Camryl9's List: Wikileaks, etc

[Firedoglake - Michael Whitney]

The Marines have replaced the commander in charge of the Quantico base, where Bradley Manning has been held in severe isolation for more than seven months...

Last night CNN reported, and then killed, a story that Averhart

[Informed Comment - Juan puts the treatment of whistleblower and possible wikileaks source Bradley Manning into context -- including Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution and the crimes which toppled the former regime. -L]

No one is saying that Manning is being p

[Firedoglake - Michael Whitney]

...upon driving onto the base at Quantico, David House and blogger Jane Hamsher were detained by military guards. House, who is on the Quantico Brig's visitation list, has been visiting Bradley Manning in confinement since

The US government, according to NBC correspondent Jim Miklaszewski, now admits that it cannot tie Pfc. Bradley Manning to Wikileaks leader Julian Assange...

The admission appears to close off the most plausible legal strategy for the US to prosecute Assa

[Warning: Asshatty metaphor from Assange's mum in last two paragraphs. -L]

I don't doubt that Interpol's response to the sexual assault allegations against Assange were politically motivated (does anyone really doubt that?). No reasonable person is under the impression that Interpol regularly scours the continent for every man w

While some are calling for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be prosecuted, others point out that notable reporters who release classified material, such as veteran reporter Bob Woodward, face no such threats. Stephen M. Walt of Foreign Policy argues th

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will argue he should not be extradited from Britain to Sweden over alleged sex crimes because he could end up in the United States facing the death penalty, his lawyers said on Tuesday...

"There is a real risk that, if ex

[Crooks and Liars - Ian Welsh]

...If corporations and governments can destroy someone's access to the modern economy... without even pretending due process of the law ... then we simply do not live in a free society of law, let alone a society of justice

[Echidne - Suzie]

"Often I sat in larger groups and listened to Julian boast about how many children he had fathered in various parts of the world. He seemed to enjoy the idea of lots and lots of little Julians, one on every continent. Whether he too

[Echidne of the Snakes]

The headline of an MSNBC blog post about Assange and all that crap...

Nobody beats Suzie's post on this particular topic, and you should read it again, just to set your head back straight about this world in which, somehow, femin

Just how WikiLeaks has been able to continue posting classified material from U.S. and other nations' diplomats and officials--despite numerous cyber attacks against the Web site and the defection of key service providers--is a bit of Internet trickery co

...Assange is being targeted for something other than the actual rape charges, and...it's still wrong to engage in standard issue rape apologist crap...

...#mooreandme [is] being flooded... Michael Moore, along with Keith Olbermann, are waiting this out

[Firedoglake - Cynthia Kouril]

WikiLeaks says that their software allows a leaker to upload information to them with complete anonymity. WikiLeaks' editor Julian Assange has repeatedly said that he does not know if Private Bradley Manning is, in fact, th

[Echidne of the snakes - Suzie]

The champion of transparency in state affairs says what happened between him and two women in Sweden is a private matter...

Assange and his organization remain secretive so that they can carry out their work -- like agent

[Firedoglake - emptywheel]

'An official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in December 2008 that safety rules were out of date and strong earthquakes would pose a "serious problem" for nuclear power stations.

'The Japanese government pledged to upgrade safety

[Firedoglake - emptywheel]

Mark Hosenball reports [link] that aside from some pockets of short-term damage, the impact of the Wikileaks leak of diplomatic cables has been embarrassing, but not damaging...

...all this time the government has been pretend