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Julian Assange Requests Asylum in Ecuador

WikiLeaks founder is now in that nation's embassy in London

(Newser) - WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and is seeking political asylum in the South American nation. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino says Ecuador is weighing the request. The move comes less than a week after Britain's Supreme Court ruled that Assange must be...

UK Court: Assange Will Be Extradited to Sweden

WikiLeaks founder to answer sex assault accusations there

(Newser) - Britain's Supreme Court has upheld the extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden to answer accusations of rape and sexual assault by two WikiLeaks volunteers. The British court rejected in a 5-2 vote Assange's claim that a European arrest warrant seeking his extradition was invalid because it was issued...

Julian Assange to Run for Senate in Australia

WikiLeaks says he can do so despite legal troubles

(Newser) - He's living under house arrest in Britain, fighting extradition to Sweden, and fearing extradition to the US, but that won't stop Julian Assange from running for Senate in a fourth land—his native Australia. The WikiLeaker plans to run for a seat next year, reports Australia's ABC...

UN Torture Chief: Manning's Treatment Cruel, Inhuman

Juan Mendez accuses US of cruel and inhumane treatment

(Newser) - The UN's torture chief has officially accused the US government of cruel and inhumane treatment of suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning, the Guardian reports. The agency's special rapporteur on torture, Juan Mendez, investigated Manning's treatment for 14 months and found that Manning's 11-month solitary confinement was...

Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel

Suspected WikiLeaker among 231 peace prize nominees

(Newser) - Suspected WikiLeaker Army Private Bradley Manning has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. He joins a list of 231 nominees—people like Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina. Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl are also believed to be on the list. The...

Iran Nuke Facilities: Already Destroyed?

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Feb 27, 2012 4:00 PM CST

Iran Nuke Facilities: Already Destroyed?

Julian Assange: Stratfor peddles 'low-grade' Middle East info

(Newser) - A tasty nugget from today’s Wikileaks release : the notion that Israel has already blown up Iran’s nuclear facilities, RT reports. According to a Stratfor email, a source said that rumors of a pending Israeli attack are “a diversion. The Israelis already destroyed all the Iranian nuclear infrastructure...

WikiLeaks' Stratfor Dump Is Paranoid, Dangerous

Julian Assange doesn't seem to get private intelligence, Dan Murphy argues

(Newser) - If Julian Assange thinks the Stratfor documents he released today are WikiLeaks' next blockbuster, he's dead wrong, writes Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor . WikiLeaks' statement—which hints darkly at the private intelligence firm's corporate clients, "web of informers," "pay-off structure," and "...

WikiLeaks Starts Release of 5M Intelligence Firm Emails

Stratfor leak 'exposes firm's attacks on WikiLeaks'

(Newser) - WikiLeaks is back in the leaking business. The website says it has released the first batch—167 emails—of more than 5 million confidential emails from US-based intelligence-gathering firm Stratfor. WikiLeaks, which is calling the leak the "Global Intelligence Files," says the emails expose the inner workings of...

Bradley Manning Defers Plea in WikiLeaks Case

He puts it off for now during arraignment at Fort Meade

(Newser) - An Army private chose not to enter a plea today to charges he made the biggest leak of classified information in US history. Bradley Manning also put off a choice of whether to be tried by a military jury or a judge alone. He was arraigned before Col. Denise Lind...

Assange in Last Bid to Dodge Extradition

WikiLeaks founder faces Britain's supreme court

(Newser) - Julian Assange took his extradition battle to Britain's Supreme Court today, arguing that sending him to Sweden would violate a fundamental principle of natural law. The two-day hearing is Assange's last chance to persuade British judges to quash efforts to send him to Scandinavia, where he is wanted...

Assange Guesting on Simpsons
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Jan 31, 2012 2:49 AM CST

Assange Guesting on Simpsons

WikiLeaks founder appears in 500th episode

(Newser) - Homer Simpson shouldn't bother trying to keep any secrets from his new neighbor: Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder guest stars as himself in the Simpsons 500th episode, which will air Feb. 19. Assange recorded his part last summer while under house arrest in Britain, executive producer Al Jean tells...

Assange Says He's Hosting a Talk Show

WikiLeaks honcho promises 'key political players'

(Newser) - Julian Assange has many titles clogging his resume, but he's apparently about to add talk show host to the list. WikiLeaks released a statement today promising that Assange will host a new TV show centered around "a series of in-depth conversations with key political players" from around the...

Army Officer: Court-Martial Bradley Manning

He recommends trial on all counts in WikiLeaks case

(Newser) - An Army officer recommended a general court-martial today for alleged Wiki-Leaker Bradley Manning. The recommendation to try Manning on all 22 counts, including aiding the enemy, now goes up the chain of command. Lt. Col. Paul Almanza sent his report to Col. Carl Coffman, who will make a recommendation to...

Manning WikiLeaks Hearing Ends

Court-martial opinion due next month

(Newser) - Bradley Manning's court hearing ended today almost a week after it began . Prosecutors revealed an alleged al-Qaeda propaganda video that featured militants describing how they used leaked documents to their advantage. Manning, prosecutors said, "aided in the publication of those files, knowing that our enemies would use...

Prosecution Links Manning to Assange

Recovered files put Manning in 'serious trouble': expert

(Newser) - Prosecutors unveiled a damning litany of evidence yesterday at a pretrial hearing linking Bradley Manning to the massive leak of government materials posted on WikiLeaks, reports the Washington Post. The trove includes chat logs between Manning and Julian Assange, testimony that Manning's computers contained more than 100,000 State...

Manning Hearing Turns Secret, Supporters Outraged

Two witnesses have also declined to testify, on self-incrimination grounds

(Newser) - Bradley Manning’s pretrial hearing was closed to the public today, with media and spectators forced out of the courtroom so that an Army special agent who had examined Manning’s computers could testify about classified information. The move drew criticism from WikiLeaks supporters, particularly the Center for Constitutional Rights,...

Bradley Manning Military Hearing Enters 3rd Day

Witnesses describe lax security, scuffle with fellow analyst

(Newser) - Bradley Manning's pre-trial hearing rolled on today with witnesses testifying about lax US military security and a scuffle Manning had with a fellow soldier, CNN reports. Prosecution witnesses said Manning, an "outcast" in his Iraqi unit, should have lost his security clearance after assaulting a female intelligence analyst,...

Bradley Manning Heads to Court

In chat logs, Wikileaker wanted 'people to see the truth'

(Newser) - Bradley Manning will at last head to court today, for a pre-trial hearing in which prosecutors must prove they have sufficient evidence to court-martial him. The charges against him include aiding the enemy, violating the Espionage Act, and a variety of lesser offenses, the Washington Post reports. While aiding the...

Assange Gets Last Chance to Appeal Extradition

High Court rules that he can appeal to Supreme Court

(Newser) - Julian Assange will be allowed to make one last appeal against his extradition to Sweden, this time to Britain's Supreme Court. The High Court today rejected most of the grounds on which Assange and his lawyers had sought permission, but ultimately consented on the basis of one legal technicality,...

Bradley Manning Wants Obama, Clinton as Witnesses

Preliminary hearing begins Dec. 16

(Newser) - Bradley Manning's preliminary hearing is set to begin Dec. 16, and if the US Army private has his way, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will be among the witnesses. The president and the secretary of state were included on a 20-page list of defense witnesses in a request made...

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