Witness links Pfc. Manning to secrets seen on WikiLeaks

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 18, 2011
Tags: cables, classified information, documents, fort meade, Pfc. Bradley Manning, Special Agent David Shaver, trial, wikileaks, witness

FORT MEADE — A computer-crimes investigator testified Sunday he found more than 10,000 diplomatic cables and other sensitive information on the work computer of the Army private charged with spilling a mountain of secrets to WikiLeaks. Moreover, Special Agent David Shaver told a military hearing he discovered evidence that someone had used the computer to [...]

Regulators probing gear shift trouble with GM cars

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 14, 2011
Tags: automatic shift lever, cables, chevrolet malibu, general motors, national highway traffic safety administration, pontiac g6, safety regulators, saturn aura, transmission

Federal safety regulators are investigating problems with the automatic shift levers on several General Motors cars because drivers may think the cars are in park when they actually are in gear. Seven crashes have been reported because of the problem, including one in which a driver put a car in park, got out and was [...]

Defense seeks GI’s release in WikiLeaks case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 14, 2011
Tags: arrest, bradley manning, cables, cia, detained, fbi, hagerstown, intelligence, investigation, julian assange, leak, private, quantico, release, State Department, u.s. army, united states, virginia, wikileaks
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HAGERSTOWN — The lawyer for a U.S. Army private suspected of passing thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks says he has asked the government to release his client from a Marine Corps brig due to what he says are needlessly harsh pretrial confinement conditions. Civilian attorney David Coombs of Fall River, Mass., said in a [...]

WikiLeaks provides $15,000 to soldier’s defense

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 13, 2011
Tags: army private, bradley manning, Bradley Manning Support Network, breach, cables, clinton, hagerstown, julian assange, leaked, maryland, president obama, soldier, State Department, US, wikileaks

HAGERSTOWN — Supporters of the Army private suspected in one of the biggest security breaches in U.S. history say WikiLeaks has fulfilled its pledge to aid in his defense by contributing $15,100. The Bradley Manning Support Network announced the gift Thursday. Jeff Paterson of the affiliated group Courage to Resist in Oakland, Calif., says the [...]

Astrachan and Easton: Fight WikiLeaks case in court, not cyberspace

BY: James B. Astrachan and Eric B. Easton
POSTED: December 26, 2010
Tags: amazon, bradley manning, cables, cia, classified documents, dns.net, eric b. easton, extradition, hillary clinton, james b. astrachan, julian assange, paypal, president obama, State Department, united states, wikileaks

If WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange conspired with Bradley Manning to acquire and disseminate classified government documents, the United States should indict, extradite, and prosecute him. But the United States government should not use extralegal means to coerce or bribe American companies into withholding services from WikiLeaks.com as long as that organization’s First Amendment right to [...]

Assange free from prison, back to leaking secrets

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 16, 2010
Tags: bbc, cables, extradition, free, Frontline Club, interpol, julian assange, leaks, london, London's neo-Gothic High Court, Prison, secrets, sweden, UK, unites states, wikileaks

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released on bail Thursday — confined to a supporter’s 600-acre estate but free to get back to work spilling U.S. government secrets on his website as he fights Sweden’s attempt to extradite him on allegations of rape and molestation. The silver-haired Australian, who surrendered to British police Dec. [...]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released from British custody

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 16, 2010
Tags: bail, cables, jail, julian assange, london, released, sex-crimes, sweden, united states, wikileaks

LONDON — Julian Assange is swapping a Victorian prison cell for an English country mansion after a judge granted bail to the WikiLeaks founder wanted in Sweden for questioning on sex-crimes allegations. The decision was greeted with delight by supporters who believe the allegations have been manipulated by enemies of the secret-spilling website, which continues [...]

WikiLeaks fights to stay online amid attacks

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 3, 2010
Tags: cables, cyber attacks, documents, fbi, hacked, interpol, julian assange, leak, online, Serious and Organizated Crime Agency, sweden, united states, web, wikileaks

LONDON — Wikileaks struggled to stay online Friday as corporations and governments moved to cut its access to the Internet, a potentially crippling blow for an organization dedicated to releasing secret information via the web. The American company that directed traffic to the website wikileaks.org stopped late Thursday after cyber attacks threatened the rest of [...]