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5 October 2011 — williambowles.info

Wikileaks: Aoun was ready to dump Hezbollah in 2007
Ya Libnan
… Michel Aoun told former US Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman in 2007 that he was willing to dissolve his 2006 Memorandum of Understanding with Hezbollah if he receives a better offer, a classified US embassy cable that was leaked by WikiLeaks revealed. …
http://www.yalibnan.com/2011/10/05/wikileaks-aoun-was-ready-to-dump-hezbollah-in-2007/

Publisher defends Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography
CBC.ca
As the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has overseen the release of
thousands of secret diplomatic cables and military reports. Now he’s
getting what some feel is a taste of his own medicine. Recently, his memoir
was published in the UK despite his …
http://www.cbc.ca/books/2011/10/publisher-defends-unauthorized-autobiograpy-of-julian-assange.html

Lawyer talks WikiLeaks, ethics
Minnesota Daily
By Nick Sudheimer Speaking to a large crowd at Coffman Union Theater, Mark
Stephens, an internationally renowned lawyer and former counsel for
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, brought a small part of the WikiLeaks
debate to the University of Minnesota …
http://www.mndaily.com/2011/10/04/lawyer-talks-wikileaks-ethics

Happy Birthday Wikileaks – Where is the knowledge in your information?
Firstpost
We may be able to land some of the blame, or thanks, for that, at the
doorstep of Wikileaks. Marking its fifth anniversary on Tuesday with the
blunt line of “5 years of crushing bastards”, according to its Twitter
feed, the non-profit agency has …
http://www.firstpost.com/world/happy-birthday-wikileaks-where-is-the-knowledge-in-your-information-99589.html

Ambassadorial cables from Zimbabwe to the United States exposed by Wikileaks …
The Zimbabwean
Wikileaks indicates this so in Mugabe’s case, with Jonathan Moyo suggesting
that he also has cancer of the throat. Most commonly, prostate cancer will
spread to nearby femur bones and the pelvic and spinal region. This causes
severe pain and the …
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/zimbabwe/53350/mdc-mps-should-save-mugabe.html?utm_source=thezim&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=listarticle&utm_content=textlink

Kenya: How America Sees Malindi
AllAfrica.com
This is according to diplomatic communication leaked by online
whistleblower WikiLeaks. According to former United States envoy to Kenya
William Bellamy, drugs, crime, corruption, sex tourism ,and religious
tensions co-exist on the pearly beaches of …
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110050241.html

RusLeaks Suspended Amid Investigation into Privacy Breaches
The Moscow Times
By Natalya Krainova RusLeaks, the Russian answer to WikiLeaks, has been
suspended amid an investigation into whether it breached privacy rights by
publishing personal details of private individuals in what it said was an
effort to fight corruption. …
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/rusleaks-suspended-pending-investigation-into-privacy-breaches/444824.html

Envoy defends Sh3.6bn project targeting youth
Daily Nation
Photo/FILE While US envoy Scott Gration maintained “Kenyans themselves
will have to decide the kind of leadership they want”, whistleblower
website WikiLeaks claimed the embassy had set aside billions of shillings
for the project. …
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Envoy+defends+Sh3bn+project+targeting+youth/-/1056/1248060/-/q3echg/-/

Sleiman’s change of heart over Murr’s Leaks scandals
The Daily Star
By Antoine Ghattas Saab As both Wikileaks and “Truth Leaks” scandals
have made clear, political positions in closed rooms differ from those
expressed in public. In addition to backing up this international truism,
the published Wikileaks cables have …
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Oct-05/150498-sleimans-change-of-heart-over-murrs-leaks-scandals.ashx

Viewpoint: Should we do away with privacy?
BBC News
So, at a time when there are many debates about the privacy settings on
Facebook and the ethics of Wikileaks, I actually come from the complete
opposite end of that argument. I believe in living your life and operating
your business in a way that means …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15167917

‘Japan’s ruling elite were behind Takeshima Day’
Korea Times
22 as “Takeshima Day,” according to a US diplomatic cable released by
anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The bilateral relationship between Seoul
and Tokyo soured in 2005 when a provincial assembly in Japan passed an
ordinance for the designation of …
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/10/116_96117.html

