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 […]
(MintPress) – John Kiriakou went to journalists with the identities of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers and their use of questionable interrogation techniques, including waterboarding – a simulated drowning technique that is illegal under international law. A former CIA officer himself, Kiriakou exposed the usage of the torture against al-Qaeda logistics chief, Abu Zubaydah. He also […]
(MintPress) – John Kiriakou went to journalists with the identities of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers and their use of questionable interrogation techniques, including waterboarding – a simulated drowning technique that is illegal under international law. A former CIA officer himself, Kiriakou exposed the usage of the torture against al-Qaeda logistics chief, Abu Zubaydah. He also […]
(MintPress) – Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor) became the latest target by data discloser Wikileaks over the weekend, having more than five million private e-mails released by the world-renowned whistleblower. The e-mails detailed “Stratfor’s web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological methods,” according to Wikileaks. Online hacking and activist group Anonymous is said to have played a role in obtaining the […]
(MintPress) – Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor) became the latest target by data discloser Wikileaks over the weekend, having more than five million private e-mails released by the world-renowned whistleblower. The e-mails detailed “Stratfor’s web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological methods,” according to Wikileaks. Online hacking and activist group Anonymous is said to have played a role in obtaining the […]
