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Bradley Manning Was a 'Wreck' the Army Shouldn't Have Sent to Iraq

Manning a
'Wreck' Army
Shouldn't Have
Sent to Iraq

May 28, 2011 8:47 AM CDT

Manning a 'Wreck' Army Shouldn't Have Sent to Iraq

Soldier underwent psych evaluations regularly, given to outbursts

(Newser) - Bradley Manning never should have been let near Iraq, much less the classified trove he spilled to WikiLeaks, reports the Guardian in a look at the Army private's mental health. "He was harassed so much that he once pissed in his sweatpants," says an anonymous officer from...

WikiLeaks Cables:
Pakistan Urged
Drone Strikes

May 20, 2011 11:55 AM CDT

WikiLeaks Cables: Pakistan Urged Drone Strikes

Top newspaper publishes diplomatic cache

(Newser) - Pakistani officials didn’t just accept US drone strikes in the country—they pushed for them, according to WikiLeaks’ latest batch of US diplomatic cables. The cables, published in top Pakistani newspaper Dawn , detail a conversation between a US diplomat and top Pakistani official in which the official suggests the...

Bin Laden's Fatal Mistake:
He Didn't Read WikiLeaks

donald rumsfeld

May 13, 2011 1:34 PM CDT

Bin Laden's Fatal Mistake: He Didn't Read WikiLeaks

Leaked documents mentioned Abbottabad: Donald Rumsfeld

(Newser) - Maybe Osama bin Laden should have had his hideaway hooked up with Internet access: He might have saved his own neck by reading WikiLeaks files. The unusual assertion comes from none other than Donald Rumsfeld, who notes in a Washington Post op-ed that leaked classified files from Gitmo "contain...

What It's Like to Be Interviewed by Julian Assange for a WikiLeaks Job

What It's Like
to Interview for
a WikiLeaks Job

OPINION

May 9, 2011 10:24 AM CDT

What It's Like to Interview for a WikiLeaks Job

Julian Assange apparently wants workers ready to skip sleep

(Newser) - Sample question from a WikiLeaks job interview: “What would you do if you had to kill one man to save a hundred?” So Julian Assange asked Aled John, he writes in the Independent . John hesitated. “You've got two minutes to think about it before they all die,...

Assange:
Facebook
'Appalling'
Spy Machine

May 3, 2011 3:39 AM CDT

Assange: Facebook 'Appalling' Spy Machine

Facebook pooh-poohs comments

(Newser) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has singled out Facebook as an "appalling spying machine" in an interview with Russia Today . Assange warned in an earlier speech at Cambridge University that information gathered on the Web could be used by governments to spy on its citizens. But this time he called...

Bradley Manning Will Be Housed With Other Inmates

Apr 28, 2011 5:14 PM CDT

Bradley Manning Will Be Housed With Other Inmates

WikiLeaks suspect passes psychological tests at Fort Leavenworth

(Newser) - Looks like better conditions for accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning: The Army said today that he passed an array of physical and psychological tests and will be allowed contact with other inmates at Fort Leavenworth, reports AP . Manning, still awaiting trial, will have his own cell but will get access to...

Terrorists Plotted to Cut Cables, Fell Brooklyn Bridge

wikileaks reveal

Apr 27, 2011 10:40 AM CDT

Terrorists Plotted to Cut Cables, Fell Brooklyn Bridge

WikiLeaks releases documents detailing plot

(Newser) - A terror plot focusing on the Brooklyn Bridge was revealed in 2003, but documents newly released by WikiLeaks show that earlier warnings might've increased security and foiled the plot. Prior to September 11, 2001, the documents reveal, a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan was teaching methods to bring down...

NYC Businessman Plotted Post-9/11 Attacks

wikileaks reveal

Apr 26, 2011 3:20 PM CDT

NYC Businessman Plotted Post-9/11 Attacks

Former travel agent colluded with 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda operatives pushed for a series of attacks following 9/11, but the plans were foiled following the capture of leading figures, WikiLeaks documents say. Among the plots discussed were attacking West Coast aircraft, blowing up a gas-filled apartment and gas stations, and cutting cables on the Brooklyn Bridge, the New ...

Way to Spot al-Qaeda
Terrorist: Casio Watch

wikileaks reveal

Apr 26, 2011 10:27 AM CDT

Way to Spot al-Qaeda Terrorist: Casio Watch

Casio F-91W digital watches were seen as 'the sign of al-Qaeda'

(Newser) - If you wear a cheap Casio watch around Afghanistan, watch out: The US military might just mistake you for a terrorist. According to the newly leaked Guantanamo documents, the ubiquitous timepiece was considered “the sign of al-Qaeda,” and used to help justify the detention of several prisoners, the...

9/11 Mastermind Was Told
Not to Behead Daniel Pearl

wikileaks reveal

Apr 26, 2011 9:44 AM CDT

9/11 Mastermind Was Told Not to Behead Daniel Pearl

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed did it anyway

(Newser) - Amid the latest WikiLeaks dump , a heartbreaking post-script to the story of Daniel Pearl. Seems 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was warned not to kill the Wall Street Journal reporter by a top al-Qaeda military commander who said "it would not be wise to murder Pearl" and that he...

