On AlterNet: wikileaks

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "wikileaks"

Bradley Manning: A Totalitarian Show Trial of State Secrecy

Michael Ratner, Comment Is Free. April 24, 2012.

The US government's suppression of all accountability and transparency in prosecuting the WikiLeaks suspect is totalitarian.

The WikiLeaks War Logs Don't Show Rare War Crimes--They Show The (Legal) Reality of War

Chase Madar, TomDispatch.com. April 15, 2012.

The real problem with the laws of war is not what they fail to restrain but what they authorize.

WikiLeaks 2.0: How Julian Assange's Partnership with Anonymous Could Change the Landscape of Hacktivism

Cole Stryker, Salon. February 28, 2012.

A new age of transparency activism may have just begun.

The Simpsons' 500th Episode, Starring Julian Assange: A Look Back at a One of America's Most Politically Relevant Shows

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 19, 2012.

Assange is one of the most prominent political figures the show has ever scored.

How Bradley Manning's Fate Will Be Decided

Justin Elliott, Salon. January 22, 2012.

The soldier accused of giving files to WikiLeaks will likely face a court-martial -- an expert explains how it works.

How Scapegoating Bradley Manning Avoids the Truth About the American Military

Chase Madar, TomDispatch.com. January 19, 2012.

Washington only seems to want to talk about the casualties of war when they're the entirely hypothetical ones they're trying to pin on Bradley Manning.

Latest Anonymous Hack of Security Company Proves How Serious Cyber-Activists Have Gotten

Loz Kaye, Comment Is Free. January 10, 2012.

As long as western governments fail to live up to their ideals, there will be those who are determined to embarrass them.

Glenn Greenwald: The Heroic Bradley Manning Faces 30 Charges, Some Punishable By Death -- Why He Deserves a Medal Instead

Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian. December 15, 2011.

The real crimes exposed by this episode are those committed by the US government, not Manning.

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal And Other Payment Companies Still Choking Off Funding to WikiLeaks, Threatening Whistleblower's Survival

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. October 26, 2011.

Allowing corporations to arbitrarily bankrupt law-abiding people or organizations with whom they disagree, poses a significant threat to free speech.

Controversy and Confusion Over the Latest WikiLeaks Revelations: 8 Things You Really Need to Know

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. September 9, 2011.

The latest WikiLeaks release comes with a bunch of accusations and confusion.

Are Wikileaks and Anonymous Hackers All There Is Left We Can Rely on, with Trust in Business and Government at Rock Bottom?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 2, 2011.

Their ability to bring powerful giants to heel is as compelling as the mythical Robin Hood's battle with a haughty medieval aristocracy.

Who Is WikiLeaks Blaming for Breaching Its Security?

Al Jazeera EnglishSeptember 1, 2011.

Whistleblowing website names names. Former ally blamed for leaking secret password.

Hacktivism's Global Reach, From Targeting Scientology to Backing Wikileaks and the Arab Spring

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 16, 2011.

Background on the increasingly visible group... plus an interview with a disguised member, "X."

The 13 Best Hacker Attacks Against Military Security Companies, the FBI, the Kochs ... and Arizona

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. July 16, 2011.

Hackers have declared war on anyone or anything that threatens to censor the Internet or its citizens. Here are some of their wildest targets.

Julian Assange's Proud Father: My Son Has 'Immense Desire for Justice in the World'

Giles Tremlett, The Guardian. July 15, 2011.

Assange's biological father describes his son as a "great dissident" in his first and probably only media interview.

4 Reasons Bradley Manning Deserves the Medal of Freedom

Chase Madar, TomDispatch.com. July 7, 2011.

We still don't know if he's guilty, but if he did leak the Wikileaks documents, Bradley Manning deserves commendation for exposing our secretive government's lies.

Are Rumors Accused WikiLeaks Source Bradley Manning Is Transgender Behind Harsh Treatment?

Emily Manuel, AlterNet. July 6, 2011.

The implication that Bradley Manning's sexuality has something to do with the crime he's accused of is wrong and dangerous.

Julian Assange on Why Calls for His Death and the McCarthyesque Crackdown on WikiLeaks Are Good Signs

Amy Goodman, Julian Assange, Slavoj Zizek, Democracy Now!. July 5, 2011.

Assange and renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek discuss the release of the largest trove of classified U.S. government records in history.

Vision: How Hacker Activists Are Risking Jail for Everyone's Right to Internet Freedom

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. June 24, 2011.

Since WikiLeaks, authorities have been more aggressive about arresting citizen cyber activists. Yet new actions by the biggest "hacktivists" show they're willing to risk it.

5 WikiLeaks Revelations Exposing the Rapidly Growing Corporatism Dominating American Diplomacy Abroad

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

One of WikiLeaks' greatest achievements has been to expose the exorbitant amount of influence that multinational corporations have over Washington's diplomacy.

Why WikiLeaks Is Essential

Don Hazen, AlterNet. June 12, 2011.

WikiLeaks has been criminalized for doing, in essence, fundamental investigative work to keep people informed.

5 WikiLeaks Hits of 2011 That Are Turning the World on Its Head -- And That the Media Are Ignoring

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. June 7, 2011.

Is 2011 capable of exceeding 2010's revelations? And what discoveries in 2011 has WikiLeaks unearthed thus far?

All the WikiLeaks Fit to Print: The Media's Desire to Exploit WikiLeaks While Distancing Itself From Bradley Manning

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. April 27, 2011.

Why are mainstream news outlets so quick to publish news unearthed by WikiLeaks, but wary of reporting the truth about Manning?

7 Shocking Gitmo Revelations from WikiLeaks

Kase Wickman, Raw Story. April 25, 2011.

The incoherence behind Gitmo is finally coming to light.

Glenn Greenwald: What Obama's Reckless Treatment of Bradley Manning Reveals About Our "Nation of Laws"

Glenn Greenwald, Salon. April 24, 2011.

Obama invoked America's status as a "nation of laws" to justify Manning's punishment; this is a President who has embraced much of the lawlessness of the Bush administration.