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How US Firms Filled Gadhafi's Coffers

 How US Firms
 Filled Gadhafi's 
 Coffers
WikiLeaks Reveal
Mar 24, 2011 7:27 AM CDT

How US Firms Filled Gadhafi's Coffers

The US government helped them do it

(Newser) - In 2009, the Gadhafi regime called in 15 energy company executives and issued an ultimatum: Either they’d help pay Libya’s $1.5 billion bill for its role in the Lockerbie bombing, or their oil leases would face “serious consequences.” Some of the companies—including several based...

Pentagon Papers Leaker Arrested at Manning Protest

34 others nabbed at rally against 'torture' of suspected WikiLeaker

(Newser) - Pentagon Papers-leaker Daniel Ellsberg and 34 other activists were busted yesterday at a rally protesting the treatment of suspected WikiLeaker Bradley Manning. Hundreds attended the demonstration at the Quantico Marine base in Virginia, where Manning is being held in solitary confinement. Protesters were arrested when they refused to follow orders...

Doctor Group Blasts Manning's Shrinks

Military psychiatrists not doing their duty, group charges

(Newser) - The military psychiatrists treating Bradley Manning are violating their ethical duties, according to a leading group of doctors. The advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights says that by allowing the accused WikiLeaker to be kept in solitary confinement in a military brig, the psychiatrists are not doing their duty as...

Assange: Web Is Massive Spying Machine

Governments will use Internet against citizens, he warns

(Newser) - The Internet is the "greatest spying machine the world has ever known," WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has warned in a speech. While the Web holds great promises of increasing transparency in government operations, it will more likely be used by officials to spy on their own citizens, he...

Dana Milbank: Bradley Manning No Hero, But He Deserves Pants
 Even Bradley Manning 
 Deserves Underwear 
Dana Milbank
Mar 15, 2011 11:22 AM CDT

Even Bradley Manning Deserves Underwear

Dana Milbank doesn't think Manning is a hero, but pants are still in order

(Newser) - A group of mostly naked men and other protesters gathered outside the State Department yesterday to decry the treatment of Bradley Manning, who’s been forced to remove his boxers every night lest he kill himself with them. “This is ridiculous,” writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post...

PJ Crowley Resigns
PJ Crowley Resigns
Mar 13, 2011 2:32 PM CDT

PJ Crowley Resigns

State Department spokesperson called Bradley Manning's treatment 'ridiculous'

(Newser) - Just days after news came out that State Department spokesperson PJ Crowley had called Bradley Manning’s treatment “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid,” Crowley has resigned. Sources tell CNN Crowley’s resignation today was the result of pressure from an angry White House. He will be replaced by...

In 11-Page Letter, Manning Writes of Naked Humiliation

He's forced to stand nude as guards walk past him, he writes

(Newser) - Bradley Manning has released an 11-page letter describing his treatment at Quantico's brig in his own words for the first time. The alleged WikiLeaker says he has been “left to languish under the unduly harsh conditions of max custody,” and complains that being placed on Prevention of Injury...

Anonymous to Hit Quantico Over Manning Treatment

Activist hackers planning attack brig where WikiLeaker is being held

(Newser) - The group of activist hackers known as Anonymous has declared war on the US military, according to a self-styled—and not so anonymous—spokesman for the collective. Barrett Brown, who calls himself a "propagandist" for Anonymous, says the group plans to disrupt operations at the brig where accused WikiLeaker...

Why Is Manning Being Forced to Strip Each Night?

It all started with a 'sarcastic quip,' his lawyer writes

(Newser) - Bradley Manning has been forced to sleep naked for three consecutive nights, his lawyer wrote yesterday on his website , and the practice is expected to continue “indefinitely.” The official reason? Manning is on “prevention of injury” watch and must strip nightly for his own safety. The real...

