WikiLeaks briefly world power

The unveiling was large platform WikiLeaks by Julian Assange. And
failed with it.

Julian Assange speaks at a rally in London to Occupy the demonstrators.

Also hope to fail sometimes, and that may not always bad. Failed is
now Julian Assange, the founder and frontman of Wikileaks. Unveiling
the platform must adjust their work on the Internet, he said this
week, temporarily, for lack of money. The man who had searched the
vicinity of powerful newspapers and magazines editors in chief a year
ago: broke. The web organization that wanted to replace the
traditional journalism in the Internet age: offline. What does that
say about Assange and his idea? And what it says about the power of
secrets?

Assange and WikiLeaks were great because they had a great opponent.
The opponent was the America of George W. Bush, a great power, which
sank during its war against terror in paranoia and hypocrisy. After
the attacks of 11 September Bush built his security and intelligence
apparatus from excessive and no one should know exactly what happened
in Guantanamo Bay or the rendition flights by the CIA. All top secret.
The Bush administration has used the secret inflationary, and it
became a code word for potentially illegal, state action.
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It is no coincidence that the great WikiLeaks revelations are all from
the Bush era: the Afghan and Iraqi war protocols especially the last
Guantánamo protocols and in large parts of the embassy dispatches. The
blackout policy promoted the obsessive desire for enlightenment.
Transparency makes government action and clearly visible. That was the
message proclaimed Julian Assange the world to press full-bodied. It
is based on the hacker ethic, "Information wants to be free" The idea
was not new, but out of his mouth, for the audience it sounded
revolutionary..

The outstanding talent of Julian Assange was not that he had invented
a new cyber philosophy, but that he created the illusion that he,
Julian could brighten and improve the world. And anyone who wanted to
be there, could participate. He was the right person at the right time
to carry an idea from a subculture into the mainstream. Who knows, if
nobody listened to him with someone when he on the stage of world
opinion is not 2010, but had entered in 2000, this guy with a gray
mane, Australian accent, and some computer skills, which made him
appear as a magician of modern times.

Of the future promise of the computer through the resistance against
the U.S. by the social revolution inspired by the outsider - the same
multiple Redemption fantasies were projected on Assange. That the
enemy struck back, insulted him and pursued by investigators and
boycott calls, let him appear just rebellious and martyr-like. Every
age needs its heroes, and for a moment Assange was a hero of the
Internet era, for a moment he stood for the "new world power
WikiLeaks'.

Only Assange is just not a magician, but only human. With fame came
the fear that others would reveal his secrets and to him. He quarreled
with his colleagues over, threw himself with its media partners and,
most recently with the publisher, for whom he wanted to write his
autobiography.

Assange once described in an essay, how conspiratorial networks
functioned. The decisive point, he wrote the WikiLeaks founders, that
the conspirators were never informed about all the other accomplices.
They are connected only by the flow of information. Who put the open,
reveal the network. Assange wanted to expose so the American
government, but also corrupt banks and governments elsewhere. In fact,
this picture can also apply by WikiLeaks itself: Assange distrusted
its media partners and its employees. Some had to sign contracts with
a confidentiality clause in the event of breach of contract they faced
heavy fines. Everything was top secret, just like under Bush.

Wikileaks document: US-German paper reveals Euro-misjudgment

Ignorance and a good understanding of politics: When the crisis hit
Greece, was glad the federal government to be able to conceal the
truth of the Germans.

One may think about Wikileaks, what you want. But now there paper
published by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to the government in
Washington illuminates a very special way, the German attitude to the
Greek crisis. Strictly speaking it is a document that appalling
ignorance and gross miscalculations of the German side also reveals
how their political understanding.
Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy and George Papandreou at the EU summit
on 11 February 2010 in Brussels

The confidential document from the U.S. Embassy on the Wikileaks
website: The publication could be uncomfortable for Germany

In the paper there are records of meetings, the Ambassador Philip D.
Murphy and his staff with senior government officials and financial
managers conducted in Germany. Murphy, by the way even from the
financial sector.

