Unlimited Wikileaks Shenanigans

[the last yatto]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/217138
This Wikileaks-leaked State Department cable became a catalyst in the social upheaval.


http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/14/a-revolution-in-tuni.html

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http://thecommandline.net/2011/01/12/gabriella_coleman/

The feature this week is an interview I conducted with Gabriella Coleman.  I was introduced to her work through her writings at The Atlantic.  She mentions Malcom Gladwell's criticism of online activism and Indy Media.  The main reason I invited her on was her critique of Bruce Sterling's The Blast Shack. We delve a bit further into the question of WikiLeaks lasting impacts.  I mention a couple of times Clay Shirky's long haul view.  Gabriella recommends Adrian Johns' book on piracy (which I ordered with a gift card I received recently, can't wait to read it).  She also mentions a revisit of the topic of WikiLeaks at The Economist.  You can also find Gabriella on Twitter where she is quite active and sharing some great links related to topics we discuss in this interview and of course her broader work.

[the last yatto]

Miss Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, became champion of the 2011 Miss America pageant tonight. She has deep thoughts on foreign policy and radical transparency.
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/15/miss-america-2011-wi.html

She won after strutting in a black bikini and a white evening gown, playing "White Water Chopped Sticks" on piano and telling the audience that when it comes to the website Wikileaks, security should come before public access to government information.
"You know when it came to that situation, it was actually based on espionage, and when it comes to the security of our nation, we have to focus on security first and then people's right to know, because it's so important that everybody who's in our borders is safe and so we can't let things like that happen, and they must be handled properly," she said.

[Telarus]

 

[Adios]

She needs to have the air in her head changed.

[the last yatto]

She needs a map

[Kai]

If governments/corporations don't want to be so fucking embarrassed and horrified by leaks like these, maybe they shouldn't do such embarrassing and horrifying things. Checks and balances, bitches.

[Juana]

She needs to have the air in her head changed.

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She needs to have the air in her head changed.

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http://www.truth-out.org/what-does-wikileaks-have-bank-america66889

[Cain]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12205690

It's corporate and rich-fuck tax-dodger Armageddon:

A former Swiss banker has passed on data containing account details of 2,000 prominent people to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

The data - which is not yet available on the Wikileaks website - was held on two discs handed over by Rudolf Elmer at a press conference in London.

Mr Assange promised full disclosure once the information had been vetted.

Mr Elmer is scheduled to go on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday for breaking bank secrecy laws.

The banker, who has given data to Wikileaks before, was fired from Swiss bank Julius Baer in 2002.

The data covers multinationals, financial firms and wealthy individuals from many countries, including the UK, US and Germany, and covers the period 1990-2009, according to a report in Swiss newspaper Der Sonntag.

[Phox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12205690

It's corporate and rich-fuck tax-dodger Armageddon:

A former Swiss banker has passed on data containing account details of 2,000 prominent people to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

The data - which is not yet available on the Wikileaks website - was held on two discs handed over by Rudolf Elmer at a press conference in London.

Mr Assange promised full disclosure once the information had been vetted.

Mr Elmer is scheduled to go on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday for breaking bank secrecy laws.

The banker, who has given data to Wikileaks before, was fired from Swiss bank Julius Baer in 2002.

The data covers multinationals, financial firms and wealthy individuals from many countries, including the UK, US and Germany, and covers the period 1990-2009, according to a report in Swiss newspaper Der Sonntag.

OFUK. 

[Cain]

Julius Baer and Wikileaks have butted heads before, incidentally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Julius_Baer_vs._Wikileaks_lawsuit

[Adios]

This should be interesting.

[The Johnny]

Why did his name got disclosed? Surely he knew he would get in trouble for sharing such information?