http://wikiriver.org/ Dave Winer's hand-curated feed of WikiLeaks links. Fills in the gaps until the news orgs get more feeds going. en-us Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:49:33 GMT Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:49:33 GMT OPML Editor v0.73 http://r2.ly/6yhs As Libya spiraled further out of control today, WikiLeaks posted two new cables from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli detailing the family squabbles of strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi's family. Both are from March 2009, and both are signed by U.S. Ambassador Gene Cretz, the United States' first ambassador in Libya since 1972, who lost his job last month following the release of the infamous "voluptuous blonde" cable (and/or other more serious dispatches) he had signed. Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:49:33 GMT http://wikileaks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/22/gaddafi_family_values http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/15/AR2011021506483.html Court documents reveal that the government has asked for personal Twitter information from Assange; Bradley Manning, the Army private who is suspected of supplying classified material to the Web site; Birgitta Jonsdottir, a former WikiLeaks activist who is also a member of Iceland's Parliament; and two computer programmers, Rop Gonggrijp, a Dutch citizen, and Jacob Appelbaum, an American. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:13:54 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/15/AR2011021506483.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/15/wikileaks-row-us-privacy-twitter?CMP=EMCGT_160211 Civil rights lawyers fight order to reveal Twitter accounts linked to WikiLeaks -- on the same day Hillary Clinton praises role of social networks in promoting freedom. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:56:48 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/15/wikileaks-row-us-privacy-twitter?CMP=EMCGT_160211 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/wikileaks-no-evidence-iran-bahrain US sources dismissive of Bahraini allegation, and as early as 2008 noted tensions between its Shia majority and Sunni rulers Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:44:44 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/wikileaks-no-evidence-iran-bahrain http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/02/alan_dershowitz_joins_team_wik.html Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz has been brought on to help advise Assange's lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson QC, on the intricacies of the American legal system. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:40:50 GMT http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/02/alan_dershowitz_joins_team_wik.html http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/02/14/general-eu-wikileaks-nato-russia_8306878.html Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables claim NATO is not impressed by Russia's military capabilities because its forces rely on aging equipment, lack strategic transport and suffer from manpower shortages. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:52:04 GMT http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/02/14/general-eu-wikileaks-nato-russia_8306878.html http://www.livinginperu.com/news-14107-international-relations-peru-newspaper-receives-4-000-pages-u-s-embassy-cables-from-wikileaks The material consists of communications between the U.S. government and the U.S. embassy in Lima between 2006 and 2010. It reportedly contains information about the political and economic situations as well as the fight against drug trafficking. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:15:21 GMT http://www.livinginperu.com/news-14107-international-relations-peru-newspaper-receives-4-000-pages-u-s-embassy-cables-from-wikileaks http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/14/wikileaks-cables-egyptian-military-head US ambassador to Cairo gives his opinion on Muhammad Tantawi and number two general, Sami Enan. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:30:55 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/14/wikileaks-cables-egyptian-military-head http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12444625 A British journalist barred from Russia last week after reporting on Wikileaks cables containing criticism of Russia's leadership has been allowed to return. Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:57:28 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12444625 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martin-varsavsky/assange-is-not-the-point_b_822447.html It is becoming common for people to say they don't like WikiLeaks because they can't stand Assange. This is misleading. Few sympathize with Assange as a character. Most of us, myself included, have never met with him. But the issue here is not Assange, his hair or whether he does, or does not have, the ability to have sex with women while they are asleep. What is crucial instead, is the wealth of information that we have learned thanks to WikiLeaks. Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:20:45 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martin-varsavsky/assange-is-not-the-point_b_822447.html http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/a_campaign_to_smear_wikileaks_supporters_20110212/?ln= Internal documents of a California computer security firm obtained by pro-WikiLeaks hackers have been made available online, suggesting various ways companies can help undermine the whistle-blowing website as it prepares to release material that could prove damaging to Bank of America and other financial entities. Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:43:08 GMT http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/a_campaign_to_smear_wikileaks_supporters_20110212/?ln= http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hIurtVr04UTKB89CsKairVpGM4lg?docId=CNG.34b0a7cfb441605b61894f84b5a9eda2.991 Erakat told AFP he was stepping down because of his responsibility for the disclosure of confidential documents on Al-Jazeera, shortly after his resignation was announced by senior PLO Yasser Abed Rabbo. Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:21:45 GMT http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hIurtVr04UTKB89CsKairVpGM4lg?docId=CNG.34b0a7cfb441605b61894f84b5a9eda2.991 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021102312.html A U.S. diplomat called Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 31 years one of "the good guys" in leaked diplomatic cables urging Washington to engage with its third largest oil supplier or risk endangering energy security. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:33:02 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021102312.html http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201106/6804/Firm-targeting-WikiLeaks-cuts-ties-with-HBGary-apologizes-to-reporter Dr. Alex Karp, the Co-Founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, one of three data intelligence firms who worked to develop a systematic plan of attack against WikiLeaks and their supporters, has severed all ties with HBGary Federal and issued an apology to reporter Glenn Greenwald. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:48:16 GMT http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201106/6804/Firm-targeting-WikiLeaks-cuts-ties-with-HBGary-apologizes-to-reporter http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/11/3135975.htm?section=justin Jeffrey Bleich told a business dinner in Melbourne last night that the US bears full responsibility for the security breach, but he also argued some information was best kept confidential, and the actions of WikiLeaks was derailing diplomacy. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:22:47 GMT http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/11/3135975.htm?section=justin http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/wikileaks-defector-defends-site%E2%80%99s-crippling/ Introducing his new book Inside WikiLeaks, being released simultaneously today in 14 countries, WikiLeaks' most prominent defector confirmed that he and other disaffected volunteers had taken the site's software-based secure submission platform when they left the project, leaving the site technically unable to receive new material. The software was the intellectual property of one of the departing volunteers, he said. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:38:29 GMT http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/wikileaks-defector-defends-site%E2%80%99s-crippling/ http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/10/108397/wikileaks-cables-assess-cubas.html As an economic crisis began gripping Cuba in early 2009, U.S. diplomats in Havana reported the island was better equipped to withstand the blow than when its Soviet subsidies collapsed in 1989. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:28:54 GMT http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/10/108397/wikileaks-cables-assess-cubas.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8314469/WikiLeaks-Hosni-Mubarak-told-US-not-to-topple-Saddam-Hussein.html Hosni Mubarak told Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, "three or four times" not to depose Saddam Hussein, according to leaked cables. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:07:25 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8314469/WikiLeaks-Hosni-Mubarak-told-US-not-to-topple-Saddam-Hussein.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/08/AR2011020806991.html Three people associated with the anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks are asking a federal judge in Alexandria not to force the social-networking site Twitter to turn over data about whom they communicate with online. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:18:47 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/08/AR2011020806991.html http://www.fastcompany.com/1725372/wikileaks-may-have-just-confirmed-the-existence-of-peak-oil It's getting more and more difficult to deny that an oil supply crunch is just a few years down the road, especially now that WikiLeaks has released cables revealing that Saudi Arabia's oil reserves have been exaggerated by as much as 40%, or 300 billion barrels. Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil exporter. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:25:51 GMT http://www.fastcompany.com/1725372/wikileaks-may-have-just-confirmed-the-existence-of-peak-oil http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/govts-fear-wikileaks-truths-rally-told/story-e6frf7jx-1226003239710 Attacks on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks are looking more and more like "shoot the messenger" responses by governments who do not believe in the principles of an open society, a rally in Brisbane has been told. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:24:00 GMT http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/govts-fear-wikileaks-truths-rally-told/story-e6frf7jx-1226003239710 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/08/saudi-oil-reserves-overstated-wikileaks The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:31:00 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/08/saudi-oil-reserves-overstated-wikileaks http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/08/world/middleeast/201101208-wikileaks-cables-on-egypt.html During a 2009 visit from Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak offered an analysis of Iraq that reflected both his fear of Iran and his doubts about democracy, according to a previously unpublished cable. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:29:35 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/08/world/middleeast/201101208-wikileaks-cables-on-egypt.html http://en.rsf.org/counterfeit-talks-wikileaks-08-02-2011,39504.html Details of the complicated secret negotiations over the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) have emerged from the diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks and posted on the Internet. Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:10:25 GMT http://en.rsf.org/counterfeit-talks-wikileaks-08-02-2011,39504.html http://www.businessinsider.com/interview-greg-mitchell-wikileaks-book-2011-2 So their role as gatekeeper is extremely threatened by this. WikiLeaks was able to go from different paper to different paper and release documents, so even small papers in Norway or Lebanon or wherever are breaking stories because WikiLeaks can send cables to them that are extremely relevant or blockbuster, which these news outlets can then use, and it totally is not controlled by the major mainstream outlets. Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:29:15 GMT http://www.businessinsider.com/interview-greg-mitchell-wikileaks-book-2011-2 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8309792/WikiLeaks-Israels-secret-hotline-to-the-man-tipped-to-replace-Mubarak.html The new vice-president of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, is a long-standing favourite of Israel's who spoke daily to the Tel Aviv government via a secret "hotline" to Cairo, leaked documents disclose. Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:33:46 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8309792/WikiLeaks-Israels-secret-hotline-to-the-man-tipped-to-replace-Mubarak.html http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/07/3132236.htm?section=justin The ability of Egypt's new vice president, Omar Suleiman, to act as an honest broker in Middle Eastern peace talks has been questioned, with the release of more WikiLeaks cables. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:03:48 GMT http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/07/3132236.htm?section=justin http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/8306348/Rape-case-against-the-WikiLeaks-chief-weak.html Details in a police file of the rape case against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, reveal a series of apparent contradictions and inconsistencies in the evidence against him. Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:23:06 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/8306348/Rape-case-against-the-WikiLeaks-chief-weak.html http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/220085/wikileaks-clues-to-a-failed-us-policy No wonder, as the WikiLeaks cables show, the US government has been carefully watching the succession issue in Egypt for many years now. Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:58:34 GMT http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/220085/wikileaks-clues-to-a-failed-us-policy http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/04/assanges-swedish-sex-crimes-file-leaked-online-278368739/ Leaked Swedish police documents on the Julian Assange sex cases raise key questions for both sides about the allegations. Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:15:31 GMT http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/04/assanges-swedish-sex-crimes-file-leaked-online-278368739/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8304654/WikiLeaks-cables-US-agrees-to-tell-Russia-Britains-nuclear-secrets.html The US secretly agreed to give the Russians sensitive information on Britain's nuclear deterrent to persuade them to sign a key treaty, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:03:51 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8304654/WikiLeaks-cables-US-agrees-to-tell-Russia-Britains-nuclear-secrets.html http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/04/wikileaks.assange.defense/?hpt=Sbin Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have set up a Facebook page asking for donations to his legal defense fund. Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:51:56 GMT http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/04/wikileaks.assange.defense/?hpt=Sbin http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8302058/WikiLeaks-cables-MI6-warns-of-new-suicide-bomb-wave.html MI6 has warned that Britain faces a "unique" threat from a generation of home-grown terrorists who are not on the intelligence services' "radar", secret documents have disclosed. Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:19:36 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8302058/WikiLeaks-cables-MI6-warns-of-new-suicide-bomb-wave.html http://www.snorrevalen.no/2011/02/02/why-i-have-nominated-wikileaks-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/ It is always easier to support freedom of speech when the one who speaks agree with you politically. This is one of the "tests" on liberal and democratic values that governments tend to fail. Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:13:44 GMT http://www.snorrevalen.no/2011/02/02/why-i-have-nominated-wikileaks-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/ http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/01/wikileaks-cables-shed-light-on-egypts-new-vp-.html Three cables from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to the State Department, published by Wikileaks, shed some light on Egypt's new Vice President Omar Suleiman. Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:29:28 GMT http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/01/wikileaks-cables-shed-light-on-egypts-new-vp-.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/us/28wiki.html?_r=1&src=twrhp The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it had executed more than 40 search warrants in the United States on Thursday as part of an investigation into an international group of computer hackers who attacked corporate Web sites last year in a show of support for WikiLeaks. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:55:36 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/us/28wiki.html?_r=1&src=twrhp http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=81914 The Chronicle spoke to one Bay Area man who claims that federal agents showed up at his home at 6:00 a.m., searched his home and left with all of his computers. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:54:44 GMT http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=81914 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110127/04030512855/background-story-ny-times-relationship-with-julian-assange.shtml Keller's final suggestion that Wikileaks' impact has been "overblown" is belied somewhat by the fact that Keller just spilled so much ink on the background of the paper's association (and subsequent blacklisting) with the organization. There are other points that could be nitpicked, but it's not surprising that Keller seeks to position the NY Times in the best possible light, and perhaps minimize the contributions of Wikileaks itself. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:44:20 GMT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110127/04030512855/background-story-ny-times-relationship-with-julian-assange.shtml http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376723,00.asp NYT Pondering WikiLeaks-Esque Submission System. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:20:33 GMT http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376723,00.asp http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/01/wikileaks-reveal-what-made-tunisians-revolt.html A set of 10 diplomatic cables released by whistleblower website WikiLeaks offers some insight into the recent upheaval in Tunisia and starts to answer the question of why so many Tunisians took to the streets to topple their leader. Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:55:54 GMT http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/01/wikileaks-reveal-what-made-tunisians-revolt.html http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/25/ap-interviewwikileaks-seeking-media-partners/ WikiLeaks hopes to enlist as many as 60 news organizations from around the world in a bid to help speed the publication of its massive trove of secret U.S. diplomatic memos, the site's founder said Tuesday. Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:42:34 GMT http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/25/ap-interviewwikileaks-seeking-media-partners/ http://www.juancole.com/2011/01/us-case-against-wikileaks-julian-assange-collapses.html The US government, according to NBC correspondent Jim Miklaszewski, now admits that it cannot tie Pfc. Bradley Manning to Wikileaks leader Julian Assange. Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:57:31 GMT http://www.juancole.com/2011/01/us-case-against-wikileaks-julian-assange-collapses.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/01/transparency-unit-wikileaks.html Earlier this month, Al Jazeera launched a new feature on its Web site called the Transparency Unit -- he network's in-house version of WikiLeaks. When the unit first went online, there was not much coverage about it in English, but that changed over the weekend when Al Jazeera announced that it had gained access to a large tranche of confidential documents, now being called the "Palestine Papers." Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:06:08 GMT http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/01/transparency-unit-wikileaks.html http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-fights-u-s-pressure-over-wikileaks-2011-01 Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes told InfoWorld that the social network is "required to regularly push back against over-broad requests for user records. ... in most cases we are able to convince the party issuing legal process to withdraw the overbroad request, but if they do not we fight the matter in court" and have a history of success in those cases. Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:11:32 GMT http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-fights-u-s-pressure-over-wikileaks-2011-01 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030590 Josephson Entertainment and Michelle Krumm Prods. have jointly optioned feature rights to Australian reporter Andrew Fowler's upcoming biography "The Most Dangerous Man in the World." Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:56:06 GMT http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030590 http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/01/19/rackspace-ceo-on-the-future-of-cloud-wikileaks/?mod=yahoo_hs Mr. Napier addresses the issue of security in the cloud -- but not the normal worry about protecting your data from hackers, but rather the fear, as Amazon's treatment of Wikileaks demonstrated, that putting your data onto a cloud provider's service means you no longer control your own data. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:12:37 GMT http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/01/19/rackspace-ceo-on-the-future-of-cloud-wikileaks/?mod=yahoo_hs http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/19/wikileaks/index.html To say that the Obama administration's campaign against WikiLeaks has been based on wildly exaggerated and even false claims is to understate the case. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:39:57 GMT http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/19/wikileaks/index.html http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1816319120110118 "We were told (the impact of WikiLeaks revelations) was embarrassing but not damaging," said the official, who attended a briefing given in late 2010 by State Department officials. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:53:05 GMT http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1816319120110118 http://gawker.com/5735800/wikileaks-to-shame-cheating-pillars-of-society The former banker, Rudolf Elmer, was once head of the Cayman Islands office of Swiss bank Julius Baer and says he grew disgruntled at how it and other banks laundered money for the rich, including around 40 "pillars of society" and politicians. He said he went publicly to Wikileaks with the data because "his offers to provide the data to universities and governments were spurned and, in his opinion, the Swiss media failed to cover the substance of his allegations," writes the New York Times. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:57:33 GMT http://gawker.com/5735800/wikileaks-to-shame-cheating-pillars-of-society http://gawker.com/5734906/pained-libyan-dictator-blames-wikileaks-for-tunisia-uprising As chaos reigns in neighboring Tunisia, Libya's "Brother Leader" Muammar Qaddafi went on television to say he is "very pained" to see another strongman fall. He's probably also upset over reports of riots breaking out in Libya. Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:06:41 GMT http://gawker.com/5734906/pained-libyan-dictator-blames-wikileaks-for-tunisia-uprising