Author Archive: mendax
Summary of Assange appeal, day 1
In a departure from previous strategies used by Assange and his legal team during his fight against being extradited to Sweden, the proceedings today were remarkable largely because of the dry, unemotional nature of many of the arguments raised. Whilst the spectre of a possible extradition to the USA leading to an extended period in [...]
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Civil Liberties under Obama
Glenn Greenwald, a writer for Salon Magazine, gave a speech at Socialism 2011 about the state of Civil liberties under the Obama administration. This speech ranges from issues surrounding Wikileaks to torture situations, is well worth 70 minutes of your time, and can be found here.
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Visa shuts down payments to Wikileaks ~again
It appears that following on the story reported here, Visa have managed to work out what their payment processors are doing and so the “brief, accidental lull in the fighting between WikiLeaks and the card companies that refuse to allow the group donations has ended”, as was reported by Andy Greenburg at Forbes here. DataCell [...]
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Wikileaks, Journalism and the news industry
The Economist has produced a detailed and lengthy article into various aspects of Wikileaks’ relationship with the news industry at large, notably comparisons between Wikileaks and other organisations such as the Sunlight Foundation. The full article can be found here.
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Wikileaks able to accept Visa donations?
Despite Visa stating that they have not lifted their financial blockade on Wikileaks, it appears that some of their payment systems have been authorising donations anyway. Certainly, it appears that DataCell, an Icelandic internet hosting service that helps to channel money to Wikileaks, has been able to send some donations. As Andreas Fink, CEO of [...]
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Obama, torture, and accountability
Dan Froomkin in the Huffington Post has written an extensive article here about Obama’s policy on torture. The most interesting thing to note is he appears to be refusing to find those who have carried out illegal actions and make them accountable for them.
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