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What We Don't Know About Spying on Citizens: Scarier Than What We Know

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Atlantic Monthly - By Bruce Schneier - Jun. 06 (Opinion) - The U.S. government is on a secrecy binge. And we learn, again and again, that our government regularly classifies things not because they need to be secret, but because their release would be embarrassing.

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The World Is a Battlefield: Jeremy Scahill on "Dirty Wars" and Obama's Expanding Drone Attacks

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Jeremy Scahill, amy Goodman - Apr. 24 (Special Report) - Scahill charts the expanding covert wars operated by the CIA and JSOC, the Joint Special Operations Command, in countries from Somalia to Pakistan. "I called it 'Dirty Wars' because, particularly in this administration, in the Obama administration, I think a lot of people are being led to believe that there is such a thing as a clean war," Scahill says. He goes on to discuss secret operations in Africa, the targeting of U.S. citizens in Yemen and the key role WikiLeaks played in researching the book.

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Sixteen Years for Espionage; Life in Jail for Whistleblowing

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

truth-out.org - By Nathan Fuller - Apr. 20 (Special Report) - Millay “admitted to trying to pass on classified information to someone he believed was a Russian agent,” according to Reuters’ report. An FBI agent said, “Millay betrayed his nation’s trust by attempting to sell classified national defense information for profit to a foreign nation.” Contrast that motive with Bradley Manning’s. In chat logs with government informant Adrian Lamo, Manning hypothesized, “what if i were someone more malicious…i could’ve sold to russia or china, and made bank?”

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'War on Whistleblowers' Film Highlights Dangers of Crackdown

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Rolling Stone - By John Knefel - Apr. 17 (Review) - A still from Robert Greenwald's film 'War on Whistleblowers' Greenwald describes the philosophical underpinnings of the national security state as two-fold. The first is an ideological belief that extreme secrecy results in increased security – "a notion

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"The Kissinger Cables": Three Years After "Collateral Murder," WikiLeaks Explores U.S. Diplomacy

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Apr. 08 (News Report) - The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has just published "the Kissinger Cables," 1.7 million U.S. diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973 to 1976 that include many once-secret memos written by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. While the documents have been available to the public at the National Archives, WikiLeaks has created a searchable online database to allow anyone in the world to quickly search them.

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WikiLeaks: Vatican Dismissed Pinochet Massacre Reports As 'Communist Propaganda'

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Peter Finocchiaro - Apr. 08 (News Report) - Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship was responsible for the deaths of as many as 3,200 people in Chile in the 1970s, but the Vatican dismissed reports of bloodshed at the time as "communist propaganda," according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks on Monday.

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BBC-Guardian Exposé Uses WikiLeaks to Link Iraq Torture Centers to U.S. Col. Steele & Gen. Petraeus

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Maggie O'Kane - Mar. 22 (Investigative Report) - A shocking new report by The Guardian and BBC Arabic details how the United States armed and trained Iraqi death squads that ran torture centers. It is a story that stretches from the U.S.-backed death squads in Central America during the 1980s to the imprisoned Army whistleblower Bradley Manning.

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Ecuador president Rafael Correa re-elected again

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - Feb. 18 (News Report) - President Rafael Correa celebrated winning his third term in office before the official results were announced Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has been elected to a third term in power. The leftwing incumbent, who first took office in 2007 and was re-elected in 2009, won 58% of the vote, well ahead of his closest challenger, former banker Guillermo Lasso, with 24%. A beaming Correa appeared on state TV hugging jubilant supporters at the Carondelet presidential palace less than an hour after polls closed. "This victory is yours. It belongs to our families, to our wife, to our friends, our neighbours, the entire nation," Correa said. "We are only here to serve you. Nothing for us. Everything for you, a people who have become dignified in being free." The 48-year-old Correa has raised living standards for the lower classes and widened the welfare state with region-leading social spending but critics including international human rights groups call him a bully. Correa has brought ...

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What Is an Assange?

