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Wikileaks News Roundup for 30 November, 2010
30 November, 2010 — creative-i.info Richard Cohen Nails That Lying George W. Bush US ambassador: Leaks not damaging WikiLeaks on Public TV: Defending the ‘Interests of the West’ Leaks reveal Pakistan arms fears Wikileaks and the New Global Order: America’s Wake-up Call No-Longer Secret US Embassy Cables – Fulltext Search No-Longer Secret US Embassy Cables Continue reading
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Wikileaks and the New Global Order: America’s Wake-up Call By Jonathan Cook
The new disclosures do provide a useful insight, captured in the very ordinariness of the diplomatic correspondence, into Washington’s own sense of the limits on its global role — an insight that was far less apparent in the previous Wikileaks revelations on the US army’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading
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Will Wikileaks kill the Official Secrets Act? Richard Norton-Taylor
It might be thought the deluge of classified US state department information placed on the worldwide web is yet another – possibly fatal – nail in the coffin of the Official Secrets Act (OSA), as well as that uniquely British institution the Defence Advisory Committee, which operates a system of voluntary self-censorship in cooperation with… Continue reading
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New York Times Oversells WikiLeaks/Iranian Missiles Story By Peter Hart
WikiLeaks document dumps are largely what media want to make of them. There’s one conventional response, which goes something like this: “There’s nothing new here, but WikiLeaks is dangerous!” But there’s another option: “There’s nothing here, except for the part that confirms a storyline we’ve been pushing.” In those cases, WikiLeaks is deemed very, very… Continue reading
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Daniel Ellsberg: The lying is being enforced by the upper levels
The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has begun releasing a giant trove of confidential U.S. diplomatic cables that is sending shockwaves through the global diplomatic establishment. Among the findings: Arab leaders are urging the United States to attack Iran; Washington and Yemen agreed to cover up the use of U.S. warplanes to bomb Yemen; the United States… Continue reading
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New WikiLeaks Documents Expose US Foreign Policy Conspiracies By David Walsh
The batch of 250,000 US classified documents released by WikiLeaks to several news outlets, some of whose content was made public Sunday, sheds new light on the sordid nature of American imperialist intrigue and conspiracy around the globe. Continue reading
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Wikileaks State Cables: Quick Hits By Nate Jones
The five news organizations that Wikikeaks provided the documents to under embargo did a good job synthesizing and reporting the 251,287 cables leaked by someone with access to that information. That said, document hounds (including historians, IR/polisci people, and concerned citizens) know that to really understand the contents and significance of the records you need… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks releases thousands of classified cables — RT
Over 250,000 classified document sent from American embassies to Washington have been leaked on the Internet, in spite of warnings from the Obama administration. Continue reading
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Wikileaks and Iran
Gareth Porter: Media selecting cables that support Iran narrative Continue reading
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US Department of State: still tightlipped over freedom of speech
An RT crew was locked up in a US jail for 32 hours after they covered a rally near the so-called ‘school of assassins’ in the state of Georgia Continue reading
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USA: Freedom of the press behind bars
Should journalists be given more freedom than ordinary people on the streets, especially when it comes to covering protests? That is the question Lori Harfenist, also known as “The Resident”, asks people in New York, following the arrest of an RT crew reporting on a demonstration at Fort Benning military base in the US state… Continue reading
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US embassy knew Georgians “moved forces” to South Ossetian border – WikiLeaks
US diplomats in Georgia knew Tbilisi concentrated military force prior to the war over South Ossetia in 2008, the classified documents exposed by WikiLeaks show. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks: Demystifying “Diplomacy” By Norman Solomon
Compared to the kind of secret cables that WikiLeaks has just shared with the world, everyday public statements from government officials are exercises in make-believe. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks expose 28-29 November, 2010 : Barak warned strike on Iran was viable until end of 2010
29 November, 2010 — Creative-i.info 29 November, 2010 WikiLeaks exposé: Barak warned strike on Iran was viable until end of 2010 The Truth Hurts: US Says New WikiLeaks Release ‘Most Damaging’ Yet US criticises Wikileaks release Australian police investigate Assange over leaks Newspaper review US Embassy Cable from Tegucigalpa, via WikiLeaks, “Open and Shut: The Continue reading
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Memories That Still Hold US Hostage: Reflections On A Visit To The Former Embattled US Embassy in Tehran By Danny Schechter
The latest massive Wikileaks revelations released Sunday show how the US and its allies have been covertly discussing military attacks and covert actions against Iran. If history is any judge, this doesn’t always work out the way Washington wants as Danny Schechter recounts in this report on a recent visit to the former US Embassy… Continue reading
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Wikileaks release of embassy cables reveals US concerns
28 November, 2010 — BBC News Wikileaks release of embassy cables reveals US concerns War Logs website that organised some of the earlier Wikileaks Wikileaks has previously released documents relating to Iraq and Afghanistan Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks has released 250,000 secret messages sent by US embassies which give an insight into current American global concerns. Continue reading
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Jonathan Cook: On being a journalist in the Middle East
In the mid-1990s, I arrived in Jerusalem for the first time–then as a tourist–with the potent Western myth at the front of my consciousness: that of Israel as “a light unto the nations,” the plucky underdog facing a menacing Arab world. A series of later professional shocks as a freelance journalist reporting on Israel would… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks has announced release of State Department Secret Correspondence
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks, which has published hundreds of U.S. war logs, has announced a pending release of the U.S. Department of State’s secret correspondence, a Russian business daily said on Friday. The documents contain the U.S. evaluation of the political situation in Russia and the unflattering characteristics of some Russian leaders, Kommersant cited a WikiLeaks… Continue reading
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The WikiLeaks Enigma By Elena PUSTOVOITOVA
The very first outburst of former secrets – the Afghan dossier containing reports by commanders of various ranks, details of combat missions, analytical papers, etc. – sent a shock worldwide. Tens of thousands of secret documents shedding light on the entire range of NATO operations in Afghanistan suddenly became available to the public. Given the… Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Media Misreading Midterms. As usual, press urge a move to the right
With the Democrats suffering substantial losses in Tuesday’s midterms, many journalists and pundits were offering a familiar diagnosis: The Democrats had misread their mandate and governed too far to the left. The solution, as always, is for Democrats to move to the right and reclaim “the center.” But this conventional wisdom falls apart under scrutiny. Continue reading
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