Wikileaks Newslinks 5 July 2013

5 July 2013 — williambowles.info

WikiLeaks: Snowden makes expanded asylum requests

Greenwich Time

In this picture, taken Saturday June 29, 2013, a demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany. Germany’s top justice official says reports that U.S. intelligence bugged European Union offices remind her of “the methods used by …

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/politics/article/Obama-suggests-spying-on-nations-allies-is-common-4639865.php

 

British surveillance firm denies bugging Ecuador’s embassy

Times of India

LONDON: A British private surveillance company denied on Thursday that it

had bugged the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian

Assange has been living for over a year. Ecuador’s foreign minister Ricardo

Patino made the …

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/British-surveillance-firm-denies-bugging-Ecuadors-embassy/articleshow/20914456.cms

 

‘The Story of Wikileaks’ released

ecns

The site Wikileaks has made all sorts of headlines, but most recently for

assisting former CIA employee Edward Snowden in his flight from US

authorities, after he released secret documents about the US. Well it was

only a matter a time before a …

http://www.ecns.cn/2013/07-05/71792.shtml

 

‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks’: Tales from the dark side | 3 stars

Kansas City Star

Audience members get an idea how small the WikiLeaks empire was, even at

its peak. (“It’s a corner gas station with some extremely bright

attendants,” one expert says.) And the complicated risks for both the

leakers and the subjects of the leaks are …

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/04/4326480/we-steal-secrets-the-story-of.html

 

MasterCard The First To Lift “Banking Blockade” Against WikiLeaks

TechWeekEurope UK

Wikileaks has always maintained that blocking donations to the website was

illegal, and in 2011 it even sued Valitor, the Icelandic partner for VISA

and MasterCard. Assange, the founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks,

claimed the “blockade” had …

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/mastercard-the-first-to-lift-banking-blockade-against-wikileaks-120944

 

Edward Snowden asylum: countries approached and their responses

The Guardian

Edward Snowden has made 21 applications for asylum. Photograph: The

Guardian/Reuters. According to a statement from WikiLeaks, the US

whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in a total of 21

countries. Snowden, who has been charged …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/edward-snowden-nsa-asylum-application-list-countries

 

Sex videos didn’t work, now Israeli bank accounts

Malaysia Kini

If Wikileaks leaks any sensitive data such as that he has echoed, it is

more likely to be related to Umno-BN politicians rather than Pakatan Rakyat

ones. We can safely assume that the people in Wikileaks are well-informed

of the major happenings in …

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/234851

 

NSA informant leaves Hong Kong and lands in Russia

13abc Action News

Russia and the United States have no extradition treaty that would oblige

Russia to hand over a U.S. citizen at Washington’s request. WikiLeaks said

it was providing legal help to Snowden at his request and that he was being

escorted by diplomats and …

http://www.13abc.com/story/22663974/nsa-informant-leaves-hong-kong-and-lands-in-russia

 

Ecuador asks UK to help investigate spying at its embassy in London

MercoPress

Ecuador has asked the UK to help an investigation over alleged spying at

its embassy in London where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is living.

Ecuador named a British company it claimed planted a listening device in

their ambassador’s office but this …

http://en.mercopress.com/2013/07/05/ecuador-asks-uk-to-help-investigate-spying-at-its-embassy-in-london

 

Ecuador claims UK firm bugged its London embassy

GlobalPost

Ecuador said a hidden microphone discovered in its London embassy, where

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lived for more than a year, belongs to

Surveillance Group, a private UK company. Assange Ecuador London Embassy

Enlarge. Ecuadorian …

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/130704/ecuador-claims-uk-spy-firm-bugged-its-london-embassy

 

UK Firm Rejects Ecuador Embassy Bugging Claim

Eagle Radio

12:00am 5th July 2013. Suggested articles. Ecuador Finds Bug In Its London

Embassy. Ecuador has found a hidden microphone inside its London embassy

where the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is living. Ecuador Finds Bug In

Its London Embassy.

http://www.964eagle.co.uk/news/world-news/1013655/uk-firm-rejects-ecuador-embassy-bugging-claim/

 

Worried, but proud of truth-seeking daughter

This Is Sussex

Jennifer and Ian Harrison from Maynards Green near Heathfield said they

were “nervous” after their 31-year-old daughter Sarah was sent to support

CIA whistle-blower Edward Snowden by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. .

