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WikiLeaks founder loses round in attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden to face alleged rape charge

donal brown November 3, 2011

Britain’s High Court found that the sex charges were sufficiently serious to warrant extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to Sweden. Assange’s attorneys contend  that the sex changes were politically motivated, part of a plot to extradite Assange to the United States for prosecution over the WikiLeaks release of thousands of cables on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. -db From the  Los Angeles Times, November 2, 2011, by Henry Chu and Janet Stobart. Full story

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U.S. diplomat suspended for publishing book criticizing Iraq war policy

donal brown October 31, 2011

The Obama administration suspended Foreign Services Officer Peter Van Buren for his book critical of the State Department operations in Iraq. Van Buren also installed a link to WikiLeaks on his blog. “No one was particularly concerned about what we were doing, how much money we were spending, and the results of our endeavors,”  Van Buren said of his experiences in Iraq in a speech to the National Press Club last week. From The Talk

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WikiLeaks’ Assange says site in peril from U.S. blockade

donal brown October 25, 2011

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said WikiLeaks may have to shut down by next year since the financial blockade organized by the United States has turned off the spigot of donations. Assange charged that with Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union refusing to provide conduits for donations the site’s revenues have fallen to five percent of their previous flow making it impossible to continue processing thousands of secret documents. -db From The New York Times, October

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Obama releases executive order to tighten security in WikiLeaks era

donal brown October 10, 2011

The Obama administration has taken steps to safeguard classified secrets and to insure that with safeguards agencies still share critical intelligence. The president’s executive order will establish internal auditing systems to assess information security and sharing throughout the federal government. The order also sets up a study to determine whether agencies can identify people who would leak information or otherwise mishandle sensitive data. -db From the National Journal, October 7, 2011, by Marc Ambinder. Full

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