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Sweden's Hypocritical Pursuit
of Assange Is a Joke

Naomi Wolf: The nation is lax on sex crimes, until now

Dec 15, 2010 7:43 PM CST

Sweden's Hypocritical Pursuit of Assange Is a Joke

Naomi Wolf: The nation is lax on sex crimes, until now
(Newser) - Naomi Wolf finds it a wee bit fishy that Sweden does a lousy job at pursuing rape cases—unless your name happens to be Julian Assange. She dispels the "bizarre fantasy" that Sweden is a "progressively post-feminist paradise" quick to go after men who cross the line. Far... More »

OPINION

Bradley Manning
Is Being Tortured

Glenn Greenwald takes a long look at 'inhumane' detention

Dec 15, 2010 11:25 AM CST

Bradley Manning Is Being Tortured

Glenn Greenwald takes a long look at 'inhumane' detention
(Newser) - With so much attention focused on Julian Assange, it’s easy to forget about the plight of accused leaker Bradley Manning—who has now been imprisoned for seven months without being convicted of any crime. In an extensive Salon piece , Glenn Greenwald lays out the case for why he believes... More »

Air Force Blocks News Sites
That Posted WikiLeaks Cables

Personnel denied access to New York Times, other sites

Dec 15, 2010 7:14 AM CST

Air Force Blocks News Sites That Posted WikiLeaks Cables

Personnel denied access to New York Times , other sites
(Newser) - The Air Force has blocked more than 25 websites from its computer system, effectively barring its personnel from using work computers to view the New York Times and other news sites that published documents released by WikiLeaks. Users who attempt to access these sites see a message reading "Access... More »

OPINION

Michael Moore: Why I
Put Up Bail for Assange

Openness and transparency are vital to keep corruption in check

Dec 14, 2010 1:44 PM CST

Michael Moore: Why I Put Up Bail for Assange

Openness and transparency are vital to keep corruption in check
(Newser) - Michael Moore is among the celebrities putting up money to try to get Julian Assange sprung on bail, and he writes on his website that he eagerly made his $20,000 pledge—along with the offer of his servers and domain names—because transparency is "among the few weapons... More »

UPDATED

Assange Will Stay in Jail
as Sweden Challenges Bail

British judge will hear appeal to his decision granting freedom

Dec 14, 2010 12:47 PM CST

Assange Will Stay in Jail as Sweden Challenges Bail

British judge will hear appeal to his decision granting freedom
(AP) - A British judge granted bail to Julian Assange today under strict conditions, but the WikiLeaks founder will remain in jail at least another 48 hours while the court hears an appeal from Swedish prosecutors who want him extradited on sex-crimes charges. According to the Guardian , his bail conditions would include... More »

WikiLeaks Cable Triggers Lawsuit Over Journo's Death

WikiLeaks: Spain colluded with US to quash charges against troops

Dec 14, 2010 4:19 AM CST

WikiLeaks Cable Triggers Lawsuit Over Journo's Death

WikiLeaks: Spain colluded with US to quash charges against troops
(Newser) - The family of a Spanish cameraman killed by American forces in Baghdad have launched what could be the first legal action to use WikiLeaks diplomatic cables as evidence. Jose Couso died along with a Reuters cameraman in 2003 when a US tank shell hit their hotel, a Pentagon-approved safe haven... More »

Accused of Betrayal,
Firm Becomes WikiLeaks Ally

CEO says it was time to 'put up or shut up'

Dec 13, 2010 6:40 PM CST

Accused of Betrayal, Firm Becomes WikiLeaks Ally

CEO says it was time to 'put up or shut up'
(Newser) - EasyDNS found itself on the receiving end of the ire of WikiLeaks supporters after tweets and blog posts inaccurately accused it of cutting off service to the whistleblowing website—mistaking it for EveryDNS, a separate company, the New York Times reports. CEO Mark Jeftovic soon found himself trying to correct... More »

WikiLeaks Reveal

Australia: Iran Just Wants
to Be Friends

Washington shouldn't look at Iran as a 'rogue state,' cable argues

Dec 13, 2010 10:39 AM CST

Australia: Iran Just Wants to Be Friends

Washington shouldn't look at Iran as a 'rogue state,' cable argues
(Newser) - Australia has urged the US to go easier on Iran, arguing that its nuclear weapons program is intended only for deterrence, according to a cable released today by WikiLeaks. “It’s a mistake to think of Iran as a ‘rogue state,’” the head of Australia’s... More »

Amazon Denies
Hackers Behind Outages

Company's European sites taken offline for 30 minutes yesterday

Dec 13, 2010 6:15 AM CST

Amazon Denies Hackers Behind Outages

Company's European sites taken offline for 30 minutes yesterday
(Newser) - Amazon says hardware problems, not attacks from pro-WikiLeaks hackers , caused its European sites to shut down on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The company's British, French, German, Austrian, and Italian sites were down for about half an hour last night, the BBC reports. The "hacktivist"... More »

GOP Introduces Bill
Aimed at Punishing Assange

Measure would make it illegal to publish military, spy informants' names

Dec 13, 2010 2:21 AM CST

GOP Introduces Bill Aimed at Punishing Assange

Measure would make it illegal to publish military, spy informants' names
(Newser) - Leading Republicans have introduced legislation specifically aimed at prosecuting Julian Assange for his WikiLeaks spillage. Using the Espionage Act, as planned, didn't work when the federal government tried to suppress the Pentagon Papers published in the New York Times. The Enforcing Lawful Dissemination (Shield) Bill, introduced by New York GOP... More »

