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The Guardian (Australia) Part 2: Economic crisis The Guardian (Australia) From the Wikileak cables, it seems Whitlam's own adviser Peter Wilenski was keeping the US well informed of internal tensions and the mood of the government. In August 1974, he noted that Whitlam was “in a fatalistic mood, irritated by conflicting …

Slate Magazine (blog) Lawmakers Cite Boston Bombing, WikiLeaks “Hacking” as Reasons to Pass CISPA Slate Magazine (blog) North Korean hackers and the Boston bombings might not appear to have much in common. But not according to some American lawmakers, who are using both to justify passing a controversial cybersecurity bill that civil liberties advocates claim … and more

TechSpot Five-hour talk between Google's Schmidt, Wikileaks founder released TechSpot Wikileaks has published a five-hour long conversation between former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Wikileaks ' head man Julian Assange. The recording's rather timely release coincides with the launch of Schmidt's book, “The New Digital Age” which is … and more

TechSpot WikiLeaks publishes five-hour conversation between Eric Schmidt and Julian … The Verge Google chairman Eric Schmidt and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange secretly met in 2011 and held a lengthy interview, according to a transcript published on the whistleblowing site.

The Roundup for April 18, 2013 Firedoglake Justice, UK style. “Chagossians [ref: US airbase on Diego Garcia] suffer blow in fight to go home as court rejects WikiLeak cable: US embassy cables allegedly detailing UK plan to stop return to Indian Ocean islands used by US military is ruled …

Media Guardian Chagossians suffer blow in fight to go home as court rejects WikiLeak cable Media Guardian To avoid confirming the WikiLeaks cable's authenticity, Steven Kovats QC, counsel for the Foreign Office, said the government would stick to a policy of “neither confirm nor deny” anything about the documents. The policy is known in Whitehall as NCND

Premature exultation Inquirer.net Read in this context, the recent WikiLeak of a 2010 US diplomatic cable is most telling. MILF peace negotiator Michael Mastura was quoted to have said that the peace process was “too complicated for [then] Senator Aquino to understand.” Given the ..

Pervez Musharraf admits deal with US over drone strikes in Pakistan News Tribe Pakistani governments had always denied support for the drone attacks as it is against the people's sentiments in the country but a WikiLeak document had revealed that during back-door meetings with US officials, politicians had always supported the …

Pakistan, Russia to hold talks on strategic issues on April 15 Business Recorder (blog) About Wikileak reports in which it was reported that India offered transfer of nuclear technology to Pakistan in 1970, the spokesperson said that Pakistan does not comment on Wikileak reports, terming its reports as skewed and contrary to facts. and more

The Guardian Major Lazer Free the Universe The Guardian Scare Me is one highlight: a dubbed-up Hanna-Barbera theme tune with a foul-mouthed verse from Peaches that makes you giggle as well as gag (“feel my wikileak ” indeed).