law through their brazen
interference in Hong Kong affairs. …
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/MJ05Ad01.html

Spanish air base layoff plan a PR nightmare for Washington
Iberosphere
In 2009, Zapatero’s promising relationship with the Obama administration
was threatened by US defence cutbacks, a Wikileaks cable reveals. The issue
drew the US Embassy closer than it would have liked to Spain’s notoriously
conflictive domestic …
http://iberosphere.com/2011/10/spanish-air-base-layoff-plan-a-pr-nightmare-for-washington/3772

Russians’ personal data posted online
RIA Novosti
Unlike WikiLeaks, which exposes shady political dealings, those who have
madeRussians’ personal data freely accessible online claim that they are
fighting corruption. The scandal erupted on October 1, when a group of
users registered three sites …
http://en.ria.ru/papers/20111003/167347310.html

Face it, the FSB is just not that into you
Spiked
He also wants us to believe that the FSB were annoyed at the Guardian’s
Wikileaks-inspired revelations – those US embassy cables which tell us
that Russia is a mafia state, some Muslims in Russia drink alcohol, Russian
bears defecate in the woods, …
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11139/

Climate twofer: Ooops!
Tribune Review
• A July 2008 cable from the US consulate in Mumbai, published this
August by WikiLeaks, says most foreign-financed emissions-reduction
projects in India were certified by the carbon-credit system despite not
meeting a requirement to cut emissions more …
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_759995.html

Agencies don’t have to be like Vegas
GCN.com
The very nature of most collaboration technologies, especially wikis,
disturbs many agency IT decision-makers in the wake of WikiLeaks. Although
it’s true that WikiLeaks is based on collaboration technology, the fact
remains that, from a security and …
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/10/03/agencies-need-to-talk-collaboration-tools.aspx

Govt working to overcome power crisis permanently: PM
The News International
The prime minister, who has often described WikiLeaks as unreliable and
unconfirmed reports, quoted a leaked-cable that said he had conveyed to the
United States much earlier that Pakistan was facing severe energy crisis
that could lead to rioting by …
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=9296&Cat=13

Canadiens secretive about team bonding plans
Vancouver Sun
They all have secrets, although the Canadiens know how to keep their
secrets from being revealed by WikiLeaks. The Canadiens are engaged in the
fourth and final phase of their training camp that consists of three days
on on-ice practices and an …
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Canadiens+secretive+about+team+bonding+plans/5496261/story.html

What’s holding CISOs back?
ComputerworldUK (blog)
According to our survey data dating back to 2008, despite year after year
of high profile security breaches from Heartland Payment Systems to
Wikileaks to Sony, security budgets have only increased by single digits.
This is hardly enough to keep up …
http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/security-and-risk/2011/10/whats-holding-cisos-back/

Rewriting the Egyptian Revolution
PolicyMic
Some outlets have focused on the role of Wikileaks and social media, while
others have emphasized America’s relationship with dictators in the region.
Each Western pundit and media source has a different story to tell, but
often missing from the …
http://www.policymic.com/articles/1856/rewriting-the-egyptian-revolution

Verdasys CEO Discusses Insider Threat Challenges at Interop NY 2011
SYS-CON Media (press release)
… the leading provider of Enterprise Information Protection (EIP)
solutions for The Global 2000, announced that its CEO, Jim Ricotta, will
deliver a presentation on “Solving the Insider Threat Challenge: What We
Can Learn from WikiLeaks” to attendees …
http://www.sys-con.com/node/2004140

Christie Speculation Heats Up, Tech Jobs Grow, Wiki-Leaks Names Names: Today …
WFPL
All 250 thousand classified diplomatic cables in WikiLeaks’ possession have
now been made available on the web. WikiLeaks has been releasing them since
last year in conjunction with news organizations like The Guardian (with
names of vulnerable people, …
http://www.wfpl.org/2011/10/03/christie-speculation-heats-up-tech-jobs-grow-wiki-leaks-names-names-today-on-here-and-now/

