wikileaks

WikiLeaks is a non-profit media organization that publishes classified information provided by anonymous sources in order to 'bring important news and information to the public.' Data leaked to the WikiLeaks electronic drop box are then published on WikiLeaks website alongside news stories. The organization is supported by a network of volunteers from around the globe, and is financed through donations and revenue from the WikiLeaks shop.

WikiLeaks editor in chief, Julian Assange, lists 'defense of freedom of speech and media publishing,' as well as 'work towards creating open governments' among the organization's main principles.

Due to the classified nature of information published by WikiLeaks, the organization's activities are highly controversial and provoke reactions ranging from condemnation by the US Government to a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

You will find more information about WikiLeaks on the organization's official facebook and twitter accounts, as well as on numerous mirror pages. Also check out the latest WikiLeaks coverage by guardian and The Telegraph.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “wikileaks”

• in Politics
  New Wikileaks Emails Show DEA Told to Backoff in Afghanistan
  Wikileaks has released emails from security firm Stratfor that show Afghan President Karzai's brother was under investigation in 2007
  by cblaha / on Sep 18, 2012
• in Technology
  Anonymous Attacks UK Justice Web Site in Support of Assange
  Hacking group attacks UK Justice Ministry site to keep Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from being extradited.
  by cblaha / on Aug 21, 2012
• in Politics
  Bradley Manning: Doomed Before Trial
  Is he as guilty as we think?
  by kdbarclay / on Jul 8, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “wikileaks”

 

• Was WikiLeaks’ founder Assange an omen of IRS persecution and ‘Media-Gate’?

  
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  Wikileaks is a publisher. (Snip: Wikileaks home page) I still remember the scathing look a friend gave me when I told her Julian Assange shouldn’t be on the run from just about every law enforcement agency in the world. I tried to explain it. I didn’t like what Assange did, especially the leaks that could ...
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• Julian Assange exposes British eavesdropping agency’s correspondence

  
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  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange The UK government eavesdropping agency, GCHQ, is facing embarrassing revelations after its internal correspondence was made public by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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• Listen to the Dramatic WikiLeaks Documentary Soundtrack

  
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  We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a new documentary about the genesis of Julian Assanges website and soldier Bradley Manning s controversial document dump, which exposed U.S. security secrets on WikiLeaks . Today, Mashable is offering an advance stream of the dramatic soundtrack to the film, featuring ...
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• Fox News Journalist Pursued by Obama Justice Department as ‘Co-Conspirator’ in Leak

  
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  The extent of the administration of President Barack Obama’s attacks on the First Amendment has been confirmed to include having the Justice Department pursue a Fox News journalist as a “co-conspirator” in a leak investigation. The investigation involves Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, a State Department employee, who ...
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• American Hero

  
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• "Gottfrid Svartholm Warg’s trial begins on Monday 20 May 2013 in Stockholm. This material..."

  
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  “Gottfrid Svartholm Warg’s trial begins on Monday 20 May 2013 in Stockholm. This...
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• Julian Assange reveals GCHQ messages discussing Swedish extradition

  
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  WikiLeaks founder uses subject access request to access British agency chatter, which allegedly calls extradition a fit-up Authorities at GCHQ, the government eavesdropping agency, are facing embarrassing revelations about internal correspondence in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is discussed, apparently ...
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• “Julian and WikiLeaks, the very ideals of WikiLeaks, are not one in the same.”

  
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  Julian Assange is the man in the middle of Alex Gibneys documentary, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks . Focus World Warning: plot points of We Steal Secrets: the Story of WikiLeaks are discussed in this Q&A. Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney doesnt shy away from ...
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• We Steal Secrets: the rise and fall of WikiLeaks in classic Hollywood terms

  
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  Warning: potential spoilers ahead in this film review. Alex Gibneys new documentary hits select theaters on May 24. All movies have heroes and villains and Alex Gibneys documentary, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks , felt like vintage silver screen. Two-thirds of the way through, the film established ...
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• E is for Espionage

  
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  See also M.S. Arctic Sea ; The crypto machines of the NSA museum (photos) Remarks by Jim Judd, Director of CSIS , at the Global Futures Forum Conference in Vancouver – April 2008 John le Carré: The Madness of Spies, A Secret Service secret (The New Yorker) The trouble is that the reader, like the general ...
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• Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange: Producer of documentary ‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks’ weighs in

  
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  Right now, mention of the name Benedict Cumberbatch brings to mind characters like Sherlock Holmes and his mystery-until-now Star Trek
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• “Mass demonstration” at Ft. Meade supporting Manning

  
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  Crowd sourcing So what have you got planned for June 1st? Given the time of year, some of you may be thinking of vacation, fishing, or possibly just grilling some burgers and enjoying the approach of summer. But if you don’t have anything else planned, you might want to hop on a bus and head to Ft. [...] Read ...
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• ARTE TV : Une contre-histoire de l’Internet

  
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  Retour sur l’émergence des mouvements de défense des libertés sur Internet, nés en réaction à la régulation croissante du Web par les gouvernements et les multinationales. Avec Richard Stallman, l’inventeur des logiciels libres, Rick Falvinge, créateur du Parti pirate suédois, et Julian Assange, fondateur ...
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• Dissidents and Powerbrokers unite in Oslo to challenge state power

  
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    This blog post was sent in by   Yaël Ossowski , Executive Board Member of European Students For Liberty OSLO — For three days in the chilly capital of Norway, activists, human rights crusaders, and opinion makers from across the globe convened to discuss the state of human freedom in the world today. The ...
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• Secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt + Transcript (2011)

  
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  Dandelion Salad TheChomskyVideos on May 11, 2013 Leaked Full Secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Thanks to Wikileaks. Date – 23 of June, 2011 *** Transcript of secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt WikiLeaks April 19, 2013 On the 23 of June, 2011 a secret ...
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• Weekend Links

  
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  *  My proposed Coursera course will ask students to discover for themselves how and why John Doerr, and your other Venture Capitalists, are willing to provide an even greater abundance of knowledge in the service of greater economic and social equality than is the State of California, which clearly has the means to ...
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• We Steal Secrets: The Story Of WikiLeaks – Trailer

  
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  Universal Studios and Focus World have released the trailer for the documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks . The film is directed by Alex Gibney and features interviews with Julian Assange and Adrian Lamo . We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is scheduled for a limited release in theaters ...
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• L.A. Times Distorted Report on USAID

  
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  "USAID Develops a Bad Reputation Among Some Foreign Leaders," read a May 7 Los Angeles Times headline, followed by the subhead: The U.S. Agency for International Development doesnt just offer aid to the poor, it also promotes democracy, which is seen as meddlesome or even subversive. Fighting poverty and spreading ...
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• Secret Hearing in Bradley Manning Court Martial a Preview of What Is to Come During Trial

  
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  Courtroom sketch by Clark Stoeckley, drawn in November 2012 This week, another pretrial hearing is taking place at Fort Meade in the court martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier who the United States military is prosecuting for disclosing information to WikiLeaks. It begins today and will take place over a ...
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• Chris Hedges interviews Julian Assange

  
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  Chris Hedges writes: A tiny tip of the vast subterranean network of governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world dedicated to destroying WikiLeaks and arresting its founder, Julian Assange, appears outside the red-brick building on Hans Crescent Street that houses the Ecuadorean Embassy. Assange, the ...
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