US threatens Wikileaks censorship
Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in World
The Afghan War Diary released by Wikileaks is still sparking anger and threats of censorship in US political circles. “I would really like to see President Obama move to ask the government of Iceland to shut that Web site down,” said Liz Cheney. “I’d like to see him move to shut it down ourselves if [...]
White House vs. Wikileaks
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Business
The White House continues to demand that Wikileaks stop posting the thousands of confidential documents related to American activities in Afghanistan. Wikileaks, meanwhile, continues to maintain its position as a force against government secrecy and for promoting accountability, and as such refuses to have the documents suppressed. Although White House officials are insisting that their [...]
Wikileaks Source, Bradley Manning, in Custody
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Linx Daniel in Headlines, Politics, World
22 yr old Bradley Manning, was an Army Private, and an Intelligence Officer in the Middle East. Manning has already been charged with the leak of a video, and is currently held at a United States Marine Corps base near Quantico, Virginia. He is under intense scrutiny and the center of an investigation over a [...]
Hundreds of Afghan Informants Named by Wikileaks
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Raven Schneizer in Politics
Hundreds of Afghan civilians who worked as informants for the US military were put on the Wikileaks list that also included 90,000 classified military intelligence reports, according to the New York Times. Wikileaks owner Julian Assange has claimed that all sensitive material has been removed; however, the names of the civilian informants still remain, leaving [...]
Wikileaks founder sees war crimes in Afghan War Diary
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in World
In a press conference on Monday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says that there is evidence of war crimes to be found in the controversial Afghan War Diary recently leaked by the site. The Diary is composed of thousands of pages detailing the United States’ military activities in Afghanistan. The leaked documents have sparked outrage from [...]
Pentagon after source of Wikileaks
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in World
After leaking over 90,000 documents relating to the U.S.’s activities in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2009 via the site ‘Wikileaks’, the still anonymous leaker now has the Pentagon after him. The pretext for the Pentagon’s being-after-ness is that the leaked documents, which refer to instances of ‘friendly fire’ as well as Afghan civilian casulties, is [...]