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'Hurricane' Anna Nicole Left Bahamas in 'Disarray'

WikiLeaks meets the gossip pages

Dec 23, 2010 8:30 AM CST

'Hurricane' Anna Nicole Left Bahamas in 'Disarray'

WikiLeaks meets the gossip pages
(Newser) - A diplomat describes Anna Nicole Smith as a “Category 4 Hurricane” rampaging through the Bahamas, and two months later the government falls: coincidence? Maybe, but newly leaked WikiLeaks cables suggest that the former Playmate did more damage to the government than you might expect. In her wake she left... More »

WikiLeaks Leaking: Newspaper Snags Site's Entire Stash

'We are free to do whatever we want:' editor

Dec 23, 2010 6:44 AM CST

WikiLeaks Leaking: Newspaper Snags Site's Entire Stash

'We are free to do whatever we want:' editor
(Newser) - From the turnabout-is-fair-play department: A Norwegian newspaper has snagged unauthorized access to WikiLeaks’ entire stash of government records—making it the only news source to hold all the material, ABC News reports. Aftenposten wouldn’t say how it managed to acquire the documents, but the feat could suck the wind... More »

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McDonald's Urged US
to Delay El Salvador Pact

Execs sought to use free trade deal as leverage to win legal battle

Dec 22, 2010 6:47 AM CST

McDonald's Urged US to Delay El Salvador Pact

Execs sought to use free trade deal as leverage to win legal battle
(Newser) - McDonald's urged the US to delay a free trade agreement with El Salvador in order to help resolve a long-running legal battle with a former franchisee in its favor, according to a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. The cable notes that execs from the fast-food chain told the US ambassador... More »

WikiLeaks: Vatican Pulled Out
of Holocaust Task Force

Group sought release of Pius XII records

Dec 22, 2010 4:58 AM CST

WikiLeaks: Vatican Pulled Out of Holocaust Task Force

Group sought release of Pius XII records
(Newser) - The Vatican backtracked on an agreement to join an organization dedicated to remembering the Holocaust because of mounting controversy over the wartime role of Pope Pius XII according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. Plans for the Vatican to join the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance,... More »

Assange: Jail Sucked, Guardian
'Disgusting,' Women in 'Tizzy'

Sex charges leak was politically motivated, says WikiLeaker

Dec 21, 2010 6:00 AM CST

Assange: Jail Sucked, Guardian 'Disgusting,' Women in 'Tizzy'

Sex charges leak was politically motivated, says WikiLeaker
(Newser) - Julian Assange has ripped into prison conditions, his enemies, and at least one ally in a series of post-prison interviews. He also said the women accusing him of sex assault had worked themselves up into a "tizzy." The WikiLeaks founder says that the decision by the Guardian, one... More »

Biden: Assange Is
a 'High-Tech Terrorist'

WikiLeaks founder shouldn't be considered whistleblower, VP says

Dec 20, 2010 5:04 AM CST

Biden: Assange Is a 'High-Tech Terrorist'

WikiLeaks founder shouldn't be considered whistleblower, VP says
(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden has issued the administration's strongest denunciation yet of Julian Assange. Asked on NBC's Meet The Press whether he thought the WikiLeaks founder was a whistleblower or a "high-tech terrorist," the vice-president said Assange was definitely the latter, and that the administration is actively seeking... More »

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US: Terrorists Could Steal
Bio-Weapons From Indian Labs

Latest cables released by WikiLeaks also discuss Cuba

Dec 17, 2010 6:20 PM CST

US: Terrorists Could Steal Bio-Weapons From Indian Labs

Latest cables released by WikiLeaks also discuss Cuba
(Newser) - Today in WikiLeaks revelations: US officials fear terrorists could steal biological weapons including “bacteria, parasites, viruses, or toxins” from Indian laboratories with weak security, according to US diplomatic cables published today in the Guardian , the AP reports. One cable cites an expert explaining that security at most academic research... More »

WikiLeaks Off Limits
in Antarctica

Research bases ordered not to access leaked cables

Dec 17, 2010 3:41 AM CST

WikiLeaks Off Limits in Antarctica

Research bases ordered not to access leaked cables
(Newser) - The US government may have found somewhere where it can effectively ban WikiLeaks. The 1,500 Americans currently in Antarctica with the US Antarctic Program have been warned that the diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks are classified information and the transmission, processing or use of the information on USAP systems... More »

Australia: Assange
Hasn't Broken Our Laws

Police decide Assange, WikiLeaks won't be charged

Dec 17, 2010 1:40 AM CST

Australia: Assange Hasn't Broken Our Laws

Police decide Assange, WikiLeaks won't be charged
(Newser) - Julian Assange won't have any criminal charges to answer if he returns to his homeland, Australian police have decided. Despite Prime Minister Julia Gillard's recent description of WikiLeaks' activities as illegal, federal police have announced that neither the group nor its founder have broken any Australian laws with its release... More »

Before Gulf, BP Had
Azerbaijan Spill: WikiLeaks

Cables say PM accused firm of stealing billions

Dec 16, 2010 8:10 AM CST

Before Gulf, BP Had Azerbaijan Spill: WikiLeaks

Cables say PM accused firm of stealing billions
(Newser) - Eighteen months before the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the company experienced a similar huge leak in Azerbaijan, WikiLeaks cables reveal. The firm was tight-lipped about the incident, angering its partners, the cables note, adding that BP was fortunate in getting its 212 workers to safety, the... More »

State Dept. to Staffers:
Don't Read WikiLeaks at Home

Cables still aren't declassified, department warns

Dec 16, 2010 5:00 AM CST

State Dept. to Staffers: Don't Read WikiLeaks at Home

Cables still aren't declassified, department warns
(Newser) - The State Department is reminding staffers that just because everybody can read its leaked cables, it doesn't mean they're declassified. Employees in the department's Consular Affairs-Passport division yesterday received a memo telling them that if they don't need to access the information for the performance of official duties, they should... 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 »

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 »

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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 »

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Vatican Stonewalled Irish
Sex-Abuse Investigation

Holy See was 'offended' by Dublin's request for info

Dec 11, 2010 9:09 AM CST

Vatican Stonewalled Irish Sex-Abuse Investigation

Holy See was 'offended' by Dublin's request for info
(Newser) - Ireland's 2009 sex-abuse commission was an excruciating national cleansing—but when the Vatican was called on to help air the clergy's part in the scandal it balked, refusing to let its officials testify. The Holy See even went so far as say many were "offended" by requests for information,... 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 »

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 »

Australia to US: You, Not Assange, to Blame for Leaks

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd puts the blame on the leakers

Dec 8, 2010 8:12 AM CST

Australia to US: You, Not Assange, to Blame for Leaks

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd puts the blame on the leakers
(Newser) - As Julian Assange spent the night in a British jail , his home country finally came to his defense. The WikiLeaks founder may have published classified documents, but he got them from somewhere. "Mr. Assange is not himself responsible for the unauthorized release of 250,000 documents from the US... More »

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Lockerbie Bomber Freed After 'Thuggish' Gadhafi Threats

British intelligence also suggests 'imminent death' was a stretch

Dec 8, 2010 4:47 AM CST

Lockerbie Bomber Freed After 'Thuggish' Gadhafi Threats

British intelligence also suggests 'imminent death' was a stretch
(Newser) - The Guardian highlights WikiLeaks cables surrounding the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi , freed by Scotland last year because he supposedly had only a few months to live. The cables show that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's government put "thuggish" pressure on Britain to make sure Megrahi went free.... More »

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