The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
WikiLeaks Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize (Associated Press) A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, saying Wednesday that its disclosures of classified documents promote world peace by holding governments accountable for their actions.
Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled By BILL KELLER The New York Times, January 26, 2011 Bill Keller is the executive editor of The New York Times. This essay is adapted from his introduction to “Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy: Complete and Expanded Coverage from The New York Times,” an ebook …
(text fr newsletter) Get used to the WikiLeaks mindset “The hacker generation is now employed by government, the military and corporate America, writes George Smith, a senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org.” Workforce: Get used to the WikiLeaks mindset By George Smith Jan 26, 2011 George Smith is a senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org and a writer and …
For years, Alison and I have been hearing glowing reports of Tunisia from fellow sailors. We finally sailed there and spent five weeks in Tunisia last summer (August and early September). To our surprise, the local people struck us as the least welcoming of those in the Arab countries we have visited over the last …
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WikiLeaks to Publish Data From Ex-Julius Baer Banker Bloomberg, 17 January 2010 WikiLeaks plans to release data on about 2,000 cross-border bank accounts provided by a former Julius Baer Group Ltd. employee, who says they may have been set up to evade taxes. Rudolf Elmer, who was dismissed as chief operating officer by Julius Baer …
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Posted By Elizabeth Dickinson Thursday, January 13, 2011 – 6:17 PM Foreign Policy EXTRACT: As in the recent so-called “Twitter Revolutions” in Moldova and Iran, there was clearly lots wrong with Tunisia before Julian Assange ever got hold of the diplomatic cables. Rather, WikiLeaks acted as a catalyst: both a trigger and a tool for …
