Wikileaks
Could Malcolm Tucker take on Alan Rusbridger?
Sad news has broken. If the online speculation is true, it appears that casting agents for the upcoming Guardian movie have overlooked Daniel Radcliffe for the part of Alan Rusbridger.… Continue reading
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Down-turn Abbey, the movie
A brief flurry of excitement in Guardian-land over the festive period as the news trickles out about who might be cast in Dreamworks’ silver-screen adaptation of the paper’s turbulent love-in… Continue reading
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Why did Pete Townshend play the finale to the Olympics?
I returned from holiday to discover that the silly season has turned into something much more serious. The daily list of horrors from Syria, the Eurozone crisis and the terrifying… Continue reading
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Galloway and Murray’s smears ignore how simple the Assange case is
The remorseless smears of the alleged victims of serious sexual assault by George Galloway MP and Craig Murray, our former ambassador to Uzbekistan will have serious consequences for the victims… Continue reading
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Assange’s balcony scene
Julian Assange appeared in public for the first time in two months this afternoon to make a statement about his continuing resistance to attempts to extradite him. The Wikileaks founder… Continue reading
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The Chinese lantern is dimming
Does anyone believe Chinese GDP figures? Officially, the economy is roaring at 9 per cent a year. But thanks to WikiLeaks we know that Chinese Politburo member Li Keqiang thinks… Continue reading
15 CommentsAl-Qaeda Meets John Landis
According to the US military, sporting a Casio F-91W wristwatch* is a telling sign that you may be up to no good. Indeed, you may well be a member of… Continue reading
2 CommentsFired for Telling the Truth, That’s the Washington Way
Of course PJ Crowley, the State Department spokesman, had to go for his gaffe. That’s what happens when you tell an obvious truth in circumstances that embarrass and even shame… Continue reading
8 CommentsWhen a leak starts to smell
Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, has written a highly readable piece chronicling his paper’s tempestuous relationship with Julian Assange. Keller does a good job defending… Continue reading
22 CommentsA tale of ego and hypocrisy
Sarah Ellison has profiled Julian Assange and his relationship with the Guardian for Vanity Fair. Read the whole piece for each petulant tantrum, sordid disclosure and twist of hypocrisy, but… Continue reading
8 CommentsThe Wikileaks Double Standard
You don’t need to share Julian Assange’s politics or his objectives to think that he’s the victim of at least one double standard. If he’s guilty of betraying secrets and… Continue reading
33 CommentsOh Christ, Bloody Lockerbie Again
Whaddyaknow, Wikileaks have some Lockerbie-related cables? Unfortunately they’re only about the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi and so less interesting – or perhaps simply less illuminating – than Lockerbie-related cables… Continue reading
13 CommentsWiki-danger
Now the Wikileaks are beginning to become dangerous. Before, the leaks contained high-level tittle-tattle, confirmation of existing analyses and embarrassingly accurate portraits of world leaders. I still thought it wrong… Continue reading
30 CommentsSome perspective on the Helmand Wikileaks
Today’s Wikileaks will make uncomfortable reading for all parts of the British defence establishment – ministers, both old and new, and the senior military leadership. As a senior military officer… Continue reading
26 CommentsThe ultimate Jewish conspiracy theory
This has to be the ultimate Jewish conspiracy theory story. Why have the Wikileaks disclosures been so soft on Israel? Here is Tariq Shahid from the Palestine Think Tank. I’m… Continue reading
12 CommentsLeaked embassy cable: what the Americans thought of Thatcher
Forget the children of Thatcher, here’s what the Americans were saying about the Iron Lady herself when she became Tory party leader. The source is a confidential cable from the… Continue reading
28 CommentsThe Guardian’s Wiki-spin
In today’s Wikileaks revelations, it is Mervyn King’s turn to be pushed through the mill. Did he act politically when pushing for a deficit reduction plan? Was he critical of… Continue reading
15 CommentsNothing Miliband says can rain on Mr Confident’s parade
Back from Zurich, where he’s been helping FIFA determine the winner of the world’s greatest bribery festival, Cameron was in hearty form at PMQs today. He faced Ed Miliband who… Continue reading
22 CommentsPakistan’s double game comes under the spotlight once again
The leak that keeps on leaking has one or two embarrassing titbits about our domestic policymakers this morning. Yet far more noteworthy are the documents on Pakistan. While they don’t… Continue reading
10 CommentsBreaking: American Diplomats Know How To Read Newspapers
One thing the Wikileaks cables reveal, frankly, is the banality of much diplomacy. People tend to think of diplomats as sophisticated insiders privy to secrets and super-attuned to nuance and… Continue reading
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