Behold, a Pre-WikiLeaks Assange's Online Dating Profile

'Harry Harrison' boasted that he has 'asian teengirl stalkers'

Dec 12, 2010 5:05 PM CST

Behold, a Pre-WikiLeaks Assange's Online Dating Profile

'Harry Harrison' boasted that he has 'asian teengirl stalkers'
(Newser) - Before he was the polarizing head of an organization bent on releasing classified documents, Julian Assange was just a single 36-year-old man calling himself “Harry Harrison” and looking for a “siren for love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy.” That is, if this OKCupid dating profile is... More »

Ron Paul Defends WikiLeaks
on House Floor

The US response has been 'hysterical' and un-American

Dec 10, 2010 1:26 PM CST

Ron Paul Defends WikiLeaks on House Floor

The US response has been 'hysterical' and un-American
(Newser) - Ron Paul rose to the defense of WikiLeaks on the House floor today, criticizing the "hysterical response" of the US as "killing the messenger." He likened the leaks to that of the Pentagon Papers, which were considered by many to be traitorous at the time but ultimately... More »

Ex-WikiLeakers Start Own Service: Openleaks

Group plans to be 'messenger' for whistleblowers

Dec 10, 2010 12:50 PM CST

Ex-WikiLeakers Start Own Service: Openleaks

Group plans to be 'messenger' for whistleblowers
(Newser) - Former workers for the beleaguered WikiLeaks have a new whistle-blowing project, and it’s set to launch Monday, Mashable reports. Openleaks, whose founders left WikiLeaks over differences with Julian Assange, hopes to act “as far as possible” as a “messenger” between whistleblowers and publishers of leaked material. That... More »

Julian Assange Expects
US Spying Charges

WikiLeaks founder's attorney is preparing for indictment

Dec 10, 2010 11:57 AM CST

Julian Assange Expects US Spying Charges

WikiLeaks founder's attorney is preparing for indictment
(Newser) - Julian Assange’s lawyer expects the US to indict the WikiLeaks founder soon on espionage charges, she tells ABC News . “Our position of course is that we don't believe it applies to Mr. Assange and that in any event he's entitled to First Amendment protection as publisher of WikiLeaks,... More »

Pakistani Papers Publish Fake WikiLeak Cables Bashing India

Claim that US diplomats called India's generals genocidal

Dec 10, 2010 10:00 AM CST

Pakistani Papers Publish Fake WikiLeak Cables Bashing India

Claim that US diplomats called India's generals genocidal
(Newser) - State Department diplomats are convinced that India is up to no good, Pakistan’s top newspapers declared today. Nearly identical stories in four Pakistani papers claimed that WikiLeaks’ cable cache contained communiqués from US diplomats saying they had evidence that India was allied with both Hindu fundamentalists and Islamist... More »

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Burma Working on Nuclear Weapon in Secret Jungle Site

Witnesses say they've seen secret facility, missiles: WikiLeaks reveal

Dec 10, 2010 7:45 AM CST

Burma Working on Nuclear Weapon in Secret Jungle Site

Witnesses say they've seen secret facility, missiles: WikiLeaks reveal
(Newser) - Burma may be building nuclear weapons, according to some of WikiLeaks’ State Department cables. A Burmese officer told US diplomats that he’d seen North Korean technicians helping to build “a concrete-reinforced underground facility,” where surface-to-air missiles were being assembled, the Guardian reports. Another witness said he’d... More »

UN Rights Chief to World:
Play Nice With WikiLeaks

She raises alarm over moves to cut off funding, starve it of server space

Dec 10, 2010 5:36 AM CST

UN Rights Chief to World: Play Nice With WikiLeaks

She raises alarm over moves to cut off funding, starve it of server space
(Newser) - Hackers aren't the only ones not happy about companies deciding to stop doing business with WikiLeaks. The United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights said yesterday that attempts to cut off WikiLeaks' funding and deprive it of server space "could be interpreted as an attempt to censure the... More »

Assange's Prison Reality: Limited Internet Access, Bad TV

He can't stand daytime TV at prison

Dec 10, 2010 4:45 AM CST

Assange's Prison Reality: Limited Internet Access, Bad TV

He can't stand daytime TV at prison
(Newser) - WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange has been transferred to a segregation unit at Britain's Victorian Wandsworth prison, where his Internet access will be restricted, reports the Guardian . He's "quite chipper" and seems to be "bearing up," said attorney Mark Stephens. Assange, who's wearing standard-issue gray track-suit prison duds,... More »

Berkeley May Anoint
Army WikiLeaker a 'Hero'

Council will vote on Bradley Manning resolution next week

Dec 9, 2010 6:55 PM CST

Berkeley May Anoint Army WikiLeaker a 'Hero'

Council will vote on Bradley Manning resolution next week
(Newser) - Bradley Manning is a traitor to some, but he might just be an official American hero to Berkeley. The city council will vote next week on a resolution praising the imprisoned Army private who's accused of delivering classified military documents to WikiLeaks, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . "If he... More »

Russia: Give Julian Assange
a Nobel Prize

It's a change of heart from the Kremlin about WikiLeaks

Dec 9, 2010 4:23 PM CST

Russia: Give Julian Assange a Nobel Prize

It's a change of heart from the Kremlin about WikiLeaks
(Newser) - It wasn't that long ago that Russia was said to be considering dastardly revenge against WikiLeaks. Not any more, apparently. The Guardian quotes a Kremlin insider as saying that "public and non-governmental organizations should think of how to help" Julian Assange. And the quote getting attention: "Maybe, nominate... More »

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