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Assange gets investigation into intelligence theft
The police opened an investigation on Tuesday after Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, urged them to find out what happened to a suitcase he thinks was stolen from him by intelligence agents as he traveled from Sweden to Germany in 2010. The suitcase contained three laptops with WikiLeaks materials, according to an affidavit that […]
Julian Assange exposes Google collaboration with NSA et al
It has been revealed today, thanks to Edward Snowden, that Google and other US tech companies received millions of dollars from the NSA for their compliance with the PRISM mass surveillance system. http://cryptome.org/2013/08/assange-google-nsa.htm So just how close is Google to the US securitocracy? Back in 2011 I had a meeting with Eric Schmidt, the […]
Assange says libertarians only hope for US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange praised United States Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and his father, Dr. Ron Paul, during an interview Friday in which he said the family has been among the biggest supporters his whistleblowing group has in Congress. The Paul family, added Assange, have been “the strongest supporters of the fight against the US […]
Ecuadorian embassy bugged by intelligence firm
Ecuador has asked the UK to help an investigation over alleged spying at its embassy in London where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is living. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told a news conference in Quito the bug was found last month when Ecuadorean technicians reviewed the embassy’s wiring. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23179431 The purpose of the bug, which was […]
Assange and journalists in the NWO crosshairs
No reporter had ever been successfully prosecuted on a conspiracy charge but that recent actions, like the investigation of a Fox News reporter, James Rosen, was evidence that the government was “moving toward criminalizing the reporting process.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/world/europe/wikileaks-back-in-news-never-left-us-radar.html?hpw&_r=0 The Justice Department “and its accompanying F.B.I. investigation are blinded by their zeal to get rid of […]
Assange hails Snowden as hero
Wkileaks founder Julian Assange calls Edward Snowden a “hero” who has exposed “one of the most serious events of the decade – the creeping formulation of a mass surveillance state.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jun/10/julian-assange-praises-edward-snowden Assange called on supportive countries to “line up” and offer support to Snowden. “It will be really telling to see which countries really protect […]
Ecuador fights for Assange’s rights
Ecuador’s foreign minister accused the British government on Tuesday of trampling on the human rights of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by refusing to allow him to travel to Ecuador, which granted him political asylum almost a year ago. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/world/americas/ecuador-concern-for-rights-of-wikileaks-founder.html?ref=world Mr. Assange, 41, took refuge in Ecuador’s tiny embassy in London last June to avoid […]
US contends Manning aided Bin Laden
US Government looks to make an example of Private Manning, the soldier who leaked classified information including a video of the US military shooting civilians in Iraq. “They want to scare the daylights out of other people” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/us/manning-to-face-more-serious-charges-in-leak.html?hp Manning said he leaked the material in part “to spark a debate about foreign policy”. The government […]
Manning admits leak “to make the world a better place.”
Pfc. Bradley Manning, hero among antiwar and whistle-blower advocacy groups, confessed in open court to providing vast archives of military and diplomatic files including videos of airstrikes in Iraq and Afghanistan which killed civilians http://youtu.be/GOWMRJM945I to the antisecrecy group WikiLeaks, saying that he wanted the information to become public “to make the world a better […]