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Wikileaks / Bradley Manning Newslinks 3 May 2013
3 May 2013 — williambowles.info ‘We Steal Secrets’: WikiLeaks and the US intelligence-industrial complex The Seattle Times (blog) Into this stew marched WikiLeaks and Assange in 2010. Despite antipathy for Assange himself, I admire his vision and skill at piercing the shadow world of government secrecy. As the film notes, WikiLeak’s first big expose Continue reading
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New free press foundation helps WikiLeaks to subvert banking blockade
A new foundation dedicated to promoting media transparency and fighting censorship is to support WikiLeaks in its efforts to subvert a two-year block on payments by Visa and MasterCard. Continue reading
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Mixed signals from European Union on economic blockade of WikiLeaks – spokesperson By John robles
WikiLeaks number two and the official spokesperson for the WikiLeaks organization, Kristinn Hrafnsson spoke with the Voice of Russia regarding the recent ruling by the European Parliament regarding the extra-judicial economic blockade by US based financial institutions who are in violation of international and European law in their continued blockade of the organization. Continue reading
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Released: WikiLeaks cash blockade ‘ordered’ by American ‘hard-right’
WikiLeaks has released European Commission documents which allegedly show ‘hard-right US politicians’ orchestrated an ‘extrajudicial’ banking blockade against the whistle-blowing site. Continue reading
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Released: WikiLeaks cash blockade 'ordered' by American 'hard-right'
WikiLeaks has released European Commission documents which allegedly show ‘hard-right US politicians’ orchestrated an ‘extrajudicial’ banking blockade against the whistle-blowing site. Continue reading
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European Parliament votes to protect Wikileaks against financial blockade
In a landmark decision today the European Parliament initiated the drafting of legislation that would stop the arbitrary banking blockades against WikiLeaks and other organizations facing economic censorship. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 14 July 2011
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info Wikileaks’ Julian Assange: ‘I want to make you pregnant… I prefer virgins’ Daily Mail By Rebecca Camber Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told a woman he stands accused of raping that he wanted to impregnate her and other ‘virgins’, a court heard yesterday. The 40-year-old is said to have told his Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 13 July 2011: WikiLeaks’ Founder Julian Assange in U.K. Court for Extradition Appeal
13 July 2011 — williambowles.info Assange Presses Appeal to Head Off Extradition Wall Street Journal By JEANNE WHALEN LONDON—WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange unveiled a narrower set of legal arguments in a UK court on Tuesday as he continued his fight to avoid extradition to Sweden to face a sexual-assault investigation. Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated … http://europe.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812104576441462672745124.html Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 11 July 2011
11 July 2011 — williambowles.info Visa starts then halts Wikileaks donations acceptance Inquirer By Dave Neal PAYMENT FIRM Visa has explained why it briefly accepted donations made to Wikileaks and then promptly stopped. The firm was discovered to have dropped its embargo at the end of last week when Datacell, its Iceland-based hosting company … Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 9 July 2011
9 July 2011 — williambowles.info Visa again blocks funds for WikiLeaks USA Today By Raphael G. Satter, AP LONDON — Visa said Friday it has closed a donation channel to WikiLeaks after a payment processor briefly accepted money transfers to the anti-secrecy site. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attends a debate on the subject of … Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 8 July 2011
8 July 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks’s Partner Says Visa, MasterCard Lift Payment Block Bloomberg By Aoife White and Donal Griffin – Thu Jul 07 22:35:05 GMT 2011 WikiLeaks’s payment provider, DataCell, said it’s again able to accept credit-card payments seven months after Visa Europe Ltd. and MasterCard Inc. (MA) blocked donations to the website. … Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 27 January, 2011
27 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Report: NYT Pondering WikiLeaks-Esque Submission System PC Magazine By Chloe Albanesius Does the New York Times want to be the next WikiLeaks? Executive editor Bill Keller tells Yahoo’s Cutline that the paper is looking into … www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376723,00.asp Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 10 December, 2010: Halliburton May Pay $500 million to Keep Cheney out of Prison: Report
10 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House Why Are Wars Not Being Reported Honestly? By John Pilger The public needs to know the truth about wars. So why have journalists colluded with governments to hoodwink us? www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27036.htm Lebanon Holds its Breath Over Leaked Revelations By Robert Fisk in Beirut The Hezbollah party is using the Continue reading
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Wikileaks under attack: the definitive timeline By Charles Arthur
Since Wikileaks released the US embassy cables on 28 November it has come under pressure on several fronts, from DDoS attacks to frozen bank accounts. We list the companies, politicians and organisations making life difficult for Wikileaks and Julian Assange 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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Visa Ban Lifted, Renowned Professors Enter U.S
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) welcomes the decision by the U.S. Department of State to end the exclusions of two prominent foreign professors from the United States. Professor Adam Habib and Professor Tarik Ramadan, along with ADC, were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In separate lawsuits the ACLU challenged the denial of… Continue reading
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