Wikileaks Stories
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange to Host Talk Show on Pro- Kremlin T.V.
Julian Assange will be taking on yet another challenge, a talk show on Russian television. The show is scheduled to air in in mid-March, and will be divided into 10 half-hour episodes each week. Assange has said he plans to invite and interview key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries from around the world on the show.
How Pakistan Helps the U.S. Armed-Drone Campaign
Appearance Vs. Reality: The recent death of a senior al-Qaida leader as the result of a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal badlands -- the first such strike in almost two months -- signaled that the U.S.-Pakistan intelligence partnership is still in operation despite political tensions.
What Does SOPA Mean to You? 5 Points You Need to Know
The proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives ostensibly to curb piracy, has been at the receiving end of severe backlash from Internet companies including Google and Wikipedia.
Marine Desecration Video - A New Abu Ghraib?
A video appearing to show U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters promises to become an enduring memory of the Afghan war and is already drawing sharp reaction from across the world as it goes viral on the Internet.
Homeland Security: Social Media Web Sites Monitored by Gov’t, Are You Being Watched? [LIST]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring many popular Web sites, including social media like Facebook and Twitter, since June 2010 as a part of a privacy compliance review, according to a report detailing the list.
Will Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Survive the Storm?
Asif Ali Zardari, under threat from a memo seeking U.S. help in preventing a coup by Pakistan's powerful generals, has never managed to dispel the notion he is an accidental president.
Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.
U.S. Discusses Taliban’s Mohammed Fazl’s Transfer to Afghan Custody
The United States is debating whether to transfer Mohammed Fazl, a senior Taliban official suspected of various human rights violations, into Afghan custody, in an effort to improve relations with the country
Analysis: Manning's Legal Strategy Could Lead to Plea Deal
While it may appear that the government's document-leaking case against U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning is strong, the defense could have some surprising leverage with prosecutors and force plea negotiations.
Analysis: Manning's legal strategy could lead to plea deal
While it may appear that the government's document-leaking case against U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning is strong, the defense could have some surprising leverage with prosecutors and force plea negotiations.
Stratfor Hacking Victims May Face Retribution for Speaking Out in Support
Stratfor, the security company which was hacked by a group claiming to be from the infamous hacking group Anonymous on Christmas Eve, warned followers on Facebook not to speak out in support of the company, or face retribution.
Hackers hit security think tank Stratfor's website
U.S. security think tank Strategic Forecasting Inc said its website had been hacked and that some of the names of corporate subscribers had been made public.
NDAA 2012: Ron Paul Warns Bill Would Legalize Martial Law
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke out against the NDAA Bill, claiming it would effectively legalize martial law by letting the military arrest and detain anyone it wants to without any repercussions.
Prosecutors link Manning to WikiLeaks' Assange
Military prosecutors sought to link U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning directly to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday at a hearing to determine whether Manning will be court-martialled in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history.
Evidence linking Bradley Manning to WikiLeaks disputed
Attorneys for Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning on Monday challenged evidence linking him to the biggest classified document leak in U.S. history, arguing others had access to the same files and that it cannot be proven Manning sent anything to WikiLeaks from his computer.
Witnesses testify in Bradley Manning Wikileaks case
Bradley Manning, the suspected source of the largest leak of classified U.S. documents in history, spent his 24th birthday in military court on Saturday listening to investigators detail how they pieced together the case against him.
Blue Coat Systems Inc. Agrees to go Private for $1.1 Billion
Blue Coat Systems Inc., a maker of equipment that secures, monitors, and speeds Internet traffic, has agreed to be taken private for $1.1 billion in a deal that throws a lifeline to a company beset by falling sales and a U.S. government probe into use of its products by Syria.
One of Gaddafi’s Sons Sought to Move to Mexico
In late September Interpol issued a ‘red notice’ for Saadi.
Paypal Apologizes to Regretsy After 'Killing Christmas' Backlash
When craft fail blog Regretsy tried to raise money to buy Christmas presents for children in need, PayPal froze the site's accounts. Its reasoning? Regretsy couldn't use the Donate button for its own donations. Even as it made Regretsy return the toys, however, PayPal was itself collecting a hefty profit in sales cuts and refund fees.
Assange to fight extradition in top UK court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition to Sweden, won the right on Monday to ask Britain's Supreme Court to hear his case, prolonging his stay in Britain.
Assange Can Take Extradition Fight to Top UK Court
British judges ruled on Monday that Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing Web site Wikileaks, could take his year-long fight against extradition to Sweden to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.
WikiLeaks to Reveal Names of Indians with Swiss Accounts in 2012
The founder of whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, an Australian currently under house arrest in the UK, might reveal the names of Indians holding Swiss bank accounts in the coming year, he said during a videoconference Saturday.
Technology Focus: Big Brother Can Watch You Better!
It was George Orwell who made famous the line, “Big Brother is watching you” when he published ‘’1984” back in 1949. That was in the era of telexes, telegrams and the old AT&T.
Iran Calls IAEA Nuclear Weapons Report 'Fictitious' Plot
Moments after the International Atomic Energy Agency issued its report on Iran's nuclear weapons program, Iran went on the defensive, calling the finding a hoax devised by the United States.
Italy Entrepreneur Defies Mafia with Tuna and Ice Cream
Sometimes Filippo Callipo, one of southern Italy's most successful businessmen, wonders why he is still alive.
U.S. Soldier Charged with Attempted Espionage for Foreign Power
A U.S. Army specialist has been charged with attempted espionage by communicating classified military information to a suspected foreign spy.
Anonymous Threatens Israel, but 'Not Responsible' for Cyber-Attack
Israeli defense Web sites shut down on Sunday, but the government claims that hacker collective Anonymous had nothing to do with the system failure.
Veteran's journey from Iraq to Oakland protests
In downtown Oakland, California, where protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement demonstrated on Wednesday, a makeshift shrine honors Scott Olsen, an Iraq war veteran who has become an accidental symbol of their cause.
UK court rules WikiLeaks's Assange should be extradited
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose activities have angered the U.S. government, should be sent to Sweden from Britain to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, the High Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting his appeal against extradition.
Alaska Solider Accused of Espionage
A US soldier based in Alaska has been accused of espionage, according to reports.