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WikiLeaks Shifting Media Balance of Power
 WikiLeaks Shifting 
 Media Balance of Power 
ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2010 4:45 AM CST

WikiLeaks Shifting Media Balance of Power

New kind of 'global investigative journalism' emerging

(Newser) - WikiLeaks' document dumps are pushing old media into a new role, a Politico analysis finds. Papers like the Guardian and the New York Times—which was left out of the latest round of leaks after publishing a profile critical of Julian Assange —are starting to work together across borders...

Sarah Palin: Hunt Assange Like Bin Laden

Alaskan slams Obama's 'incompetent handling' of WikiLeaks

(Newser) - If Sarah Palin becomes president, Julian Assange may want to keep an eye out for CIA drones. The Alaskan, in a Facebook post , lambasted President Obama's handling of the WikiLeaks release of diplomatic cables and suggested that the site's founder be "pursued with the same urgency we pursue al-Qaeda...

US Diplomats Deployed as Spies
 US Diplomats 
 Deployed as Spies 
WIKILEAKS
Nov 29, 2010 7:03 PM CST

US Diplomats Deployed as Spies

Disclosed cables reveal unorthodox tactics

(Newser) - US diplomats collect personal and financial data on foreign officials in a manner one might expect of, well, spies, the LA Times reports. While State Department employees aren't exactly the new James Bonds, both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton have asked diplomats to deliver anything they can from a laundry...

Hillary Clinton: Leaks an 'Attack' on America

But she refuses to comment on 'stolen' cables

(Newser) - The US “strongly condemns” WikiLeaks’ disclosure of confidential State Department cables, Hillary Clinton said today, calling it an “attack on America’s foreign policy interests” and on the international community. Though she refused to comment specifically on “what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables,”...

WikiLeaks Criminal Probe Under Way

White House orders classified-document security review

(Newser) - A criminal investigation is under way into WikiLeaks' release of hundreds of thousands of classified documents, Reuters reports. “To the extent that we can find anybody who was involved in the breaking of American law,” said Attorney General Eric Holder, “they will be held responsible, they will...

One Idea: List WikiLeaks as Terrorist Group

Rep. Peter King says the group represents 'clear and present danger'

(Newser) - The US government has made no secret of the fact that it is not a WikiLeaks fan—but might it take the step of declaring the site a terrorist organization? One Republican representative has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to consider doing just that. "WikiLeaks appears to meet...

WikiLeaks Dump: The '9/11 of Diplomacy'?

Experts debate fallout

(Newser) - What will WikiLeaks’ treasure trove of State Department cables mean for the world? Before their release, Italy’s foreign minister told Reuters they'd be the "9/11 of diplomacy" and would "blow up the trust between states." And now that they're out? "This won’t restrain" diplomats'...

WikiLeaks Cables: 75-Year-Old Fled Iran on Horseback
 75-Year-Old 
 American 
 Fled Iran on 
 Horseback 
wikileaks reveal
Nov 29, 2010 9:56 AM CST

75-Year-Old American Fled Iran on Horseback

Compliments of WikiLeaks: Turkish cable tells adventure story

(Newser) - WikiLeaks’ release of diplomatic cables contains at least one tale of adventure: In a cable from Turkey, the Guardian finds a story of an American’s daunting horseback escape from Iran. Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi, 75, visited Iran to visit his parents' graves—but when he wanted to return home to...

Iran Got N. Korean Missiles: WikiLeaks

Could give country power to attack Europe

(Newser) - Iran has acquired 19 advanced missiles from North Korea—which could allow Tehran to attack Moscow and Western Europe, a Feb. 24 diplomatic cable posted by WikiLeaks shows. The North Korean BM-25 missiles could provide the “building blocks” for long-range missiles, the leak suggests—though the cable doesn’t...

Leaks Bare What Envoys Really Think of Leaders

Painful insults abound in leaked cables

(Newser) - The fallout from the WikiLeaks release of US embassy cables is only just beginning, but one thing is clear: there are going to be some seriously embarrassed diplomats. Some insults to world leaders, as collected by the Telegraph:
  • Nicolas Sarkozy: The French president is an "emperor with no clothes,
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Wikileaks 'Hacked Before Document Release'
 Hackers Mess With WikiLeaks 
Nov 29, 2010 3:07 AM CST

Hackers Mess With WikiLeaks

Denial-of-service attack took site offline yesterday

(Newser) - WikiLeaks says it came under cyberattack yesterday as it prepared to release huge numbers of classified American diplomatic cables. "We are currently under a mass denial-of-service attack," it said on its Twitter feed, adding that the information in the cables would be published in newspapers including the Guardian...

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