WikiLeaks: China wanted to invest in U.S. banks during '08 crisis
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — During the throes of the 2008 financial crisis, a top Chinese banker told U.S. officials that his company and others in China were interested in taking significant stakes in U.S....
View ArticleSome Chinese named in WikiLeaks cables nervous, but so far unharmed
BEIJING — The Chinese woman let out a sigh when told her name had been made public in a U.S. diplomatic cable posted to the Internet this month.
View ArticleWikiLeaks announces suspension of 'publishing operations' to focus on fund...
WASHINGTON — Nearly two months after it made public its entire unredacted file of purloined U.S. State Department cables, WikiLeaks announced Monday that it was suspending "publishing operations" to...
View ArticleWikiLeaks shakes security of Iraq's tiny Jewish community
BAGHDAD — An Anglican priest here says he's working with the U.S. Embassy to persuade the handful of Jews who still live in Baghdad to leave because their names have appeared in cables published last...
View ArticleIn Alaska, soldier, 22, held on suspicion of spying
ANCHORAGE — A 22-year-old Army military policeman from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is in custody in Anchorage on suspicion of espionage, an FBI spokesman said Tuesday.
View ArticleWithout credit card donations, WikiLeaks facing funding crisis
WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website that has been at the center of some of the world's most controversial news for the past 18 months, is facing dire economic times, largely, the website...
View ArticleCommentary: How money-handlers muzzled WikiLeaks
A comment posted to Londons Guardian newspaper said it best: Censorship, like everything else in the West, has been privatized. The writer, somebody called edensasp, was referring to news that...
View ArticleWikiLeaks: U.S. warned Kenya against invading Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. cables made public by WikiLeaks show that the United States warned Kenya two years ago not to launch an offensive in southern Somalia against al Qaida-allied al Shabab rebels, but...
View ArticleManning faces December military hearing in WikiLeaks case
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for imprisoned U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning plan to call up to 50 witnesses at a pretrial military hearing next month that is expected to air much of the government's evidence...
View ArticleWikiLeaks' Assange allowed to continue extradition fight
LONDON — Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing WikiLeaks website, is free to ask Britain's highest court to decide whether he should be extradited to Sweden on allegations of sexual assault,...
View ArticleWikiLeaks defendant Manning to make court appearance
WASHINGTON — When U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning walks into a military court Friday in Maryland, his many supporters and detractors will get their first glimpse of the soft-spoken Oklahoma native since...
View ArticleBradley Manning makes court appearance in WikiLeaks case
FORT MEADE, Md. — A weeklong hearing to determine whether Army Pfc. Bradley Manning should face charges of illegally releasing thousands of classified U.S. military documents opened Friday with the...
View ArticleDefense in WikiLeaks case claims lax computer security in Iraq
FORT MEADE, Md. — Defense attorneys for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning on Sunday questioned military officers about the intelligence analyst's dealings with classified information, suggesting that computer...
View ArticleManning investigators found war reports, and a boast, testimony shows
FORT MEADE, Md. — Army investigators found nearly half a million field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan on a computer memory card among the belongings of Pfc. Bradley Manning, with a note suggesting...
View ArticleTeam leader says she warned supervisors about Manning
FORT MEADE, Md. — A former team leader of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning testified Tuesday that she told superiors on several occasions that Manning should not be allowed to handle classified information or...
View ArticleSecurity analysts had little supervision, witnesses say in WikiLeaks case
FORT MEADE, Md. — Two witnesses for U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the intelligence analyst accused of passing a trove of national security secrets to WikiLeaks, testified Wednesday that analysts...
View ArticleSeriousness of WikiLeaks suspect Manning's leaks argued at hearing
FORT MEADE, Md. — In closing arguments Thursday in a hearing about whether Army Pfc. Bradley Manning illegally downloaded thousands of classified cables, neither side disputed what Manning did —...
View ArticleA Europe boycott of Iran oil would cap years of U.S. effort
WASHINGTON — The European Union appears on the verge of banning its member countries from buying Iranian oil, a move that would culminate a years-long behind-the-scenes campaign by two U.S....
View ArticleManning should face court martial over WikiLeaks secrets, officer rules
WASHINGTON — Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of providing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website, should stand trial on all the charges that have been brought against him,...
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