Saturday, April 2, 2011

WikiLeaks And Assange News : Video

By Jerry Smith Apr 2 2011
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Royal Navy medic Michael Lyons became a conscientious objector to the Afghanistan war after he read WikiLeaks.

Another WikiLeaks like website has cropped up called Porn Wikileaks that has released the real names of many porn stars, past and present.

And video, supposedly of Julian Assange dancing at a club in Iceland has surfaced.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Daniel Assange Talks About His Dad

By Jerry Smith Mar 31 2011
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Late last year Daniel Assange spoke with Crikey intern Nick Johns-Wickberg about his relationship with his dad, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, what he think about the work his dad is doing and much more.

Daniel revealed that when he was 16, his father asked him join WikiLeaks, which was just starting out at the time. Thinking that WikiLeaks wasn't going to succeed, and not on great terms with his dad, Daniel turned the offer down and said about that decision:
"I never thought he was going to succeed. It was a ridiculous concept, that he was going to actually leak government documents to the entire world.”

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Former State Department Spokesman Stands By Criticism Of Bradley Manning Treatment

By Jerry Smith Mar 30 2011
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Former U.S. state department’s chief spokesperson Philip “P.J.” Crowley said he has no regrets about resigning or about making the remarks he did about U.S. soldier Bradley Manning's treatment saying the investigation into Manning's role as the source for WikiLeaks has been weakened.

Crowley was forced to resigned Sunday Mar 13 after he made comments to a small audience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday Mar 11 condemning the conditions Manning is being kept in.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Julian Assange Wanted Advice From Daniel Ellsberg

By Jerry Smith Mar 29 2011
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In an extract from Australian journalist Andrew Fowler's upcoming book about Julian Assange titled ‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’, Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg reveals how Assange came to him for advice and how Assange wanted him to be apart of WikiLeaks' "political armor".

Sunday, March 27, 2011

ACLU And EFF Appeal Twitter Information Handover Ruling

By Jerry Smith Mar 27 2011
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), on behalf of Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jonsdottir, US computer researcher Jacob Appelbaum, and Dutch volunteer for WikiLeaks Rop Gonggrijp, have filed an appeal to U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan's 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, Jonsdottir, Appelbaum, and Gonggrijp.

Jonsdottir, Appelbaum, and Gonggrijp have been fighting the government demand for their Twitter records, but Assange and Manning have not contested the order. WikiLeaks and Assange feel the U.S. lacks jurisdiction "over expressive activities beyond its borders," and said they would not be taking part in hearings.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Protests And Rallies Held For Bradley Manning : Video

By Jerry Smith Mar 26 2011
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Various protests and rallies were held around the world this past week and last weekend for Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier accused of leaking the embarrassing diplomatic cables, the classified documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and the 'Collateral Murder' video to WikiLeaks.

On Sunday about 35 of the more than 400 people in attendance, including Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg and Retired Army Col. Ann Wright, were arrested while protesting outside the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia, where Manning is being held in solitary confinement 23 hours a day in a windowless 6-by-12-foot cell, shackled and forced to sleep either naked or in a suicide-proof smock due to supposed fears that he may commit suicide.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Daniel Domscheit-Berg Talks About WikiLeaks And Julian Assange

By Jerry Smith Mar 24 2011
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Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the ex-WikiLeaks member who left and started OpenLeaks did an interview with Matt McAllester.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Julian Assange To Participate In Debate And Get A Temporary Monument

By Jerry Smith Mar 23 2011
assangewatch.blogspot.com

The British political magazine New Statesman and the media hangout Frontline Club are organizing a debate on Saturday April 9th 2011 at Kensington Town Hall in London. Jason Cowley, the editor of New Statesman, will chair the debate featuring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for the proposition, in his first debate since Cablegate.

And in Ekaterinburg, Russia there will be a temporary monument erected for Assange, within a larger project called 'The temporary monuments to the Internet heroes', scheduled to open today.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Julian Assange Talks With Prannoy Roy Of NDTV : Video

By Jerry Smith Mar 21 2011
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sat down, via satellite, to talk with NDTV's Prannoy Roy about the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and the cables that he would have you believe are not authentic, what's next to be released and much more.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual Resigns Due To WikiLeaks Published U.S. Diplomatic Cables

By Jerry Smith Mar 20 2011
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U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, has resigned after the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, expressed his lack of trust in the diplomat and demanded his removal because of his comments in the leaked U.S. diplomatic cables that were published by WikiLeaks.

The cables written by Pascual and sent to Washington criticized the Mexican government’s anti-drug fight, criticised the Mexican authorities’ ability to tackle the country’s organised crime problem and angered President Calderon.