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Binoy Kampmark: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks And The Virtues Of Secrecy

A world without secrets, an idea far from novel if nigh impossible to achieve. What the WikiLeaks releases do is challenge, at least potentially, a particular view of secrecy. More>>

Wikileaks Cablegate NZ Release: Nukes, Elections, Defence...

Secret US State Department cables relating to New Zealand have been released by the Sunday Star Times. Journalist Nicky Hager has received the 1490 cables sent from the Wellington embassy (analysis of the subject information for those cables here) and leaked to Wikileaks. Eight of them were released, with analysis (See full text links for the Wikileaks below). More >>

Full Text Of 8 NZ Wikileaks:

• Wikileak: Scenesetter For Sec. Clinton's NZ 2010 Visit - 10WELLINGTON3
• Wikileak: Don Brash Resigns; Key Tipped To Take Charge 2006 - 06WELLINGTON928
• Wikileak: 2008 Election - Focus On PM Clark And Don Brash - 05WELLINGTON696
• Wikileak: NZ Media U.S. Visitors Emerge As Media Leaders - 06WELLINGTON341
• Wikileak: National (McCully) Contemplates End Of Nuke Ban - 06WELLINGTON128
• Wikileak: NZ Accepts U.S. Proposal On Defense Engagement - 08WELLINGTON66
• Wikileak: A/S Fort's October 9-10 2008 Visit To NZ - 08WELLINGTON356
• Wikileak: PM Clark Goes To Washington 3 02 2007 - 07WELLINGTON194
• TV3 Video - Exclusive interview with Julian Assange's mother - Can you make Govt data creative? - NZ politicians give thoughts on Wikileaks drama - Cyber war escalated after Assange's imprisonment

Analysis:

• KiwiFM: Wallace & Selwyn On The Major Issues Revealed In US/NZ Cables
• Radio Adelaide: Manning On NZ Sending Intel To US On Kiwi Terror Suspects
• Kiwipolitico: Politics as the art of hypocrisy revealed (NZ style). - NZ wiki cable number 2.
• Stevan Eldred-Grigg - New Zealand, Wikileaks and World War

At the time of writing Wikileaks has no US DNS registration so wikileaks.org addresses, including any remaining in these articles, will not function. Wikileaks can currently be found at a number of international domains including http://wikileaks.ch/. The cablegate site is http://wikileaks.ch/cablegate.html.

Gordon Campbell: On The Wikileaks Window On US Diplomacy

The Wikileaks release of diplomatic cables has unearthed some great moments in US diplomacy. High affairs of state? Not always. Hillary Clinton’s belief that Argentine president Cristina Kirchner was so nervy and anxious that she must be on medication and could US diplomats please verify that fact? – is an example of sexist stereotyping and prurient snooping worthy of the old FBI chief, J. Edgar Hoover himself.

Yet by far the most interesting aspect of the Wikileaks bundle released so far though, has been the pattern of behaviour that has been revealed...

The cables on Turkey, which comprise the second largest share of the Wikileaks revelations are a perfect example of (a) the Bush era of blustering and paranoia and (b) the contrasting way the Obama administration goes in pursuit of the same ends. More>>

ALSO:

• Binoy Kampmark - Elevated Gossip: WikiLeaks and the Art of Diplomacy
• Pundit.co.nz Out-Link - Jane Young: Fall-out from the Leak-Fairy
• Noam Chomsky - WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound Hatred for Democracy"
• Council on Hemispheric Affairs - Wikileaks and Latin America: Same Old Imperious US Diplomats
• Sherwood Ross - Assange is Headed for Prosecution For Publishing the Truth
• Brad Friedman - In Wake of WikiLeaks Cable Release - JFK's Remarks on Secrecy
• Council on Hemispheric Affairs - Wikileaks and Latin America: Same Old Imperious US Diplomats
• Asian Human Rights Commission - India: Does WikiLeaks matter?
• narconews.com - US State Department Knew Honduras Coup Was Illegal
• Australian Defence Force - Interview with Stephen Smith on Wikileaks and North Korea - AUS Minister for Defence interview transcript: 29-11-10
• Scoop Link - Wikileaks cables reveal China 'ready to abandon North Korea'
• Scoop Link - US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomatic crisis
• Interpol Out-Link - Wanted notice for Wikileaks' Julian Assange on Swedish sex charge (see earlier Wikileaks in Defense of Julian Assange)
• Scoop Audio - 95bFM: A Most Shadowy Affair Is This Wikileaks Caper
• TV3 Video - WikiLeaks 'Cablegate' gets animated - WikiLeaks: US cuts access to files - US: WikiLeaks are a crime, threatens prosecution - 'Nothing laudable' about Wikileaks - Hillary Clinton - WikiLeaks founder offered home in Ecuador
• The Scoop Team - Wikileaks: Subject Information For New Zealand Cables - Wikleaks: Clinton Seeks Helen Clark's Frequent Flyer Number - Scoop Links: Wikileaks Releases US Diplomatic Cables

Wikileaks: Key "Must Condemn United States Directives To Spy On Clark"

The Prime Minister must condemn the United States for its spying on United Nation’s leaders, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More>>

ALSO:

• The Scoop Team - Wikleaks: Clinton Seeks Helen Clark's Frequent Flyer Number - Scoop Links: Wikileaks Releases US Diplomatic Cables
• Kiwipolitico Out-Link - Gettin’ Jiggy wit dat Wiki.
• Scoop Audio - KiwiFM: Wallace & Selwyn On US Embassy Spy Cables
• Scoop Audio - Manning: Most Disturbing Aspect Of US Diplo Spy Effort Is...
• TV3 Video - WikiLeaks docs may embarrass NZ - Key - New Zealand included in fresh Wikileaks release

Local Angles: Subject Information For New Zealand Cables

At the time of writing few New Zealand-related have been released. But the header information of the cables, all of which has been released, was quickly analysed locally. More>>

ALSO:

• The Scoop Team - Wikleaks: Clinton Seeks Helen Clark's Frequent Flyer Number (Updated as new NZ references come to light)

Werewolf: On The US 'Need' For State Secrecy

The explosion of a B-29 bomber over Wayland, Georgia in 1948 killed three Air Force sub-contractors... The government refused to hand over accident reports from the crash, claiming that information on the nature of the plane (and the technology it carried) would threaten the national security of the United States of America. The Supreme Court eventually upheld the Government's assertion. More>>

WIKILEAKS RELEASES US DIPLOMATIC CABLES:

• Scoop Links - Wikileaks Releases US Diplomatic Cables
• US State Department - H Clinton Remarks on Latest Wikileaks Release
• Link - Wikileaks: Secret US Embassy Cables
• Links - guardian.co.uk - NYTimes.com - Spiegel online
• Out-Link - Index on Censorship - Wikileaks and State Department correspondence
• Public Address link - Wikileaks: The Cable Guys
• No Right Turn Out-Link - The big leak - Category info on leaked NZ cables
• The Dim-Post Out-Link - Break from my break, NZ Wikileaks headers annotated edition
• TV3 Video - Hillary Clinton on Wikileaks: Full response - Wikileaks: US tries to contain damage - WikiLeaks docs may embarrass NZ - Key - New Zealand included in fresh Wikileaks release

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