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

truth-out.org - By John Cusack, Jonathan Turley - Jan. 19 (Interview) - the material released by WikiLeaks ticked off the US government primarily because it showed that the government had been routinely lying to the American people. That produced tremendous anger from government officials who are not used to being exposed in this way, including members of Congress. These are people who tightly control what the public knows and what information is allowed out of the government.

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The Public Editor: An Empty Seat in the Courtroom

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Margaret Sullivan - Dec. 09 (Opinion) - Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks are a major story for The Times, so why was the paper so late to cover the soldier’s pretrial hearing?

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Bradley Manning Tells His Story

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By Ed Pilkington, - Dec. 02 (News Report) - In his first publicly spoken words since his arrest in May 2010, delivered at a pre-trial hearing at Fort Meade in Maryland, the soldier painted a picture of a Kafkaesque world into which he was sucked and in which he would languish for almost one excruciating year.

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Accused WikiLeaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning Testifies He Thought He Would “Die in Custody”

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Michael Ratner, Juan Gonzalez - Dec. 02 (News Report) - Democracy Now: Accused WikiLeaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning Testifies He Thought He Would “Die in Custody” … Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, has testified for the first time since he was arrested in May 2010.

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Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, Cypherpunks, Surveillance State

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Nov. 29 (Interview) - Assange vowed WikiLeaks would persevere despite attacks against it. On Tuesday, the European Commission announced that the credit card company Visa did not break the European Union’s antitrust rules by blocking donations to WikiLeaks. "Since the blockade was erected in December 2010, WikiLeaks has lost 95 percent of the donations that were attempted to be transferred to us over that period. ... Our rightful and natural growth, our ability to publish as much as we would like, our ability to defend ourselves and our sources, has been diminished by that blockade."

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Bradley Manning deserves Americans' support for military whistleblowing

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Desmond Tutu, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel - Nov. 16 (Opinion) - Thanks to WikiLeaks, US citizens are better informed about wars prosecuted in their name. We owe Manning honour, not jail time Last week, PFC Bradley Manning offered to accept responsibility for releasing classified documents as an act of conscience – not as charged by the US military. As people who have worked for decades against the increased militarization of societies and for international cooperation to end war, we have been deeply dismayed by his treatment. The military under the Obama administration has displayed a desire to over-prosecute whistleblowing with life-in-prison charges including espionage and "aiding the enemy", a disturbing decision which is no doubt intended to set an example. We have dedicated our lives to working for peace because we have seen many faces of armed conflict and violence, and we understand that no matter the cause of war, civilians always bear the brunt of the cost. With today's advanced military technology and the continued ability of business and ...

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Top Ten Republican Myths about Obama and Iran

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Informed Comment - By Juan - Oct. 22 (Opinion) - 1. It is alleged that Obama’s willingness to negotiate with the Tehran regime encouraged the Ayatollahs to be even more obstreperous. In fact, the regime was split by the offer to talk, and Wikileaks State Department cables show that President Ahmadinejad was much more enthusiastic about seeking a diplomatic solution than were the Iranian Revolutionary [...]

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Don't Let'em Persecute Wikileaks, It'll Make Journalists Criminals Around the Globe

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Michael Moore, Oliver Stone - Aug. 25 (Opinion) - We have spent our careers as filmmakers making the case that the news media in the United States often fail to inform Americans about the uglier actions of our own government. We therefore have been deeply grateful for the accomplishments of WikiLeaks, and applaud Ecuador's decision to grant diplomatic asylum to its founder, Julian Assange, who is now living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

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Tariq Ali, Ex-U.K. Ambassador Craig Murray Praise Ecuador for Granting Asylum to Julian Assange

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Tariq Ali, Craig Murray - Aug. 20 (News Report) - Shortly before Julian Assange spoke on Sunday, a number of his supporters spoke outside the Ecuadorean embassy. Speakers included writer and activist Tariq Ali, as well as Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan. Murray, a whistleblower himself, was removed from office in 2004 after he exposed how the United States and Britain supported torture by the Uzbek regime. "The fact that [British Foreign Secretary] William Hague now openly threatens the Ecuadoreans with the invasion of their sovereign premises is one further example of a total abandonment of the very concept of international law by the neoconservative juntas that are currently ruling the former Western democracies," Murray says. [includes rush transcript]

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Assange to break months of silence

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Atika Shubert, Alex Felton - Aug. 19 (Breaking News) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to break months of silence Sunday from the Ecuador Embassy in Britain, where he fled to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning about alleged sex crimes.

