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Ecuador Arrests Digital Privacy Activist and Programmer for ‘Collaborating’ with WikiLeaks

Police in Ecuador have arrested Swedish programmer and digital privacy activist Ola Bini for allegedly trying to destabilize the Ecuadorian government by “collaborating” with WikiLeaks. Bini was arrested at Quito Airport in Ecuador on his way to Japan. Ecuador’s interior minister, Maria Paula Romo, didn’t name Bini when announcing the arrest but said that a…

Tech News Matt Novak

Assange Charges Finally Reveal Why Chelsea Manning Is Sitting in Jail

Charges announced by the Justice Department on Thursday against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange provide fresh insight into why federal prosecutors sought to question whistleblower Chelsea Manning last month before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Manning, convicted in 2013 of leaking classified U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks, was jailed in early…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

DOJ Charges Julian Assange With Conspiracy to Hack Classified U.S. Government Computer

Julian Assange has been formally charged by U.S. prosecutors for a single count of “conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer,” the Justice Department announced Thursday morning. Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy in London earlier on Thursday after spending seven years there. He…

Tech News Matt Novak

Julian Assange Dragged Out of Ecuadorian Embassy and Arrested by British Police

Julian Assange has been arrested by police in London after almost seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy. The WikiLeaks founder was dragged out of the embassy at approximately 10:35 am local time, 5:35 am ET. Assange was formally charged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this morning with, “conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for…

Tech News Matt Novak

Chelsea Manning’s FBI Files Are Central to Ongoing Criminal Proceedings, Bureau Claims

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is refusing to make public any records it has amassed on whistleblower Chelsea Manning, even though the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst waived her rights under the Privacy Act and requested in a letter that her more-than-8,000 page file be released. In response to a Freedom of Information/Privacy Act request,…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Julian Assange Accused of Leaking President of Ecuador’s Private Family Photos

Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has accused Julian Assange of violating the terms of his asylum and leaking private photos of Moreno’s family and friends online in the latest dust-up between the WikiLeaks founder and his increasingly frustrated hosts. Speaking to the Ecuadorean Radio Broadcasters’ Association yesterday, Moreno suggested that Assange had been intercepting the president’s…

Tech News Matt Novak

Chelsea Manning’s Lawyers Say No Formal Accusation She Gave False Statements During Court Martial

Chelsea Manning’s legal team went into damage-control mode Thursday after a headline by the Daily Beast suggested that prosecutors had accused her of lying or mistakenly giving false testimony during her 2013 court-martial. Citing an unsealed court filing, the Beast reported that prosecutors believe Manning may have given “false or mistaken testimony” when recounting the…

Tech News Dell Cameron

Why Chelsea Manning Decided to Go to Jail in Protest

Chelsea Manning is not accused of committing any new crime. But she is now a prisoner of the U.S. government once again and may remain one for up to 18 months. After resisting questions by prosecutors during a secret hearing related to crimes for which she already served seven years in military prison, Manning was…

Tech News Dell Cameron

Chelsea Manning Faces Contempt Hearing for Refusing to Answer Grand Jury Questions on WikiLeaks

Whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning has been ordered to appear at a contempt hearing this Friday for refusing to answer questions about her 2010 disclosure of classified material to WikiLeaks before a federal grand jury in Virginia. Manning, 31, was subpoenaed last month to appear behind closed doors this week to answer questions as part…

Tech News Dell Cameron

Chelsea Manning Loses Bid to Avoid Testifying About (Apparently) WikiLeaks

It now appears all but certain that Chelsea Manning will soon appear before a federal grand jury and—likely—be forced to testify about her association with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange nearly a decade ago. A federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion filed by Manning’s legal team to quash the subpoena. Outside the U.S. District Courthouse,…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

How to Watch Michael Cohen Testify About President Trump and WikiLeaks Today

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, will testify publicly today on Capitol Hill at 10 am ET, 7 am PT. And judging by his written statement, which was released last night, it’s going to be one for the history books. But how can you watch this important testimony in the middle of…

Tech News Matt Novak

Roger Stone Arrested by FBI For Obstruction and Lying About WikiLeaks Contacts [Updated]

Roger Stone, a longtime Republican political operative in Washington and ally of President Trump, was arrested by the FBI in Fort Lauderdale, Florida shortly after 6:00am ET this morning, CNN reports. Stone has been indicted by Robert Mueller’s special counsel which is investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Stone is being charged with…

Tech News Matt Novak

The U.S. Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data

Late last year, the U.S. government accidentally revealed that a sealed complaint had been filed against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Shortly before this was made public, the FBI reconfirmed its investigation of WikiLeaks was ongoing, and the Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Justice was optimistic that it would be able…

Tech News Emma Best

Leaked WikiLeaks Email: Non-Murderer Julian Assange Doesn’t Stink or Live Under the Stairs

This weekend, WikiLeaks reportedly sent journalists a “confidential” list of 140 “false and defamatory” things not to write about the organization. Now that a version of that list has leaked, WikiLeaks seems to have revised it—apparently omitting portions where it told news outlets Julian Assange isn’t a stinky cat abuser who lives under stairs. On…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown

Report: Paul Manafort Tried to Score Deal With Ecuador to Hand Julian Assange Over to the U.S.

