Doku-Trailer: We Steal Secrets – The Story of WikiLeaks
Hier der Trailer zu Alex Gibneys (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side, Freakonomics) „We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks“, der bereits im Vorfeld von Assange als „unethisch“ und „tendenziös“ kritisiert wurde: „’We Steal Secrets’: an unethical and biased title in the context of pending criminal trials. It is the prosecution’s claim and it is false.“
Der Trailer selbst sieht nach ‘ner spannenden Doku aus, ob an den Vorwürfen etwas dran ist, wird man sehen müssen.
Youtube Direktwikileaks, via First Showing
Filmed with the startling immediacy of unfolding history, Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney’s We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a riveting, multi-layered tale about transparency in the information age and our ever-elusive search for the truth. Detailing the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history, the film charts the enigmatic Assange’s rise and fall in parallel with that of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the brilliant, troubled young soldier who downloaded hundreds of thousands of documents from classified U.S. military and diplomatic servers.
Underground: The Julian Assange Story – Trailer
Youtube Direktassange, via Animal NY
X-Posting von den Filmfreunden: Hier der Trailer zu einem von – soweit ich weiß – zwei Filmen über Julian Assange und Wikileaks, Dokus nicht mitgezählt. Der hier entstand für den australischen TV-Sender Ten und hatte gestern Premiere auf dem Toronto International Film Festival. Für Nerds wie mich trotz Fernseh-Optik ein Must Watch.
Underground, which premieres Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival and will air on Australia’s Network Ten later this year, is a study in how Assange became Assange. Based on Suelette Dreyfus’ 1997 book of same name, the film traces how a Melbourne teenager became a member of the hacker group International Subversives in the late 1980s and first appeared on the radar of authorities all over the world.
Underground Brings Drama to Julian Assange’s Teenage Hacker Days
Julian Assanges Asylum granted
Julian Assanges Asylantrag wurde von Ecuador gewährt. Jetzt bin ich mal sehr gespannt, wie das ausgeht und wie der aus dem Land kommen will. Vom Guardian:
13:38 BST
Asylum is granted
Ecuador is to grant political asylum to Julian Assange, says Patino.13:41 BST
Patino adds:We can state that there is a risk that he will be persecuted politically…
We trust the UK will offer the necessary guarantees so that both governments can act adequately and properly respect international rights and the right of asylum.
We also trust the excellent relationship the two countries have will continue.
UK droht Ecuador mit Verhaftung Julian Assanges in der Botschaft
Gestern nacht hat laut dem ecuadorianischen Außenminister Ricardo Patino England damit gedroht, Julian Assange auch innerhalb der Botschaft zu verhaften und die Bude notfalls zu stürmen. Das bricht, neben so unwichtigen Dingen wie dem gesunden Menschenverstand, vor allem mit dem Wiener Übereinkommen über diplomatische Beziehungen und wäre in der Geschichte Englands ein völliges Novum. Good times!
So absurd sich die Situation anhört, die Drohungen Enlands beruhen auf dem „Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987, that would allow us to take actions in order to arrest Mr Assange in the current premises of the Embassy.“ Demzufolge müsste England der ecuadorianischen Botschaft den Diplomatenstatus aberkennen und die Polizei wäre good to go. Absurd, aber das ist es, worauf sich die englische Regierung beruft, mehr dazu auf Head of Legal: Julian Assange: can the UK withdraw diplomatic status from the Ecuadorian embassy?
Just seen a couple of police enter side door of
#ecuador embassy.#wikileaks#assange— James Albury (@alburyj) August 16, 2012
Es gibt mehrere Livestreams von Leuten vor der Botschaft, hier, hier noch einer. Hier das Statement von Wikileaks, Snip aus der New York Times:
CARACAS, Venezuela — The government of Ecuador is prepared to allow Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, to remain in its embassy in London indefinitely under a type of humanitarian protection, a government official said in Quito on Wednesday night. Mr. Assange has been holed up in the embassy for two months seeking asylum.
Amid an escalating confrontation with Britain over Mr. Assange, Ecuadorean officials said they would announce the decision of the country’s president, Rafael Correa, on Thursday. The official said that the British government had made it clear it would not allow Mr. Assange to leave the country to travel to Ecuador, so even with a grant of asylum or similar protection, he would probably remain stuck in the embassy.
Earlier Wednesday, Ecuador’s foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño, said that the British authorities had threatened to barge into the country’s embassy in London if officials did not hand over Mr. Assange. “Today we have received from the United Kingdom an explicit threat in writing that they could assault our embassy in London if Ecuador does not hand over Julian Assange,” Mr. Patiño said at a news conference in Quito, adding defiantly, “We are not a British colony.”