The Harvard graduate was 23 years in the employ of the New York
investment bank Goldman Sachs, he worked for them in Frankfurt, New
York and Hong Kong, and from 2003 to 2006 he was senior director in
the New York headquarters.

Sufficient information to citizens denied

All records from Murphy's message came in the weeks leading up to the
EU summit in February 2010. At that time the Greek debt crisis became
acute. But the federal government refused to appear to perceive the
seriousness of the situation and inform the public adequately. In any
case, put the records to this conclusion.

Before the summit, the situation of the Greeks within the German
government has been back and forth discussion, write the U.S.
diplomats. Only the government had wanted to conceal their citizens a
foreseeable disaster as long as possible.

Scenario one: catharsis
Greece's Euro exit the monetary union and division

"No one appreciated the idea that German taxpayers who had already
been worried about the German record deficit, to say that they have to
foot the bill for the irresponsible behavior of another country," says
the diplomat's report.

An employee of the Ministry of Finance have stated to embassy staff,
the citizens of Germany were in the situation in Greece is almost
"disgusted". Thus the German Government was pleased that at the EU
summit on 11th February 2010, no concrete assistance for Greece had
been agreed.

"Chancellor Merkel is relieved that they do not explain to their
citizens now have, why the federal government must increase its debt
to save the Greeks," wrote the U.S. diplomats.

"A bailout would set a precedent"

Wolfgang Merz, a senior official at the Treasury Department,
evaluated the outcome of the summit therefore extends to the U.S. side
as follows: ". It would involve too many downside risks to start now
relief", adding: "Moreover, would a rescue package for the Greeks a
precedent for EU countries like Spain and Portugal make it. "

At that time, the German expert was also an intervention of the
International Monetary Fund should not be imagined. It is highly
unlikely that the IMF will ask for a bailout for Greece, Karlheinz
Bischofberger said of the European Central Bank, the U.S. diplomat.
That it turned out differently, is now known.
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7th November: Papandreou makes room

While listening to the U.S. diplomat's assessment of their German
interlocutors patiently. Their analysis, however, painted a very
different picture of the situation.

In the evaluative summary of the paper for the U.S. government sign
the diplomats: "In fact, the federal government to play, the ECB and
the private German economist Ernst Greek predicament and its effect on
the stability of the euro down."

Pointed at the exits of Germany

Most notable are statements with which the Chief Economist of
Deutsche Bank, Thomas Mayer quoted. In conversation with Ambassador
Murphy is said to have pointed to some real exit opportunities in
Germany from the euro zone.

He referred to an alleged decision by the Federal Constitutional
Court from the 90s. Accordingly, a withdrawal was possible in Germany,
"if the monetary union to an inflation zone" or the German taxpayers
to the "de facto savior" would.

Therefore, Mayer had a "Chapter 11 for all euro-zone states" proposed
"to put all the states in distress among financial supervisors, was
brought back to their house in order." Unfortunately, it does not give
serious discussion on this proposal, Mayer regretted the U.S. diplomat
said.

Meanwhile, this has probably changed. After the recent summit, there
is evidence that Greece could be the first economic guardianship of
the Euro zone.

Wikileaks faces an uncertain future

Court rules on extradition of Assange

Thousands of fans want to demonstrate for his release: This
Wednesday, a London court decides on the extradition of Julian Assange
to Sweden. But even if the Wikileaks founders are responsible for the
alleged sexual abuse of two women there could not be there with its
unveiling platform soon be over.

It will probably have to complete this Wednesday before the London
High Court supporters of the Australian Julian Assange announced,
demonstrating for the release of Wikileaks founder. And Assange has
many supporters. The High Court shall decide whether Assange will be
extradited to Sweden. There he will hear the authorities into
allegations of sexual harassment, the two women have made in recent
years. Assange denies the allegations. Was behind the attempt to
discredit him because of his work.
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This work is partly the reason that many supporters probably open to
the High Court, but on the other hand it is also the reason that
Assange has many enemies. He founded the Web site Wikileaks has
published hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. documents dealing with
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, Wikileaks has published
250 000 embassy dispatches, which was for the U.S. government at least
embarrassment.

