During the current Wikileaks storm, some necessary background. Here’s Julian Assange speaking earlier this year at the Berkeley School of Journalism on why he does what he does:
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If the aim is to silence Wikileaks, failure is guaranteed
The utterly shambolic nature of the public case against Julian Assange is revealed here. Political pressure, anybody? TONY EASTLEY: Lawyers for WikiLeak’s editor and founder, Julian Assange, say he could have a meeting with British authorities to discuss sexual assault charges laid against him by Swedish police, within 24 hours. Scotland Yard has received a…
More allegations that Wikileaks is helping terrorists
More challenges to the heart of the US empire: Wikileaks raised the stakes in its battle with America last night by releasing a secret list of all the global industries and assets that the US most wishes to protect. Security experts said that the cable, published by the whistleblower website as part of an unauthorised…
Rudd misses main message of Wikileaks dump
Australia’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd doesn’t seem to understand the paradigm shift of the Wikileaks release. His answer is more secrecy, less transparency and less democracy. He may find himself more shocked in the months and years ahead. Here’s hoping: Kevin Rudd has suggested the United States “tighten things up a bit” following the publishing…
Wikileaks insurance policy is the internet itself
Julian Assange speaks to El Pais: If there is a battle between the US military and the preservation of History, we have insured History will win…I believe geopolitics will be separated into pre and post cablegate phases.
Leading Australian politician defends Wikileaks
Australian Federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie: Mr Wilkie believes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has not broken any US or Australian laws in publishing the documents. “It’s not Assange’s fault that this information is leaking out of the [US] administration – it’s the administration’s fault.”
Good luck shielding yourself from the next Wikileaks dump
The empire (tries) to strike back: The Obama administration is planning a major reshuffling of diplomats, military officers, and intelligence operatives at U.S. embassies around the world out of concern that WikiLeaks has made it impossible—if not dangerous—for many of the Americans to remain in their current posts. Administration officials tell The Daily Beast that…
Supporting Assange and Wikileaks because shooting the messenger ain’t the answer
While the Australian political elites are desperate to do Washington’s bidding even without too much pressure – “how high would you like us to jump, sir? More wars in the Middle East? Why, of course, we’ve always enjoyed killing Arabs” – there’s finally some movement and support from important quarters. One: Australia’s political leaders are…
Australia shows true colours over Wikileaks (and the look is bad)
If the Australian government thinks it can simply do Washinton’s bidding and not pay a price they have another thing coming. Public campaign on its way. So much for a “progressive” Labor regime: Julian Assange is being investigated by Australian police to establish whether he has broken any of the country’s laws and is liable…
Wikileaks has allies, many of them
Julian Assange on the futility of trying to shut Wikileaks down: The Cable Gate archive has been spread, along with significant material from the U.S. and other countries to over 100,000 people in encrypted form. And the fight goes on: In a bid to stay one step ahead of the governments, companies, freelance hackers trying…