Leaked Cable Shows US Concern Over Election Violence in Kurdistan
Rudaw
LONDON, UK — A US Embassy cable recently released by Wikileaks reveals
that nearly a month prior to last year’s tense parliamentary elections,
violence was breaking out between supporters of the opposition Change
Movement and the ruling Patriotic …
http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/4030.html

Suriname police believed 2007 piracy case was insurance fraud – US cable
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Local | Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Suriname police believed that a 2007 piracy case involving three Suriname
boats in waters near Guyana was more likely a case of insurance fraud,
according to a WikiLeaks cable. …
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/news/stories/10/05/suriname-police-believed-2007-piracy-case-was-insurance-fraud-%E2%80%93-us-cable/

MORE ON THE STORY
RT
The United States has extended its power of influence deep into Asia, as
new WikiLeaks cables released reveal that the US embassy in Rangoon helped
keep a dam planned by the Chinese from being built. Chinese officials have
lashed out at the Obama …
http://rt.com/news/us-china-wto-violation-077/comments/

US knew Rajapaksa election was irregular
TamilNet
A classified cable of the US Embassy in Colombo, made available through
WikiLeaks, shows that the US Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis has informed
the US government about a Rajapaksa order to eight SL Government Agents to
send election results directly …
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=34491

The Gold Price Conspiracy Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You to Know About
Money Morning
That much was revealed in a diplomatic cable recently uncovered by
Wikileaks. According to the 2009 cable from the US embassy, China believes
the United States and Europe have, as a matter of policy, suppressed the
price of gold to discourage its use …
http://moneymorning.com/2011/10/05/gold-price-conspiracy-uncle-sam-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about/

Nigeria: Electoral Commission Concocted 2007 Results for Tribunal – Yar’Adua …
AllAfrica.com
He asked to see the full Wikileaks cable before reacting further. He later
sent this mobile phone text message to our reporter: “That’s just rubbish.
You should know that too. I’m too intelligent for that kind of nonsensical
comments ascribed to me. …
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110040792.html

Reviews round-up
New Statesman (blog)
“Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and part Scottish novelist
and ghostwriter Andrew O’ Hagan … [have] given birth to an unfinished
draft … published before its maturity under the wacky title The
Unauthorised Autobiography,” writes David …
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2011/10/julian-assange-harris-novel

Power obsession and footwear
Deccan Herald
If, according to a secret diplomatic despatch recently released by
Wikileaks, Mayawati deigned to despatch an empty aircraft all the way to
Mumbai there have been others who have equalled if not surpassed her in
their shoe-sandal obsession. …
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/195757/power-obsession-footwear.html

“Anonymous” Threatens NYSE Attack, October 10th
Techimoto
Anyonymous came to prominence last year after attacking financial services
firms such as Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard and PayPal who refused to
process payments for whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks. Anonymous says;
“On October 10, Nyse shall be …
http://www.techimoto.com/2011/10/04/anonymous-threatens-nyse-attack-october-10th/

Maoists deny taking money from Essar
The Hindu
WikiLeaks release In August this year, the WikiLeaks website released a
diplomatic cable sent by the US consulate in Mumbai quoting an unnamed
Essar representative who claimed that the company paid ‘significant
amounts” of money to Maoist fighters to …
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2512488.ece

Tempers fray in Dutch Tamil Tiger case
Radio Netherlands
In a week when Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being mischievously
mentioned in the same breath as the Nobel Peace Prize, defence counsel
Victor Koppe quoted a Wikileaks cable to argue against the inclusion of the
Tamil Tigers on the EU’s list of …
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/tempers-fray-dutch-tamil-tiger-case

A Closed-Mouth Policy Even on Open Secrets
New York Times
The State Department cables published by WikiLeaks can be found on the Web
with a few mouse clicks and have affected relations with dozens of
countries — but American officials cannot publicly discuss them.
Underlying these paradoxes is a problem that …
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/us/politics/awlaki-killing-is-awash-in-open-secrets.html

