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The Farce of Bradley Manning’s Persecution
At long last, Bradley Manning has been charged. It has only taken almost two years, and was more likely resulting from the military’s inability to ‘break’ him by torture into becoming a star ‘witness’ against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. The death penalty is probably still on the table, despite comments to the contrary, if merely […]
A Story of PERF-idy
November 29, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Image via The Daily Bail. Ever since this Democracy Now! interview, the Police Executive Research Forum, or PERF, a previously unregarded police strategy NGO, has been receiving some clearly undesired attention. In that interview, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler unwisely let slip that it was PERF which had been coordinating the conference calls which Oakland […]
Guest Post: Against Violence Under the Cloak of Care
April 20, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
By Mirjam Eikelboom Originally published on WLCentral.org *** President Obama recently stated that Private Manning’s conditions comply with the Pentagon’s basic standards. Given that those standards apparently permit Private Manning to be subjected to plainly unconstitutional conditions, it is clear that the Department of Defense must adapt its standards to meet the demands of the […]
Survey on WikiLeaks, the Media and Government
April 16, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
This was posted by Jim. Am writing a thesis on Public Trust in WikiLeaks, the Media and the Government and need to know what your opinions are. The online survey is multiple choice and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please follow the link: http://www.kwiksurveys.com/?s=ILLLML_9669e09d I took the survey, and it is only about […]
WikiLeaks Forum Live
March 3, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Hello folks, still playing catch-up here. Whilst I struggle with the pesky problems of the human condition (eating, sleeping, other such irritations), why don’t you join the official WikiLeaks Forum? You’ll be glad you did. I’m already there, just look for my name and my standard display picture.
PayPal Surrenders, Still Needs Boycott
February 26, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
In the space of hours, PayPal blocked the account of Courage to Resist, got rightfully flamed, and then unblocked the accounts. It was a lovely little instance of a corporation being on the receiving end of some duly-deserved slapping around, and generally getting put in its place. Let us savor this wonderful victory over the […]
Field Note: Account of Julian Assange Extradition Hearing
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Mirjam Eikelboom, independent field reporter. After the positive feedback on the report I did last time – I decided to go once more to London. A different journey: Last time was spur of the moment & very intuitive. If Gallilei lived today, I would have wanted to go to THAT process & this is about […]
Sri Lanka – Ambassador reports Sri Lankan President responsible for “alleged war crimes”
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Via WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks Staff, 1 December 2010, 19.00 GMT. Original article here. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family are responsible for alleged war crimes against the Tamil, according to a cable sent by US ambassador to Sri Lanka Patricia Butenis. Butenis said complicity in alleged war crimes by the president and leader of […]
Jordan – Jordanian budget spent on “bloated” civil service and a military “patronage system”
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Via WikiLeaks. José Pérez, 4 February 2011, Wikileaks Staff. Original article here. Over 80 percent of Jordan’s budget is spent on a “bloated” civil service and a military “patronage system” that includes support to the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to new cables released by Wikileaks, even through the country is in the middle of […]
Yemen – Yemen President Handpicked Winning Contractor
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Via WikiLeaks. By Richard Smallteacher, Wikileaks Staff, 4 February 2011. Original article here. Dubai Ports International (DPI), a company based in the United Arab Emirates, won a 35-year concession worth $500 million to operate and develop the Aden Port and Aden Container Terminal, because of the direct intervention of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president of […]
Yemen – Yemen President Takes Marching Orders From U.S. Embassy
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Via WikiLeaks By Richard Smallteacher, Wikileaks staff 6 February 2011. Original article here. New cables released by Wikileaks show that the Yemeni government held 28 Yemeni citizens in prison on behalf of the United States, despite the fact that a Yemeni government investigation showed that “there was no evidence they were involved in terrorist acts.” […]
United States – U. S. Empire Secret Shopping List
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Via WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks Staff, 5 December 2010, 21.00 GMT. Original article here. US diplomats were asked to secretly gather intelligence on the status – and vulnerabilities – of critical infrastructure and key resources in their host countries, new material from the Embassy Cables has revealed. The cable, sent on the 18 February 2009 and released […]
United States – Visa and Mastercard beneficiaries of State Department lobbying effort
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
WikiLeaks Staff, 8 December 2010, 14.00 GMT. Original article here. Visa and Mastercard both received lobbying support from the Department of State under President Obama, the latest Cablegate release reveals. A cable from the Moscow embassy, dated 1st February 2010, details a new Russian card processing law which the embassy said would “disadvantage U.S businesses”, […]
Sweden – USA bekräftar svensk Natokoppling
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Via WikiLeaks. Badly translated by Google. Josef el Mahdi, 2:a december 2010, 03.00 GMT. Original article here. Secret post. The U.S. Embassy in Sweden believes that the Swedish government has lied about how close military cooperation with NATO. According to the secret American diplomatic correspondence SvD seen. In May 2007, Fredrik Reinfeldt for the first […]
Sweden – Här blir vi blåsta
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Via WikiLeaks, badly translated by Google. Richard Aschberg, Mattias Carlsson, Johannes Wahlström, 3:a december 2010, 20.00 GMT. Original article here. Norway and the United States lured Sweden – in the 55-billion deal on Jas Sweden became the basis cheated by both Norway and the United States in the multi-billion dollar deal on Jas. It shows […]
United Kingdom – Iraq Inquiry told to “protect US interests”
February 8, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
Via WikiLeaks Alex Plough, 30 November 2010, 17.07 GM. Original article here. The Ministry of Defence decided to influence the official inquiry into the Iraq War in order to “protect US interests”, according to a classified US diplomatic cable released by whistleblower website Wikileaks. A dispatch sent by Ellen Tauscher, the US Under Secretary for […]
WikiLeaks Supporters and Preparing for Trouble
February 2, 2011 by Andrew McInnes
As recent events in Egypt have made abundantly clear, corrupt regimes will allow nothing to stand in the way of their maintaining power. Frankly, these actions should be expected of the US government at some time in the future. It is a corrupt regime, and although perhaps not as obviously oppressive as Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship, […]
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Letters from a Broken Country 
March 11, 2012 by Andrew McInnes
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