Wikileaks

NSA Documents Show How Wikileaks & Allies Were Targeted

February 18, 2014 Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Gallagher www.firstlook.org Educate! Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Julian Assange, NSA, Wikileaks

One classified document from Government Communications Headquarters, Britain’s top spy agency, shows that GCHQ used its surveillance system to secretly monitor visitors to a WikiLeaks site. By exploiting its ability to tap into the fiber-optic cables that make up the backbone of the Internet, the agency confided to allies in 2012, it was able to collect the IP addresses of visitors in real time, as well as the search terms that visitors used to reach the site from search engines like Google. Another classified document from the U.S. intelligence community, dated August 2010, recounts how the Obama administration urged foreign allies to file criminal charges against Assange over the group’s publication of the Afghanistan war logs. A third document, from July 2011, contains a summary of an internal discussion in which officials from two NSA offices – including the agency’s general counsel and an arm of its Threat Operations Center – considered designating WikiLeaks as “a ‘malicious foreign actor’ for the purpose of targeting.” Such a designation would have allowed the group to be targeted with extensive electronic surveillance – without the need to exclude U.S. persons from the surveillance searches.

Assange: Obama Surveillance Pledge Will Change Little

January 17, 2014 Staff, http://www.afp.com/ Educate! Julian Assange, NSA, Surveillance, Wikileaks

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday dismissed President Barack Obama's proposals to curb the reach of the National Security Agency (NSA), saying they would change very little. Assange described Obama's speech as "embarrassing", telling CNN in an interview from London that the proposals would have little effect. Obama had been "dragged, kicking and screaming" into making Friday's comments, only because of revelations from Snowden and other intelligence leakers before him, Assange said. "It's embarrassing for a head of state to go on like that for 45 minutes and say almost nothing," Assange told CNN. "He is being very reluctant to make any concrete reforms. And unfortunately today we also see very few concrete reforms." Assange was skeptical that a move obliging NSA agents to seek endorsement from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), before accessing data on a specific target would be effective.

Obama’s TPP Fast Track Gets Dealt Blow By Leaked Environment Chapter

January 16, 2014 Jessica Desvarieux, www.therealnews.com Educate! Environment, TPP, Video, Wikileaks

The reason you're seeing this fall apart is really two things. First, there is a big social movement, a movement of movements bringing together labor, internet freedom, environmental protection, worker rights, you know, food safety. Everything gets affected by TPP. And so a lot of people are coming together. And for more than a year now, Congress [incompr.] getting letters and phone calls and emails and visits and protests about TPP. So they're hearing from their constituents. You know, it's a steady stream of opposition from this movement of movements, this social movement that's saying no to this global corporate coup, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. So that movement's very key. And that movement's gotten stronger and stronger. Every leak that comes out, it gets stronger. And Ron Kirk--you might remember Ron Kirk, you know, the former trade representative--before he retired in January, he negotiated three years of this. So he knows what's in it. He said that the reason we keep it secret is because if people know what was in it, it would be so unpopular it could never pass. Well, that's becoming true. Every leak that comes out makes it less and less and less popular, and people are getting more and more mobilized against it. That's one thing. The other thing is President Obama. He's already got the Republicans against him. And now he's--the chickens are coming home to roost with the Democratic Party.

WikiLeaks: Defeating The Conspiracy Of Governance

January 3, 2014 Nozomi Hayase, www.roarmag.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Jeremy Hammond, Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Wikileaks

Three years after WikiLeaks came to public prominence, where are we with the equation in Assange’s Conspiracy as Governance? Has it been tested and its solution enacted? As leaked documents continue to shed light on the darkness of the world, illegal wars, drone attacks, bankster heists and corporate dirty deals continue. Yet thanks to Manning, we now have a clearer picture what modern war really looks like and the extent to which the military-industrial complex has morally bankruptcy itself. Thanks to Hammond, we are more aware of the collusion of governments and corporations in a network of spying on activists. Thanks to Snowden’s NSA files, we are now only beginning to see the latent tyranny of an out-of-control surveillance state. 2013 was the year that we saw the courage of individuals who speak truth to power become truly contagious. There is no doubt that in this past year, WikiLeaks and other budding organizations have helped the world move one step closer toward a more humane form of self-governance.

Julian Assange Calls On Hackers To Unite Against NSA Surveillance

December 31, 2013 Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Jeremy Hammond, Julian Assange, NSA, Sarah Harrison, Stratfor, Wikileaks

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed a major gathering of computer experts Monday at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany, calling on them to join forces in resisting government intrusions on Internet freedom and privacy. We play highlights from Assange’s speech, as well as the one given by Sarah Harrison, the WikiLeaks member who accompanied Edward Snowden to Russia. We also hear from independent journalist and security expert Jacob Appelbaum, who reveals a spying tool used by the National Security Agency known as a "portable continuous wave generator." The remote-controlled device works in tandem with tiny electronic implants to bounce invisible waves of energy off keyboards and monitors to see what is being typed. It works even if the target computer is not connected to the Internet.