Preventive measures crucial to ensure cyber security on mobile phones
Gulf Today
“There will be a lot of issues to deal with and many people have shown
interest in various specific issues, but cyber security in this age of
Wikileaks and Sony saga will generate a lot of curiosity,” Almarri said.
Over a year ago, the whistle blowing …
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/0dcf2e8a-2967-4be6-ac20-f32d7bdab7be.aspx

Fortinet Warns of Apache Server Vulnerability
Server Watch
Anonymous, widely known for rallying behind WikiLeaks director, Julian
Assange, by engaging in distributed denial of service attacks (DDos)
against PayPal, MasterCard, Visa and others, recently deployed a new DDoS
tool called #RefRef, which exploits …
http://www.serverwatch.com/daily_news/fortinet-warns-of-apache-server-vulnerability.html

Is it a crime to control birth rate in Philippines?
West – Welfare Society Territory
According to Wikileaks, in 2009 the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton,
had already tried to support the implementation in the Philippines of a law
controlling births. Despite the strong opposition of the Bishops’
Conference and a large part of the …
http://www.west-info.eu/51709/

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Is Michael Moore really an advocate of openness, freedom …
Daily Caller
Moore praised WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has become a champion
on the left for his work advocating for freedom of the press and openness.
“I think WikiLeaks is performing an incredible service” said Moore.
When asked by an audience member …
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/03/reporters-notebook-is-michael-moore-really-an-advocate-of-openness-freedom-and-debate/

The Cronyism Behind a Pipeline for Crude
New York Times
In a 2009 cable obtained by Wikileaks, another State Department higher-up
was caught advising Canadian officials on how to spin their message to win
favorable media coverage of Canadian crude. And when the State Department
picked a consulting firm to …
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/opinion/the-cronyism-behind-a-pipeline-for-crude.html

Bank Of America Website Hacked? No, But Its Stock Sure Was
Forbes
And after the outage in January rumors swirled that about the possibility
of the website being hacked by WikiLeaks’ advocates “Anonymous.” Today,
President Obama got in on the debit card fee argument telling ABC’s George
Stephanopoulos that that it was …
http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2011/10/03/bank-of-america-website-hacked-no-but-its-stock-sure-was/

Protester returns home from Wall Street as Sacramento effort gears up
Sacramento Bee
“We can go to WikiLeaks and see the financial records of the banks and look
at our own bank statements and our own lives,” he said. “But it’s not just
Wall Street. Wall Street is a symbol of money and greed, but we can occupy
our city halls, …
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/04/3957790/protester-returns-home-from-wall.html

Frelinghuysen’s role in preventing terror
Dailyrecord.com
Recent interrogations leaked by Wikileaks in April revealed Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed, the al-Qaeda operative who led planning for the 9/11 attacks,
said al-Qaeda would unleash a ‘nuclear hellstorm’ if Osama bin Laden was
killed. …
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20111004/NJOPINION03/310040003/Frelinghuysen-s-role-in-preventing-terror

The Assassination of an Entire Nation
HoweStreet.com
A federal grand jury is at work concocting spy charges against WikiLeaks’
founder Julian Assange. Another federal grand jury is at work concocting
terrorist charges against anti-war activists. “Terrorist” and “giving
aid to terrorists” are increasingly …
http://howestreet.com/2011/10/assassination-entire-nation/

Clinton’s appeal growing
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times
Within her first two years on the job, she made a new record for being the
most traveled secretary of state (165 days of travel, beating out
Condoleezza Rice by two days). She has also been faced with two prominent
challenges: the WikiLeaks incident …
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/18410/clintons-appeal-growing

China to tighten air pollution standards
The Guardian
US embassy officials noted in 2006 that China was failing to release data
on PM2.5 and ozone because the levels were unsafe and politically
sensitive, according to a US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.
China’s omission has been made more glaring …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/03/china-air-pollution-quality-standards?newsfeed=true

WikiLeaks Opens Up Ebay Auctions to Desperately Raise Funds …
By Dennis
Have you ever wanted to own one of those Top Secret cables that Wikileaks
publishes? Well, now you can. It seems that the whistle blowing
organization has fallen upon hard times and is selling “memorabilia
items” on eBay. According to AFP …
http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2011/10/wikileaks-ebay-auctions-to-raise-funds/