Ecuador to Let Assange Stay in Its Embassy, Guardian: Julian Assange can be arrested in embassy, UK warns Ecuador (Bild via Occupy London)
Julian Assange Asylum granted by Ecuador (UPDATE: Maybe…)
Ecuador hat Julian Assange Asyl gewährt, nachdem der vor ein paar Wochen in die Botschaft geflohen war. Ob er jetzt tatsächlich ausreisen darf ist mehr als unsicher, ich wünsch ihm trotzdem schonmal ‘ne gute Reise. Wohin auch immer…
Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador’s government have said. The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up at Ecuador’s London embassy since 19 June, when he officially requested political asylum. “Ecuador will grant asylum to Julian Assange,” said an official in the Ecuadorean capital Quito, who is familiar with the government discussions.
[…] But it remains unclear if giving Assange asylum will allow him to leave Britain and fly to Ecuador, or amounts to little more than a symbolic gesture. At the moment he faces the prospect of arrest as soon as he leaves the embassy for breaching his bail conditions. “For Mr Assange to leave England, he should have a safe pass from the British [government]. Will that be possible? That’s an issue we have to take into account,” Patino told Reuters on Tuesday.
Julian Assange will be granted asylum, says official (via /.)
[update] Von uebel aus den Comments: „Das sagt der Guardian. Correa selbst sagt, dass es noch keine Entscheidung gibt: https://twitter.com/MashiRafael/status/235473581738434561“.
Julian Assange on the run in Ecuadors Embassy
And the world keeps beeing a strange place: „Ecuador’s foreign minister said Tuesday that WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has taken refuge in the South American nation’s embassy in London and is seeking political asylum.“
[update] Statement der Botschaft:
This afternoon Mr Julian Assange arrived at the Ecuadorian Embassy seeking political asylum from the Ecuadorian government.
As a signatory to the United Nations Universal Declaration for Human Rights, with an obligation to review all applications for asylum, we have immediately passed his application on to the relevant department in Quito.
Wikileaks, the TV-Series
Julian Assange bekommt eine Sendung im TV. In einer zehnteiligen Reihe will er „key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries“ interviewen, wo das Ding gesendet werden soll, ist nicht bekannt. Auf Wikileaks schreiben sie was von „600m viewers across cable, satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks“ und wer schonmal die vollmundigen PR-Texte von irgendwelchen Käsesendern gelesen hat, kann sich ausrechnen, wo das laufen wird. Fox vielleicht? Kleiner Scherz.
The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has announced that he is to host his own TV series, interviewing “key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries” from around the world.
In a media release published on the WikiLeaks website on Monday, Assange said the 10-part series would be based on “the world tomorrow” and would feature interviews with “iconoclasts, visionaries and power insiders”.
“Through this series I will explore the possibilities for our future in conversations with those who are shaping it,” Assange said.
“Are we heading towards utopia, or dystopia and how we can set our paths? This is an exciting opportunity to discuss the vision of my guests in a new style of show that examines their philosophies and struggles in a deeper and clearer way than has been done before.” […]
WikiLeaks said the new TV series would air in mid-March, but did not reveal details of where the series would be broadcast or on which networks.
The statement describes initial licensing commitments as covering more than “600m viewers across cable, satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks”. It asks those interested in licensing the series to contact Quick Roll Productions, which describes itself as a production firm specialising in “broadcast and new media audiences”.
Julian Assange to host own TV show – WikiLeaks founder says he will interview ‘iconoclasts, visionaries and power insiders’ and ‘explore possibilities for our future’ (via Gizmodo)
Rolling Stone interviews Julian Assange
Michael Hastings vom Stone hat sich vor Weihnachten mit Julian Assange getroffen und ein spannendes Interview geführt.
Assange sits on a tattered couch, wearing a wool sweater, dark pants and an electronic manacle around his right ankle, visible only when he crosses his legs. At 40, the WikiLeaks founder comes across more like an embattled rebel commander than a hacker or journalist. He’s become better at handling the media – more willing to answer questions than he used to be, less likely to storm off during interviews – but the protracted legal battle has left him isolated, broke and vulnerable. Assange recently spoke to someone he calls a Western “intelligence source,” and he asked the official about his fate. Will he ever be a free man again, allowed to return to his native Australia, to come and go as he pleases? “He told me I was fucked,” Assange says.
Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview (via The Browser)
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Occupy Goes to Washington, Finding Politics is Complicated | Threat Level | Wired.com: Even by Occupy Wall Street standards, the Washington, D.C. situation is messy and uncertain.
Artist Michael Rakowitz on How His Saddam Hussein Dinner Party Became an International Incident | Artinfo: When a dinner of venison topped with date and tahini sauce was served on plates taken from Saddam Husseins private collection at Park Avenue Autumn for Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitzs project „Spoils“, the assorted art-world diners didn’t bat an eye – but now New York Citys Iraqi mission has, turning Rakowitzs piece into an international incident. The controversy, exploding on the eve of the U.S.s supposed withdrawal from Iraq, has had reverberations touching the artist, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and president Obama himself. As Iraqi artifacts, the plates have been confiscated by the Iraqi mission after a cease-and-desist letter was sent to the restaurant, and were presented by Obama to the Prime Minister on Wednesday.