Julian Assange, the embattled Wikileaks founder who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012 for fear he could be extradited to the U.S. for publishing classified material, is in deep trouble. Court documents mistakenly released appear to suggest that he is facing unspecified, sealed charges in the U.S. that could…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Trump Now Pretending He’s Barely Heard of Julian Assange

Asked about Julian Assange on Tuesday while departing the White House on his way to Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving, President Trump feigned ignorance, telling reporters he doesn’t “know much about” the WikiLeaks founder, whose publication of hacked Democratic emails Trump praised repeatedly on the 2016 campaign trial. “I don’t know anything about him. Really. I don’t…

Politics Dell Cameron

WikiLeaks Helped Hackers Rifle Through Stolen Company Emails, Leaked FBI Docs Show

The revelation that U.S. prosecutors have prepared an indictment against Julian Assange, a fact the government inadvertently made public Thursday evening, has again fanned the flames of speculation over what class of crimes he might be charged with should British authorities finally capture and hand him over to the United States. Legal experts have long…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Mistake in Filing Suggests WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Has Been Charged

Following an earlier report that the Justice Department was looking to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Washington Post has now reported that Assange may have been charged under seal in a revelation that appears to have stemmed from a mistake in a court filing. The circumstances by which this information was disclosed, if indeed…

Tech News Catie Keck

Julian Assange Needs Translator Fluent in ‘Australian’ For Lawsuit Against Ecuador

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suing Ecuador, the country that has been protecting him ever since he jumped bail in London on sexual misconduct charges in 2012. Assange claims that Ecuador is violating his rights of asylum by limiting his internet access in the London embassy, but the suit is already off to a bumpy…

Tech News Matt Novak

Large Adult Son Threatens to Sue Landlord

Julian Assange threatened legal action against the country of Ecuador today. What’s Assange upset about? The WikiLeaks founder doesn’t like that Ecuador has cut off his internet access and more or less told him to clean up his room. Assange has been hiding out in Ecuador’s embassy in London since June of 2012, when he…

Tech News Matt Novak

Ecuador Arrests Digital Privacy Activist and Programmer for ‘Collaborating’ with WikiLeaks

Assange Charges Finally Reveal Why Chelsea Manning Is Sitting in Jail

DOJ Charges Julian Assange With Conspiracy to Hack Classified U.S. Government Computer

Julian Assange Dragged Out of Ecuadorian Embassy and Arrested by British Police

Chelsea Manning’s FBI Files Are Central to Ongoing Criminal Proceedings, Bureau Claims

Julian Assange Accused of Leaking President of Ecuador’s Private Family Photos

Chelsea Manning’s Lawyers Say No Formal Accusation She Gave False Statements During Court Martial

Why Chelsea Manning Decided to Go to Jail in Protest

Chelsea Manning Faces Contempt Hearing for Refusing to Answer Grand Jury Questions on WikiLeaks

Chelsea Manning Loses Bid to Avoid Testifying About (Apparently) WikiLeaks

How to Watch Michael Cohen Testify About President Trump and WikiLeaks Today

Roger Stone Arrested by FBI For Obstruction and Lying About WikiLeaks Contacts [Updated]

The U.S. Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data

Leaked WikiLeaks Email: Non-Murderer Julian Assange Doesn’t Stink or Live Under the Stairs

Report: Paul Manafort Tried to Score Deal With Ecuador to Hand Julian Assange Over to the U.S.

Trump Now Pretending He’s Barely Heard of Julian Assange

WikiLeaks Helped Hackers Rifle Through Stolen Company Emails, Leaked FBI Docs Show

Mistake in Filing Suggests WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Has Been Charged

Julian Assange Needs Translator Fluent in ‘Australian’ For Lawsuit Against Ecuador

Large Adult Son Threatens to Sue Landlord

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White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

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Elon Musk’s Lawyer Claims Jury’s 420 ‘Joke’ Proves He Didn’t Receive a Fair Trial

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