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Daily Briefing—25th-26th Aug 2010
Posted: 26 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, biometrics, BP, CIA, Cordoba House, David Petraeus, drones, extrajudicial assassination, general strike, Ground Zero Mosque, Gulf oil spill, Halliburton, Hamid Karzai, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, Iraq War, Jack Hunter, Jeremy Scahill, JSOC, Mossad, NOLA, Pakistan, Park51, Ronald Bailey, SCOTUS, South Africa, Spencer Ackerman, Stephen Walt, Taliban, UN, Wal-Mart, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Yemen
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WikiLeaked ‘Afghanistan War Logs’ Include U.S. Military Whitewashing War Crimes
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Abu Laith al-Libi, AEF, Afghan mujahideen, Afghan War Diary, Afghanistan Eradication Forces, Afghanistan War Logs, al-Qaeda, Amnesty International, Andrew Exum, Bradley Manning, Bush Administration, Carl Hulse, CIA, civilian casualties, COIN, COINdinistas, Cold War, counterinsurgency, Dana Milibank, Daniel Ellsburg, David Kilcullen, David Leigh, Declan Walsh, Dennis Kucinich, Der Spiegel, Gareth Porter, Germany, Greg Jaffe, Guardian, Gus Lubin, Haqqani Network, human rights, international law, IRGC, Isabelle Schafer, ISAF, Jackie Calmes, Julian Assange, Kevin Poulsen, Kim Zetter, Michael Hastings, NATO, Newspeak, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, Pentagon Papers, Peter Finn, Quetta Shura, Rahmat Gul, Reaper drones, Richard Norton-Taylor, Rick Rowley, Rob Evans, Robert Gibbs, Ron Paul, Shum Khan, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Task Force 373, TF 373, US, US military, War, war crimes, War on Terror, war spending, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
The massive dump of U.S. military records relating to the war in Afghanistan confirms prior knowledge in some areas and shines light to other grim realities of aggressive war and occupation.
Afghanistan War Logs via WikiLeaks: Massive Leak of Secret Files Exposes Truth of Afghanistan Occupation
Posted: 25 July 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Bush Administration, Centtral Asia, COIN, Collateral Murder, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, David Leigh, Declan Walsh, Der Spiegel, drones, fascism, France, Guardian, Helmand Province, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Watch, international law, Iran, ISAF, ISI, Julian Assange, liberty, Middle East, NATO, Newspeak, Nick Davies, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Predator drones, Reaper drones, Taliban, UK, US, US military, War, War on Terror, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
WikiLeaks, in coordination with The New York Times and Der Spiegel, released over 90,000 records relating to the U.S.-led forced occupation of Afghanistan detailing civilian deaths, extrajudicial assassination, covert murder-or-kidnap operations and blowback. The London Guardian has been granted access to the documents and posted an exclusive interview with the founder of the whistleblower website Julian Assange, who told them why he published the documents (4:38):
Glenn Greenwald on WikiLeaks Whistleblower Kidnapped and Charged by U.S. Military (mp3)
Posted: 13 July 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Adrian Lamo, Afghanistan, AntiWar radio, Bradley Manning, civil liberties, Collateral Murder, Daniel Ellsburg, Farah Massacre, Garani Massacre, Glenn Greenwald, Granai Massacre, human rights, Julian Assange, Kevin Poulson, Kim Zetter, military, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Scott Horton, US, War, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Wired
Glenn Greenwald, consitutional lawyer and blogger at Salon, discussed the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning—the 22-year-old U.S. Army intelligence analyst in Iraq kidnapped by the U.S. military for reportedly leaking the Collateral Murder video, the May 2009 Garani Massace in Afghanistan and a quarter-million diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks—at AntiWar Radio with Scott Horton. He added that the government and media smear tactics against Pfc. Manning are typical U.S. government tactics vilify its heroic enemies, like it did with Daniel Ellsburg when he leaked the Pentagon Papers (9:53):
WikiLeaks Current Project Reveals ‘Abusive Mass Spying’
Posted: 22 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: ABC, Adrian Lamo, Afghanistan, anarchism, Andrew Fowler, anti-Statism, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, CIA, CID, Collateral Murder, Echelon, Ellen Nakashima, espionage, Farah Massacre, Garani Massacre, Glenn Greenwald, Grenai Massacre, human rights, Julian Assange, libertarian, MI6, Mike Gogulski, Newspeak, State Department, US, War, War on Terror, West Baghdad Massacre, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
WikiLeaks founder recently hinted at ‘anarchistic’ leaking of documents relating to a deadly 2009 U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan and the future leaking of wide-reaching detailed spying ‘affecting many people and organizations.
