Wikileaks Newslinks 28-29 June 2013

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29 June 2013

Judge: WikiLeaks Tweets Admissible in Bradley Manning Trial

Mashable

The judge in the Bradley Manning trial ruled that two tweets from WikiLeaks can be used against the military whistleblower. The decision came on Friday, the 12th day of the Manning court martial. In a blow to the defense, Judge Col. Denise Lind allowed …

http://mashable.com/2013/06/28/wikileaks-tweets-bradley-manning-trial/

 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks to ABC’s ‘This Week’

Orlando Sentinel

ABC News gave this preview: “How have Assange and WikiLeaks aided Snowden

as he seeks safe passage from Russia? Should Snowden and WikiLeaks’

partners be considered whistle-blowers or lawbreakers? And what is the

future of WikiLeaks as its …

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/blogs/tv-guy/os-julian-assange-on-abcs-this-week-20130628,0,5700116.post

 

FBI paid Wikileaks Informant Siggi for Betraying Assange

News of Iceland

In November 2011, Thordarson was fired from WikiLeaks. The organization had

discovered he had set up an online WikiLeaks tee shirt store and arranged

for the proceeds to go into his own bank account. WikiLeaks has said the

embezzlement amounted to …

http://www.newsoficeland.com/home/politics/foreign-affairs/item/1810-fbi-paid-wikileaks-informant-siggi-for-betraying-assange

 

Extraterrestrials: Wikileaks confirms aliens on other planets says Mayor

Canadian National Newspaper

The Mayor of Dushanbe, Afghanistan, talks about the existence of life on

other planets, in a diplomatic cable sent to Washington, DC, on 15 Jan,

2010. The cable was recently released by Wikileaks, as reported by UFO

Sightings Daily. The report was …

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news/ufo_extraterrestrials/2013/06/29/6318.html

 

Snowden being manipulated by WikiLeaks, could choose to come back to US …

National Post

The elder Snowden hasn’t spoken to his son since April but says he believes

he’s being manipulated by people at the WikiLeaks website. Lonnie Snowden

tells NBC his son broke the law in releasing classified information, but

says he didn’t betray the …

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/28/snowden-being-manipulated-by-wikileaks-could-choose-to-come-back-to-u-s-voluntarily-his-father-says/

 

WikiLeaks Trial: Pfc. Bradley Manning’s Former Commander Testifies

CBS Local

Miller was testifying at Fort Meade near Baltimore at Manning’s trial on

charges of aiding the enemy. Manning admits he leaked hundreds of thousands

of documents to the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks, but says he did it to

expose wrongdoing and so …

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/06/28/wikileaks-trial-pfc-bradley-mannings-former-commander-testifies/

 

WikiLeaks Tweets Can Be Used As Evidence Against Bradley Manning

Huffington Post

By entering the tweets into the record, the government hopes to show that

Manning was following WikiLeaks’ directions, and that he knew what would

happen once he handed over sensitive government documents. Col. Denise Lind

will still need to decide …

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/28/wikileaks-tweets-bradley-manning_n_3516822.html?utm_hp_ref=media&ir=Media

 

Manning trial: Judge rules WikiLeaks tweets relevant to ‘aiding the enemy’ charges

RT

A military judge overseeing Bradley Manning’s court-martial has found

WikiLeaks tweets, claiming possession of encrypted video, are relevant

evidence to the “aiding the enemy” charges the whistleblower is facing.

On the 12th day of trial, which resumed …

http://rt.com/usa/manning-tweets-evidence-aiding-enemy-396/

 

More details in the pipeline, Assange pledges

Sydney Morning Herald

Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden is likely to reveal much more

information about the global surveillance programs of the US National

Security Agency, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange says. ”I believe we

will see a lot more detail, a lot …

http://www.smh.com.au/national/more-details-in-the-pipeline-assange-pledges-20130628-2p2w6.html

 

NSA whistleblower’s father accuses WikiLeaks of manipulating son

Business Standard

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s father Lonnie Snowden has reportedly

said that people at the WikiLeaks website have manipulated his son and he

did not commit any treason. According to News 24, Snowden’s father in his

letter to the US Attorney …

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/nsa-whistleblower-s-father-accuses-wikileaks-of-manipulating-son-113062900119_1.html

 