Bradley Manning Now Forced to Sleep Naked

Quantico brig classifies WikiLeaks suspect as a safety risk

(Newser) - First, Bradley Manning was forced to strip and left naked for hours . Now, he'll have to do it again—nightly. The alleged WikiLeaks conspirator must sleep in the nude and wait outside his cell each morning until his undergarments are publicly returned to him, a Marine spokesman said yesterday. The...

Bradley Manning Stripped, Left Naked for 7 Hours

Taking of soldier's clothes on Wednesday 'not punitive': Marines

(Newser) - The jailed soldier accused of leaking secret documents to WikiLeaks was forced to strip and was held naked for seven hours on Wednesday, his lawyer said on his website. Bradley Manning got his clothes back yesterday morning, after he was made to stand outside his cell during an inspection, the...

Assange's Lawyers Fight Extradition

As Steven Spielberg's studio options WikiLeaks: The Movie

(Newser) - Julian Assange's lawyers have filed an appeal against the ruling that he be extradited to Sweden to face rape and sexual molestation charges, court officials tell the AP . Assange's lawyers last week have argued that Sweden might turn Assange over to the US for his WikiLeaks shenanigans, but a judge...

US Won't Seek Death Penalty Against WikiLeaker

Even though one new charge against Bradley Manning is a capital offense

(Newser) - The military today filed 22 additional charges against Bradley Manning, the Army private suspected of providing classified government documents to WikiLeaks. Army officials said the charges accuse Manning of using unauthorized software on government computers to extract classified information, illegally download it, and transmit the data for public release by...

Assange Blames Troubles on 'Jewish Conspiracy'

Media out to smear WikiLeaks, Assange tells editor

(Newser) - Julian Assange is coming under fire after a British journalist accused the controversial WikiLeaks founder of blaming a "Jewish conspiracy" for his problems with the media. "He said that I and Private Eye should be ashamed of ourselves for joining in the international conspiracy to smear WikiLeaks,"...

Cables Reveal Saudi Royals' Money Grabs

US messages detail royal welfare program, and royal schemes

(Newser) - The handouts Saudi King Abdullah is granting to his people are nothing compared to the handouts his family's thousands of princes and princesses have received over the past two decades. American diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks detail the royal welfare program, which has cost the country an estimated $2...

Bush Cancels Denver Visit Over Julian Assange

He wouldn't share forum with WikiLeaks founder

(Newser) - George W. Bush was supposed to deliver a speech in Denver today, but he canceled at the last minute because of a fellow speaker: Julian Assange. "The former president has no desire to share a forum with a man who has willfully and repeatedly done great harm to the...

Judge: Assange Can Be Extradited to Sweden

Swedish warrant was properly issued, says judge

(Newser) - It looks like Julian Assange is going to have to leave that cushy country estate . A British judge today said the WikiLeaks founder can be extradited to Sweden: Judge Howard Riddle deemed the allegations of rape and sexual molestation by two women extraditable offenses and said "there is simply...

WikiLeaks' New Venture Is ... T-Shirts

Site is raising money by selling online merchandise

(Newser) - Julian Assange needs cash to pay legal bills, and WikiLeaks needs cash to keep WikiLeaking. Hence, this new website selling WikiLeaks merchandise, notes Mashable . Feast your eyes on duffle bags, umbrellas, and, of course, T-shirts with Assange pictured as Che Guevara.

WikiLeaks Exposed Gadhafi Family Abuses

Clan's abuse of power helped fuel unrest

(Newser) - Libyans had plenty of reasons to despise Moammar Gadhafi and his clan long before the leader ordered the use of heavy artillery on protesters. State Department cables released by WikiLeaks detail some of the Gadhafis' abuses of power, which are known to Libyans despite the regime's control of the media,...

Feds Demand Twitter Info on 3 Linked to WikiLeaks

How protected are tweets?

(Newser) - The feds have obtained a court order to grab Twitter account details from three tweeters—including a member of Iceland's parliament—linked to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The three—who also include a Dutch hacker and a US computer programmer—are blasting the order as an invasion of privacy. "...

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