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…
Wikileaks
Wikileaks is one of the biggest and most important stories in the world, challenging governments and journalists alike. I’ve been writing extensively about the group since 2006, featured an exclusive interview in 2008 with founder Julian Assange and examined the myriad of issues around the website. Assange himself asked me in the early days whether I wanted to be on the group’s board to vet incoming leaks and determine their veracity before publishing. I agreed but unfortunately this never eventuated.
So Assange is victim of massive Canberra smear
Watch the Australian government embarrass itself in front of the world. How many trade deals do we want from the US this time, peoples? Prime Minister Julia Gillard has again been unable to name any Australian laws broken by the controversial WikiLeaks website or its founder Julian Assange. Western governments are increasingly calling for Mr…
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…
Is Qatar unduly affecting al-Jazeera’s clarity?
Al-Jazeera is a truly unique news service that covers the world in a way that no other global network does. However, there is always a risk when the major sourcing of funding is a Middle East dictatorship: Qatar is using the Arabic news channel al-Jazeera as a bargaining chip in foreign policy negotiations by adapting…
Of course MSM wish leakers had come to them first
Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young tweets on the Gillard government’s selective outrage: Would the govt be talking about passports & charges if [Murdoch’s] The Oz had got their hands on the leaks given to WikiLeaks first? I think not.
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.”
More on the Assange accuser
Mmm: Yesterday Alexander Cockburn reminded us of the news Israel Shamir and Paul Bennett broke at Counterpunch in September.… … Julian Assange’s chief accuser in Sweden has a significant history of work with anti-Castro groups, at least one of which is US funded and openly supported by a former CIA agent convicted in the mass murder…
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…