The New Dark Age

7 October 2011 — williambowles.info

Arab Spring galvanizers, WikiLeaks among Nobel contenders
CNN
Of those, 53 are organizations, including WikiLeaks — the website founded by Julian Assange that facilitates the publication of classified information and made headlines for leaking documents and videos related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. …
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/world/norway-nobel-peace-prize/

Westboro Baptist Church, Wikileaks Troll Steve Jobs’ Death
Escapist Magazine
Julian Assange is the man behind WikiLeaks, the organization that published
thousands of classified US State Department communiques in 2010 and quickly
became the target of financial institutions and the US Government. Last
night, Assange Tweeted (via …
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/113525-Westboro-Baptist-Church-Wikileaks-Troll-Steve-Jobs-Death

Wikileaks Honors Steve Jobs with Fake HIV Report
Gawker
But the most tone-deaf has got to be the one by Wikileaks, which last night
tweeted a link to a faked copy of the former Apple CEO’s positive “HIV
report.” RIP, Steve! Just minutes after news broke that Steve Jobs had
died, Wikileaks tweeted a link to …
http://gawker.com/5847341/wikileaks-honors-steve-jobs-with-fake-hiv-report

WikiLeaks: N. Korea will use nuclear weapons in exchange for normalization with US
GlobalPost
N. Korea will keep its nuclear weapons until the final stages of talks with
US, when they will exchange them for normalization, according to a
WikiLeaks cable. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan talks to
press as leaves his hotel to meet …
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/111006/wikileaks-north-korea-nuclear-weapons

Wikileaks head will participate, via videoconference, in IAPA assembly in Lima
MercoPress
Inter American Press Association (IAPA) reporters, editors and publishers
will hear first-hand and discuss exactly what motivated Julian Assange to
release secret diplomatic cables through Wikileaks, a Web site that as a
source of information has …
http://en.mercopress.com/2011/10/06/wikileaks-head-will-participate-via-videoconference-in-iapa-assembly-in-lima

Wikileaks: Danny Glover scores big on the revolutionary score card
The NarcoSphere
Actor Danny Glover has achieved a new type of celebrity status, this time
in the Wikileaks cables. Considering that the Zapatistas are only discussed
in two cables, while another four cables focus on the Mohawks, with another
dozen cables mentioning …
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2011/10/wikileaks-danny-glover-scores-big-revolutionary-score-card

A diplomat’s guide to reading Wikileaks
Embassy
There is of course Top Secret material as well that is not included in the
Wikileaks. But Top Secret is not used as much as people imagine for normal
diplomatic discourse. Wikileaks has provided the iceberg, but the tip of
limited distribution …
http://www.embassymag.ca/dailyupdate/view/a_diplomats_guide_to_reading_wikileaks_10-06-2011

Rudolf Elmer: The man who blew the whistle on Swiss banks
Rediff
He shared secret documents with WikiLeaks on the tax evasion activities of
Julius Baer in the Cayman Islands. Elmer was arrested in January this year
for handing over a CD with 2000 names of tax evaders to Julian Assange, the
editor of WikiLeaks in …
http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-rudolf-elmer-on-his-fight-against-swiss-banks/20111007.htm

Blake wooed genocidal Sri Lanka Army to help Afghan war
TamilNet
Within months of a war masterminded to end in the genocide of Eezham
Tamils, the US Asst Secretary of State Robert Blake wooed the genocidal Sri
Lanka Army’s help in the US-led war in Afghanistan, reveals a Wikileaks
document. …
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=34497

John Withers
Albeu.com
Mr. Withers , in an open letter, a year after leaving Albania clarifies his
position in connection with the publication of cablegram to Wikileaks. “In
recent weeks are shown in your media alleged cablegram to the State
Department, revealed by Wikileaks …
http://english.albeu.com/albania-news/withers:-cablegram,-america-speaks-the-truth/47702/

TN: Ex-CoP unwittingly alerted US Consulate
IBNLive.com
According to Wikileaks, Babu who was then heading the Special Task Force
had casually blurted out to diplomats about the security threat on the
Babri Masjid demolition anniversary during a chance encounter at a
US-sponsored seminar in which he was …
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tn-excop-unwittingly-alerted-us-consulate/190823-60-118.html

