(MintPress) – In February, when WikiLeaks published confidential emails from Stratfor, a private global intelligence firm, it was found that the company had paid off informants and monitored political activist groups to gather intelligence of the government’s top-shelf plans. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has dubbed Stratfor a “private CIA,” and recent reports suggest that the […]
(MintPress) – In February, when WikiLeaks published confidential emails from Stratfor, a private global intelligence firm, it was found that the company had paid off informants and monitored political activist groups to gather intelligence of the government’s top-shelf plans. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has dubbed Stratfor a “private CIA,” and recent reports suggest that the […]
When the government told the people of London that the eyes of the world would be on it during the Olympic Games, it failed to mention one particularly powerful watcher; a new software programme used for tracking potential troublemakers. In the September edition of Wired Magazine, Shane Harris reports on the new American software company […]
When the government told the people of London that the eyes of the world would be on it during the Olympic Games, it failed to mention one particularly powerful watcher; a new software programme used for tracking potential troublemakers. In the September edition of Wired Magazine, Shane Harris reports on the new American software company […]
A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency. –Peter Fenn Do you remember when President Obama called for an unprecedented level of openness in Government? “We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration,” promised the president. When Obama appointed Yong […]
A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency. –Peter Fenn Do you remember when President Obama called for an unprecedented level of openness in Government? “We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration,” promised the president. When Obama appointed Yong […]
Update | By Martin Michaels Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, former head of the Vatican Bank, became the latest whistleblower against the Holy See last week after he was found possessing a trove of incriminating financial documents for the Bank, including 47 binders containing money transfers, financial records and confidential internal reports. The documents reportedly indicate excessive […]
Update | By Martin Michaels Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, former head of the Vatican Bank, became the latest whistleblower against the Holy See last week after he was found possessing a trove of incriminating financial documents for the Bank, including 47 binders containing money transfers, financial records and confidential internal reports. The documents reportedly indicate excessive […]
(MintPress) – The likes of Julian Assange, Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and The Nation and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) are calling for more transparency in the trial and prosecution of military whistleblower Bradley Manning. Since his arrest in 2010 for allegedly leaking confidential wartime documents and video from Iraq to the website WikiLeaks, […]
(MintPress) – The likes of Julian Assange, Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and The Nation and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) are calling for more transparency in the trial and prosecution of military whistleblower Bradley Manning. Since his arrest in 2010 for allegedly leaking confidential wartime documents and video from Iraq to the website WikiLeaks, […]
(MintPress) – Before Julian Assange leaked a video that showed United States Apache helicopters shooting on Iraqi civilians, children and journalists, half of Americans thought the way in Iraq was going well, according to a 2010 Gallup poll. A similar poll taken in late 2011 after the release of the video, had a different tone, with […]
(MintPress) – Before Julian Assange leaked a video that showed United States Apache helicopters shooting on Iraqi civilians, children and journalists, half of Americans thought the way in Iraq was going well, according to a 2010 Gallup poll. A similar poll taken in late 2011 after the release of the video, had a different tone, with […]
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has made 75 official complaints over what he describes as the shoddy reporting of his long-running extradition battle, the online activist said Thursday. Assange itemized the complaints in a submission to Britain’s judge-led inquiry into media ethics, which is examining the standards and practices of the country’s scandal-tarred press. He […]
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has made 75 official complaints over what he describes as the shoddy reporting of his long-running extradition battle, the online activist said Thursday. Assange itemized the complaints in a submission to Britain’s judge-led inquiry into media ethics, which is examining the standards and practices of the country’s scandal-tarred press. He […]