Judge: Tweets OK as evidence in WikiLeaks case

Fox News

Lind allowed the admission of two tweets WikiLeaks posted in 2010 referring

to material Manning allegedly sent to the anti-secrecy organization or

stole from a Defense Department database. But Lind says prosecutors have

not authenticated a “most wanted …

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/28/judge-tweets-ok-as-evidence-in-wikileaks-case/

 

Snowden’s father fears WikiLeaks may manipulate his son – report

RAPSI

MOSCOW, June 28 (RAPSI) – The father of Edward Snowden, who is being

searched for by the United States after leaking classified documents on the

activities of US intelligence agencies, is afraid that his son imay be

manipulated by WikiLeaks, NBC …

http://rapsinews.com/news/20130628/267952609.html

 

Coming Up on ‘This Week’: Exclusive with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

ABC News (blog)

In an ABC News exclusive, George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with

WikiLeaks founder and international man of mystery Julian Assange, who has

been hiding out in London’s Ecuadorean embassy after fallout from his

website’s publication of a trove of …

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/06/coming-up-on-this-week-exclusive-with-wikileaks-julian-assange/

 

Video: Snowden’s father blames Wikileaks crowd for son’s actions

Hot Air

I get why Lonnie Snowden is making this defense — as a father myself of a

son nearly the same age, I’d be looking to find any defense that might

work. On the other hand, the “he fell in with the wrong crowd” excuse

is usually only valid during the …

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/28/video-snowdens-father-blames-wikileaks-crowd-for-sons-actions/

 

Judge weighs key evidence in WikiLeaks case

ABC2 News

Prosecutors also want to have admitted two tweets WikiLeaks apparently

posted in 2010 referring to classified material that Manning allegedly

either sent to the anti-secrecy organization or stole from a Defense

Department database. Manning says he …

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/state/judge-weighs-key-evidence-in-wikileaks-case

 

Father of runaway spy Edward Snowden negotiating for son’s return to US as he …

Daily Mail

Edward Snowden’s father has said that he thinks his son will return to the

United States so long as the Attorney General agrees not to detain him

before his inevitable trial. A clip of an interview with Lonnie Snowden

aired on The Today Show Friday …

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2350805/Edward-Snowden-Father-runaway-spy-Edward-Snowden-negotiating-son-s-return-US-complains-manipulation-Wikileaks.html

 

On the Diplomatic Cables the Military Charged Bradley Manning with Providing …

Firedoglake

In the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the government read into the record

stipulated testimony from State Department officials that revealed what

United States embassy cables Manning is charged with disclosing without

authorization to WikiLeaks. One …

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/06/28/on-the-diplomatic-cables-the-military-charged-bradley-manning-with-providing-to-wikileaks/

 

Report reveals identity of FBI informant infiltrated into Wikileaks

Press TV

The tech-focused website Wired has published a report revealing the

identity of an F-B-I informant who infiltrated WikiLeaks as a volunteer in

2011. This was less than a year after Bradley Manning released a famous

series of documents to the organization.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/29/311329/report-reveals-identity-of-fbi-informant-infiltrated-into-wikileaks/

 

Image of NSA leaker Edward Snowden evolves with each revelation

MiamiHerald.com

Also in the chat logs made public by Ars Technica, Snowden refers

derisively to WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy activist group that announced

last week that it was advising Snowden and had paid some of his travel and

lodging expenses since he went on the lam.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/28/3476012/image-of-nsa-leaker-edward-snowden.html

 

Artists, activists unite at Bradley Manning trial

Las Vegas Sun

They come to support the Army private charged with aiding the enemy for

admittedly sending reams of U.S. government secrets to the anti-secrecy

website WikiLeaks. Many supporters are longtime activists for peace and

social issues in the Washington area.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jun/29/us-manning-wikileaks-supporters/

 

Edward Snowden ‘Not A Traitor’, Manipulated By WikiLeaks, Says Father Lonnie

Huffington Post UK

The father of Prism whistleblower Edward Snowden has said he is confident

his son will return to the United States to face charges if conditions

about his treatment are met. Snowden’s father, Lonnie, said he was

concerned his son was being manipulated …

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/28/edward-snowden-wikileaks_n_3516610.html

 

Ecuador minister visits Assange

Staffordshire Newsletter

Ecuador’s foreign minister has visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

inside the embassy where the Australian has been staying for the past year.

