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Wikileaks News Roundup 28 December – 7 December, 2010
7 December, 2010 — creative-i.info This is an updated list of stories connected to the Wikileaks release of US diplomatic cables covering the period 28 November – 7 December, 2010. There maybe some duplication due to cross-posting. 7 December, 2010 Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 28 December – 7 December, 2010
7 December, 2010 — creative-i.info This is an updated list of stories connected to the Wikileaks release of US diplomatic cables covering the period November 28 – 7 December, 2010. There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 6-7 December, 2010
7 December, 2010 — creative-i.info See also the complete list of stories 28 November – 7 December, 2010 7 December, 2010 Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Taking Down America #Wikileaks: The Internet Ideal Triumphs Julian Assange: ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ Britain arrests WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange #PayPal suffers DoS for spurning #Wikileaks Visa suspends Wikileaks payments Bolivia Responds… Continue reading
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Wikileaks’ Julian Assange refused bail
7 December 2010 — The Independent Assange is expected to appear before a district judge at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court later today. Assange is expected to appear before a district judge at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court later today. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was remanded in custody today after appearing in court on an… Continue reading
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Alan Hart: WikiLeaks: What, really, is the problem?
Some commentators, bloggers and other writers, were quick to jump to the conclusion that the avalanche of documents being released by WikiLeaks is part and parcel of an Israeli/Mossad deception strategy. One implication being that WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange is, knowingly or not, manipulated by Zionism. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks News Roundup 5-6 December, 2010
6 December, 2010 — Creative-i.info 6 December, 2010 Andy Worthington, Asim Qureshi and Jason Leopold Discuss Guantánamo, Human Experimentation and the Peter Collins Show Pablo Solón Responds to Secret U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks Revealed in WikiLeaks Cable Cyber attacks close Wikileaks website WikiLeaks: Israel`s Security Concerns Often Clash With U.S. Interests Daniel Ellsberg: Letter… Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 2-6 December, 2010
6 December, 2010 — Creative-i.info 6 December, 2010 Condemnation follows latest WikiLeaks disclosures US ‘vital facilities’ list leaked WikiWitchhunt Wikileaks In Venezuela: Espionage, Propaganda And Disinformation By Eva Golinger WikiLeaks: Numerous Reasons to Dismiss US Claims that “Ghost Prisoner” Aafia Siddiqui Was Not Held in Bagram + Bring Aafia Home Assange will fight return to… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Server Goes Down, Julian Assange Facing ‘Hundreds Of Death Threats’ By JOHN HEILPRIN
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange turned increasingly to Switzerland on Sunday, dodging a barrage of threats online and in the real world to keep access to a trove of U.S. State Department cables under a Swiss Web address. Continue reading
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Assange Accuser Worked with US-Funded, CIA-Tied Anti-Castro Group By Kirk James Murphy, M.D.
Yesterday Alexander Cockburn reminded us of the news Israel Shamir and Paul Bennett broke at Counterpunch in September. Julian Assange’s chief accuser in Sweden has a significant history of work with anti-Castro groups, at least one of which is US funded and openly supported by a former CIA agent convicted in the mass murder of… Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 4-5 December, 2010
5 December, 2010 — Creative-i.info 5 December, 2010 Wikileaks’ Assange to fight case ‘China in Google cyber attacks’ ‘Secret US-Yemen deal’ revealed A useful US ally? Arrest Warrant Expected for Julian Assange China ‘orchestrated Google hack’ Help Release Shaker Aamer: Three Free Screenings of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” Information Clearing House Newsletter 2… Continue reading
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Arrest Warrant Expected for Julian Assange
Britain’s serious crime agency is expecting an arrest warrant application from Sweden for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange December 3, 2010 Continue reading
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Julian Assange’s rape case: is Sweden just making it up? Julian Assange’s former lawyer writes
Apparently having consensual sex in Sweden without a condom is punishable by a term of imprisonment of a minimum of two years for rape. That is the basis for a reinstitution of rape charges against WikiLeaks figurehead Julian Assange that is destined to make Sweden and its justice system the laughing stock of the world… Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 3-4 December, 2010
Aroundup of news stories and analysis of the Wikileaks diplomatic cables release Continue reading
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Is WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange a Hero? Glenn Greenwald Debates Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News
WikiLeaks is coming under attack from all sides. The U.S. government and embassies around the world are criticizing the whistleblowing group for releasing a massive trove of secret State Department cables. The WikiLeaks website is struggling to stay online just days after Amazon pulled the site from its servers following political pressure. The U.S. State… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Shows Diplomats Lie to Themselves Before They Lie to Journalists By Peter Hart
The fact that U.S. diplomats and U.S. media were mostly in step is not a coincidence. It reminds me of that Karl Kraus quote: ‘How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.’ Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 2-3 December, 2010
3 December, 2010 — Creative-i.info 3 December, 2010 As I predicted, the heat is on Julian Assange. Net closes on Assange: arrest by British police expected in days Wikileaks: A Government Caught Up in Mendacity and Lies Wikileaks Cables: US Embassy Helping Cubans Get to Miami from Venezuela WikiLeaks release: US diplomats redefine “diplomatic” Leaks… Continue reading
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The “Hi Tech” Corporate Police State: “Reengineering” the Internet … for Persistent Surveillance By Tom Burghardt
The secret world of “cyber situational awareness” is a spymaster’s wet dream, made all the more alluring by the advent of ultra high speed computing and the near infinite storage capacity afforded by massive server farms and the ubiquitous “cloud.” Within that dusky haze, obscured by claims of national security or proprietary business information, take… Continue reading
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Jeremy Scahill: WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret U.S. War Ops in Pakistan
Despite sustained denials by the Pentagon, the leaked cables from WikiLeaks confirm that U.S. military special operations forces have been secretly working with the Pakistani military to conduct offensive operations and coordinate drone strikes in the areas near the Afghan border. The cables confirm aspects of a story about the covert U.S. war in Pakistan… Continue reading
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Attorney Confirms WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in Britain, Responds to U.S. Attacks
2 December, 2010 — Democracy Now As the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks continues to publish secret U.S. diplomatic cables, its founder Julian Assange is facing international arrest over allegations in Sweden. In the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced WikiLeaks is the target of a criminal probe, and some politicians have accused him of… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks lift curtains on American political autism – expert — RT
‘This [WikiLeaks story] does lift the curtains on the American mentality, on America’s fundamental intellectual incapacity to deal with the outside world in any other way than by dividing it up into good guys and bad guys. For me it is a message, that there is an incredibly immature and, frankly, dangerous attitude on the… Continue reading