Not A Good Day For Wikileaks: Attacked By Human Rights Organizations, Julian Assange Target Of International Trackdown

It’s been several days since Wikileaks went from being an fog whistle-blower Web site to one that has attracted international attention, not to mention condemnation. The latest meme going around right now is that, Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief and de facto “face” of Wikileaks, has lost his standing with people, organizations, and governments that otherwise would be on his side, all things being equal. Even more pronounced: the U.S.

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U.S. Military Bans Personnel From Visiting Wikileaks; Pentagon Asks Site To Do The ‘Right Thing’

The controversy surrounding Wikileaks continues, as you always expected it would. All branches of the Unites States military are now banning their organisation from having anything to do with the site, primarily to refrain “electronic spillages,” a phrase I have never heard before. The Pentagon told the Washington Times that those in the Navy should refrain accessing the site so as to prevent the introduction of “potentially classified information on unclassified networks.”

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U.S. Congressman Calls For Execution Of Wikileaks Whistleblower

What should happen to PFC Bradley Manning , the young man now charged with the unauthorized access of and subsequently leaking of classified military information, videlicet the video that Wikileaks released under the title “Collateral Murder”?

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WikiLeaks Gets A Funding Model: Flattr, A Pirate Bay Founder’s Startup

WikiLeaks , the Sweden-based organisation that publishes anonymous leaks of secret material (most recently 90,000 documents about the War in Afghanistan) has until now, relied on donations to fund its activities. That’s lead to outages when funds became scarce, for whatever reason. But this day WikiLeaks is unleashing a potentially devastating strike against critics which could see it become an almost unstoppable force in the world’s media.

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Researcher detained at U.S. border, questioned about Wikileaks

Jacob Appelbaum, who volunteers with Wikileaks, is questioned for three hours and has mobile phones confiscated on his way back to the U.S. for coder show.

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Taliban Thankful That Wikileaks Exposed U.S. Allies, Vows to "Punish" Them

Turns out the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s assessment that Wikileaks would have “blood” on its hands might be right

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Week in review: Jailbreaking goes legit

Copyright office says bypass is legal, while Wikileaks publishes classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. Also: New Apple desktops.

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Next step for Wikileaks: Crowdsourcing classified data

The release by Wikileaks of more than 90,000 documents about sensitive military operations in Afghanistan might just be the start of problems for the U.S. government.

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Wikileaks Releases Stunning Afghan War Logs — Is Iraq Next?

The secret-spilling site Wikileaks release a astounding classified compendium of 77,000 events covering six years of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.

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Wikileaks’ estranged co-founder becomes a critic (Q&A)

John Young, editor of document-leaking site Cryptome.org, has switched from being one of Wikileaks biggest fans to one of its prominent critics.

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