Ricardo Patino said Mr Assange was in “good spirits” despite the

“limitations” of his accommodation …

http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/Home/Ecuador-minister-visits-Assange-0-7514879.xnf

 

Wiki Tweets Can Be Used Against Manning

Courthouse News Service

MEADE, Md. (CN) – Prosecutors trying to convict Pfc. Bradley Manning of

“aiding the enemy” can use a pair of Twitter postings they say Manning

consulted before sending files to WikiLeaks, a military judge ruled. Months

before his trial, the 25-year-old …

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/28/58949.htm

 

Snowden’s father: former contractor may return if conditions met

Panorama.am

Snowden’s father, in part of the NBC interview that aired on the “Today

Show,” also said he is concerned his son was being manipulated by others,

including people from WikiLeaks. Snowden fled the United States to Hong

Kong in May, a few weeks before …

http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/06/28/wikileaks/

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Ecuador cools on Edward Snowden asylum as Assange frustration grows

The Guardian

The plan to spirit the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden to

sanctuary in Latin America appeared to be unravelling on Friday, amid

tension between Ecuador’s government and Julian Assange, the founder of

WikiLeaks. President Rafael Correa …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/28/edward-snowden-ecuador-julian-assange

 

Here’s What It Looks Like When Two Hacker FBI Informants Try To Inform On …

Forbes

The log is likely less useful to the FBI than Thordarson thinks: It’s no

surprise that WikiLeaks has published hacked files, or even that it

publishes files hacked specifically by LulzSec, such as the millions of

emails stolen from the private …

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/28/heres-what-it-looks-like-when-two-hacker-fbi-informants-try-to-inform-on-each-other/

 

Judge Rules Tweets May Be Used as Evidence in Bradley Manning Trial

legal Insurrection (blog)

The prosecution contends that Manning’s actions were influenced by

Wikileaks, and the evidence will go toward their overall argument in the

charge that the soldier “aided the enemy.” A special agent with the

Army Criminal Investigative Command had …

http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/06/judge-rules-tweets-may-be-used-as-evidence-in-bradley-manning-trial/

 

The Associated Press

Las Vegas Sun

WikiLeaks, which has been assisting Snowden, said Sunday that he formally

requested asylum from Ecuador. Ecuador’s foreign minister confirmed

receiving the request, and analysts said the precedent set by Assange’s

case suggested Correa would honor it …

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jun/29/lt-nsa-surveillance-latin-america/

 

Whistleblower Snowden ‘May Return To The US’

Sky News

Edward Snowden’s father fears his son is being manipulated by others,

including WikiLeaks, and may return under certain terms. 5:36pm UK, Friday

28 June 2013. Lonnie Snowden. Video: Edward Snowden’s Father Speaks Out.

Enlarge. Tweet …

http://news.sky.com/story/1109235/whistleblower-snowden-may-return-to-the-us

 

Father says Snowden would return to US

Aljazeera.com

“I think WikiLeaks, if you’ve looked at past history, you know, their focus

isn’t necessarily the Constitution of the United States. It’s simply to

release as much information as possible.” Snowden, who requested political

asylum in Ecuador, has not …

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/06/201362820448338306.html

 

Edward Snowden’s options appear to narrow in bid to evade US arrest

Economic Times

The leftist government of Ecuador, already sheltering WikiLeaks founder

Julian Assange at its London embassy, is reviewing Snowden’s asylum

request, though officials have sent mixed signals, suggesting the process

could drag on for weeks. Venezuela’s …

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/edward-snowdens-options-appear-to-narrow-in-bid-to-evade-us-arrest/articleshow/20828159.cms

 

More NSA surveillance leaks on way, says Assange

Wyndham Weekly

By Philip Dorling. June 29, 2013, 3 a.m.. Intelligence whistleblower Edward

Snowden is likely to reveal much more information about the global

surveillance programs of the US National Security Agency, WikiLeaks

publisher Julian Assange says.

http://www.wyndhamweekly.com.au/story/1605014/more-nsa-surveillance-leaks-on-way-says-assange/?cs=5

 

Father of NSA leaker Snowden says he would return to US

The Seattle Times

“I don’t want to put him in peril, but I am concerned about those who

surround him,” Lonnie Snowden told NBC. “I think WikiLeaks, if you’ve

looked at past history, you know, their focus isn’t necessarily the

Constitution of the United States. It’s …

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021285606_apusnsasurveillancesnowdensfather.html