Chaoda Long-Term Credit Rating Cut By Standard & Poor’s
Bloomberg
Anonymous, made up of hundreds of members in several countries, gained
renown in December when it targeted EBay Inc. (EBAY)’s PayPal unit, Visa
Inc. (V) and other companies deemed hostile to WikiLeaks, an organization
that posts secret documents on the …
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-04/s-p-downgrades-chaoda-modern-s-long-term-credit-rating-1-.html

Israel and the 1967 boundaries
ABC Online
Look, WikiLeaks was to my mind one of the most dangerous and irresponsible
events that happened but also fascinating and something we learned many
things about. One of the things we learnt was that what we the Israelis say
in public and in private is …
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-05/israel-and-the-1967-boundaries/3300116?section=world

Canadiens doing some bonding
Montreal Gazette
By PAT HICKEY, The Gazette October 4, 2011 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 …
http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Canadiens+doing+some+bonding/5497460/story.html

Can we stop hacktivism?
SC Magazine US
Whether it’s attacking Visa for dropping payment processing for WikiLeaks,
DDoS attacks against the former Egyptian regime during the last January’s
internet blackout, or the PlayStation Network hack after Sony attempted to
sue George Hotz, …
http://www.scmagazineus.com/can-we-stop-hacktivism/article/213559/

99 Super-Muslim Heroes from Kuwait
Al-Bawaba (blog)
“These past week Al Jazeera television has been at the centre of debates
following the resignation of Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera’s top executive
since 2003, after disclosures from the group WikiLeaks indicating that he
had modified the network’s …
http://www.albawaba.com/blog_roundup/99-super-muslim-heroes-kuwait-395227

Role of Solidar, UNOPS in UN Security Operations Information Centre
The Island.lk (subscription)
Rajiva Wijesinha After the Wikileaks revelation about Guy Rhodes, I went
back to the various assessments I had made in 2008 and 2009. What I found
was fascinating, and suggests that what we are going through now was
carefully prepared by just a few …
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=36094

2001: US attacks Taliban
CNN (blog)
… poor Afghan women and children are gonna pay the price.does anybody
know how to submit papers to the international courts at the Hague on
pushing the issue of war crimes against Bush and Cheney on the war in Iraq?
maybe Wikileaks could help us out! …
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/04/2001-u-s-attacks-taliban/

Internet hackers effect real-life change
UNM Daily Lobo
Anonymous has been responsible for several online DDoS attacks, including
the temporary shutdown of PayPal over its withdrawal of support for
WikiLeaks, a website dedicated to publishing leaked government and
corporate documents. …
http://www.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2011/10/internet_hackers_effect_reallife_change

With our thoughts, we make the world
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
However, it strikes me that today, more than ever, we all have the
opportunity to do this: you don’t have to write a book, discover a
continent or invent the blender – you can dream up a website such as
WikiLeaks, YouTube or Google and literally change …
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/culture/blogs/all-men-are-liars/with-our-thoughts-we-make-the-world-20110923-1ko1q.html

Five Women Who Matter Most
Truthdig
Use secret back channels to bully and berate enemies, spin on behalf of
targeted assassinations and, as we know from the State Department cables
published by WikiLeaks, lie. A lot. AP / Rodrigo Abd.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/five_women_who_matter_most_20111005/

Afghanistan, India sign security accord
DAWN.com
WikiLeaks documents published by Dawn recently revealed former US
ambassador to India Timothy Roemer as quoting India’s National Security
Advisor Shivshankar Menon about his Haqqani worry. “Menon lamented that
Pakistan had shown itself to be unable or …
http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/05/afghanistan-india-sign-security-accord.html

Keystone Pipeline Critics Call The Project ‘Crony Capitalism’ And Urge Obama …
Huffington Post
The groups also cite a Los Angeles Times report from July, based on leaked
cables obtained by the whistleblower organization Wikileaks, that another
State Department envoy, David Goldwyn, traveled to Canada in 2009 and
coached officials there on …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/04/keystone-pipeline-critics_n_994177.html

Is Bobie Ansah A Qualified Journalist?
Peace FM Online
This was made known by the Wikileaks cables. Kwesi Pratt was contacted to
confirm the allegation but he denied ever making such statement. Nana Addo
himself has come out to deny such allegations on several political
platforms; yet Bobie Ansah in his …
http://news.peacefmonline.com/features/201110/72671.php