However, these publications could soon come to an end, no matter must
answer whether or not Assange in Sweden. Just over a week in London
Assange said that Wikileaks will at the end of this year, out of
money. Therefore, it will initially be no more revelations, because
they wanted to concentrate on fundraising. This will in turn
complicated by the fact that block various American companies
Wikileaks. Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Western Union and Bank of America
lead no further money to the organization. According to Wikileaks
Assange have been lost because 95 percent of potential inflows,
Wikileaks staff estimate that 40 to 50 million euros they could have
escaped.

Enormous legal costs
Several times Assange has recently stressed that no specific for
Wikileaks money flowed into his London trial (there is a separate
account for donations, which is not blocked for instance by Paypal).
Court costs are huge because Assange has been fighting for eleven
months against his extradition. The approximately 500,000 €, which he
received from the publisher Canongate as an advance for his
autobiography, has retained the law firm Finer Stephens Innocent, to
cover their costs.

Assange accused the lawyers before then, that she charged too much.
They separated in the dispute. Even with the publisher Assange is in
the clinch. He had withdrawn the authorization of the autobiography
(previously he had a ghostwriter for 50 hours of his life told).
Canongate published it in September but with the subtitle: "The
Unauthorized Autobiography." Assange, who was known as a man, without
authorization of the documents released, was exposed to some ridicule.

The last eleven Assange spent months in the UK under house arrest,
which it did not prevent them, occasionally appearing in public.
Should be decided by the High Court against extradition, Assange would
soon be a free man in the other case he could be brought within two
weeks after Sweden. However, his lawyers will try to bring the case
before the British Supreme Court, which would be possible only if the
High Court in the matter of an overarching theme of "public
significance" recognizes.

Verdict on Wikileaks investigations

U.S. authorities can sniff data in Twitter

Has the U.S. Justice the right to obtain the data in investigations
of Twitter users around the world? In the case of Wikileaks, a judge
has now confirmed this. Activists speak of a severe blow to freedom of
expression and privacy.

The online message service Twitter is handed over to the U.S.
Department of Justice data on the accounts of three Wikileaks
supporters - this statement has now confirmed a district judge in the
U.S. state of Virginia.
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Wikileaks supporters (Archive picture): no protection by the U.S.
Department of Justice.

Stakeholders and the civil rights organization Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF) expressed disappointment. "With this decision the
court says all users of online services, based in the U.S. that the
U.S. government has a secret access to their data," criticized the
Icelandic member of parliament Birgitta Jonsdottir, one of the three
persons whose data is the U.S. Justice has requested.

The decision was "a big step backwards for the legacy of the U.S. in
the freedom of expression and the right to privacy."
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The dispute concerns in particular the IP address, which is the unique
machine identifier for the publication of certain tweets (messages).
Judge Liam O'Grady had now returned to Alexandria in the U.S. state of
Virginia, the Board of stakeholders that are associated with the IP
address and private information about their whereabouts. An IP address
could not be evaluated differently than a phone number.
No disclosure statement

Thus the district judge confirmed a decision by Federal Judge Theresa
Buchanan in March this year. This was, with the transfer of data would
not violate privacy rights.

The judge leaned back, the demand of the plaintiff to disclose the
statement to Twitter. The United States had a "compelling interest to
protect their ongoing investigation" and that weigh more than the
interests of stakeholders and the public interest, was O'Grady. From
this disclosure, the plaintiffs hoped to evidence whether other
Internet companies were ordered to disclose data. Twitter had informed
its members from the statement of the judiciary.
U.S. programmers also affected Appelbaum

Affected by the arrangement next Jonsdottir are also the U.S.
programmers Jacob Appelbaum and Dutch Rop Gonggrijp. All three - as
well as countless other Twitter users - have been mainly in the autumn
of last year raised about the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the
publication of internal memos from U.S. embassies around the world.

The U.S. government has been trying for some time to take action
against Wikileaks, because it holds the secret revelations of
classified diplomatic and military end Peschen reports about the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan illegal.

In London, Assange fears that he might be on the order of the British
judiciary to his deportation to Sweden and then expelled to the United
States. The Swedish Justice investigating him for sexual harassment.

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