Wikileaks
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What to Read When You Are Surrounded by Spies
Here, in one handy list, are a few of our favorite spy novels. Watch your back!
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Reading Deemed Criminal for Chelsea Manning
The Federal Bureau of Prisons regulations, as investigated by The Atlantic, state their right to prohibit any publications found “to be detrimental to the security, good order, or discipline of the institution or if it might facilitate criminal activity.” Chelsea…
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Bradley Manning Receives 35-Year Prison Sentence
Bradley Manning, the whistleblower who leaked military documents to WikiLeaks, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. As the Atlantic points out, this sentence “far exceeds any punishments related to the misconduct he revealed.” For example, the Abu Ghraib torturers…
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Internet: Not Randomized?
Wikileaks released this TED Talks video yesterday, titled “Facebook and Google / Secret Revealed.” The video explains how our internet searches may be sorted by an algorithm based on our assumed preferences.
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An Internet Revolutionary
Julian Assange may have more sidekicks than we know of. You can read about how Bradley Manning, a gender-questioning soldier, came to subvert the American military’s authority over information regarding the war in Iraq. He has simultaneously earned the title…
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Wikileaks Hypocrisy?
Mediaite linked yesterday to a piece in the New Statesman which reported that Wikileaks has been pressuring members of their staff to sign what they describe as a “draconian” confidentiality agreement. They apparently got the document from former Wikileaks staffer…
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Wikileaks, Twitter, and the US Government
If you’re connected to Wikileaks, the US government wants to see your Twitter information. They might also want to see your Facebook account, your Google search history, and who knows how much other information. And it doesn’t matter who you…
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PFC Bradley Manning Update
PFC Bradley Manning is the man accused of providing classified information to the Wikileaks project. He is currently being held in the brig of the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, VA, where he has been for the last five months.…
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CIA Response to WikiLeaks: “WTF”
A report from the Washington Post on Wednesday describes an effort by the CIA to assess the impact of WikiLeaks on U.S. national security. The effort is known as the WikiLeaks Task Force. Apparently it’s also commonly referred to as…
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Wikileaks Roundup
The controversy over Wikileaks’ decision to release these cables has caused a split. Openleaks is a new group that hopes to do what Wikileaks does, only with less controversy because they won’t do any of the publishing themselves. I don’t…
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Wikileaks Update
The ACLU suggests that prosecuting Wikileaks might not be feasible, or even constitutional under US law. More on this. Basically, if the US can try Wikileaks under the Espionage Act, then they can try any media outlet who publishes classified…
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Wikileaks Roundup
Julian Assange was arrested today in Britain. Here’s some background on the charges* Assange has an editorial in today’s Australian. How is Wikileaks like L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry? Visa and Mastercard have cut off Wikileaks too, and will likely face the same…