Tag Archives: Julian Assange

What Else?

WikiLeaks and Julian Assange has been awarded the prestigious Australian 2011 Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contributions to Journalism. Well done. His acceptance speech and sharp criticism of in particular his Prime Minister Julia Guillard for being Obama’s and his Administration’s poodle … Continue reading

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Ig Noble Prize

The world is eagerly awaiting this year’s decision of Oslo’s Peace Nobel Prize Committee, chaired by Norway’s former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland. While last year’s choice, Chinese human rights activist, literary critic, writer, and academic, dissident Liu Xiaobo was very much … Continue reading

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Chat Logs

  After more than a year, Wired has now published the original chat logs of PFC Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo, the former hacker who betrayed the young soldier, who has probably been the main source for WikiLeaks the previous … Continue reading

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No Badass

  Private First Class Bradley Manning is currently detained at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, waiting for a hearing to decide whether he will face  a court martial. He had been detained for ten months at the Marine Corps Brig, Quantico, Virginia in maximum-custody … Continue reading

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Too Important for Childish Power Struggles

Abrupt and unexpected publication of the “Gitmo Files” by WikiLeaks on Easter holidays in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Spanish newspaper El Pais, German magazine Der Spiegel and elsewhere was most probably due to ongoing power … Continue reading

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