US: Pakistan's Spy Agency
Is al-Qaeda Supporter

WikiLeaks Reveal

Apr 25, 2011 11:13 AM CDT

US: Pakistan's Spy Agency Is al-Qaeda Supporter

ISI's association with terror group used as an excuse to detain people

(Newser) - The US military has considered Pakistan’s spy agency an al-Qaeda support group since 2007—and has used association with it to justify imprisoning people in Guantanamo Bay, the latest crop of WikiLeaks documents reveals. The ISI is listed alongside the likes of al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iranian intelligence, and dozens...

WikiLeaks Blows Lid Off Gitmo

Apr 25, 2011 7:51 AM CDT

WikiLeaks Blows Lid Off Gitmo

Secret interrogation memos reveal inmate details, prison life

(Newser) - A trove of some 700 new WikiLeaks documents on Guantanamo reveals detailed military assessments of hundreds of men who have been locked up there as well as information about interrogations, prison conditions, and inmate behavior. The assessments by military intelligence were carried out from 2002 to 2009 and offer a...

WikiLeaks Reveals al-Qaeda Bigwigs' Location on 9/11

Apr 25, 2011 7:15 AM CDT

WikiLeaks Reveals al-Qaeda Bigwigs' Location on 9/11

Docs unveil bin Laden hideouts, tension within group

(Newser) - On 9/11, the bulk of al-Qaeda’s leadership was gathered in a single place: Karachi, Pakistan. One key figure was in a hospital following a tonsillectomy; another was preparing for a biological weapons program; and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was with other leaders in a safe house, watching the attacks on...

Army Will
Transfer
Manning to
New Prison

Apr 19, 2011 7:24 PM CDT

Army Will Transfer Manning to New Prison

Pentagon says it's not because of criticism

(Newser) - WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning will be transferred from maximum-security Quantico to medium-security Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, reports AP . The move comes after human rights groups complained of unduly rough treatment for the Army private, though the Pentagon said the decision should not be seen as a concession, notes Politico . Manning'...

US Secretly Funded
Syrian Opposition

wikileaks reveal

Apr 18, 2011 7:48 AM CDT

US Secretly Funded Syrian Opposition

Diplomatic cables show $6M went to one group

(Newser) - Newly released diplomatic cables show that the US State Department has secretly funded opposition groups in Syria, as well as a London-based satellite TV channel that offers anti-government programming. The cables, released by WikiLeaks, show that the State Department has given as much as $6 million since 2006 to the...

WikiLeaks More Accountable Than Governments: Assange

Apr 10, 2011 12:48 PM CDT

WikiLeaks More Accountable Than Governments: Assange

Why? Because of its supporters

(Newser) - How accountable is WikiLeaks? More accountable than any democratically elected government, Julian Assange argues. “We are directly supported on a week-to-week basis by you,” he told the audience at a debate yesterday, his first formal public appearance since his December arrest . “You vote with your wallets every...

Rove Group
Unveils GOP
Version of
WikiLeaks

Apr 4, 2011 11:46 AM CDT

Rove Group Unveils GOP Version of WikiLeaks

Wikicountability will spotlight White House transparency

(Newser) - Inspired by WikiLeaks, a Karl Rove-linked conservative group has started its own online home for government dirt: Wikicountability.org . The site, which aims to gather Obama administration documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, allows its creators to “crowd-source both the information and analysis of the information,”...

Porn Stars'
Personal Info
Leaked

PornWikiLeaks

Mar 31, 2011 2:05 AM CDT

Porn Stars' Personal Info Leaked

Thousands of names posted on PornWikiLeaks site

(Newser) - The real and stage names of thousands of current and former porn film workers has been leaked online. The data has been posted on a WikiLeaks-style site and was apparently obtained from the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIM), a California clinic that conducts lab tests for sexually transmitted diseases...

Manning's Life Before
WikiLeaks: Fights, a 911 Call

Mar 29, 2011 8:29 AM CDT

Manning's Life Before WikiLeaks: Fights, a 911 Call

Inside the troubled childhood of alleged WikiLeaker

(Newser) - Even before he found himself thrown in the brig for allegedly handing over classified material to WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning led a troubled life in rural Oklahoma. PBS talks to Manning's family and friends, including a lengthy interview with father Brian Manning, and discovers that as a child, Manning had few...

How US Firms
Filled Gadhafi's
Coffers

WikiLeaks Reveal

Mar 24, 2011 7:27 AM CDT

How US Firms Filled Gadhafi's Coffers

The US government helped them do it

(Newser) - In 2009, the Gadhafi regime called in 15 energy company executives and issued an ultimatum: Either they’d help pay Libya’s $1.5 billion bill for its role in the Lockerbie bombing, or their oil leases would face “serious consequences.” Some of the companies—including several based...