 

NSA Leaker’s Father: Snowden Betrayed Government, Not The People

KUHF-FM

Snowden said he is concerned his son is being manipulated by WikiLeaks. “I

don’t want to put him in peril, but I am concerned about those who surround

him,” he told the network. “I think WikiLeaks, if you’ve looked at past

history, you know, their …

http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/npr1372434320-NSA-Leakers-Father-Snowden-Betrayed-Government,-Not-The-People.html

 

Activist Post: WikiLeaks and Whistleblowers

By Activist

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Activist at 6:38 PM Labels: Bradley Manning, civil liberties, Edward

Snowden, human rights, politics, video, war and peace, whistleblowers,

Wikileaks …

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/06/wikileaks-and-whistleblowers.html

 

28 June 2013

Report: Key WikiLeaks helper was FBI mole

USA TODAY

He joined WikiLeaks in 2010 while in high school after the organization

published bank documents that shed light on Iceland’s financial collapse.

Poulsen writes that after a “staff revolt” left the group short-handed,

“Assange put Thordarson in charge …

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/27/wikileaks-iceland-volunteer-fbi-informant/2465035/

 

Snowden affair puts Wikileaks back into spotlight

BBC News

The whistleblowing organisation Wikileaks has become closely embroiled in

the story of Edward Snowden – the US intelligence leaker accused of

espionage in the US who is currently believed to be seeking a safe haven

from the transit zone of Moscow …

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23077279

 

Revealed: WikiLeaks volunteer and Assange confidant doubled as FBI mole

Sydney Morning Herald

For three months in 2011 – less than a year after WikiLeaks released its

most famous series of documents leaked by Bradley Manning – a mole inside

the non-profit organisation provided the FBI with chat logs, videos and

other data from Julian Assange …

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/revealed-wikileaks-volunteer-and-assange-confidant-doubled-as-fbi-mole-20130628-hv0kk.html

 

WikiLeaks style

Daily Mail

To them, the Atlantic Alliance is the root of all evil, which is why they

lionise the fugitive National Security Agency defector Edward Snowden and

the WikiLeaks weirdo and alleged rapist Julian Assange. All this got me

wondering what might have …

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2350217/WikiLeaks-style.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 

WikiLeaks volunteer snitched for the FBI

RT (blog)

United States investigators paid an Icelandic teenager $5,000 to work as a

paid informant within the ranks of WikiLeaks for around two months in late

2011, the turncoat tells Wired magazine. According to an article published

Thursday by Wired’s Kevin …

http://rt.com/usa/fbi-informant-infiltrated-wikileaks-351/

 

Revealed : WikiLeaks volunteer and Julian Assange’s protege was an FBI …

Daily Mail

When asked why he decided to betray WikiLeaks and Assange, the 20-year-old

ex-informant said, ‘I guess I cooperated because I didn’t want to

participate in having [hacking gangs] Anonymous and Lulzsec hack for

WikiLeaks, since then you’re definitely …

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2350094/Revealed-WikiLeaks-volunteer-Julian-Assanges-protege-FBI-double-agent-turned-thousands-documents-videos-exchange-5-000.html

 

Judge weighs key evidence in WikiLeaks case

Houston Chronicle

The evidence includes a “most wanted” list that WikiLeaks apparently posted

on its website in November 2009. Prosecutors also want to have admitted two

tweets WikiLeaks apparently posted in 2010 referring to classified material

that Manning allegedly …

http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Judge-weighs-key-evidence-in-WikiLeaks-case-4630998.php?cmpid=usworldhcat

 

WikiLeaks Case Zooms In on Airstrike Video

Courthouse News Service

WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange described the video as evidence of a “war

crime.” The Pentagon’s investigation cleared the pilots by saying that they

confused photographer’s cameras with guns. Reuters placed a Freedom of

Information Act request to …

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/27/58903.htm

 

WikiLeaks Volunteer Also Worked As Paid Informant For The F.B.I.

