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Showing posts with label WikiLeaks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WikiLeaks. Show all posts

Monday, 8 April 2013

WikiLeaks revelations: George Fernandes's wife says no question of him asking for funds from CIA as he was anti-American


Socialist leader George Fernandes' wife Leila on Monday termed as "piece of fiction" the WikiLeaks cable revelations that the fire-brand activist sought financial assistance from US spy agency CIA to organize sabotage activities during Emergency.

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Julian Assange lawyer claims vital information in rape case

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyer today claimed that he had key information which would be a "big surprise" when revealed if his trial for rape went ahead in Sweden. Baltasar Garzon, the Spanish lawyer, who was addressing an archivist conference in Brisbane today, spent four hours in a briefing with Assange on Sunday discussing his legal strategy.

Monday, 27 February 2012

Dow Chemicals appointed Stratfor to spy on Bhopal activists: WikiLeaks

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks today began publishing more than five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor, the anti-secrecy group said.

Saturday, 17 December 2011

Suspected WikiLeaks source appears in court

An American Army intelligence analyst suspected of being behind the largest leak of classified documents in US history made his first court appearance on Friday, sitting stone-faced as military prosecutors launched their case against him. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 23, faces charges including aiding the enemy, which could send him to prison for life.

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

WikiLeaks fights back in the face of financial blockade and arm-twisting

Over the last four years, combining the ethical hacker's spirit that seeks to set information free, with the journalist's quest to improve transparency by publishing material that readers ought to know, the world's leading whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks has exposed a range of suppressed facts and unethical practices in a manner and scale never before seen. It has changed the rules of the game for newspapers. It has prompted new thinking among journalists, publishers, and journalism educators and students worldwide.

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Pak tipped Osama whenever US troops approached: WikiLeaks

American diplomats were told that one of the key reasons why they had failed to find Osama bin Laden for years was that Pakistan’s security services tipped him off whenever US troops approached, according to claims made in leaked US government documents obtained by WikiLeaks. Pakistan’s Inter-Servi

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Soldier Faces 22 New WikiLeaks Charges

The Army announced 22 additional charges on Wednesday against Pfc. Bradley Manning, the military intelligence analyst who is accused of leaking a trove of government files to WikiLeaks a year ago.

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

US warned Sri Lanka over arms purchases from Iran, WikiLeaks cable reveals

The United States has warned Sri Lanka to be cautious about its close trade relationship with Iran, and told the Governor of the Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal and the then Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Palitha Kohona that any arms purchases from Iran would be illegal under a UN resolution.

Saturday, 22 January 2011

WikiLeaks leaker mistreated in custody: Lawyer

The 23-year-old US soldier who is alleged to have leaked thousands of secret documents to whistle-blower WikiLeaks was placed on suicide watch, stripped to his underwear and forced to stay in his cell round the clock, his lawyer has said.

Monday, 10 January 2011

WikiLeaks reveals Norway was concerned over Marxist JVP's 'ugly' campaign against their role

The anti-Norwegian campaign launched by Sri Lanka's Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during the latter part of 2004 had caused much concern to the Norwegians according to a US cable that has been released by WikiLeaks.

Sunday, 9 January 2011

Former Sri Lanka President demanded Norway to remove SLMM chief - WikiLeaks cable

Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has demanded that Norway remove the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) chief accusing the mission has lost "objectivity", according to a cable sent by the United States Embassy in Colombo.

Friday, 17 December 2010

After Rahul, WikiLeaks reveals Sonia's 'truth'

The shocking expositions by whistleblower WikiLeaks on Dec 17 seem to create trouble for Congress. First it revealed the controversial statement of Rahul Gandhi on Hindu terror, now it took a hand on Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Thursday, 16 December 2010

Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission turned a blind eye to LTTE violations, WikiLeaks cable reveals

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) used draconian conscription methods to recruit Tamil civilians living in the Wanni to its forces and Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) turned a blind eye to LTTE forced conscription, another WikiLeaks cable released to the media said.

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets conditional bail in sexual offences case

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in Britain on Swedish allegations of sex crimes, was freed on bail by a British court on Tuesday.

Monday, 13 December 2010

Sex accusers' have hidden agendas: Assange's lawyer

In an exclusive interview , the lawyer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that he had seen secret police documents that prove his client is innocent of accusations of non-use of condom during sex made against him by two Swedish women.

Friday, 10 December 2010

Web Attackers Point to Cause in WikiLeaks

They got their start years ago as cyberpranksters, an online community of tech-savvy kids more interested in making mischief than political statements.But the coordinated attacks on major corporate and government Web sites in defense of WikiLeaks,

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Cyberattacks Are Retaliation for Pressure on WikiLeaks

A small army of activist hackers orchestrated a broad campaign of cyberattacks on Wednesday in support of the beleaguered antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks, which has drawn governmental criticism from around the globe for its release of classified American documents and whose founder, Julian Assange, is being held in Britain on accusations of sex offenses

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

WikiLeaks founder Assange may surrender to British police

Julian Assange's lawyer was arranging to deliver the WikiLeaks founder to British police for questioning in a sex-crimes investigation of the man who has angered Washington by spilling thousands of government secrets on the internet.

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

India downplays WikiLeaks, defends ties with US

Downplaying the WikiLeaks issue, India on Tuesday said it has a multi-faceted and forward-looking strategic partnership with the US and there was a regular, open and candid dialogue between the two countries.

Sunday, 28 November 2010

WikiLeaks documents 'endanger countless lives'

The US government said today it warned online whistleblower WikiLeaks that its expected imminent release of secret documents would put "countless" lives at risk, threaten anti-terror operations and jeopardise American relations with its allies.