Saturday, March 12, 2011

Twitter Ordered To Give The US Government The Information It Has On Users Associated With WikiLeaks

By Jerry Smith Mar 12 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan has upheld her order for Twitter to give U.S. investigators the data it has on subscribers “associated with WikiLeaks,” including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jonsdottir, US computer researcher Jacob Appelbaum, and Dutch volunteer for WikiLeaks Rop Gonggrijp.

The United States government is trying to use the information in the Twitter accounts to build a case against WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange for publishing the the secret military communications relating to the Iraq and Afghan wars, publishing the roughly 250,000 classified diplomatic cables and releasing the Collateral Murder video.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Maher Arar Talks About Assange and WikiLeaks

By Jerry Smith Mar 11 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

Dual Syrian and Canadian citizen Maher Arar talks about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks during an interview. Arar was entangled in a famous case of “extraordinary rendition” that began at JFK Airport in September 2001 as Arar was on his way home to Canada from visiting Tunis.

Assange Police Investigator And Rape Accuser Are Friends

By Jerry Smith Mar 11 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

Irmeli Krans, an investigator involved in the rape and sexual molestation case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has political and social ties to one of Assange's rape accusers Anna Ardin, the other accuser being Sofia Wilen. Ardin and Krans are both politically active in the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and Krans is even listed as a friend on Ardin's facebook page.

Assange has been fighting extradition to Sweden where he has not been charged with anything but is wanted for questioning by the Swedish police about the accusations made against him by Wilen and Ardin. Assange denies the allegations and says he had consensual sex with the two women.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Judith Ehrlich To Make Documentary About Birgitta Jonsdottir

By Jerry Smith Mar 10 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

Judith Ehrlich, the co-director (with Rick Goldsmith) of the Academy Award-nominated documentary about Daniel Ellsberg titled 'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers', wanted to make a documentary about Julian Assange but ended up making a documentary about Birgitta Jonsdottir.

Jonsdottir is an Icelandic member of Parliament, ex-WikiLeaks spokesperson, and a member of the team behind the making of the Collateral Murder video. The U.S. government is also trying to use her Twitter account and the Twitter accounts of others associated with WikiLeaks like Julian Assange, U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, US computer researcher Jacob Appelbaum, and Dutch volunteer for WikiLeaks Rop Gonggrijp to build a case against Assange for publishing the secret military communications relating to the Iraq and Afghan wars, publishing the roughly 250,000 classified diplomatic cables and releasing the Collateral Murder video.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

DreamWorks Purchases Rights To Multiple WikiLeaks Books

By Jerry Smith Mar 9 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

Steven Spielberg's company DreamWorks has purchased the rights to 'Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website', written by WikiLeaks defector Daniel Domscheit-Berg and 'WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy', written by The Guardian reporters David Leigh and Luke Harding.

WikiLeaks and Julian Assange have been highly critical of those two books and replied to the news via their Twitter feed saying:
“This is how bullshit ends up being history. Spielberg lines up WikiLeaks film based on books by opportunists.”

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange To Address Cambridge University Students

By Jerry Smith Mar 8 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

Julian Assange will be addressing Cambridge University students on Tuesday March 15th at 5pm at the Union.

Assange is expected to discuss his life and career while speaking to the Cambridge Union Society, one of the oldest student debating societies.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Christine Assange Lashes Out At Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard

By Jerry Smith Mar 7 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

Christine Assange, mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, lashes out at Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and accuses her of prejudicing her son's right to a fair trial.

Christine Assange said that with Gillard's "ongoing character assassination of Julian in the media" the government's offer of "normal consular assistance" was "about as useful as a floatie in a tsunami".

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Assange Calls Bradley Manning An Unparalleled Hero

By Jerry Smith Mar 6 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

On Wednesday, the United States government filed 22 additional charges against US Army Private Bradley Manning, one of them being 'aiding the enemy'. Manning is accused of copying classified military cables and then delivering them to WikiLeaks. If found guilty Manning could face the death penalty.

Julian Assange responded to the new charges against Manning by saying:
"They’re certainly trying to set an example. You know, one of these charges carries with it the death penalty, and that’s a very serious matter. And it will also be a serious matter if that charge is extended from Bradley Manning to other people and to us as publishers of the alleged material."