WikiLeaks: Aoun does not want to see Hezbollah keep its arms | Ya …
By syh
Ya Libnan features frequently updated breaking news, world news, op-eds and
features, live from Beirut, Lebanon.
http://www.yalibnan.com/2011/10/03/wikileaks-aoun-does-not-want-to-see-hezbollah-keep-its-arms/

Scholars’ Lab – Spatial Humanities Step By Step – Mapping …
By Kelly Johnston
In addition to Devin Becker’s newly published contribution on Mapping
Wikileaks with Google Fusion Tables, we have in the pipeline tutorials on
extracting and quantifying information from historic maps, using Google
Earth as a gazetteer, and …
http://www.scholarslab.org/geospatial-and-temporal/spatial-humanities-step-by-step-mapping-wikileaks-using-google-fusion-tables/

In Lively Discussion, Panel Debates Pros and Cons of Prosecuting …
By Mary Jacoby
Two high-level former Justice Department officials – Ken Wainstein and Jack
Goldsmith – argued the pros and cons at a National Association of Former
U.S. Attorney’s conference in Santa Fe, N.M..
http://www.mainjustice.com/2011/10/03/in-lively-discussion-panel-debates-pros-and-cons-of-prosecuting-wikileaks/

Mapping Wikileaks Afghan War Diary Data Using Google Fusion …
By Devin Becker
Difficulty: Moderate Requirements: A Google Account, the
AfghanWarDiary-EnemiesDetained.csv dataset, created via part 1 of this
tutorial. This tutorial.
http://spatial.scholarslab.org/stepbystep/mapping-wikileaks-afghan-war-diary-data-using-google-fusion-tables-part-2-of-2/

Zimbabwe: MDC Behind 2008 Election Violence – WikiLeaks …
By admin
Zimbabwe: MDC Behind 2008 Election Violence – WikiLeaks AllAfrica.com.
Mutama allegedly told the US Embassy political officer Audu Besner in March
2003 that MDC security, intelligence and youth branches were planning
dynamite and …
http://zimobserver.com/?p=24869

Moyo launches vicious attack on Gono – The Zimbabwe Mail – Daily …
Moyo made the unprovoked attack during a lecture at SAPES Trust on the
cables leaked by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. Some of the cables
claimed Gono had met US ambassadors and spoke to them about President
Robert …
http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/zimbabwe/9209-wikileaks-moyo-launches-vicious-attack-on-gono.html

Twitter / WikiLeaks: Australia: The law used ag …
Australia: The law used against Andrew Bolt is political correctness gone
mad. It is offensive that being offended in Australia is a crime.
http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/119536159872385024

LOLPics – Wikileaks – LOLPics
LOLPics – Wikileaks – Get more lolpics from the funny pictures blog.
http://funny-pictures-blog.com/2011/10/03/lolpics-wikileaks/

3 October 2011
Wikileaks Bring Winds of Change, even to Rural Zimbabwe
This is Zimbabwe
I visited my rural home to spend the weekend with my folks and while
drinking the home brewed beer, appeasing our spirits, one old man shocked
me when he asked about the Wikileaks which have hit our local news
headlines. “Young man from the city tells …
http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/6999

Cooperate or perish, Moyo tells Zanu PF’s WikiLeaks plotters
New Zimbabwe.com
In a Sapes Trust lecture on the implications of the release of the cables
by WikiLeaks, Moyo said the dispatches showed the United States government
dabbling in Zimbabwe’s politics with a strategy to either force Mugabe out
through internal Zanu PF …
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-6180-Cooperate%20or%20perish,%20Moyo%20tells%20plotters/news.aspx

WikiLeaks quotes Kanaan: Aoun does not want to see Hezbollah keep its arms
NOW LEBANON
… told former US Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman on December 6,
2006 that FPM leader MP Michel Aoun is “the last person in Lebanon who
wants to see Hezbollah’s militia keep its arms,” according to a US
diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks. …
http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=317737

