22 August 2012 — williambowles.info
UK media lines up behind campaign to extradite Assange and silence WikiLeaks
World Socialist Web Site Today at 16:33 The British media has played a venal role throughout the ongoing efforts to witch-hunt and silence WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.
Banned Names
Craig Murray Today at 14:31 Not only have the BBC hierarchy ruled Anna Ardin’s name must not be mentioned. Also Irmeli Krans’ name is banned from the airwaves. And no, she’s not an alleged ‘victim’ in the Assange case.
George Galloway wrong
Socialist Resistance Today at 13:30Terry Susan Pashkoff and Terry Conway respond to George Galloway’s video:
This video from George Galloway – which appeared on The Guardian website – is extremely offensive and misogynist. Galloway, in seeking to defend Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange not only against the US government and threats of extradition from Britain but from allegations of rape by two women in Sweden, made a series of indefensible statements in his weekly online broadcast, Goodnight with George Galloway.
Assange case: “David and Goliath” situation
Voice of Russia, News Today at 13:07 The President of Ecuador has said any attempt by the UK to enter its embassy would amount to diplomatic suicide. The comments from Rafael Correa come after Ecuador granted asylum to Julian Assange, provoking criticism from the UK government which wants to extradite the Wikileaks founder to Sweden for questioning on allegations of sexual assault.
MP on Assange’s ‘sexual etiquette’
Voice of Russia, News Today at 11:24 Campaigners against sexual violence have reacted angrily after the controversial British MP George Galloway said Julian Assange is not guilty of rape. Mr Assange is facing several sexual charges in Sweden, including allegations of rape, after complaints were made to police in 2010.
Julian Assange: where to from here?
Voice of Russia, News Today at 09:33 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London despite being granted asylum by the South American country last week. The British Foreign Office says it won’t give Assange safe passage to an airport, saying it must fulfil its international law obligations and extradite him to Sweden.
Another asshat ‘Liberal’ sticks foot in mouth
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert Today at 09:20 Laurie Penny: If you really believe in WikiLeaks, you must want Assange to face up to justice Classic nonsense from over eager ‘Liberal’ trying to score points but missing the point. You wanna talk about women’s rights? Talk about Rep. …
The Pathetic Vapourings of the Establishment
Craig Murray Today at 08:41 A number of mainstream media attacks on me today. Astonishingly, not a single one admits that Anna Ardin gave media interviews accusing Assange and put her own name in the public domain. Despite the fact I spent most of yesterday being interviewed by journalists and repeating that point over and over again.
Ecuador may turn to ICC to settle Assange problem
Voice of Russia, News Today at 07:13 Ecuador may take the issue of Julian Assange to the International Criminal Court.
Remembrances of dirty wars and nasty characters
The Greanville Post Today at 03:15TGP STAFF THE OUTRAGEOUS STANDOFF between Ecuador and Britain over Julian Assange, entirely caused by the United Kingdom’s abject desire to play loyal sidekick to imperial Washington, and a recent item on the New York Times that brought back memories of the murderous dirty war in Argentina in the 1970s, and the cynical existence of a school
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VIDEO: Assange embassy entry warning
BBC News Yesterday at 18:45 It would be ‘suicidal’ for British authorities to try to enter the Ecuadorian embassy to arrest Julian Assange, Ecuador’s president has warned.
Galloway sparks outrage after blog calling rape ‘really bad manners’
Morning Star Yesterday at 18:12 Furious campaigners lashed out at George Galloway yesterday after he claimed sexual assault allegations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange amounted to no more than ‘bad sexual etiquette.’
Assange is no left-wing hero
Morning Star Yesterday at 17:28 I strongly disagree with Keith Flett’s opinion (M Star August 20) that although he is ‘less than ideal,’ Julian Assange somehow ‘fits the bill’ as a ‘modern left-wing figure.’
