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KONY 2012: Merchandising and Branding Support for US Military Intervention in Central Africa By Nile Bowie
Edward Bernays believed that society could not be trusted to make rational and informed decisions on their own, and that guiding public opinion was essential within a democratic society. Bernays founded the Council on Public Relations and his 1928 book, Propaganda cites the methodology used in the application of effective emotional communication. He discovered that… Continue reading
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Starving for Freedom: Six Years on the Abduction of Ahmad Sa’adat – One Month on the Hunger Strike of Hana Shalabi
March 14-15, 2012 marks the sixth anniversary of the attack on Jericho prison and the Israeli abduction of Palestinian national leader Ahmad Sa’adat and his comrades, who had been held under U.S. and British guard in a Palestinian Authority prison. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 14-15 March 2012
15 March 2012 — williambowles.info US soldier accused in Wikileaks case due in court The Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A US Army private accused of leaking classified material to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks could soon learn when his trial will start. Pfc. Bradley Manning was scheduled to appear in a military… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 8 March 2012
8 March 2012 — williambowles.info Wikileaks: US-led NATO Troops Operate Inside Syria Syrian Radio & TV Online A document released by the WikiLeaks website has revealed that undercover US-led NATO forces are operating inside Syria against the Syrian government. WikiLeaks released a confidential email from an analyst working for the US-based intelligence firm …… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 3 March 2012: USA’s (no longer) secret plan for criminalising Julian Assange
3 March 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks: New reports detail discontent, fear in Venezuelan military Sacramento Bee The report, which are part of the firm’s more than five million emails that WikiLeaks revealed this week, show Chávez’s concern over the growing signs of discontent coming from the military. “HCF [Hugo Chávez Frías] is worried,” says… Continue reading
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Julie Lévesque: SOCIAL MEDIA “TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION” – Spying and Propaganda using Facebook, Twitter
A new study by the Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies’ (MCIS) 2012 Intelligence Studies Yearbook points to the use of social media as “the new cutting edge in open-source tactical intelligence collection”. What the study fails to mention, however, is the use of social media by intelligence agencies for other purposes. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 6-7 February 2012
7 February 2012 — williambowles.info 012 Anonymous members and protesters stand in cold for Assange Computer Business Review Members of the hacking group, Anonymous, and supporters of Julian Assange stood outside of the Supreme Court in London last week to protest against the extradition of the Wikileaks founder to Sweden. Thursday 2 February 2012 marked… Continue reading
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BBC Trust rules in favour of censoring ‘Palestine’
The BBC has denied it was wrong to edit the word ‘Palestine’ from an artist’s performance on Radio 1Xtra, but has said its producers may have been ‘overcautious’. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 21-22 January 2012
22 January 2012 — williambowles.info 012ACLU & EFF to Appeal Secrecy Ruling in Twitter/Wikileaks Case Kansas City infoZine … today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) plan to file an appeal in the legal battle over the records of several Twitter users in connection with the government’s WikiLeaks investigation.… Continue reading
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Why is the Internet on strike today?
Today, Mozilla is joining the virtual strike against Internet censorship – along with others like Wikipedia and Google – to raise awareness of US Congress legislation that could fundamentally alter the Internet we know and love. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Newslinks 5-6 January 2012
6 January 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks Supporters Lose Court Bid to Protect Twitter Records Wired News By Kim Zetter Three WikiLeaks supporters have lost their bid to protect their Twitter records from US investigators trying to prosecute the whistleblowing site over its publication of secret and sensitive government documents. … http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/wikileaks-twitter-bid/ Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 29-30 December 2011
30 December 2011 — williambowles.info 30 December 2011 2011: Riots and revolutions: How we all changed the world ZDNet (blog) Between you and I, from Wikileaks to one man alone sparking a revolution, we all played our part in changing the world. From the most popular highlights to the crucial events that really mattered, here’s… Continue reading
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Somalia Newslinks 20 December 2011
20 December 2011 — williambowles.info US Considers Combating Somali Militants’ Twitter Use New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya The United States government is increasingly concerned about the Twitter account of the Shabab militant group of Somalia, with American officials saying Monday that they were looking closely at the militants’ use of Twitter and the … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/world/africa/us-considers-combating-shabab-militants-twitter-use.html Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 21 December 2011
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info Witness in WikiLeaks case says Manning confessed to him Los Angeles Times Other prosecution witnesses testified that messages on Manning’s personal laptop computer indicated he could have communicated with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Mark Johnson, an Army forensic analyst, testified that Manning and a person he … http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-manning-hearing-20111221,0,3065361.story Continue reading
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Adrian Lamo Newslinks 21 December 2011
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning Accuser Adrian Lamo Takes the Stand ABC News (blog) Adrian Lamo, the former computer hacker who first identified Bradley Manning to federal authorities as the source of hundreds of thousands of classified documents leaked to Wikileaks, was challenged by the Army private’s defense over his history as a… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘A Death Sentence For Africa’
The UN climate summit in Durban, South Africa, ended with one of those marathon all-night cliffhanger negotiations that the media love so much. The outcome was a commitment to talk about a legally-binding deal to cut carbon emissions – by both developed and developing countries – that would be agreed by 2015 and come into… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 27-28 November 2011
28 November 2011 — williambowles.info 28 November 2011 WikiLeaks wins Australian journalism award AFP SYDNEY — WikiLeaks has been recognised in Australia for its “outstanding contribution to journalism”, with founder Julian Assange lashing out at “cowardly” Prime Minister Julia Gillard in an acceptance speech. The anti-secrecy website was lauded at … http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQRUCe6qxRkV8J7Q8Ix6HUPcD_Eg?docId=CNG.2fcb0cdc5742d63c5b84cb23c3483da7.271 Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 22 November 2011
22 November 2011 — williambowles.info December court date for Manning in WikiLeaks case PhysOrg.com Supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange display photographs of Assange (C) and US serviceman Bradley Manning (R) outside the High Court in central London, in July 2011. Manning, the US soldier alleged to have passed to WikiLeaks a trove of …… Continue reading
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