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Wikileaks Exposes Yet More US Cover-up Of Torture
Post Date: 2010-12-09 19:06:34 by Brian S
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There is another bombshell release from Wikileaks (via the New York Times) today regarding the diplomatic thuggery practiced by the US embassy in Germany over the rendition and torture of one of its citizens. The piece in the NYT reports: John M. Koenig, the American deputy chief of mission in Berlin, issued a pointed warning in February 2007 urging that Germany “weigh carefully at every step of the way the implications for relations with the U.S.” in the case of Khaled el-Masri, a German of Lebanese descent. Mr. Masri said he was held in a secret United States prison in Afghanistan and tortured before his captors acknowledged their mistake and let him go. This is evidence ...
Students Attack Prince Charles' Car After Fee Hike
Post Date: 2010-12-09 17:04:35 by Murron
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Students Attack Prince Charles' Car After Fee Hike Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, react as their car is attacked in London. LONDON – In Britain's worst political violence in years, furious student protesters rained sticks and rocks on riot police, vandalized government buildings and attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, after lawmakers approved a controversial hike in university tuition fees. Demonstrators set upon the heir to the throne's limousine as it drove through London's West End shopping and entertainment hub. Protesters who had been running amok and smashing shop windows kicked and threw paint at the car, which ...
The WikiLeaks Vindication of George W. Bush (Saddam had WMDs)
Post Date: 2010-12-09 09:27:54 by no gnu taxes
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The WikiLeaks de facto declassification of privileged material makes it case closed: Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction -- and intended to restart his program once the heat was off. President George W. Bush, in the 2003 State of the Union address, uttered the infamous "16 words": "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." Former Ambassador Joe Wilson sprang into action and, in an op-ed piece, in effect wrote, "No, the Cheney administration sent me to investigate the allegation -- and I found it without merit." Put aside that Wilson's CIA-employed wife, not the ...
Hackers Target WikiLeaks 'Enemies': Mastercard, Twitter, Paypal, Even FoxNews
Post Date: 2010-12-08 16:41:10 by WhiteSands
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In an unprecedented assault described variously as civil disobedience or criminal hacking, supporters of WikiLeaks struck out Wednesday at perceived enemies of the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange, launching hack attacks against MasterCard, Swedish prosecutors, and others -- and promising future attacks against Twitter, PayPal and even FoxNews.com. The "hacktivists," operating under the label Operation: Payback, claimed responsibility in a Twitter message for causing the outages at MasterCard, which pulled the plug on its relationship with WikiLeaks on Tuesday. An online poster put out by the campaign makes its goals explicit. "We will fire at anyone or anything ...
UN: Hariri indictments will stay sealed for weeks
Post Date: 2010-12-08 15:29:27 by WhiteSands
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BEIRUT -- A spokesman for the U.N. tribunal investigating the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister said Wednesday it will be weeks or even several months before the details of expected indictments are made public. The Netherlands-based tribunal investigating the 2005 killing of Rafik Hariri in a massive Beirut truck bombing is expected to issue its first indictments as soon as this month. But a court spokesman, Crispin Thorold, said that the contents will remain confidential until confirmed by the pretrial judge, which could take "at least six to 10 weeks" from the time the indictments are submitted. The court has kept silent on possible suspects, but several ...
U.S. Will Not Seek Assange's Extradition
Post Date: 2010-12-08 14:11:00 by Brian S
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The United States has no plans to file an extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who turned himself to London police on Tuesday, a State Department spokesman said. Last week, Swedish prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for the 39-year-old Australian on sexual assault charges. Assange denies the allegations. "Well, our investigation is ongoing. And beyond that, as to his arrest, this is, at this point, an issue between Britain and Sweden," Philip Crowley said. He also said the U.S. did not provide information to British courts and has no plans to do so in the future. "I cannot say that the United States has been drawn into this issue this morning. This ...