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Ecuador’s leader says open to talks with Britain on Assange
Reuters
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador is ready to negotiate over the fate of Julian Assange if Britain withdraws a threat to raid its embassy in London where the WikiLeaks founder has sought refuge, President Rafael Correa said on Tuesday. Ecuador was incensed by …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/22/us-wikileaks-assange–ecuador-idUSBRE87L02L20120822
WikiLeaks: From ‘Torch of Democracy’ to Anti-American ‘Cudgel’ (Die Presse …
The Moderate Voice
Is anti-Americanism on the part of Julian Assange at the heart of
WikiLeaks? For Austria’s Die Presse, columnist Michael Laczynski asserts
that what seemed to have begun as an effort to give whistle blowers a safe
place to expose corruption and …
WikiLeaks‘ Assange Supporters Hit UK Websites With DDoS Attacks
eWeek
Hacktivists in the Anonymous collective have taken credit for a series of
attacks in the last 24 hours against United Kingdom government sites in
protest of efforts to extradite WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange. Dubbed
Operation Free Assange, the …
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/WikiLeaks-Assange-Supporters-Hit-UK-Web-Sites-With-DDoS-Attacks-692000/
Wikileaks Finds A Friend In Anonymous With #OpFreeAssange
WebProNews
Wikileaks and Anonymous have been close for quite some time now. Many of
the recent leaks that have come out of Wikileaks were obtained by members
within Anonymous. With Julian Assange under fire at the Ecuadorian embassy,
Anonymous have taken …
http://www.webpronews.com/wikileaks-finds-a-friend-in-anonymous-with-opfreeassange-2012-08
Melbourne radio host suspended for shouting ‘Sieg Heil’
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A Melbourne radio host who claims Jewish
descent was suspended for one month for shouting “Sieg Heil” three
times at the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. John Michael
Howson, 76, a talk-back host on 3AW Radio, …
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/08/22/3104726/melbourne-radio-host-suspended-for-shouting-sieg-heil
WikiLeaks and Free Speech
OpEdNews
We therefore have been deeply grateful for the accomplishments of
WikiLeaks, and applaud Ecuador’s decision to grant diplomatic asylum to its
founder, Julian Assange, who is now living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in
London. Ecuador has acted in …
http://www.opednews.com/articles/WikiLeaks-and-Free-Speech-by-Michael-Moore-120821-424.html
Let’s Help WikiLeaks Liberate the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiating Text
Truth-Out
Leaders of the member countries of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic
Partnership Agreement (TPP) meeting on November 14, 2010. (Photo: Gobierno
de Chile)On September 6, negotiators will go to Leesburg, Virginia, for the
latest round of secretive …
Rape or politics? Assange sex case splits Britain
Reuters
The founder of WikiLeaks has turned his legal travails into a political
issue, causing a diplomatic row by taking refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy,
but a growing number of critics want to focus attention back onto the
allegations of sexual violence …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/21/us-wikileaks-assange-women-idUSBRE87K0PL20120821
Wikileaks Greatest Hits: The Venezuelan ambassador’s emails
Democratic Underground
So, naturally, somebody hacked a server, got thousands of emails from the
account of Freddy Balzan (who had been Venezuela’s ambassador to
Argentina), and handed them over to Wikileaks! Which finally brings us to
the decisive light that Wikileaks shed …
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021174113
Hackers target UK government websites over Assange case
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – Hackers have targeted British government websites in the
last 24 hours, the government said on Tuesday, after activist hacking group
Anonymous said it had launched attacks to protest against the handling of
the case of WikiLeaks‘ …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/21/us-wikileaks-assange-websites-idUSBRE87K0O120120821
Hackers target UK government websites over Julian Assange case
Reuters
Anonymous says targets Cameron’s office, other departments. * UK govt says
hackers failed or caused little disruption. LONDON Aug 21 (Reuters) –
Hackers have targeted British government websites in the last 24 hours, the
government said on Tuesday, …
