By Jerry Smith Mar 19 2011
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Over 2000 people came to the Sydney Town Hall on Wednesday March 16 to see Independent journalist John Pilger, Independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie and civil liberties’ lawyer Julian Burnside speak at the 'Breaking Australia's Silence: WikiLeaks and Freedom' event and to show their support for Australian citizen Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and freedom.
Mary Kostakidis moderated the event which was put together and sponsored by The Sydney Peace Foundation, the City of Sydney, Sydney City Council, Getup and Amnesty International.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
US State Department Official Philip Crowley Forced To Resign After Criticizing Treatment Of Manning
By Jerry Smith Mar 18 2011
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Philip J. Crowley (PJ), the US state department’s chief spokesperson and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, was forced to resigned Sunday after he made comments to a small audience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday condemning the conditions US soldier Bradley Manning is being kept in.
Manning is accused of leaking the embarrassing diplomatic cables, the classified documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and the 'Collateral Murder' video to WikiLeaks and is being is held at the Quantico marine corps base in solitary confinement 23 hours a day in a windowless 6-by-12-foot cell, shackled and forced to sleep naked due to supposed fears that he may commit suicide.
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Philip J. Crowley (PJ), the US state department’s chief spokesperson and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, was forced to resigned Sunday after he made comments to a small audience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday condemning the conditions US soldier Bradley Manning is being kept in.
Manning is accused of leaking the embarrassing diplomatic cables, the classified documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and the 'Collateral Murder' video to WikiLeaks and is being is held at the Quantico marine corps base in solitary confinement 23 hours a day in a windowless 6-by-12-foot cell, shackled and forced to sleep naked due to supposed fears that he may commit suicide.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Julian Assange Appears At The Cambridge Union Society
By Jerry Smith Mar 16 2011
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is still under house arrest, appeared last night and spoke to members of the Cambridge Union Society at Cambridge University. The Cambridge Union Society, or more commonly referred to as "the Cambridge Union" or "the Union," is a debating society founded in 1815. It is the largest society at the University of Cambridge, one of the oldest student debating societies in the world, and has developed a worldwide reputation as a symbol of free speech and open debate.
Over 700 students showed up at the Union to see Assange, who was making his first public appearance in months, besides court dates. Some people waited over 2 hours for the doors to open. No journalists except student journalists from the university's two papers were allowed in, organizers kept the rest out.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is still under house arrest, appeared last night and spoke to members of the Cambridge Union Society at Cambridge University. The Cambridge Union Society, or more commonly referred to as "the Cambridge Union" or "the Union," is a debating society founded in 1815. It is the largest society at the University of Cambridge, one of the oldest student debating societies in the world, and has developed a worldwide reputation as a symbol of free speech and open debate.
Over 700 students showed up at the Union to see Assange, who was making his first public appearance in months, besides court dates. Some people waited over 2 hours for the doors to open. No journalists except student journalists from the university's two papers were allowed in, organizers kept the rest out.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Julian Assange Confronts Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard : Video
By Jerry Smith Mar 15 2011
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard appeared on ABC's Q&A program and was surprised when WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange confronted her via video tape about her breaking pre-election promises and if she has been exchanging information about Australian citizens or WikiLeaks employees with foreign countries.
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard appeared on ABC's Q&A program and was surprised when WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange confronted her via video tape about her breaking pre-election promises and if she has been exchanging information about Australian citizens or WikiLeaks employees with foreign countries.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Anonymous Supports Bradley Manning
By Jerry Smith Mar 14 2011
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While Julian Assange and WikiLeaks still haven't released their cache of secret documents, supposedly significant enough to "take down a bank or two", from the hard drive of a U.S. megabank executive, the internet group known as Anonymous has obtained documents they say will be released that pertain to the issue of whether Bank of America (BofA) has improperly foreclosed on homes and documents that expose "corruption and fraud" at BofA.
Anonymous has previously engaged in damaging denial of service attacks on major American corporations Pay Pal, Mastercard and Visa because they removed the ability for users to donate to Wikileaks via their services, and now they have set their sites on the families of the soldiers at the Quantico marine corps base to show their support for US soldier Bradley Manning.
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While Julian Assange and WikiLeaks still haven't released their cache of secret documents, supposedly significant enough to "take down a bank or two", from the hard drive of a U.S. megabank executive, the internet group known as Anonymous has obtained documents they say will be released that pertain to the issue of whether Bank of America (BofA) has improperly foreclosed on homes and documents that expose "corruption and fraud" at BofA.
Anonymous has previously engaged in damaging denial of service attacks on major American corporations Pay Pal, Mastercard and Visa because they removed the ability for users to donate to Wikileaks via their services, and now they have set their sites on the families of the soldiers at the Quantico marine corps base to show their support for US soldier Bradley Manning.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
David Leigh Calls Julian Assange Reckless And Ethically Shallow
By Jerry Smith Mar 13 2011
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David Leigh, a journalist from The Guardian who co-authored the book 'WikiLeaks : Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy' with fellow journalist from The Guardian Luke Harding was asked to name an important story in his life, and without skipping a beat Leigh said:
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David Leigh, a journalist from The Guardian who co-authored the book 'WikiLeaks : Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy' with fellow journalist from The Guardian Luke Harding was asked to name an important story in his life, and without skipping a beat Leigh said:
“WikiLeaks is the biggest scoop in journalistic history, there is no debate about that.”
“It’s attracted attention from more than 100 countries, and it’s also melodramatic because you have one individual in Julian pitting himself against the U.S. government.”
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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.
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