Kremlin Suggests WikiLeaks Founder For Nobel Prize
Post Date: 2010-12-08 13:53:51 by Brian S
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be nominated for a Nobel prize, a source in the Kremlin told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. "Non-governmental and governmental organizations should think of ways to help him. Perhaps he could be awarded a Nobel prize," the source said. The founder of the controversial whistleblowing website was arrested in London on Tuesday. He was wanted by Sweden on sex assault charges. An arrest warrant for Assange was issued by Swedish prosecutors last week just days after his website published the first batch of over 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables. World leaders and diplomats have downplayed the impact of the information leak on ...
Fire Services Report Shows Israel Unready For War, Again
Post Date: 2010-12-08 12:12:14 by Brian S
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The State Comptroller's report on Israel's fire services is gaining much public attention in the wake of last week's Carmel catastrophe. The reality depicted in the report, however, reveals that much greater risks weigh in the balance. State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss focuses on the probability that fire services could literally collapse if faced with rocket attacks against Israel's cities in wartime. In that case, emergency services would have to deal with multiple mass-casualty events taking places at the same time and on multiple fronts – without the possibility of amassing fire teams from different regions to one spot, as was the case with the Carmel wildfire. ...
Top Rabbis Move To Forbid Renting Homes To Arabs, Say 'Racism Originated In the Torah'
Post Date: 2010-12-08 12:10:47 by Brian S
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A numbr of leading rabbis who signed on to a religious ruling to forbid renting homes to gentiles – a move particularly aimed against Arabs – defended their decision on Tuesday with the declaration that the land of Israel belongs to the Jews. Dozens of Israel's municipal chief rabbis signed on to the ruling, which comes just months after the chief rabbi of Safed initiated a call urging Jews to refrain from renting or selling apartments to non-Jews. Signatories include the chief rabbis of Ramat Hasharon, Ashdod, Kiryat Gat, Rishon Letzion, Carmiel, Gadera, Afula, Nahariya, Herzliya, Nahariya and Pardes Hannah, among a number of other cities. "We don't need to help ...
Don't shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths
Post Date: 2010-12-08 10:50:15 by Capitalist Eric
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IN 1958 a young Rupert Murdoch, then owner and editor of Adelaide's The News, wrote: "In the race between secrecy and truth, it seems inevitable that truth will always win." His observation perhaps reflected his father Keith Murdoch's expose that Australian troops were being needlessly sacrificed by incompetent British commanders on the shores of Gallipoli. The British tried to shut him up but Keith Murdoch would not be silenced and his efforts led to the termination of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. Nearly a century later, WikiLeaks is also fearlessly publishing facts that need to be made public. I grew up in a Queensland country town where people spoke their minds ...
WikiLeaks Backers Freeze MasterCard Site
Post Date: 2010-12-08 09:34:28 by Murron
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WikiLeaks Backers Freeze MasterCard Site Supporters of WikiLeaks say they partially blocked U.S. credit card giant MasterCard's Web site as revenge for its decision not to take donations for WikiLeaks. In an attack called "Operation: Payback," a group of online activists called "Anonymous" apparently plotted a "distributed denial of service" attack on the site, blocking its services to many users, The Guardian reported Wednesday. The hack is the latest volley in the cyberbattle over WikiLeaks, after MasterCard announced Monday it no longer would process donations to the whistle-blowing site, claiming it was engaged in illegal activity. The group has ...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may face trial in US
Post Date: 2010-12-08 01:09:54 by WhiteSands
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Informal discussions have already been held between US and Swedish officials about the possibility of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being delivered into US custody, according to diplomatic sources. Mr Assange was in a British jail last night awaiting extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted over allegations that he sexually assaulted two women. The 39-year-old Australian was refused bail at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday on the grounds there was a risk he would abscond, despite a number of prominent public figures offering substantial sureties. His arrest earlier in the day was described by the US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, as “good news”. The US ...
WikiLeaks sheds light on Obama's secret war
Post Date: 2010-12-07 21:37:48 by WhiteSands
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On his eponymous CNN show Sunday, Fareed Zakaria made the sweeping claim that unlike leaks about U.S. foreign policy in past decades, the still-spilling WikiLeaks cables do not demonstrate U.S. duplicity in foreign affairs. I think, for the most part, he's right. However, Zakaria ignores the fact that the cables do show that the U.S. has acquiesced in the propagation of falsehoods and duplicity by at least one U.S. ally — an approach which has implications for the U.S. domestic audience in our globalized news environment. In addition, the U.S. may sometimes have gone even further to divert public attention from its activities abroad. "The cables don't show the United ...
