WikiLeaks
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WikiLeaks to release video of civilians, journalists being murdered in airstrike in Afghanistan
Whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks is planning to release a video that reveals what it’s calling a Pentagon “cover-up” of an incident in which numerous civilians and journalists were murdered in an airstrike, according to a recent media advisory. They also noted their members have recently been tailed by individuals under State Department diplomatic immunity, and… Continue reading
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Undermining the American People’s Right to Privacy: The Secret State’s Surveillance Machine By Tom Burghardt
Hoping to forestall public suspicions of how things actually work in Washington, the administration has declared that “it will continue to block the release of additional documents, including communications within the Executive Branch and records reflecting the identities of telecoms involved in lobbying for immunity,” according to EFF’s Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl. Continue reading
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Wikileaks: Investigative journalists, pressure groups top new threats to national security
This significant, previously unpublished document (classified “RESTRICTED”, 2389 pages), is the UK military protocol for all security and counter-intelligence operations. The document includes instructions on dealing with leaks, investigative journalists, Parliamentarians, foreign agents, terrorists & criminals, sexual entrapments in Russia and China, diplomatic pouches, allies, classified documents & codewords, compromising radio and audio emissions, computer… Continue reading
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WIKILEAKS NEWS: NYTimes Ed / Icelandic bank threats
Back in February 2008, WikiLeaks together with our boldest supporters, defeated an attack by Swiss Bank Julius Baer over “banking secrets” and, On Wednesday, the New York Times devoted an editorial to domestic intelligence “fusion centers” and possible violations of the Posse Comitatus Act. Posse Comitatus prevents the US military from being used as police.… Continue reading
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Wikileaks: THE SPY WHO BILLED ME TWICE – From Guantanamo to your doorstep: the intelligence industry’s revolving cash door
A confidential 1525 page file of correspondence released to the public by WikiLeaks provides insights into the privatization of intelligence and policing operations in the United States. In the file, one intelligence officer, Kia Grapham, hawked by her contractor to state police criminal intelligence, boasts of assisting in over 100 interrogations of “high value human… Continue reading
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WIKILEAKS PRESS RELEASE: “Big Trouble in Little Paradise: the Turks and Caicos Islands takeover”
WikiLeaks has released a suppressed report laying at the center of UK plans to seize direct control of the Turks & Caicos Islands, a popular Caribbean tourist destination and tax haven. A British warship on patrol in the Caribbean sea, the HMS Iron Duke, is expected to support the takeover once the report is released. Continue reading
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WIKILEAKS: The News of The World didn’t go far enough
The right to freedom of speech is not short hand for the right to pontificate. We defend speech freedoms for their connection to a deeper underlying concept-the right to know. Without understanding the world around us we can not function. Without an informed public, democracy has no meaning and civilization is adrift. Through understanding the… Continue reading
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WIKILEAKS: Change you can download: a billion in secret Congressional reports
The 6,780 reports, current as of this month, comprise over 127,000 pages of material on some of the most contentious issues in the nation, from the U.S. relationship with Israel to abortion legislation. Continue reading
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WIKILEAKS: NOTABLE DOCUMENT RELEASE ON THE BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY
WIKILEAKS PRESS RELEASE (English) For Immediate Release. Fri Nov 21 09:11:21 2008 GMT “BNP leak rocks Britain” The leak of details on the 12,801 secret members and contacts of the far-right British National Party continues to rock British politics, with over 1,315 English press articles appearing since Tuesday: news.google.ca/news?ie=UTF-8&tab=bn&ncl=1271913659&hl=en In the 24 hour period between… Continue reading