Report: Wikileaks Founder ‘Hunted by the Pentagon’
Posted: 11 June 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, AntiWar radio, Bradley Manning, Bush Administration, Collateral Murder, Daniel Ellsburg, Defense Department, Dylan Ratigan, fascism, Garani Massacre, government transparency, Granai Massacre, Iraq War, Julian Assange, Kevin Poulson, Kim Zetter, libertarian, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Pentagon, Philip Shenon, Scott Horton, torture, US, US Army, US military, Vietnam War, West Baghdad Massacre, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
Amidst “security concerns”, the heroic Julian Assange has canceled a scheduled trip to speak today in Las Vegas after appearing remotely to a New York scheduled appearance, earlier in the week. U.S. officials confirm the Defense Department is scrambling to discover his whereabouts. Daniel Ellsburg and Philip Shenon discussed this today at “The Dylan Ratigan Show” on MSNBC (10:58):
Report: Army Kidnapped Wikileaks’ ‘Collateral Murder’ Whistleblower
Posted: 7 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Adrian Lamo, Afghanistan, Bradley Manning, CID, Colin Horgan, Collateral Murder, Ellen Nakashima, Farah, Farah Massacre, FBI, free press, free speech, Garani Massacre, Granai Massacre, Iraq War, JAG, Julian Assange, Julie Tate, Kevin Poulson, Kim Zetter, Mark Memmott, media, Middle East, Robert Mackey, US, US Army, War, War on Terror, West Baghdad Massacre, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
The Army intelligence analyst ‘boasted’ of leaking three specific other items to Wikileaks and over 250,000 embassy cables, including video of a massacre in Afghanistan that is yet to be released. Kim Zetter, who broke the story at Wired, was interviewed at Russia Today (5:47):
Pentagon Bans Reporters From Gitmo Hearings for Naming Known Interrogator
Posted: 7 May 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Carol Rosenberg, Charlie Savage, Glenn Greenwald, Jameel Jaffer, James Risen, Josh Gerstein, Joshua Claus, journalist shield, libertarian, Michael Calderone, Michelle Shephard, Newspeak, NSA, Obama, Omar Khadr, Patrick Gavin, Paul Koring, Rachel Maddow, Scott Horton, Scott Shane, Siobhan Gorman, Spencer Ackerman, Steven Edwards, Thomas Drake, US, War, War on Terror, warrantless wiretapping program, whistleblowers, William Kuebler
Carol Rosenberg and three other reporters have been banned from covering future hearings at Guantánamo Bay by the Pentagon for naming an interrogator before being warned against it. Rachel Maddow commented on her program, Friday night (4:13):
Daily Briefing—15th April 2010
Posted: 15 April 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Ahmed Wali Karzai, Avatar, Bagram Air Base, banking, Big Brother, CIA, climate change, Colombi, Cuba, derivatives, drones, drug war, economy, education, Eric Holder, financial reform, free market education, Gaza Massacre, global warming, Goldstone Report, GWOT, imperialism, India, internet surveillance, Iran, Israel, Kashmir, KSM, Kyrgyzstan, Maoists, medical marijuana, Moqtada al-Sadr, mortgage aid, Nouri al-Maliki, NPT, nuclear weapons, open source, Pakistan, rendition, Richard Goldstone, UK, Uri Blau, US military, War on Terror, whistleblowers, Yahoo
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Weekend Briefing—9th-10th April 2010
Posted: 10 April 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, banking, Bush Administration, censorship, China, Collateral Murder, corporatism, economy, fascism, finanical crisis, foreign aid, free press, free speech, GATA, George Bush, Gitmo, gold, GOP, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf War syndrome, Haiti, Hamid Karzai, Henry Kissinger, Hugo Chavez, human rights, IED's, international law, Iran, Israel, Joseph Conrad, Kyrgyzstan, Lech Kaczynski, libertarian, Netanyahu, New Orleans, Newspeak, North Korea, Obama Administration, Paul Krugman, Poland, police brutality, price fixing, protests, revolution, Ron Paul, Russia, SLRC, START, Thailand, torture, Turkey, US, Venesulea, War, War on Terror, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
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WikiLeaks Releases Video of Soldiers Taking Pleasure in Firing Indiscriminately on Reuters Journalists, Unarmed Civilians, Children in Iraq (Video)
Posted: 5 April 2010 by Editors in International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, Bush Administration, CENTCOM, Daniel Tencer, David Petraeus, Glenn Greenwald, human rights, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, Julian Assange, media, Namir Noor-Eldeen, Nathan Hodge, New Baghdad, Newspeak, Pentagon, Reuters, Robert Gates, Rules of Engagement, Saeed Chmagh, Stanley McChrystal, state secrets, US, US Army, War, War on Terror, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
WikiLeaks obtained and, today, released footage filmed from a helicopter cockpit showing a missile strike and shooting on a crowded square in New Baghdad, Iraq in July 2007 where 12 civilians—with a Reuters photographer and his driver—were slain (2:23):
Julian Assange, editor and co-founder of WikiLeaks, confirms the authenticity of the video at Al Jazeera English (6:28):
Weekend Briefing—27th-28th March 2010
Posted: 28 March 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, al-Aqsa, anarchism, anarchist bookstores, banking, China, CIA, corporatism, cyber attacks, DHS, drone attacks, economy, fascism, food shortage, Gaza, Google, healthcare, healthcare reform, Homeland Security, human rights, ICE, immigration, infoshops, Israel, Kandahar, land loans, law, libertarian, liberty, locavores, Middle East, Obama Administration, ObamaCare, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, POIA, propaganda, slaughterhouses, Taliban, terrorism, TSA, UDA, UN, US, War, War on Terror, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
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Clinton Remarks Undermine Rights Reform in China
Posted: 22 February 2009 by Editors in International AffairsTags: China, Clinton, Falun Gong, fascism, free press, HRW, human rights, international law, labor camps, Obama, Tibet, US, whistleblowers
HRW Press Release: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s comments en route to China that contentious issues such as human rights “can’t interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis and the security crises,” send the wrong message to the Chinese government. (more…)