Strange Spiral Light Phenomena classified TOP SECRET by US
Examiner.com
I happened to mention to him the Wikileaks document I have back at the
house about the strangest new report I have ever seen. I scanned it into
the computer an emailed him a copy. My friend suggested I do a story about
it for his group called: …
http://www.examiner.com/city-buzz-in-charlotte/strange-spiral-light-phenomena-classified-top-secret-by-us

Hardliners arm twist Mugabe
Zimbabwe Independent
Top party officials like Vice-Presidents Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo,
Indigenisation and Empowerment minister Saviour Kasukuwere, politburo
members Sikhanyiso Ndlovu and Jonathan Moyo were quoted in WikiLeaks cables
after meeting US diplomats. …
http://www.theindependent.co.zw/local/32699-hardliners-arm-twist-mugabe.html

MDC-T suspends minister over US cables
Zimbabwe Independent
The suspension flies in the face of the party’s national executive
committee’s decision to ignore WikiLeaks cables which exposed four top
party officials, namely national organising secretary Nelson Chamisa,
national treasurer Roy Bennett, …
http://www.theindependent.co.zw/local/32697-mdc-t-suspends-minister-over-us-cables.html

Arab Spring or #ArabSpring ?
Huffington Post
Countless bloggers and dissidents active in the last days of the regime
point to a psychological threshold having been reached after Wikileaks
published a raft of diplomatic cables sent by the United States Embassy in
Tunis to the State Department …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/felix-marquardt/arab-spring-or-arabspring_b_998080.html

Israeli Spring
Tablet Magazine
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange preaches openness. But in Belarus,
Europe’s last dictator is using once-secret US cables to go after
dissidents. Occupy Wall Street protesters insist their movement echoes this
year’s Arab revolutions. …
http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/79947/israeli-spring/

FOI a must
Inquirer.net
In his column titled “Knowing” (Inquirer, 9/27/11), Conrado de Quiros
cited a positive aspect of the WikiLeaks. But the best part was the
delightful journey of thinking he gave me. I value knowing as I value
things that matter most in life. …
http://opinion.inquirer.net/14755/foi-a-must

Parties decide about café cooks and directors
Blic
We quote to her one of messages posted on the WikiLeaks site in which
Mladjan Dinkic complains about attacks from the DS with elections
approaching. The minister, however, replies that ‘the relations within the
coalition are clearly defined’. …
http://english.blic.rs/News/8073/Parties-decide-about-caf-cooks-and-directors

CIA: Detainee’s Torture Drawings, Writings, “Should They Exist,” To Remain Top …
The Public Record
By Truthout This picture of Abu Zubaydah was included in his classified
Guantanamo Detainee Assessment Brief released last month by WikiLeaks. This
story was written by Jason Leopold and originally published on Truthout. In
2002, not long after he was …
http://pubrecord.org/nation/9768/detainees-torture-drawings-writings/

Chungking Mansions, home of the ‘bandit phone’
Globe and Mail
A 2008 diplomatic cable from the US Embassy in Beijing, released by
Wikileaks this year, noted that, “Early evidence suggests nearly 100 per
cent of Apple [Inc.] products in unauthorized mainland markets are
knockoffs.” (Apple has since hired a team to …
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/asian-pacific/chungking-mansions-home-of-the-bandit-phone/article2193718/

Bank of America’s Website Continues to Suffer Outages
TMC Net
At the time, according to CNNMoney, the bank brushed aside any rumors that
it was being hacked by Wikileaks supporters, after the organization’s
founder Julian Assange told reporters that a large US bank would be its
next subject of leaked documents. …
http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/226583-bank-americas-website-continues-suffer-outages.htm

Third Arab Bloggers Meeting: Highlights and Challenges in the Digital Age
Tunisia Live
Governments’ inability to control the controversial effects of online
platforms such as Facebook and Wikileaks are features of the challenges of
democracy in the Internet age. A discussion circle on the use of Twitter in
the Arab revolutions and how …
http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/05/third-arab-bloggers-meeting-day-one-highlights-and-challenges-in-the-digital-age/

Author Exposes US Gov’t Cluelessness, Gets Persecuted by US Gov’t
Wonkette (satire)
Tell uncomfortable truths about US policy, or so much as mention
“Wikileaks,” and the American Authorities will hound you like a furious
baboon (a furious baboon-hound, we mean). Hence the current jihad against
Peter Van Buren’s We Meant Well: How I …
http://wonkette.com/454386/author-exposes-u-s-govt-cluelessness-gets-persecuted-by-u-s-govt