MISSION: Sarah Harrison flew …

http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/Worried-proud-truth-seeking-daughter/story-19482269-detail/story.html

 

Ecuador seeks UK government’s help to solve mystery of embassy bugging

China Post

Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino Patino said a microphone was found inside

the office of the ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ana Alban, while he

visited the embassy to meet with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on June

16. Assange, who was granted …

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/europe/2013/07/05/382906/Ecuador-seeks.htm

 

Ecuador to investigate bugged embassy where Assange is kept

Mail & Guardian Online

Speaking on state television days after his government announced it had

decided to grant the WikiLeaks founder political asylum, Correa showed

little sign of seeking to ease tensions with Britain – which threatened

last week to use an obscure piece of …

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-07-04-ecuador-finds-embassy-where-assange-is-kept-bugged

 

UK surveillance firm denies bugging Ecuador’s embassy

Channel News Asia

A British surveillance company on Thursday denied accusations by the

Ecuadoran government that it planted a hidden microphone in Quito’s embassy

in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is living. PHOTOS. Police

stand outside the …

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/uk-surveillance-firm/734742.html

 

Contested territory

Sydney Morning Herald

They all agree he should never have been given access to the encrypted

files he released to WikiLeaks. But there is no denying the strength of his

conviction, or the importance of what he did in leaking Collateral Murder,

the notorious video of the …

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/contested-territory-20130704-2pcsu.html

 

‘I will not apologize’

Free Malaysia Today

Undeterred, Liang told the Dewan Rakyat yesterday that he wanted the

government to investigate the exposure made by WikiLeaks that Anwar stashed

the money in the United States, Singapore, China and Israel as it involved

national security. Liang stood …

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/frontpage/2013/07/05/%E2%80%98i-will-not-apologize%E2%80%99/

 

British firm denies bugging Ecuador’s embassy

Aljazeera.com

Assange’s WikiLeaks is trying to assist Snowden, who is believed to be

stranded at Moscow airport and have sought asylum in a variety of

countries, including Ecuador. However, many of the countries have refused

asylum to the US whistleblower. Meanwhile …

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/07/201374175812773308.html

 

American eavesdropping: Why Europe must protect Edward Snowden

Presseurop (English)

In an article published in several European newspapers, the WikiLeaks

founder and the Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders call on

European states grant asylum the whistleblower who exposed the NSA

eavesdropping, for the sake of freedom of …

http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/3940371-why-europe-must-protect-edward-snowden

 

Ecuador Asks UK To Help Probe Alleged Spying

Bernama

QUITO, July 5 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Ecuador has asked the UK to help

an investigation over alleged spying at its embassy in London where

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is living. Ecuador named a British company

it claimed planted a …

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=961280

 

More Countries Refuse to Grant Intelligence Leaker Asylum

Wall Street Journal

A representative of Mr. Snowden’s father expressed concerns that the

leaker’s crusade to expose American spying has been commandeered by

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has taken an increasingly prominent

role in managing Mr. Snowden’s …

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324260204578586092577144814.html

 

The politics of leaks

Alaska Dispatch

Some, like the revelations about widespread government snooping or the

WikiLeaks information dump, cause major outrage at home and abroad, and

land their perpetrators squarely in the soup. Just ask Edward Snowden, who

has been marooned in one of …

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130705/politics-leaks

 

Firm denies bugging Ecuador embassy

Burton Mail

A UK-based surveillance group has denied claims that it was behind the

bugging of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian

Assange has been living for the past year. Ecuador’s foreign minister

Ricardo Patino told a news …

http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Home/Firm-denies-bugging-Ecuador-embassy-0-7571841.xnf

 

UK firm denies bugging Ecuador embassy

Herald Sun

A BRITISH surveillance company has denied accusations by the Ecuadorian

government that it planted a hidden microphone in Quito’s embassy in

London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is living. The Foreign