Snowden Ally Says Berlin Apartment Subject To Raids

December 21, 2013 Staff, www.rt.com Resist! Edward Snowden, Germany, Human Rights, NSA, Privacy, Surveillance, Wikileaks

Applebaum described strange scenarios which have been haunting him. “When I flew away for an appointment, I installed four alarm systems in my apartment,” Appelbaum said. “When I returned, three of them had been turned off. The fourth, however, had registered that somebody was in my flat - although I'm the only one with a key. Some of my effects - the positions of which I carefully note - were indeed askew. My computers had been turned on and off,” he added. “The monitoring pressure has ultimately destroyed my relationship with my girlfriend,” he mourned. The internet activist, journalist and cybersecurity specialist is a core member of the Tor encrypted network and has well-documented ties to WikiLeaks. Appelbaum believes that the intention behind the incidents is to make him feel uncomfortable - so that he knows they “care” about him “while leaving no possible evidence.” He reiterated his commitment to internet freedoms and the right to privacy. “It's about protecting our core values against a totalitarian surveillance state - whether in analogue or in the digital world,” he said.

Wikileaks Sarah Harrison Wanted By UK and US Authorities

December 8, 2013 Sarah Oliver, www.dailymail.co.uk Resist! Edward Snowden, NSA, Sarah Harrison, Wikileaks

Harrison, 31, is the public school girl from the Home Counties who led American National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden to Moscow after he revealed the most extraordinary cache of Western secrets ever seen. The WikiLeaks journalist, and rumoured former lover of its boss Julian Assange, remained by Snowden’s side in the transit area of Russia’s Sheremetyevo airport for those 40 days until President Putin granted him temporary asylum. A month ago she relocated to Germany where she remains in a stand-off with our intelligence agencies, a self-proclaimed enemy of the British State. Harrison cannot return to the UK for fear of being detained and interrogated under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, and surrendering the contents of her encrypted computer. She has been ‘spat out’ as she sees it, by her own Government.

VIDEO: To Honor Nelson Mandela’s Legacy, We Must … (?)

December 7, 2013 Dennis Trainor, Jr., www.acronymtv.wordpress.com Resistance Report CANVAS, Finance and the Economy, Iran, Mandela, OPTOR, Popovic, Racism, Stratfor, Video, Wars and Militarism, Wikileaks, Worker Rights and Jobs

Resistance Report #14: Mandela, activist working with Stratfor, fast food workers walks out and update on Iran Reflecting on the death of Nelson Mandela, Jerome Roos, writing at Roar magazine states: “The only appropriate way to honor the legacy of the iconic freedom fighter is not to beatify the man but to take his struggle to its logical conclusion.” The finality of death, combined with the human need for a neat linear narrative, will work against placing Mandela’s impact on a continuum. For, while it may be true that the arc of the moral universe is long, but bends towards justice – that bending is still not happening for too many in South Africa, and the world over. Additional Stories covered in Resistance Report #14: Does A Globally Renowned Activist Have Ties To Global Intel Firm STRATFOR? The Fight For 15 and What is Up With Iran?

Sarah Harrison Contagious Courage

December 4, 2013 John Goetz and Bastian Obermayer, www.international.sueddeutsche.de Resist! Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Wikileaks

Sarah Harrison closes her eyes. She’ll talk, but on the topic of Snowden and his situation in Moscow, she won’t say anything more than what was released in a statement made by Wikileaks on Wednesday. A statement? It’s more of a manifesto. A bit celebratory, as most manifestos are, and a little flat, but quite clear and angry. It begins laconically, “As a journalist, I have spent the last four months with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and arrived in Germany over the weekend.” It ends: “When whistleblowers come forward we need to fight for them, so others will be encouraged. When they are gagged, we must be their voice. When they are hunted, we must be their shield. When they are locked away, we must free them. Giving us the truth is not a crime. This is our data, our information, our history. We must fight to own it.” What a mission. And then just three words: “Courage is contagious.” What a sentence.