Wikileaks: WMD program existed in Iraq prior to US invasion
Post Date: 2010-12-07 21:34:30 by WhiteSands
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The release by Julian Assange's web site Wikileaks of classified documents reveals that U.S. military intelligence discovered chemical weapons labs, encountered insurgents who were specialists in the creation of toxins, and uncovered weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. However, Washington, DC officials and the news media have ignored this information. One of the WikiLeaks document dumps reveals that as late as 2008, American troops continued to find WMD in the region. There are numerous mentions of chemical and biological weapons in the WikiLeaks documents, however the U.S. media appear only interested in those portions of the leaked material that highlight actions that are viewed as ...
Halliburton: EFCC Files 16 Charges Against Cheney, Others
Post Date: 2010-12-07 19:00:51 by Brian S
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commi ssion (EFCC) on Tuesday filed charges against former United States Vice President, Dick Cheney, despite the report by Daily Independent the previous day that Washington is unlikely to release him to face trial in Nigeria. Eight others are billed to stand trial with him. Sixteen counts were filed against Cheney and the others at the Abuja High Court over their alleged role in the $180 million Halliburton bribery scandal. Among the eight others are Halliburton Incorporated, Halliburton Nigeria, Kellogs, Brown & Root (KBR), and Albert Jack Stanley, KBR Chairman. William Utt, David Lesar, TSKJ Nigeria, and TSKJ Consortium are also to stand trial ...
Title: Revealed: Assange ‘Rape’ Accuser Linked to Notorious CIA Operative
Post Date: 2010-12-07 18:30:23 by Murron
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Title: Revealed: Assange ‘Rape’ Accuser Linked to Notorious CIA Operative One of the women accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes appears to have worked with a group that has connections to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). James D. Catlin, a lawyer who recently represented Assange, said the sex assault investigation into the WikiLeaks founder is based on claims he didn't use condoms during sex with two Swedish women. Swedish prosecutors told AOL News last week that Assange was not wanted for rape as has been reported, but for something called "sex by surprise" or "unexpected sex." One accuser, Anna Ardin, may have "ties ...
WikiLeaks cables: Saudis proposed Arab force to invade Lebanon
Post Date: 2010-12-07 17:53:16 by WhiteSands
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Foreign minister wanted US, Nato and UN backing for offensive to end Iranian-backed Hezbollah's siege of government. ondoleezza Rice. Photograph: Ali Haider/EPA Saudi Arabia proposed creating an Arab force backed by US and Nato air and sea power to intervene in Lebanon two years ago and destroy Iranian-backed Hezbollah, according to a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. The plan would have sparked a proxy battle between the US and its allies against Iran, fought in one of the most volatile regions of the world. The Saudi plan was never enacted but reflects the anxiety of Saudi Arabia – as well as the US – about growing Iranian influence in Lebanon and elsewhere in ...
Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Condemns US Economic Blockade of Cuba
Post Date: 2010-12-07 13:39:36 by Brian S
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The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, met on Tuesday with the president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, who is on a five-day official visit to Russia. During the meeting, Patriarch Kirill strongly rejected the almost 50 year-old economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba and said this unilateral measure should be immediately eliminated as it deliberately brings hunger, diseases and desperation to people. According to Prensa Latina news agency, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church praised the efforts being made by the government of his country to focus its attention and give top priority to human beings ...
WikiLeaks’ Assange Denied Bail in U.K. Extradition
Post Date: 2010-12-07 12:15:20 by Brian S
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Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website that leaked thousands of secret U.S. military and State Department documents, was denied bail by a U.K. judge at an extradition hearing over rape allegations in Sweden. Assange, 39, will remain in custody until his next hearing on Dec. 14, Judge Howard Riddle ruled today at City of Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London. Assange told the court he will fight the extradition. “These are serious sexual offenses,” Riddle said at the hearing. He said the case isn’t about WikiLeaks, where Assange is editor-in-chief. WikiLeaks drew condemnation for posting classified documents on its website, ...