University of Glamorgan to study deadly AET cyberattacks
ComputerworldUK
The research will see the Welsh university’s Faculty of Advanced Technology
use Stonesoft’s anti-evasion testing tool to conduct “field research”
on different AETs in a lab environment. Wikileaks – fearless whistleblowers
or irresponsible nuisances? …
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3309029/university-of-glamorgan-to-study-deadly-aet-cyberattacks/

Iran, Russia Obstructing Azerbaijani Gas Exports
Atlantic Sentinel
EurasiaNet reports that diplomatic cables from the American embassy in
Baku, revealed by the whistleblowers’ website WikiLeaks, show that
Azerbaijani officials appealed to the United States for support against
Russia’s attempts to frustrate the small …
http://atlanticsentinel.com/2011/10/iran-russia-obstructing-azerbaijani-gas-exports/

Salute to Steve: Army Shows Off Soldier Smartphone Beta
Wired News
No one wanted to say the word “WikiLeaks,” but it’s obvious that data
security is a big, big concern for the Army. Soldiers who are used to the
smartphones they carry in civilian life will find the End User Device
pretty familiar — up to a point. …
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-smartphone-beta/

The Early Word: Double Dip
New York Times (blog)
Mr. Obama plans to issue an executive order on Friday aimed at patching
holes in the security framework for handling classified information as the
government seeks to prevent more scandals like those caused by WikiLeaks.
…
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/the-early-word-double-dip/

Al-Jazeera’s chief extols virtues of ‘journalism for the people’
The Guardian (blog)
He said: “The world of the internet, peoples’ media, social network sites,
WikiLeaks and others, has undermined the ability of the centres of power to
monopolise what is presented to public opinion.” In a question-and-answer
session following his …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/oct/07/al-jazeera-cityuniversity?newsfeed=true

Re-Examining Digital’s ‘Saint’ McLuhan In His Centenary Year
paidContent.org
“Most of the cultural shocks we are facing now are all to do with the
transgression of data from one context to another in a way that is almost
unconscious for actors – Wikileaks, the Arab Spring. The task for a McLuhan
in the 21st Century is to map …
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-re-examining-digitals-saint-mcluhan-in-his-centenery-year/

Superiority colonial mentality lingers on! – by Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro
New Era
Only Wikileaks cables could have been very much handy in this instance. The
absence of the German authorities from the panel discussion was a foretaste
of the eventual dilly-dallying that followed regarding the handover of the
skulls. …
http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=41062&title=Superiority%20colonial%20mentality%20lingers%20on!

After 100 years, corruption still a major problem in China
Kansas City Star
A diplomatic cable from the US Embassy in China during October 2006, made
public by WikiLeaks last month, paraphrased an official from the nation’s
State Council Development Research Center as saying that “Chinese leaders
are obsessed with internal …
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/06/3191181/after-100-years-corruption-still.html

GOP calls for Holder’s resignation intensify
The Hill
Issa called Holder’s ability to serve as attorney general into question at
the beginning of the year over the DOJ’s dismissal of the
voter-intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party and the lack of
prosecution over the Wikileaks document …
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/186061-gop-calls-for-holders-resignation-grow

Wikileaks: Mugabe assets worth over $1b « The Daily Attack
By Rj
Hat tip to William Bowles · The Zimbabwean. President Robert Mugabe was
reportedly worth more than $1 billion in 2001, with assets ranging from
residential properties and farms to funds stashed away offshore bank
accounts. According to a …
http://thedailyattack.com/2011/10/06/wikileaks-mugabe-assets-worth-over-1b/

The Complete Guantánamo Files: WikiLeaks and the Prisoners …
By Andy Worthington
In late April, I worked with WikiLeaks as a media partner for the
publication of thousands of pages of classified military documents — the
Detainee Assessment Briefs — relating to almost all of the 779 prisoners
held at Guantánamo since the …
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2011/10/06/the-complete-guantanamo-files-wikileaks-and-the-prisoners-released-in-2006-part-five-of-ten/

North Korea Planned to Trade Nukes For Full Ties With US: WikiLeaks
By Alec Hadman
North Korea Planned to Trade Nukes For Full Ties With U.S.: WikiLeaks.
Posted on 06 October 2011. Tweet. North Korea in 2008 indicated it would
retain its nuclear bombs until the end of the six-party talks as a final
bargaining chip for …
http://nknews.org/2011/10/north-korea-planned-to-trade-nukes-for-full-ties-with-u-s-wikileaks/