Hammond Sentencing: Feeding the Flame of Revolt

November 18, 2013 Chris Hedges, www.truthdig.com Resist! Anonymous, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Jeremy Hammond, Stratfor, Wikileaks

I was in federal court here Friday for the sentencing of Jeremy Hammond to 10 years in prison for hacking into the computers of a private security firm that works on behalf of the government, including the Department of Homeland Security, and corporations such as Dow Chemical. In 2011 Hammond, now 28, released to the website WikiLeaks and Rolling Stone and other publications some 3 million emails from the Texas-based company Strategic Forecasting Inc., or Stratfor. The sentence was one of the longest in U.S. history for hacking and the maximum the judge could impose under a plea agreement in the case. It was wildly disproportionate to the crime—an act of nonviolent civil disobedience that championed the public good by exposing abuses of power by the government and a security firm. But the excessive sentence was the point. The corporate state, rapidly losing credibility and legitimacy, is lashing out like a wounded animal. It is frightened. It feels the heat from a rising flame of revolt. It is especially afraid of those such as Hammond who have the technical skills to break down electronic walls and expose the corrupt workings of power.

VIDEO: Resistance Report – Jeremy Hammond Case And More

November 17, 2013 Dennis Trainor, Jr., www.acronymtv.com Educate! Anonymous, Climate Change, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Drones, Environment, Fracking, Jeremy Hammond, Media, Tar Sands, Video, Wikileaks

Anonymous hacker and activist Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday. Among the services Hammond provided to those of us seeking to fight back against the security and surveillance state included key evidence in the civil suit brought by Christopher Hedges and Alexa O’Brien against Barack Obama over Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act. In his sentencing statement, Hammond said: “The acts of civil disobedience and direct action that I am being sentenced for today are in line with the principles of community and equality that have guided my life. I hacked into dozens of high profile corporations and government institutions, understanding very clearly that what I was doing was against the law, and that my actions could land me back in federal prison. But I felt that I had an obligation to use my skills to expose and confront injustice—and to bring the truth to light." Also on the show: The 2013 Drone Summit, The UN Climate Conference in Warsaw, Poland, Fighting Tar Sands in New England, and MSNBC’s LEAN FORWARD Campaign Cozies Up To Fracking

The Obama Apology That Is Needed

November 17, 2013 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Create! Democracy, Health Care, Julian Assange, TPP, Wikileaks

My fellow Americans, tonight I want to apologize for the results of my efforts in reforming US healthcare. It is now evident from the roll-out and the technical problems that have been exposed that we have created a complex system in which these types of problems will exist, not just at the beginning in the setting up of a website to sell health insurance, but as the law takes full effect. Therefore, tonight I am announcing my intent to work for a major but simple change in direction.

Jeremy Hammond & Promoting ‘Respect for the Rule of Law’

November 16, 2013 By: Kevin Gosztola, www.dissenter.firedoglake.com Resist! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Wikileaks

Under the judge’s sentence, Hammond will serve ten years in prison. He will be put under supervisory release for three years. He will not be allowed to be on the Internet or use any electronic devices without having them monitored. He will be prohibited from using any kind of encryption. He will be prohibited from using anonymity tools (the judge specifically mentioned “the Tor”). He will have to allow applications to be installed that will keep track of all his activity. He will have to consent to warrantless searches or inspections. And, for three years, he will not be allowed to affiliate with any “hacking-related” or “civil disobedience-related organization.” Jay Leiderman, an attorney who has represented cyber activists accused of computer crimes and was present at Hammond’s sentencing, said the prohibition on affiliating with “civil disobedience-related” organizations is “objectionable in the abstract and unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.” And, “You can conceive of that term banning him from the ACLU, PETA or Amnesty International.” Basically, it could consign him to life devoid of political activism for three years. It is punishment on top of the punishment of doing time in prison.

Sarah Harrison In Germany Speaking Out For Snowden & Whisleblowers

November 6, 2013 Sarah Harrison, www.wikileaks.org http://wikileaks.org/ Resist! Edward Snowden, NSA, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

WikiLeaks’ battles are many: we fight against unaccountable power and government secrecy, publishing analysis and documents for all affected and to forever provide the public with the history that is theirs. For this, we are fighting legal cases in many jurisdictions and face an unprecedented Grand Jury investigation in the United States. WikiLeaks continues to fight for the protection of sources. We have won the battle for Snowden’s immediate future, but the broader war continues. Already, in the few days I have spent in Germany, it is heartening to see the people joining together and calling for their government to do what must be done – to investigate NSA spying revelations, and to offer Edward Snowden asylum. The United States should no longer be able to continue spying on every person around the globe, or persecuting those that speak the truth.

In Hollywood, WikiLeaks is a Whole Lot Less Interesting Than in Real Life

October 31, 2013 Thomas Hintze, www.wagingnonviolence.org Educate! Wikileaks

For viewers actually interested in the history and politics of WikiLeaks, it’s impossible to see these characters and their interpersonal dramas as anything but a distraction from the real events. Part of the film’s obsession with these one-note character tropes may stem from its questionable source material. The script was adapted from two books — one by the real Daniel Domscheit-Berg entitled Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website, and another by two Guardian journalists entitled Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy.

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