Archive for the ‘Wiki Leaks’ Category
Posted at April 24th, 2012
Alleged Wikileaker Army PFC Bradley Manning is back in a Ft. Meade, Md., courtroom for the third time this year, where a judge is expected to decide whether to dismiss charges against him. Manning is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of top-secret documents while serving as an Army intelligence analyst. The oral arguments set..


Natalia Juarez campaign poster controversy
Social networking sites are buzzing with debate over a Mexican congressional candidate who released a campaign poster showing herself topless. Candidate Natalia Juarez says the poster is intended to fight prejudices. Twitter user Camila Deborarte tweeted "I'd vote for her." But Itzel Garcia responded, "What a shame! Even this way, she has to call attention to herself." Juarez is running on the ticket of the leftist Democratic [more]
American Pie’s Jason Biggs and wife parody: TIME magazine’s breastfeeding cover
It's the magazine cover that sparked a worldwide debate, with politicians, historians and celebrities all taking time to voice their opinions. And the latest famous face to make his own unique comment on TIME magazine's image of a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son is American Pie star Jason Biggs. The actor and his wife Jenny Mollen posed up for a picture to parody the shot, with Biggs sharing [more]
Easter Island archaeology project digs-up island's secrets
New photographs reveal what lies beneath the surface of Easter Island, one of the most remote places in the world -- the carved bodies of the island's 887 famous guardians. Most people think of the 63-square-mile Pacific island’s silent stone sentinels as simple heads. But the heads all have bodies -- and a backstory that's only now being pieced together, explained Jo Anne Van Tilburg, director of the Easter [more]
One Very Rare Sea Monster/Creature Captured
Video shot by underwater drillers of a jellyfish near their well at 5000+ feet. Some people who viewed the video were puzzled by the floating creature, with suggestions that it may be a deep sea monster or a more mundane plastic bag. Speculation was also rife that it may have been whale placenta or even the mythical creature Cthulhu. Experts have however confirmed that it is in [more]

Posted at March 17th, 2012
FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Julian Assange, the 40-year-old WikiLeaks founder, arrives at the Supreme Court in London. WikiLeaks said Assange, currently under virtual house arrest in Britain, will run for a seat in the Australian Senate in elections due late next year despite facing criminal charges in Sweden. (AP Photo/Kirsty..


Posted at March 17th, 2012
Pfc. Bradley Manning had previously been charged with aiding the enemy among a total of 22 counts, but on Mar. 15 the military identified the enemy Manning’s actions aided. Manning and his attorneys are appearing at a hearing at a military courtroom at Fort Meade, near Baltimore, for two days of hearings in the case...


Posted at March 7th, 2012
When Julian Assange took the stage at the Frontline Club in London today, there were 25 media companies’ logos behind his back. The New York Times was not one of them. The unusual mix of media organizations helping to disseminate WikiLeaks’ latest release reveals how much the WikiLeaks founder’s behavior over the last year has..


Posted at February 28th, 2012
The private intelligence firm Stratfor called the release of some of its e-mails by WikiLeaks a "deplorable, unfortunate — and illegal — breach of privacy." "In December, thieves compromised Stratfor’s data systems and stole a large number of company e-mails, along with other private information of Stratfor readers, subscribers and employees," it said Sunday in..