Fast Company

Perhaps one of the more unlikely FBI informants is an 18-year-old Icelandic

boy who worked as a volunteer for WikiLeaks, and earned $5,000 in three

months while simultaneously reporting on the goings-on at the

whistleblowing website. Wired’s Threat …

http://www.fastcompany.com/3013570/the-code-war/wikileaks-volunteer-also-worked-as-paid-fbi-informant

 

WikiLeaks Volunteer Doubled As FBI Mole, Passed Along Internal Information

The Inquisitr

In 2011, the team at WikiLeaks were working with a volunteer by the name of

Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson. As it turns out, Siggi was actually

serving as a mole for the FBI. A longtime resident of Iceland, the

Wikileaks volunteer remained anonymous until …

http://www.inquisitr.com/818752/wikileaks-volunteer-doubled-as-fbi-mole-passed-along-internal-information/

 

Wikileaks worker was FBI spook

TechEye

Wikileaks worker “Siggi” Thordarson has outted himself as a double agent

working for the FBI. According to Wired, Thordarson was a long time

volunteer for WikiLeaks with direct access to Assange and a key organiser.

He had the role of double agent for …

http://www.techeye.net/security/wikileaks-worker-was-fbi-spook

 

Teenage WikiLeaks volunteer: Why I served as an FBI informant

Ars Technica

On Thursday, Wired revealed the Icelandic teenager that was part of

WikiLeaks also served as a paid FBI informant, publishing months of e-mails

from Thordarson to his FBI handlers (ending in February 2012) and a

document entitled “Receipt for Property …

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/teenage-wikileaks-volunteer-why-i-served-as-an-fbi-informant/

 

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange got betrayed by best friend for $5000

DigitalJournal.com

One year after joining, WikiLeaks volunteer Thordarson became an FBI

informant. He joined WikiLeaks in 2010 while he was in high school. His

adventures illustrate the lengths to which the US government was willing to

go in its pursuit of Julian Assange.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/353270

 

Wikileaks Volunteer Was an FBI Informant

Reason (blog)

Sigurdur Thordarson began volunteering for Wikileaks as a teenager in 2010.

After a staff revolt struck Wikileaks its founder, Julian Assange, put

Thordarson in charge of managing the website’s chat rooms. Thordarson

claims that many of the chat logs …

http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/27/wikileaks-volunteer-was-an-fbi-informan

 

Report: Wikileaks Volunteer Was Paid FBI Informant

TPM

A longtime Wikileaks volunteer who was close to Julian Assange became a

paid informant for the FBI, Wired reported Thursday. Sigurdur Thordarson,

20, of Iceland told Wired he received $5,000 from the FBI in exchange for

sharing Wikileaks chat logs …

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/report-wikileaks-volunteer-was-paid-fbi-informant

 

NBC: Snowden’s father floats terms for son’s return

USA TODAY

Snowden’s father also said he was concerned about some of the people who

have surrounded his son, including WikiLeaks, since he has been on the run.

“I don’t want to put him in peril, but I am concerned about those who

surround him,” he says. “I think …

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/28/edward-snowden-nbc-today-show-nsa-return-home-traitor/2471273/

 

Top WikiLeaks Volunteer Was FBI Informant

Newser

Thordarson was in charge of the WikiLeaks chat room, making him the first

person new volunteers encountered. Among other information, he turned over

thousands of pages of chat logs to the FBI. Perhaps his most notable act

for WikiLeaks was to approach …

http://www.newser.com/story/170171/top-wikileaks-volunteer-was-fbi-informant.html

 

WikiLeaks Trial: Prosecutors Focus On Cables Leaked By GI

CBS Local

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors in the court-martial of an Army

private who leaked classified information are focusing on the U.S.

diplomatic cables he has admitted sending to WikiLeaks. The trial of Pfc.

Bradley Manning resumes Thursday at Fort …

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/06/27/wikileaks-trial-prosecutors-focus-on-cables-leaked-by-gi/

 

Defense wins round on WikiLeaks helicopter video

WTNH

FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed

potentially damaging classified information in at least 117 of the more

than 250,000 U.S. State Department cables he has acknowledged sending to

WikiLeaks, according to evidence …

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/national/Defense-wins-round-on-WikiLeaks-helicopter-video_60937353

 

Edward Snowden Gambles On Alliance With WikiLeaks

Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — On the run from charges of violating the Espionage Act,

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden appears to be pinning his

hopes on another fugitive: Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has dodged

estranged colleagues, …

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/edward-snowden-wikileaks_n_3506232.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

 

Assange to the Rescue: Can Wikileaks Save Snowden?