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/21/wikileaks-assange-websites-idINL6E8JLEBL20120821
If you really believe in WikiLeaks, you must want Assange to face up to justice
The Independent
Which would you rather have – women’s rights or freedom of speech? For
the crowd standing outside the Ecuadorian Embassy, listening to various
venerable activists give rousing speeches, that’s the choice that seems to
have been placed before the …
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/laurie-penny-if-you-really-believe-in-wikileaks-you-must-want-assange-to-face-up-to-justice-8069906.html
Respect internet freedom, US tells India
New York Daily News
Asked to explain its stand on WikiLeaks in view of its professed support of
full freedom of the internet, Nuland said: “WikiLeaks didn’t have to do
with freedom of the internet. It had to do with the compromise of US
government classified information …
Michael Moore And Oliver Stone Join Forces To Defend Julian Assange In New …
International Business Times
August 21, 2012 3:15 PM EDT. Controversial film directors Michael Moore and
Oliver Stone joined forces to pen an op-ed Monday in the New York Times in
support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s effort to seek political
asylum in Ecuador.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/375970/20120821/michael-moore-oliver-stone-wikileaks-julian-assange.htm
Political Asylum For Wikileaks’ Assange, Greendays Gardening, And A Brand …
KUOW NPR
US: Assange Trying To Deflect Attention: Julian Assange, speaking from a
ground–level balcony at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London last weekend,
accused the United States of a “witch hunt” over his secrets–spilling
website Wikileaks. The Obama …
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=27703
Sweden unlikely to extradite Assange to US: Australia
AFP
SYDNEY — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was unlikely to be extradited
from Sweden to the United States if there was a risk of the death penalty
or a military court, Australia’s foreign minister said Wednesday. British
authorities won their case to …
Hacker Group Anonymous Targets U.K. Web Sites in Support of Julian Assange
Hollywood Reporter
LONDON – Computer hacking collective Anonymous said Tuesday that it has
launched cyber attacks on British government websites to protest the U.K.’s
plans to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. our editor recommends.
Julian Assange Calls on …
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anonymous-hacks-uk-government-wikileaks-julian-assange-364350
Correa: Storming embassy to seize Assange would be UK’s ‘political suicide’
RT
Correa said that if British authorities forced their way into embassy to
arrest the WikiLeaks founder, then other people could enter British
diplomatic premises all around the world and the UK “wouldn’t be able to
say a thing.” During his statement on …
http://rt.com/news/assange–ecuador-asylum-wikileaks-234/
Assange asylum seen as travesty of justice in Sweden
Reuters
Women’s claims seen belittled by WikiLeaks head. * Nordic nation has strong
human rights record. By Patrick Lannin and Mia Shanley. STOCKHOLM, Aug 21
(Reuters) – While WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange battles to stay in
Britain, Sweden is incensed …
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/21/sweden-assange-idINL6E8JKBL020120821
Don’t lose sight of why the US is out to get Julian Assange
The Guardian
To get a grip on what is actually going on, rewind to WikiLeaks‘ explosive
release of secret US military reports and hundreds of thousands of
diplomatic cables two years ago. They disgorged devastating evidence of US
war crimes and collusion with death …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/21/why-us-is-out-to-get-assange
Julian Assange: Swedish prosecutors censure sex case naming diplomat
Telegraph.co.uk
A WikiLeaks spokesman did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Meanwhile Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, said it would be “suicide”
for Britain to enter his country’s London embassy, where Mr Assange has
been holed up for two months …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/9490463/Julian-Assange-Swedish-prosecutors-censure-sex-case-naming-diplomat.html
UK lawmaker criticized over Assange rape comments
Kansas City Star
British lawmaker George Galloway was chastised by the leader of his own
political party over his claim that sex crime allegations against WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange do not constitute rape. It drew some parallels to
