Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr continued “to provide valuable information” to U.S. military interrogators at the detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba nearly two years after he was captured in Afghanistan, according to a classified 2004 document released by whistleblower website WikiLeaks on Sunday. According to the memo, Khadr, only 16 at the time the [...]
Julian Assange, the Australian founder of the WikiLeaks whistle-blower website, appeared at a court hearing on Tuesday in London aimed at securing bail pending extradition proceedings. There were chaotic scenes outside the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court as the prison van carrying the 39-year-old rolled up, and Mr. Assange was led into the court building [...]
Detention of WikiLeaks founder is focus of demonstrations today as speculation grows over legal move by US authorities Protests will be held around the world today against the detention of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Demonstrations are planned in the capitals of Spain, the Netherlands, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Peru to demand Assange’s release, [...]
The Anonymous group that has been attacking Web sites of organizations that it deems enemies of WikiLeaks has apparently issued a press release to explain its motivations and structure. “Anonymous is not a group of hackers,” Anonymous representatives wrote in a statement (PDF) issued today. “We are average Internet citizens ourselves and our motivation is [...]
The ‘Anonymous’ hackers who claim they are defending Wikileaks said that they are targeting Paypal, the internet payments company. One of the hackers told the Daily Telegraph they were attacking the website’s payment mechanism, and warned that Mastercard ‘s payment system could be next. The group has previously attacked the websites of Visa, Amazon and [...]
WikiLeaks has pledged to continue releasing confidential documents after Julian Assange, the website’s founder and chief, arrived at court for an extradition hearing. Richard Edwards and Nick Collins 2:53PM GMT 07 Dec 2010 Mr Assange handed himself over to police in central London on Tuesday morning after a warrant was issued for his arrest on [...]
Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange has been placed on Interpol’s most-wanted list after a warrant was issued for his arrest. The 39-year-old Australian is wanted in Sweden in relation to allegations of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. He admits to having sexual encounters with two women during a visit to Sweden in August, but [...]
The founder of WikiLeaks should be hunted down just like al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders, according to Sarah Palin. Julian Assange was branded “an anti-American operative with blood on his hands” by the prominent Republican, who asked why he has not yet been caught by the authorities. She accused the Obama administration of “incompetence” and a [...]
The US rebuffed a direct appeal by Gordon Brown for computer hacker Gary McKinnon to be allowed to serve any sentence in Britain, cables obtained by WikiLeaks show. In August 2009 when he was prime minister, Mr Brown attempted to strike a deal during a face-to-face meeting with the US ambassador, arguing that Mr McKinnon’s [...]
The leak of thousands of confidential diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks is damaging to national security, Downing Street said today. David Cameron’s officials have been briefed personally by the United States ambassador to London as No10 braces for further embarrassing revelations from WikiLeaks throughout this week. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “Clearly we condemn the [...]
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