Truth-Out

My colleague and I have been writing for weeks about how Snowden should

have “not chosen Hong Kong”, that instead ‘Ecuador would have been a

much better choice’, and that Snowden “should’ve worked with Wikileaks”

rather than Glenn Greenwald.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17238-assange-to-the-rescue-can-wikileaks-save-snowden

 

Meet the FBI’s secret WikiLeaks mole

The Week Magazine

f you’re still not sure whether the U.S. government considers WikiLeaks a

threat, a new Wired investigation by Kevin Poulsen should clear things up.

The profile begins in 2011 with “a cherubic 18-year-old Icelandic man”

named Sigurdur “Siggi …

http://theweek.com/article/index/246237/meet-the-fbis-secret-wikileaks-mole

 

Witness: leaked cables contained classified info – ABC6 – Providence, RI and …

WLNE-TV (ABC6)

Children walk across the U.S.-Mexico border with crystal methamphetamine

strapped to their backs or concealed between notebook pages. Motorists

disguise liquid meth in tequila bottles, windshield washer

containers…More . Children walk across the …

http://www.abc6.com/story/22705389/defense-wins-round-on-wikileaks-helicopter-video

 

WikiLeaks advisor helping Snowden flee – FRANCE 24

FRANCE 24

In this file picture taken on June 21, 2012 Sarah Harrison speaks to the

media outside the Ecuadorian embassy in central London. Holed up with a

fugitive computer expert and negotiating a legal minefield to avoid the US

authorities — WikiLeaks staffer …

http://www.france24.com/en/20130627-wikileaks-advisor-helping-snowden-flee?ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=RSS_public&ns_mchannel=RSS&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=20130627_wikileaks_advisor_helping_snowden_flee

 

Leaked cables had 5 kinds of classified info

The Missoulian

A government witness says U.S. diplomatic cables leaked by an Army private

to WikiLeaks contained five kinds of classified information. The statement

by State Department classification expert Nicholas Murphy was read into the

record Thursday at the …

http://missoulian.com/news/national/defense-wins-round-on-wikileaks-helicopter-video/article_6447aa42-ce24-5f26-8246-ce386e039866.html?comment_form=true

 

FBI Planted Informant Inside WikiLeaks for Information on the Secret-Revealing …

ticklethewire.com

An Icelandic man is the first known FBI informant inside WikiLeaks, a

secret-revealing website. Wired.com reports that Sigurdur “Siggi”

Thordarson was an informant for three months in 2011 when he worked for

WikiLeaks and the FBI. Ticklethewire.com

http://www.ticklethewire.com/2013/06/27/fbi-planted-informant-inside-wikileaks-for-information-on-the-secret-revealing-group/

 

The curious case of the WikiLeaks / FBI double agent

Newstalk 106-108 fm

Iceland-native Thordarson was only 17 when he volunteered for WikiLeaks in

February 2010. After earning the trust of Assange, Thordarson was put in

charge of WikiLeak’s chatroom – the teenager would ultimately hand-over

2,000 pages worth of logs to the …

http://www.newstalk.ie/The-curious-case-of-the-WikiLeaks–FBI-double-agent

 

Report: Snowden slammed leakers in online chats in 2009

USA TODAY

The NSA leaker criticized WikiLeaks and condemned articles based on

classified material, according to the technology website Ars Technica.

Snowden. Edward Snowden (Photo: Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, The

Guardian) …

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/27/snowden-participated-in-online-chats-nsa-leaks/2462461/

 

Baltasar Garzón has chosen not to represent Edward Snowden

DigitalJournal.com

Digital Journal had reported recently that Garzón had released a press

statement on the WikiLeaks website, stating that Snowden had requested his

legal advice, but saying he would require more information before making

any decision in this regard.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/353266

 

Wikileaks Volunteer Reportedly Worked As FBI Mole

Bayoubuzz

On an August workday in 2011, a cherubic 18-year-old Icelandic man named

Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson walked through the stately doors of the

U.S. embassy in Reykjavík, his jacket pocket concealing his calling card:

a crumpled photocopy of an Australian …

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/politics/us-politics/item/493546-wikileaks-volunteer-reportedly-worked-as-fbi-mole

 

