Tag: wikileaks
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Julian Assange helped the Belarusian dictator hunt down dissidents (and got Ecuador’s backing for it)
Julian Assage is mostly known for the Iraq Leaks and the Diplomatic Cables, but he also has a very unsavory personal history. Not only did he lose his reputation with allegations of sexual assault, but Assange collaborated with both the Belarusian government and the Russian Security Services. In the former case, Julian Assange helped the…
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Julian Assage has been freed
Wikileaks have announced that Julian Assange has been granted bail by a High Court in the UK and has traveled to his home-country, Australia. Julian Assange, who founded and led Wikileaks, was being sought for extradition by the United States for revealing and publishing military secrets and endangering military and security personnel and revealing their…
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Extending control over the Labour Party through more useful fools
The pseudo-reshuffle announced by Robert Abela reminded me of US Embassy cables leaked by Wikileaks. In some of these cables, the then US Ambassador Molly Bordonaro, quoted Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi as complaining about the “limited talent” present in his Parliamentary group when choosing his Cabinet in 2008. While this problem has affected many Governments…