WikiLeaks
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Wikileaks Newslinks 5 August 2011
5 August 2011 — williambowles.info In our WikiLeaks, Cyber-Hacking Era, a Time Travel Video Game May Be a New … Kotaku One assumes members of the government in the age of hacking and WikiLeaks might want to get their hands on any tools that could help them guard against the problems of leaks. Hazard knows… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 4 August 2011
4 August 2011 — williambowles.info Wikileaks: UN discussed dropping #003 Radio Netherlands United Nations officials discussed shutting down Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal without hearing a politically sensitive case involving two former Khmer Rouge leaders, according to a classified US diplomatic cable disclosed by Wikileaks. … http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/wikileaks-un-discussed-dropping-003 Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 4 August 2011
4 August 2011 — williambowles.info To Party Hack Rep. Nydia Velázquez, War and Liberties Are Political Weapons Antiwar.com (blog) Many times as editor of my local newspaper, The Bushwick News, I have tried to get our local representative in the House, Nydia Velázquez, to give her opinions on WikiLeaks and whistleblower Bradley Manning. It didn’t… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 1-3 August 2011
3 August 2011 — williambowles.info 3 August 2011 Bradley Manning, the Wikileaks forgotten man ABC Technology and Games Former US Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning is, in many respects, the forgotten man of the Wikileaks saga. Private First Class Manning has been in prison for 14 months, much of it in solitary confinement, accused but… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 3 August 2011
3 August 2011 — williambowles.info Mexico: American Ambassador Is Confirmed New York Times The former ambassador, Carlos Pascual, resigned in March after a public dispute with President Felipe Calderón of Mexico over embassy documents released by WikiLeaks. The documents showed him and other American officials criticizing Mexican authorities … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/world/americas/03briefs-Mexico.html Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 2 August 2011
2 August 2011 — williambowles.info Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in Sydney for Dangerous assignment Cumberland Courier Newspapers They will join others and the audience in negotiating a range of dangerous ideas including, that: Wikileaks has not gone far enough; Footballers are Barbarians not role models; Psychopaths Make the World Go Around; Ecstasy is No More… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 30 July 2011
30 July 2011 — williambowles.info Zimbabwe: Wikileaks – Zuma Pushing for Commonwealth Readmission AllAfrica.com SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma used his facilitation role to push hard for Zimbabwe’s readmission to the Commonwealth at the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) held in Port of Spain, Trinadad and Tobago, according to a WikiLeaks … Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 29 July 2011
29 July 2011 — williambowles.info Feds Defend Seizure of WikiLeaks Supporter’s Laptop Wired News (blog) By Kevin Poulsen The Justice Department on Thursday fired back against a lawsuit filed by a WikiLeaks supporter and friend of accused leaker Bradley Manning over the warrantless seizure of his laptop, arguing that they held onto the machine for… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Murdoch’s Other Moral Crimes
When Rupert and James Murdoch appeared before the House of Commons media select committee on July 19, not one of the MP inquisitors demanded accountability for News International’s biggest moral crime – its shameful role as a facilitator of war. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 29 July 2011
29 July 2011 — williambowles.info Anonymous Fantasizes it was Responsible for EBay Stock Drop DailyTech (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Anonymous calls Paypal “corrupt” for refusing to support Wikileaks and cooperating with the FBI in arresting members associated with the attacks. (Source: Furious Fanboys) Anonymous takes credit for an eBay stock drop, … http://www.dailytech.com/Anonymous+Fantasizes+it+was+Responsible+for+EBay+Stock+Drop/article22276.htm Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Black Hat Pwnie Award winner will be a criminal ITworld.com Bradley Manning is charged with stealing and turning over to WikiLeaks thousands of US diplomatic messages and footage of a US airstrike in Iraq. If Manning didn’t do it, whoever did will be of interest to law enforcement. … http://www.itworld.com/security/186735/black-hat-pwnie-award-winner-will-be-criminal Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks angry that PayPal supports anti-Muslim organization Washington Post (blog) By Elizabeth Flock WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a news conference in London in 2010. (Lennart Preiss – AP) Updated 8:09 pm The man behind the attacks on Norway last Friday has boasted of being a part of several… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Cables Show Haiti as Pawn in U.S. Foreign Policy By Katie Soltis
The U.S. tried to undermine Haiti’s oil deal with Venezuela in order to protect the vested interests of U.S. oil corporations. Under the Obama administration, the U.S. embassy worked with major textile companies to cap the minimum wage in Haiti at 31 cents per hour. Election monitors from the U.S. and the international community knowingly… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks documents shed light on US-backed intervention in Libya By Robert Morgan
US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks expose some of the real reasons and diplomatic tensions behind NATO’s ongoing bombardment of Libya. Far from initiating a ‘humanitarian’ intervention to protect civilians against Muammar Gaddafi’s government, Washington backed the NATO intervention for one reason only—the installation of a regime that better serves the strategic interests of the… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 27 July 2011
27 July 2011 — williambowles.info Antisec goes after Paypal Inquirer The payment firm has already been targeted for stopping payments to Wikileaks, and in a separate and apparently random attack, had its Twitter feed taken over in the UK, but this latest attack – for want of another word, aims to hit it right at… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 25-26 July 2011
26 July 2011 — williambowles.info UNLV student arrested by FBI for hacking in support of Wikileaks UNLV The Rebel Yell The indictment also stated that Anonymous’ attack on PayPal was meant to avenge PayPal’s cancellation of its WikiLeaks account because of an alleged breach of PayPal’s terms of service. WikiLeaks, founded by Julian Assange on… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 24 July 2011
24 July 2011 — williambowles.info Norway Unprepared for Terror Acts: WikiLeaks International Business Times According to diplomatic cables uncovered by WikiLeaks; as recently as 2009, one US official derided Norway’s security apparatus as being “in over its head” and that “it simply cannot keep up.” Other diplomatic documents noted that Oslo officials … http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/185680/20110723/norway-terroristm-wikileaks-cables-us.htm Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 23 July 2011
23 July 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks files show Norway unprepared for terror attack Telegraph.co.uk Norway’s intelligence service had previously been criticised for its failure to keep track of suspected terror cells and the country was felt to be complacent about the prospect of a terror attack, secret cables from the WikiLeaks files reveal. … http://www.telegraph.co.uk/8655964/WikiLeaks-files-show-Norway-unprepared-for-terror-attack.html Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 21-22 July 2011
22 July 2011 — williambowles.info Hacking groups say they are back after FBI arrests Reuters WikiLeaks supporters wear masks of the ”Anonymous” internet activist group and a mask of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (R) during a demonstration calling for the release of Assange, in Malaga, southern Spain December 11, 2010. … http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/21/us-cybersecurity-response-idUSTRE76K66G20110721 Continue reading
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Democracy Now! 14 July 2011: Dr. Paul Farmer on Haiti After the Earthquake
Dr. Paul Farmer, who was worked in Haiti for nearly three decades and now serves as the the U.N. deputy special envoy for Haiti, discusses how U.S.-backed coups and neoliberal programs have not only subverted Haiti’s democracy, but also seriously weakened its public health. Continue reading
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