‘Maulana Fazal Haq assassination bid shows desperation of terrorists’
Daily News & Analysis
Another confidential cable on WikiLeaks spoke about threat from terror
groups like Lashker-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed to moderate Hurriyat
leaders. “However, we should not expect the Mirwaiz and his colleagues to
reach any breakthrough deal with …
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_maulana-fazal-haq-assassination-bid-shows-desperation-of-terrorists_1594257

Does Nana Addo have a credibility problem when it comes to drugs??
GhanaWeb
Yet Nana Addo’s reaction to reports in the Wikileaks, by both Dr. Kwesi
Aning and Kwesi Pratt, that implicated him in drug use, raises doubts not
only over his honesty but, still more, over whether he has the personality
to lead Ghana. …
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=220554

Leaked documents explain events at Al Jazeera
Middle East Monitor
The WikiLeaks cables, however, give a vivid insight into what was happening
behind the scenes at the media giant, confirming a tussle between elements
identified as ‘Islamist’ or ‘radicals’ on the one hand and ‘liberals’ on
the other. …
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/articles/middle-east/2889-leaked-documents-explain-events-at-al-jazeera

US Intervention And Syrian Uprising – by Ramzy Baroud
Tripoli Post
Naturally – and as confirmed by various WikiLeaks cables – American
diplomats don’t behave independently from the main organ of US foreign
policy in Washington, the State Department. It is also safe to assume that
Ford’s alleged solidarity visits …
http://tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=5&i=7044

Mugabe denies medical problems
News24
Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, has prostate
cancer, according to US diplomatic cables released by the whistle-blower
website WikiLeaks. The leaked cable alleged that Reserve Bank governor
Gideon Gono told then US ambassador …
http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Mugabe-denies-medical-problems-20111002

The people are aware of the PPP/C’s role in maintaining macroeconomic stability
Stabroek News
I say this because there are no real opposition parties; they are merely
opposition on paper, especially now that WikiLeaks, which recently provided
fodder for their campaigns have now done the disappearing act on them. The
opposition campaigns are now …
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/opinion/letters/10/03/the-people-are-aware-of-the-pppc%E2%80%99s-role-in-maintaining-macroeconomic-stability/

Hu frets over Taiwanese election
Asia Times Online
According to a US Embassy cable released by WikiLeaks allegedly issued on
February 27, 2009, the US has learned from at least two sources that Hu
believed his Taiwan policy should be his primary political legacy. Hu
established a “research team” to …
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/MJ04Ad01.html

Zimbabwe: Sanctions – Violating Country’s Socio-Economic Aspirations
AllAfrica.com
Thanks to Wikileaks, we can now question the European Union’s claims that
its sanctions against Zimbabwe have been motivated by a genuine concern for
the human rights of Zimbabweans and that such sanctions are only targeted
against a few politicians. …
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110030378.html

Are We Too Hung Up on Privacy?
Wall Street Journal
He credits WikiLeaks as journalism, thinks advertising revenue will somehow
again be enough to fund news reporting, and last Friday reported he had
visited Occupy Wall Street demonstrators (Twitter post: “Glad to see they
were eating well & a generator …
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576604503117575260.html

KMT honorary chairman asks pan-blue supporters to see `bigger picture’
eTaiwan News
Lien was said by Wikileaks to be lukewarm towards Ma’s first bid for the
presidency. According to a leaked cable on the website, Lien commented in
July 2007 on Ma’s candidacy for the 2008 presidential election that “we
have no other choice.”
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1724179

Akwa Ibom’s Cinderella story
Vanguard
The US government rated Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Edo states as states with
“impressive governors” to “watch out for” in a rare positive
Wikileaks diplomatic cable message. A lot of work is required to be done
for Akwa Ibom to start competing with states …
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/akwa-ibom%E2%80%99s-cinderella-story/

New Saudi ‘Security Force’ Ramps Up
ISN
Recent WikiLeaks cables have revealed that the blueprints for the
‘Facilities Security Force’ in Saudi Arabia went as far back as 2007, with
the private security industry in Saudi Arabia already ramping up efforts to
train private security guards …
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights/Detail?lng=en&id=133126&contextid734=133126&contextid735=133124&tabid=133124&dynrel=4888caa0-b3db-1461-98b9-e20e7b9c13d4,0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233

