Wikileaks Newslinks 30 June 2013

30 June 2013 — williambowles.info

 

‘Tensions don’t exist’: WikiLeaks refutes media reports about ‘Ecuadorean …

RT (blog)

“The story is spun to be about tensions that don’t exist,” WikiLeaks posted on its Twitter account in response to the article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. “Hacked/intercepted emails in relation to an NSA spying story. Talk about …

http://rt.com/news/assange-ecuador-tensions-snowden-430/

 

Snowden saga puts spotlight back on Assange and WikiLeaks

South China Morning Post

But when “eight or nine” FBI agents arrived in August, Jonasson said, he

found that they were not investigating an imminent attack but gathering

material on WikiLeaks, the activist group that has been responsible for

publishing millions of confidential …

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1271946/snowden-saga-puts-spotlight-back-assange-and-wikileaks

 

We’re so proud of our Wikileaks daughter, say family of the British blonde who …

Daily Mail

WikiLeaks staff member Sarah Harrison, who is in hiding in a Moscow airport

with Snowden, is the young British woman from Sevenoaks acting as the

computer specialist’s ‘adviser’. In her first interview, Jennifer Harrison,

62, spoke of her deep fears …

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351726/Were-proud-Wikileaks-daughter-say-family-British-blonde-went-run-CIA-whistleblower.html

 

Inside the mind of Julian Assange

GQ.com

It’s telling that, despite near-universal critical praise for Alex Gibney’s

immersive and even-handed look at the world of WikiLeaks and its talismanic

figurehead Julian Assange, on user review sites the film’s been panned. The

WikiLeaks world is a …

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2013-06/29/wikileaks-we-steal-secrets-interview

 

ABC News lands interview with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

DigitalJournal.com

According to an ABC press release, George Stephanopoulos talks one-on-one

with the WikiLeaks founder who has been hiding out in London’s Ecuadorean

embassy after fallout from his website’s publication of a trove of

classified U.S. material in 2010.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/353399

 

‘Julian Assange’s ex’ on the run with Edward Snowden

Herald Sun

Ms Harrison, a British national, flew out to Hong Kong on behalf of

Wikileaks to help Snowden after he revealed details of Prism, a massive US

surveillance programme run by the National Security Agency (NSA) that pries

into Facebook accounts, emails …

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/julian-assanges-ex-on-the-run-with-edward-snowden/story-fni0xs61-1226671972602

 

UK says “no progress” in Assange talks with Ecuador

Frontier Post

LONDON: Talks between the foreign ministers of Britain and Ecuador ended

with no breakthrough over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who remains in

the South American country’s London embassy, the Foreign Office said on

Monday. But Foreign …

http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/20524/

 

Privacy: time to kiss it goodbye

Times of India

His sting took much preparation: he copied data, and then established

contact with Julian Assange’s Wikileaks and China, at the very least.

Directly or indirectly, China, Russia and Ecuador knew what he was going to

do before he moved. CIA, NSA and FBI …

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/all-that-matters/Privacy-time-to-kiss-it-goodbye/articleshow/20836803.cms

 

Edward Snowden’s plan to seek sanctuary in Ecuador is falling apart

South China Morning Post

The plan to spirit whistle-blower Edward Snowden to sanctuary in Latin

America appears to be falling apart amid tension between Ecuador’s

government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. President Rafael Correa

halted a bid to help Snowden leave …

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1272029/edward-snowdens-plan-seek-sanctuary-ecuador-falling-apart

 

Ecuador’s Consul Could Face Discipline Over Snowden

Wall Street Journal

In a February interview with The Prisma, a London-based newspaper published

in Spanish and English, Mr. Narvaez said he had his first dealings with Mr.

Assange in 2011, when Ecuador asked WikiLeaks to publish all of the U.S.

diplomatic cables in its …

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323873904578575882970421630.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

 

Hong Kong-based sisters of Snowden’s aide watch saga unfold

South China Morning Post

Kate and Alexandra Harrison, British expatriates who both live and work in

the city, are sisters of WikiLeaks official Sarah Harrison, who is

accompanying the whistle-blower as he attempts to escape extradition. Well

connected and well spoken, like …

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1272028/hong-kong-based-sisters-snowdens-aide-watch-saga-unfold

 

Sunday Breakfast Menu, June 30

New York Times

With the exact whereabouts of Edward J. Snowden unknown, Julian Assange,

the founder of WikiLeaks, will join ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday to

discuss how his antisecrecy group has helped Mr. Snowden in the wake of his

disclosures about the National …

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/sunday-breakfast-menu-june-30/

 

Op-Ed: Ecuador cools to Snowden and revokes his travel document

DigitalJournal.com

Ecuadorean ambassador to the US, Nathalie Celie, said that Quito’s role in

the Snowden affair was being overshadowed by that of Assange and Wikileaks.