Assange May Surrender to British Police
Post Date: 2010-12-06 23:18:07 by Murron
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Assange May Surrender to British Police By SYLVIA HUI and JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press LONDON – Julian Assange's lawyer was arranging to deliver the WikiLeaks founder to British police for questioning in a sex-crimes investigation of the man who has angered Washington by spilling thousands of government secrets on the Internet. Lawyer Mark Stephens told reporters in London that the Metropolitan Police had called him to say they had received an arrest warrant from Sweden for Assange. Assange has been staying at an undisclosed location in Britain. "We are in the process of making arrangements to meet with police by consent," Stephens said Monday, declining to say ...
MasterCard pulls plug on WikiLeaks payments
Post Date: 2010-12-06 22:47:03 by WhiteSands
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MasterCard is pulling the plug on payments to WikiLeaks, a move that will dry up another source of funds for the embattled document-sharing Web site, CNET has learned. MasterCard logo There are some things you can't buy with MasterCard. "MasterCard is taking action to ensure that WikiLeaks can no longer accept MasterCard-branded products," a spokesman for MasterCard Worldwide said today. That further limits the revenue sources for WikiLeaks, which has seen its finances systematically attacked in the last few days, as the Swiss authorities shut down a bank account used by editor Julian Assange, and PayPal permanently restricted the account used by the group. WikiLeaks has ...
LEBANON: Wikileaks reveals cable saying defense minister gave Israel invasion advice
Post Date: 2010-12-06 22:29:59 by WhiteSands
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Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias Murr told Americans the army would stay out of the way if Israel tried to wipe out Hezbollah, according to a secret March 2008 conversation revealed in a diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks. [Updated at 7:53 a.m.: The cable originated from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and was sent to the State Department in Washington.] "Making clear that he was not responsible for passing messages to Israel, Murr told us that Israel would do well to avoid two things when it comes for Hizbollah," the cable read. "One, it must not touch the Blue Line or the UNSCR 1701 areas as this will keep Hizbollah out of these areas," the memo read, referring ...
14-Year-Old’s Water Pipe Blamed for Israeli Fire
Post Date: 2010-12-06 19:15:36 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM — A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Monday as the prime suspect in starting the largest fire in Israel’s history, a four-day inferno that left 42 people dead, devoured 10,000 acres of forest and forced Israel to request international assistance. A police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld, said the boy, from the Carmel area where the fire began, admitted under questioning that he had been smoking a tobacco water pipe, or narghila, and threw away a hot coal that set off the fire. He fled the scene, and without sounding any alert, went back to school, Mr. Rosenfeld said. Two other minors who the police said were suspected of starting the fire by negligence — a 14- and ...
Another Pentagon Security Leak; Sailor Allegedly Sold Secrets
Post Date: 2010-12-06 16:33:09 by Brian S
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In the same week the Pentagon said it was cracking down on access to government secrets, a low-level Navy clerk with top-secret clearance to Afghan war intelligence sold classified documents and offered access to the Pentagon's most sensitive computer networks, according to a search warrant filed last week in federal court by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. More Video 1 2 PreviousNext The sailor, petty officer Bryan Minkyu Martin, was taken into custody at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina but has not yet been charged, according to a spokesperson for the investigative service. According to the affidavit, Martin sold 51 pages of "secret" and "top secret" ...
Revealed: Assange ‘Rape’ Accuser Linked To Notorious CIA Operative
Post Date: 2010-12-06 16:30:35 by Brian S
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One of the women that is accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes appears to have worked with a group that has connections to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). James D. Catlin, a lawyer who recently represented Assange, said the sex assault investigation into the WikiLeaks founder is based on claims he didn't use condoms during sex with two Swedish women. Swedish prosecutors told AOL News last week that Assange was not wanted for rape as has been reported, but for something called "sex by surprise" or "unexpected sex." One accuser, Anna Ardin, may have "ties to the US-financed anti-Castro and anti-communist groups," according to ...
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