The 3rd blogger’s conference opens in Tunisia
Press TV
The conference served as nexus for change and screen videos on social media
awareness and the impact of Wikileaks digital cables on the Islamic
Awakening across the Arab world to increase reflexivity. The third blogger
convention in Tunisia gathered …
http://presstv.com/detail/202799.html

Too Much Cybersecurity Awareness
GovInfoSecurity.com (blog)
This will not be easy, and in the wake of WikiLeaks it will require
courage, but it is essential and should itself be the subject of intense
discussion. Who will step up to lead?” Many look to the Obama
administration and Congress to lead. …
http://blogs.govinfosecurity.com/posts.php?postID=1077

Happy 5th Birthday, Wikileaks
By Marshall Kirkpatrick
Wikileaks, the politically complicated organization that says it “opens
governments” by posting secret documents online, celebrates its 5th
birthday today. A lightning rod for criticism since beginning to post a
huge trove of US State Department …
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/happy_5th_birthday_wikileaks.php

Australia Broadcasting Corporation reports desertions rendering …
By donal brown
The Australia Broadcasting Corporation reports that the future of WikiLeaks
is threatened as a key figure in the organization called “The
Architect” left the organization taking with him the submission system or
drop box which was his creation. …
http://www.firstamendmentcoalition.org/2011/10/australia-broadcasting-corporation-reports-desertions-rendering-wikileaks-impotent/

FreedomInfo | WikiLeaks Is Topic for Panel at Ottawa ICIC Meeting
By toby
WikiLeaks has not turned out to be a game-changer in terms of transparency
for four main reasons, according to Alasdair Roberts, Rappaport Professor
of Law and Public Policy, Suffolk University (US). “A year ago we did
think WikiLeaks was …
http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/10/wikileaks-is-topic-for-panel-at-ottawa-icic-meeting/

US Wikileaks Reveals “Very Effective Diplomatic Approach” By Sri …
By Administrator
Though Sri Lankan newspapers have already published the Wikileaks cable
disclosing that in April 2009, the UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband,
spent 60% of his time on Sri Lanka due to the “very vocal Tamil Diaspora
in the UK”, what was …
http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/4755

Happy Birthday WikiLeaks | Radsoft’s Rants
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have had more major news scoops in their brief
five year history than all the news organisations of the world combined in
their entire history. Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have brought truth to
the people …
http://radsoft.net/rants/20111004,00.shtml

2011-10-04 WikiLeaks « GNU-Darwin Action Blog
By gnudarwin
2011-10-04 WikiLeaks. 2011-10-04 WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News on #Cablegate
Releases & #WikiLeaks: Tweet This is a “WikiLeaks News Up…
*http://bit.ly/olU4zj. Share this: Facebook · Twitter · StumbleUpon ·
Digg · Reddit · Print · Email …
http://gnudarwin.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/2011-10-04-wikileaks/

Wikileaks hits Argentina « UNCUT
By Ana Arana
Like in a good spy novel, Santiago O’Donnell met Julian Assange, the head
of Wikileaks, in an English country house after taking a serpentine route.
There he received instructions on how to obtain the 2600 US State
Department cables on …
http://uncut.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/wikileaks-hits-argentina/

Belarus, Europe’s Last Dictatorship, Uses WikiLeaks to Target …
By Kapil Komireddi
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange preaches openness. But in Belarus,
Europe’s last dictator is using once-secret U.S. cables to go after
dissidents.
http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/79749/wikitargeted/

Julian Assange, in a Gilded British Cage – NYTimes.com
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who is fighting extradition to Sweden
on accusations of sexual misconduct, outside Ellingham Hall in December
2010. …
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/business/media/julian-assange-in-a-gilded-british-cage.html?pagewanted=all

State Department Employee Faces Firing for Posting WikiLeaks Link
State Department Employee Faces Firing for Posting WikiLeaks Link.
https://www.wikileaks-forum.com/index.php?topic=5087.0

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange protests unauthorized publication …
Well, hello, irony: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today condemned his
British book publisher for releasing drafts of a much-anticipated memoir
without his …
http://boingboing.net/2011/09/21/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-protests-unauthorized-publication-of-biography.html