Security threat from Yemen?
Jerusalem Post
Saleh’s double game is especially apparent in disclosures from the
Wikileaks cables. For example, in one cable, former US ambassador to Yemen
Stephen Seche said a commando group that had been trained by the United
States and Britain to deal with …
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=240260

Why is Dr. House in the big house?
Globe and Mail
Tonight there is some business about the agency’s work being exposed by
WikiLeaks and veteran agent Claude (Rémy Girard) turning up for work
dressed as a guy from a seventies action movie. Slight, but enjoyable
drollery ensues. This is working. …
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/john-doyle/why-is-dr-house-in-the-big-house/article2186912/

To put the Republic back on the rails
The Hindu
WikiLeaks and the Radia tapes have brutally exposed the pathetic
helplessness of the Prime Minister in dealing with erring colleagues. The
root cause of the malaise is the nature of post-poll alliances of
convenience which lack ideological cohesion and …
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2506695.ece?homepage=true

Govt will talk to anyone who ‘decommissions’ himself: PM
DAWN.com
Had it been the case, the WikiLeaks would have exposed it by now, he added.
He told a questioner that bringing together all voices, civil and military
and within and outside parliament, was a gigantic task and the consensus at
the APC had sent a loud …
http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/03/govt-will-talk-to-anyone-who-decommissions-himself-pm-2.html

The 3rd of this October and Vanunu Mordechai
OpEdNews
[USA-Israel]—On March 2, 2011, The Army announced it had filed 22
additional charges against Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, the soldier suspected
of providing classified government documents published by the WikiLeaks
anti-secrecy group. …
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-3rd-of-this-October-an-by-eileen-fleming-110930-69.html

ALIENS TO ATTACK EARTH IN NOVEMBER!
Weekly World News (satire)
Wikileaks released documents between top-level government officials (around
the world) discussing the upcoming alien attack. The Wikileaks documents
prove that world governments have been colluding to cover-up alien activity
for well over fifty years. …
http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/39010/aliens-to-attack-in-november-update/

Flailing America Vs Failing Pakistan
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
This much at least is clear from the Wikileaks expose of US embassy cables.
But knowing the games that Pakistanis play is one thing, ending these games
is altogether another matter. Americans face a Hobson’s choice: if they
don’t act on their threats …
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/FlailingAmericaVsFailingPakistan031011

Photo: Sun News Publishing
Daily Sun
There are also elements of truth in what is coming out of Wikileaks. When I
joined the legal profession, the tradition was that any jugde, who is about
to retire will go on leave three months to his retirement. A new person
would then have been sworn …
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/politics/2011/oct/03/politics-03-10-2011-001.html

Political Prisoner Bakhtiyar Hajiyev Addressed a Letter to President Aliyev …
AzeriReport (blog)
Below is the full text of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev’s letter from prison dated
September 22, 2011: From the WikiLeaks cables, I have recently read your
opinion approximately expressing the following on the imprisoned
journalists during your meeting with the …
http://azerireport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2967&Itemid=42

Turkmenistan Weekly Roundup
EurasiaNet
An alleged US Embassy cable dated December 28, 2009 recently published by
WikiLeaks illustrates how the US was struggling to negotiate the USCIRF
visit — twice denied at that point — even as it faced an unexpected halt
to previously-negotiated …
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/64256

Turkey readies itself against cyber attacks
Today’s Zaman
Official websites were attacked by the hacker group Anonymous — the same
group believed to have been involved in the Wikileaks case — as part of a
protest against what the group claims is growing internet censorship in
Turkey. …
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-258662-turkey-readies-itself-against-cyber-attacks.html

Fearful Security
Windows IT Pro (blog)
And till he went on the run, most of his hacks where not wildly publicized;
unlike today where Anonymous, Wikileaks and other hacker groups have become
almost political figures. Kevin plied his art in dark cyber alleys,
acknowledged only by other …
http://www.windowsitpro.com/blog/fearless-security-blog-20/blog/fearful-security-140786