She said: “I suggest talking to Assange to better control the

communications. From outside, [Assange] …

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/353381

 

US Vice President Joe Biden asks Ecuador to refuse asylum for whistleblower …

The Independent

He is reported to be with a WikiLeaks official, and this, together with the

degree of involvement the organisation now has in his affairs has attracted

some antagonism. A day or so ago, Mr Snowden’s father, Lonnie, claimed in

an interview that his son …

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-vice-president-joe-biden-asks-ecuador-to-refuse-asylum-for-whistleblower-edward-snowden-8680110.html

 

Ecuador’s Correa says Biden asked him to deny Edward Snowden asylum

The Guardian

In a TV interview on Friday, Snowden’s father expressed concerns about the

involvement of WikiLeaks. “I don’t want to put him in peril, but I am

concerned about those who surround him,” Lonnie Snowden told NBC’s Today

show. “I think WikiLeaks, if you …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/29/edward-snowden-biden-correa-talks

 

TV news shows

Northwest Arkansas News

Lineup of guests for today’s TV news shows: ABC’s This Week — Julian

Assange, founder of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks; Jesselyn Radack,

national security and human-rights director at the Government

Accountability Project; Chad Griffin, president …

http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/jun/30/tv-news-shows-20130630/?news-national

 

Cheerleader thought boy, 12, was man

Perth Now

The paper reports that she became involved with Assange in 2010. Sarah

Harrison is said to be an expert in immigration and extradition matters and

was sent by WikiLeaks to help Mr Snowden. It comes as Mr Snowden’s dad,

Lonnie Snowden, revealed he is …

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/world/brekkie-wrap-former-nfl-titans-cheerleader-elizabeth-leigh-garner-thought-boy-12-was-man/story-fnhrvhol-1226672008358

 

Bradley Manning should win the Nobel Peace Prize

The Guardian

Last week at Manning’s trial, the public learned that at the time Manning

released his information, WikiLeaks stated they wanted to publish “the

concealed documents or recordings most sought after by a country’s

journalists, activists, historians …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/30/bradley-manning-nobel-peace-prize-candidate

 

THE WEEK June 28: Got a problem?

China Daily

He’s reportedly headed to Ecuador to seek asylum, or government protection

from sending him back to the US for arrest, with the help of Wikileaks and

its legal team. Lawyer’s misguided comments. In 2012, a 17-year-old boy was

shot to death by his …

http://africa.chinadaily.com.cn/video/2013-06/29/content_16688714.htm

 

Ecuador is just the place for slimeballs like Julian Assange

Mirror.co.uk

Snowden could end up in the care of Ecuador too. But unlike the WikiLeaks

founder, if given political asylum he would get the whole country to prance

about in. Ecuador’s top exports are bananas and chocolate ingredients.

Maybe they now want to import …

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ecuador-just-place-slimeballs-like-2010582

 

Who Were Snowden’s Collaborators?

FrontPage Magazine

Two of these individuals, filmmaker Laura Poitras and Guardian blogger

Glenn Greenwald, were on the Board of the Freedom of the Press Foundation

that, among other things, funds WikiLeaks. Greenwald is a notorious

supporter of terrorism who has …

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/who-were-snowdens-collaborators/

 

Biden Asks Ecuador’s President to Nix Snowden Asylum Request

Newsmax.com

He also has sought asylum in Iceland, according to WikiLeaks — and he

remains holed up in a transit zone at the Moscow airport after Russian

President Vladimir Putin called Snowden “a free man” and refused to

send him back to the United States …

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Biden-Ecuador-Snowden-Asylum/2013/06/29/id/512610

 

Waiting for Snowden in Ecuador

Aljazeera.com (blog)

Some suggest that Ecuador did not like the fact that WikiLeaks revealed

that Ecuador had granted the document and that WikiLeaks founder Julian

Assange, from the Ecuadoran embassy in London, could be trying to run the

show. In fact, some say the only …

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/americas/waiting-snowden-ecuador

 

FBI Paid Informant Inside WikiLeaks – Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Wired: “On an August

workday in 2011, a cherubic 18-year-old Icelandic man named Sigurdur

âoeSiggiâ …

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/06/28/2348221/fbi-paid-informant-inside-wikileaks

 

WikiLeaks lends Snowden a helping hand – CNN.com Video

Andrew Stevens speaks with WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson about how

the controversial group is aiding Snowden.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/06/25/intl-snowden-wikileaks-connection-kristinn-hrafnsson-intv.cnn.html

 

FBI Had Informant In Wikileaks | FDL News Desk

It seems there has been more spying on members of the press by the U.S.

government as Wired revealed that the FBI was paying an informant inside

Wikileaks.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/06/28/fbi-had-informant-in-wikileaks/



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