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Julian Assange Attacks U.S Over 'Witch Hunt' Against Wikileaks

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Alana Horowitz - Aug. 19 (News Report) - Julian Assange spoke in public on Sunday for the first time in months. He addressed a large crowd of supporters from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been granted asylum. Assange called on the U.S. to end its "witch hunt" against Wikileaks. He also said that Obama needs to "do the right thing" and release Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier charged with leaking classified information to Wikileaks.

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Assange 'to emerge from embassy'

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Aug. 19 (News) - Julian Assange is expected to appear outside London's Ecuadorean embassy to speak about the diplomatic row over him being granted asylum.

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Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum; U.S. Seen as "Hidden Hand" Behind U.K. Threat to Raid Embassy

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Aug. 16 (News Report) - As Ecuador prepared to announce its decision on granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Britain threatened to raid the Ecuadorean embassy in London where Assange has taken refuge for the past two months. Britain told Ecuador that giving Julian Assange asylum would not change a thing and that it might still revoke the diplomatic status of Quito’s embassy in London to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sexual misconduct

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How WikiLeaks Transformed Brazil's Media

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Nation - By Natalia Viana - Aug. 08 (Special Report) - Beyond the revelations themselves, “Cablegate” in Brazil would have a significant impact on the profession of journalism and strengthen the culture of transparency even as the country was starting to revisit the legacy of its military dictatorship. Brazil was the first South American country to receive the cables—thanks to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s strategic dissemination plan, and to that little pen drive.

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WikiLeaks in Latin America: Online Whistleblower's Wide Impact in Region Where Assange Seeks Asylum

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Peter Kornbluh, Amy Goodman - Aug. 03 (News Report) - If Julian Assange is granted asylum in Ecuador, he will become a resident of Latin America, where the trove of classified U.S. State Department cables he strategically disseminated through WikiLeaks has generated hundreds of headlines, from Mexico to Chile. A year after thousands of cables on Latin America were first released, the revelations have had different results -- in two countries it led to the forced departure of the U.S. ambassador; in another it helped change the course of a presidential election. We're joined by Peter Kornbluh, guest editor of "WikiLeaks: Latin America," a recent edition of The Nation magazine devoted to exploring the impact of Wikileaks across the region. Kornbluh is a senior analyst on Latin America at the National Security Archives. [Transcript to come. Check back soon.]

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Congressional Probe Reveals Cover-Up of "Auschwitz-Like" Conditions at U.S.-Funded Afghan Hospital

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Michael Hastings, Nermeen Shaikh - Aug. 01 (News Report) - A congressional investigation has revealed a top U.S. general in Afghanistan sought to stall an investigation into abuse at a U.S.-funded hospital in Kabul that kept patients in "Auschwitz-like" conditions. Army whistleblowers revealed photographs taken in 2010, which show severely neglected, starving patients at Daoud Hospital, considered the crown jewel of the Afghan medical system where the country's military personnel are treated. The photos show severely emaciated patients, some suffering from gangrene and maggot-infested wounds. The general accused of the cover-up is Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, one of the nation's highest-ranking commanders in Afghanistan, who served as the commander of the $11.2-billion-a-year Afghan training program. We speak to Michael Hastings, contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine and a reporter for BuzzFeed, which has been following the story closely. [includes rush transcript]

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Glenn Greenwald: As WikiLeaks Reveals Syria Files, Assange Remains in Ecuador Embassy Seeking Asylum

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Glenn Greenwald, Juan Gonzalez - Jul. 05 (News Report) - WikiLeaks announced today it has begun publishing the Syria Files – more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could not attend today’s press conference announcing the release of the data trove because he is still inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden. According to WikiLeaks,

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