WikiLeaks

Stories 401 - 420 | << Prev   Next >>

'Hacktivist': I Shut Down WikiLeaks

Fighter 'for the good' may be ex-military

(Newser) - A hacker’s tweets suggest his attacks disrupted WikiLeaks.org today, knocking out many of its pages, the Los Angeles Times reports. Calling himself Jester, a “hacktivist for the good,” the hacker tweeted “TANGO DOWN”—a military phrase for a defeated enemy—in posts about WikiLeaks....

Stewart: Assange Is a Drama Queen

WikiLeaks dump no shocker to 'cynical' US

(Newser) - If WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange thinks his latest release is a real shocker, he should “read up on the stuff we already know” about our government, Jon Stewart said last night on the Daily Show. This was a “less than searing indictment,” and he’s “underestimating...

Is Palin Condoning Assassinating Assange?

Note to Sarah: US can't charge him with treason

(Newser) - Sarah Palin yesterday accused Julian Assange of a "treasonous" act, and urged the US to "use all necessary means" to hunt him down like an al-Qaeda terrorist . Sounds an awful lot like calling for Assange to be taken out, notes Peter Grier at the Christian Science Monitor. Palin...

Bank of America Denies Being WikiLeaks Target

No proof of upcoming 'megaleak,' spokesman says

(Newser) - Bank of America is firmly denying rumors that it's the target Julian Assange was talking about when he promised a "megaleak" of a financial institution's internal documents. Assange told an interviewer last year that he had "5GB from Bank of America, one of the executive's hard drives."...

Afghan Government Frees Taliban Fighters for Cash

WikiLeaks cable reveals US fury over prisoner release

(Newser) - Taliban commanders no longer fear capture because Afghan security forces are freeing fighters in return for cash or political favors. The practice has become so widespread that the Taliban have a committee devoted to securing the release of prisoners, reports Reuters , citing sources familiar with a range of cases. One...

WikiLeaks: Behind Scenes, US Worried About Pakistan Nukes

'Sensational' media coverage kept US from removing uranium

(Newser) - The Guardian and the New York Times put the latest WikiLeaks focus on relations with Pakistan and worries—despite official statements to the contrary— that radicals could get their hands on its nuclear arsenal:
  • US ambassador Anne Patterson, May 2009: "Our major concern is not having an Islamic militant
...

Assange: Hillary Clinton Should Resign

... If she ordered staffers to engage in 'espionage'

(Newser) - WikiLeaker Julian Assange doesn't have much sympathy for the diplomatic heat Hillary Clinton is taking over the sometimes embarrassing cables leaked from her State Department. Asked by Time whether she should resign, he responded: "I don't think it would make much of a difference either way. But she should...

Assange Could Face Espionage Act Charges

Ecuador, meanwhile, offers WikiLeaks founder residency

(Newser) - The US government is trying to pin Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks cohorts with charges under the Espionage Act—a 1917 law that predated various Supreme Court cases expanding First Amendment protections. The FBI is examining everyone who came into possession of the State Department cables that leaked yesterday, sources...

Jon Stewart: Why Are We Allies With Saudis?!

Daily Show host takes on WikiLeaks document dump

(Newser) - Jon Stewart took on WikiLeaks last night , mocking the gossipy nature of the latest leaks (Nicolas Sarkozy is “an emperor with no clothes”? Kim Jong Il is “a flabby old chap”?): “Rowr! Who put Perez Hilton in charge of our diplomatic corps?” he wondered. But...

Assange: Bank 'Megaleak' Is Next

Document dump will expose 'ecosystem of corruption'

(Newser) - The dust hasn't settled from WikiLeaks' diplomatic cables revelations , but the next massive leak is already in the works, Julian Assange tells Forbes . The site has tens of thousands of internal documents from a major US bank and it plans to release them early next year, exposing the bank's secrets...