Leaked cables had 5 kinds of classified info – KOAM TV 7

KOAM-TV

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) – A government witness says U.S. diplomatic cables

leaked by an Army private to WikiLeaks contained five kinds of classified

information. The statement by State Department classification expert

Nicholas Murphy was read into the …

http://www.koamtv.com/story/22705367/defense-wins-round-on-wikileaks-helicopter-video

 

Snowden’s Father Says Son Hasn’t Committed Treason, Raises Concern About …

Mediaite

NBC’s Michael Isikoff made an appearance on Today on Friday to offer a

glimpse at his interview with NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s father Lonnie

Snowden. Acknowledging that his son broke the law, Lonnie Snowden said he

did not believe he’d committed …

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/snowdens-father-says-son-hasnt-committed-treason-raises-concern-about-wikileaks-manipulating-him/

 

Ballmer: ‘I call it all Windows, all the time’

Register

Quotw This was the week when NSA PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden decided

to lead the world a merry chase, like an ostentatious Phileas Fogg, or a

WikiLeaks-inspired Where’s Wally, with obfuscation ever his watchword. To

put it another way, …

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/28/quotw_ending_june_28/

 

Witness: leaked cables contained classified info – KSWO, Lawton, OK- Wichita …

KSWO

Prosecutors say in the final minutes of his life, semi-pro football player

Odin Lloyd sent a series of text messages to his sister. Former New England

Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, charged with murder for what

prosecutors say was the execution …

http://www.kswo.com/story/22705389/defense-wins-round-on-wikileaks-helicopter-video

 

WikiLeaks volunteer claims he was paid $5000 as an FBI mole

The Verge

WikiLeaks volunteer claims he was paid $5,000 as an FBI mole. By Adi

Robertson on June 27, 2013 05:01 pm @thedextriarchy 26Comments. Don’t miss

stories Follow The Verge. Follow. Wikileaks Logo. For 21 months, Sigurdur

“Siggi” Thordarson was a …

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/27/4471632/wikileaks-volunteer-may-have-turned-fbi-mole

 

Leaked US cables ‘had classified info’

News24

Fort Meade — US Army Private first class Bradley Manning disclosed

potentially damaging classified information in at least 117 of the more

than 250 000 US State Department cables he has acknowledged sending to

WikiLeaks, according to evidence …

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Leaked-US-cables-had-classified-info-20130628

 

Snowden in a safe place: Assange

Cambridge News

Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden is in a safe place, his spirits

are high and his journey from Hong Kong to evade the US authorities is a

“fascinating story”, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Mr

Snowden, who leaked details of …

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/National-News/Snowden-in-a-safe-place-Assange-2-7539883.xnf

 

We Steal Secrets: Alex Gibney, WikiLeaks & Julian Assange

The Monthly (subscription)

Alex Gibney is one of America’s most celebrated and respected documentary

film-makers. His major work about Julian Assange, We Steal Secrets: The

story of WikiLeaks, has just been released, presumably to coincide with

Bradley Manning’s trial for …

http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2013/july/1372600800/robert-manne/we-steal-secrets-alex-gibney-wikileaks-julian-assange

 

WikiLeaks staffer helping Edward Snowden flee U.S. authorities …

By Agence France-Presse

Holed up with a fugitive computer expert and negotiating a legal minefield

to avoid the US authorities — WikiLeaks staffer Sarah Harrison has been

here before. As one of Julian Assange’s closest aides, the blonde, willowy

Briton is uniquely …

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/27/wikileaks-staffer-helping-edward-snowden-flee-u-s-authorities/

 

Defense wins round on WikiLeaks helicopter video – The Daily Record

By Associated Press

Lawyers for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning can offer evidence contradicting the

government’s assertion that he revealed classified information in a leaked

battlefield video from Iraq, a military judge said Thursday.

http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/06/27/defense-wins-round-on-wikileaks-helicopter-video/

 

Defense wins round on WikiLeaks helicopter video – KOTV.com

A military judge in Maryland says lawyers for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning can

offer evidence contradicting the government’s assertion that he revealed

classified information in a leaked battlefield…

http://www.newson6.com/story/22705367/defense-wins-round-on-wikileaks-helicopter-video

 

WikiLeaks says approached Iceland, other nations over Snowden …

From Yahoo! News: LONDON (Reuters) – Anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks

said on Monday it had approached Iceland and other countries with a formal

http://news.yahoo.com/wikileaks-says-approached-iceland-other-nations-over-snowden-144351719.html

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