Russell Brand Denied Entry to Canada and Other Diplomatic Crises
Gawker
[NYDN] Hercules himself, Kevin Sorbo, had three strokes in the summer of
1997, a medical crisis that was kept secret from fans of the television
series—until, that is, it was revealed this week to be the content of the
secret Wikileaks “insurance file …
http://gawker.com/5845872/russell-brand-denied-entry-to-canada-and-other-diplomatic-crises

US Diplomats Fear Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Kabul Press
In 2010, the State Department suffered another embarrassing security
failure with the theft of more than 250000 confidential and secret cables,
which were then published by WikiLeaks. This theft was easily preventable
as US soldiers in Iraq should not …
http://kabulpress.org/my/spip.php?article82827

Ethiopia: Ethiopia uses anti-terror laws to silence critical journalists
EthioGuardian.com
A cable released by WikiLeaks [05ADDISABABA3915] reveals that in 2005 the
Ethiopian government also exerted pressure on US diplomats over VOA
broadcasts. The document is an interesting commentary on the government’s
position on the media. …
http://www.ethioguardian.com/news.php?extend.4570

Operation Enduring Freedom – The Widow-Maker
Lankaweb
However, in the modern day of Wikileaks, the commanders were in fear of
exposure. Barely 95 days passed and the same US Navy SEALS Team Six was
called for another high profile attack in Afghanistan among others. There
were 38 in the Chinook helicopter …
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/10/02/operation-enduring-freedom-the-widow-maker/

Govt protecting ‘corrupt’ ministers: Advani
IBNLive.com
… to win the trust vote when the Left parties had withdrawn support to
the UPA I. Quoting a WikiLeaks report on the events surrounding the trust
vote, he said the Manmohan Singh government “not only indulged in massive
bribery to buy MPs to its side, …
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-protecting-corrupt-ministers-advani/189826-37-64.html

Top 10 trademark news stories for September
World Trademark Review (subscription)
Another anti-counterfeiting-related blog considered the WikiLeaks cables
revelation that Apple did not have an anti-counterfeiting team in China
until 2008. Finally, coverage of two ECJ rulings quickly jumped into the
top 10. …
http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/Detail.aspx?g=1b2eacc4-d947-4fa1-9058-0a0164afe70c

WikiLeaks: the implications for Zimbabwe | New Zimbabwe Blog
By Jonathan Moyo
Now I can see from the Wikileaks that it is the Americans who say to the
Daily News “hey boys and girls go and call that guy a flip-flopper” (an
American word which is not in the Oxford or ZIMSEC syllabi). Indeed, in one
instance the US …
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/jmoyo/wikileaks-the-implications-for-zimbabwe/

WikiLeaks Proves Al Jazeera Changed Coverage for American …
By Dennis
According to WikiLeaks, the news director, Wadah Khanfar, had modified the
network’s coverage of the Iraq war in response to pressure from the United
States. It seems that WikiLeaks came into possession of a series of
documents that stated …
http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2011/10/wikileaks-proves-al-jazeera-changed-coverage-for-american-officials/

WikiLeaks cables: Americans funded groups that stalled Burma dam …
By th?y tinh v?
WikiLeaks cables: Americans funded groups that stalled Burma dam project
(Guardian). In CHINA on October 2, 2011 at 8:10 pm. Newly leaked document
reveals support for opponents of proposed Myitsone dam, widely seen as a
Chinese …
http://thuytinhvo.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/wikileaks-cables-americans-funded-groups-that-stalled-burma-dam-project-guardian/

Frontier Post :: International :: Mugabe ‘in Singapore for medical check’
By shimran
Mugabe, 87, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, has prostate
cancer, according to US diplomatic cables released by the whistle-blower
website WikiLeaks.The leaked cable alleged that Reserve Bank governor
Gideon …
http://www.thefrontierpost.com/?p=63008

Assange puts book deal details on WikiLeaks – Technology …
He laid bare the secrets of governments and corporations. But until now,
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fiercely fought demands for more
transparency in his …
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44709794/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/assange-puts-book-deal-details-wikileaks/

Why Wikileaks is good! – YouTube
WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit media organisation. Our goal is to bring
important news and information to the public. We provide an innovative …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ5exLTZBXU