Office in London, meanwhile, said it …

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/uk-firm-denies-bugging-ecuador-embassy/story-fni0xqll-1226674669340

 

Security experts deny British agency behind fixing bug in Ecuador Embassy …

Business Standard

Security experts have reportedly denied allegations about British police or

security services planting the surveillance bug found by Foreign minister

Ricardo Patino at Ecuador’s London Embassy where WikiLeaks founder Julian

Assange has been holed up …

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/security-experts-deny-british-agency-behind-fixing-bug-in-ecuador-embassy-hosting-assange-113070500167_1.html

 

Prove me wrong, says MP on claims against Anwar

New Straits Times

“The Batu MP (Tian Chua) then asked me if the information was on WikiLeaks.

I would like to reiterate that it was all over the Internet and everyone

can see it.” He told Parliament that he had also spoken about the issue of

national security following …

http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/prove-me-wrong-says-mp-on-claims-against-anwar-1.313398

 

Ecuador’s London Embassy Bugged by Unknown Party

Ring of Fire

A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador’s London embassy, where Wikileaks

founder Julian Assange currently takes haven. The bug wasn’t found where

Assange lives and works but was instead found in Ana Alban’s, Ecuadorean

ambassador to the …

http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2013/07/04/ecuadors-london-embassy-bugged-by-unknown-party/

 

Snowden’s father: “You are a modern day Paul Revere”

People’s Daily Online

The elder Snowden has also said he’s concerned that the WikiLeaks

supporters who have been helping his son seek asylum may not have his best

interests at heart. Snowden’s father has said he’d like his son to return

to the US under the right circumstances.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/8312636.html

 

Ecuador claims bug found in its London embassy

Ventura County Star

Patino said that two weeks ago a hidden microphone was found where

Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange is holed up. “We want to

find out with precision what the origin of the apparatus is.” (AP

Photo/Dolores Ochoa). QUITO, Ecuador — QUITO …

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jul/04/ecuador-claims-bug-found-in-its-london-embassy/

 

Ecuador: UK Bugged Our London Embassy

FOX News Radio

Ecuador’s government said Wednesday that a microphone found in its London

embassy, where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is staying, was hidden

inside an electrical outlet in the office of the ambassador. Ricardo Patino

told a news conference in Quito …

http://radio.foxnews.com/2013/07/04/ecuador-uk-bugged-our-london-embassy/

 

Blow the whistle on Big Brother

Green Left Weekly

US army private Bradley Manning, held for the past three years in prison

under cruel treatment, is being prosecuted for providing WikiLeaks with

material he had access to as an analyst with the US army in Iraq, relating

to US military activity in Iraq …

http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/54442

 

Private investigators deny planting bug in Ecuador’s embassy

Evening Standard

Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said he had “reason to

believe” the device found in the building where Wikileaks founder Julian

Assange is hiding was planted by The Surveillance Group Ltd. But CEO of the

Worcester-based firm Tim Young said: …

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/private-investigators-deny-planting-bug-in-ecuadors-embassy-8687396.html

 

Ecuadorean embassy bug denied by UK surveillance company – video

The Guardian

Ecuador claims it has found a hidden microphone inside its London embassy

where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has sought asylum. Young says his

company do not and have never been engaged in any activities of this

nature. Source: ITN; Length: 35 …

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jul/04/ecuadorian-embassy-bug-surveillance-video

 

US prosecution of Snowden and Manning exceeds international norms

Mmegi Online

The question has fueled a storm of punditry this month, even as America’s

other most famous deep throat source, Bradley Manning, is on trial for

sending 700,000 classified documents to WikiLeaks two years ago.The Defence

Department is throwing the book …

http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=6&aid=1101&dir=2013/July/Thursday4

 

Veil of Lies, Snowden and Wikileaks | Veterans Today

Snowden’s baggage includes, we are told, a “Wikileaks legal team” and

four computers, carrying details of intelligence intercepts against Russia

and China.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/06/23/veil-of-lies-snowden-and-wikileaks/

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