WikiLeaks Shifting Media Balance of Power
 WikiLeaks Shifting 
 Media Balance of Power 
ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2010 4:45 AM CST

WikiLeaks Shifting Media Balance of Power

New kind of 'global investigative journalism' emerging

(Newser) - WikiLeaks' document dumps are pushing old media into a new role, a Politico analysis finds. Papers like the Guardian and the New York Times—which was left out of the latest round of leaks after publishing a profile critical of Julian Assange —are starting to work together across borders...

Sarah Palin: Hunt Assange Like Bin Laden

Alaskan slams Obama's 'incompetent handling' of WikiLeaks

(Newser) - If Sarah Palin becomes president, Julian Assange may want to keep an eye out for CIA drones. The Alaskan, in a Facebook post , lambasted President Obama's handling of the WikiLeaks release of diplomatic cables and suggested that the site's founder be "pursued with the same urgency we pursue al-Qaeda...

O'Reilly: Execute WikiLeakers

And why is Obama keeping his mouth shut about this, Bill wonders

(Newser) - Bill O'Reilly knows just what to do with the people responsible for the trove of documents revealed on WikiLeaks: execute 'em. "There are traitors in America," O'Reilly said on his program yesterday. "Whoever leaked those State Department documents is a traitor and should be executed—or put...

US Diplomats Deployed as Spies
 US Diplomats 
 Deployed as Spies 
WIKILEAKS
Nov 29, 2010 7:03 PM CST

US Diplomats Deployed as Spies

Disclosed cables reveal unorthodox tactics

(Newser) - US diplomats collect personal and financial data on foreign officials in a manner one might expect of, well, spies, the LA Times reports. While State Department employees aren't exactly the new James Bonds, both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton have asked diplomats to deliver anything they can from a laundry...

Hillary Clinton: Leaks an 'Attack' on America

But she refuses to comment on 'stolen' cables

(Newser) - The US “strongly condemns” WikiLeaks’ disclosure of confidential State Department cables, Hillary Clinton said today, calling it an “attack on America’s foreign policy interests” and on the international community. Though she refused to comment specifically on “what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables,”...

WikiLeaks Criminal Probe Under Way

White House orders classified-document security review

(Newser) - A criminal investigation is under way into WikiLeaks' release of hundreds of thousands of classified documents, Reuters reports. “To the extent that we can find anybody who was involved in the breaking of American law,” said Attorney General Eric Holder, “they will be held responsible, they will...

One Idea: List WikiLeaks as Terrorist Group

Rep. Peter King says the group represents 'clear and present danger'

(Newser) - The US government has made no secret of the fact that it is not a WikiLeaks fan—but might it take the step of declaring the site a terrorist organization? One Republican representative has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to consider doing just that. "WikiLeaks appears to meet...

WikiLeaks Dump: The '9/11 of Diplomacy'?

Experts debate fallout

(Newser) - What will WikiLeaks’ treasure trove of State Department cables mean for the world? Before their release, Italy’s foreign minister told Reuters they'd be the "9/11 of diplomacy" and would "blow up the trust between states." And now that they're out? "This won’t restrain" diplomats'...

WikiLeaks Cables: 75-Year-Old Fled Iran on Horseback
 75-Year-Old 
 American 
 Fled Iran on 
 Horseback 
wikileaks reveal
Nov 29, 2010 9:56 AM CST

75-Year-Old American Fled Iran on Horseback

Compliments of WikiLeaks: Turkish cable tells adventure story

(Newser) - WikiLeaks’ release of diplomatic cables contains at least one tale of adventure: In a cable from Turkey, the Guardian finds a story of an American’s daunting horseback escape from Iran. Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi, 75, visited Iran to visit his parents' graves—but when he wanted to return home to...

Iran Got N. Korean Missiles: WikiLeaks

Could give country power to attack Europe

(Newser) - Iran has acquired 19 advanced missiles from North Korea—which could allow Tehran to attack Moscow and Western Europe, a Feb. 24 diplomatic cable posted by WikiLeaks shows. The North Korean BM-25 missiles could provide the “building blocks” for long-range missiles, the leak suggests—though the cable doesn’t...

Stories 401 - 420 | << Prev   Next >>