U.S. congressman Todd Akin, who …
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/21/3771993/uk-lawmaker-criticized-over-assange.html
A dialogue that even Wikileaks wouldn’t reveal
The Nation
THE FOLLOWING conversation among three world-class crim … er …
political victims is imaginary. I do believe, howeverr, that if you put
Thaksin Shinawatra, Viktor Bout and Julian Assange in one chat room and
asked them to be sincere and …
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/A-dialogue-that-even-Wikileaks-wouldnt-reveal-30188760.html
Michael Moore – Michael Moore And Oliver Stone Applaud Ecuador For Granting …
Contactmusic.com
Filmmakers Michael Moore and Oliver Stone have applauded officials in
Ecuador for granting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s request for
political asylum in a new opinion piece. Assange has been fighting
extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of …
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/michael-moore-and-oliver-stone-applaud-ecuador-for-granting-wikileaks-founder-asylum_1396804
Julian Assange’s Rape Case Has Nothing to Do With Free Speech
Gawker
The latest Wikileaks farce came to a head this weekend, with Julian Assange
thundering from a balcony at the London Ecuadorian embassy that Obama must
end the “witch hunt,” against Wikileaks. That Assange is holed up in the
embassy after seeking …
http://gawker.com/5936600/julian-assanges-rape-case-has-nothing-to-do-with-free-speech
Wikileaks & Free Speech
By Michael Moore & Oliver Stone, New York Times
We therefore have been deeply grateful for the accomplishments of
WikiLeaks, and applaud Ecuador’s decision to grant diplomatic asylum to its
founder, Julian Assange, who is now living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in
London. Ecuador has …
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/08/21/wikileaks_amp_free_speech_287960.html
Wikileaks Boycotts Too Big To Fail With Bitcoin – Max Keiser
By Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert
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Stacy: The Most Dangerous People in Financial Media · Markets finance
scandal Maxkeiser dot …
http://maxkeiser.com/2012/08/22/wikileaks-boycotts-too-big-to-fail-with-bitcoin/
Why is Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Asking Obama for Help? | The …
By Sharon Rondeau
FOUNDER OF WEBSITE WHICH PUBLISHED SENSITIVE MATERIAL ADDRESSES OBAMA
DIRECTLY by Sharon Rondeau Julian Assange is an Australian citizen accused
by two.
http://www.thepostemail.com/2012/08/21/why-is-wikileaks-julian-assange-asking-obama-for-help/
Poll: Should the Public Cheer WikiLeaks for Posting Government …
Founder Julian Assange, seeking to avoid sex-case trial in Sweden, assails
U.S. “witch hunt.”
WikiLeaks and the Global Future of Free Speech … – Gerd Leonhard
By Gerd Leonhard
This is a great piece in the NYT, see below. Regardless of what you think
of Assange or Wikileaks, the point below is correct.WikiLeaks and the
Global Future of Free Speech – NYTimes.com …
http://www.mediafuturist.com/2012/08/good-piece-by-film-makers-michael-moore-and-oliver-stone-wikileaks-and-the-global-future-of-free-speech-nytimescom.html
Polish WikiLeaks
Enjoy ya ll: http://www.polandleaks.org Polish WikiLeaks.
http://www.polishforums.com/news-politics-4/polish-wikileaks-61481/
Assange asks for end to US Wikileaks ‘witch hunt’ | IceNews – Daily …
By Malcolm
Wikileaks figurehead Julian Assange has urged Washington to end its
Wikileaks ‘witch hunt’ after he was given amnesty by Ecuador last week.
http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2012/08/22/assange-asks-for-end-to-us-wikileaks-witch-hunt/
Julian Assange, USA: Wikileaks; Sweden: Willi-leaks « Hung, Drawn …
By hungdrawnandcultured
Julian Assange, USA: Wikileaks; Sweden: Willi-leaks. Asange seeks sanctuary
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Lionel – Wikileaks Secrets Revealed – KPLR 11
By Lionel
NEW YORK, NY (WPIX) – Secrets, spies, and Wikileaks. Commentator Lionel
talks about the spymasters and the data they’re releasing….
http://kplr11.com/2012/08/21/lionel-wikileaks-secrets-revealed/
WikiLeaks cable: Gaddafi funded, trained CPP-NPA rebels …
MANILA, Philippines – Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi was a key financier
of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military wing, the
New People’s Army (NPA), according to a US Secretary of State secret cable
published …
http://www.phillyimc.org/en/wikileaks-cable-gaddafi-funded-trained-cpp-npa-rebels
The New Dark Age 