Exclusive: Google CEO’s inner circle: Meet the L Team | Reuters: The most powerful group at Google Inc used to be known simply as "The OC," short for operating committee. Now, it goes by a more telling name: „L Team“ short for Larry’s Team.
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Early sound recordings heard for first time: Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California together with digital conversion experts at the Library of Congress and curators of the work and industry division of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History have succeeded in playing some of the earliest experimental sound recordings by Alexander Graham Bell.
Bradley Manning Had Secrets | Adam Butcher – Writer. Director. Filmmaker: The story of Bradley Manning, not as a Wikileaks ‘hacktivist’, but as a young American soldier simultaneously going through a crisis-of-conscious and a crisis-of-identity. Animated in a rotoscoped pixel-art style and using dialogue from Bradley’s online conversations, the film explores issues of personal and political secrets, digital identity and alienation.
Changing Contours of Global Order, Professor Noam Chomsky – YouTube: Professor Noam Chomsky presented a lecture „Changing Contours of Global Order“ a look at our drastically changing world, and the implications for domestic and world order on 4 November 2011. This was a free public lecture and was Professor Chomskys only public appearance in Melbourne, Australia.
Art Spiegelman Lecture at SHU – YouTube: SHU ComicsAnimation has uploaded a good, long video featuring Art Spiegelman giving a lecture – it features discussion about Maus, the Holocaust in the media and the craft of creating comics.
Adrian Frutiger – Ein Leben – YouTube: Mit Schriften wie der Univers und der Frutiger hat sich Adrian Frutiger schon zu Lebzeiten ein Denkmal gesetzt. Seine Schriften haben den Alltag geprägt und sind zum Beispiel auf den Euro Scheinen wieder zu finden. Einer der größten Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts ist den meisten Menschen vollkommen unbekannt. Dieses Interview soll das ändern.
Mozilla Reinvents Web Video With Popcorn 1.0 | Webmonkey | Wired.com: Popcorn is simply a JavaScript library that aims to simplify the process of adding external data culled from around the web to your video. To give an idea of what’s possible with Popcorn, Mozilla is showcasing the movie One Millionth Tower, a documentary film about an apartment building and how residents imagine the future. One Millionth Tower premiered online last weekend at Wired.com. If you haven’t seen it yet, head over to the Underwire blog.
One Millionth Tower uses some tricks beyond Popcorn (like WebGL for some 3D elements), but most of its coolest effects — like the way the environment in the film changes based on the real-time weather conditions and time of day at the Toronto high-rises where the documentary was filmed — are all courtesy of Popcorn.
If it happens to be snowing in Toronto when you watch the film, it will begin snowing in the virtual world of One Millionth Tower.
hr2 Der Tag: Wikileaks, Facebook und die totale Transparenz
Ich höre grade den HR2 Der Tag-Podcast über „Wikileaks, Facebook und die totale Transparenz“:
Julien Assange verschwindet möglicherweise in einem schwedischen Gefängnis, Bradley Manning, sein bekanntester Informant, schmort in amerikanischer Haft, und Wikileaks hat erst einmal den Betrieb eingestellt. Geheimnisse verraten ist gefährlich, selbst wenn es sich nur um Kantinenklatsch handelt. Aber ist so eine umfassende Transparenz es auch demokratisch und politisch wünschenswert? Wenn es andere trifft, vor allem „Die da oben“, finden wir Transparenz erstmal gut, wenn aber „Facebook“ alles über uns wissen und allen zugänglich machen will, finden wir das unheimlich. Wollen wir die totale Indiskretion? Und können wir sie überhaupt noch verhindern?
Für alle offen – nicht ganz dicht? Wikileaks, Facebook und die totale Transparenz (16,8MB, MP3, hier die Website der hr2 Der Tag-Podcasts)
#OccupyWallStreet WikiLeaks Truck
#OccupyWallStreet WikiLeaks Truck by pameladrew212 on Flickr. (via Fefe) Hintergrund: Anonymous Wallstreet-Protestaktion: Occupy Wallstreet.
Julian Assange and Slovenian Philosopher Slavoj Žižek
(Youtube Direktwikileaks, via MeFi)
Julian Assange und Philosoph Slavoj Žižek – der „Elvis of cultural Theory“ – in einem zweistündigen Gespräch live im The Troxy theater in London, moderiert von Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!). Ich habe die Runde noch nicht gehört/gesehen, dürfte aber hochinteressant sein. Aus der Ankündigung auf Frontline:
Last year, whistleblower website WikiLeaks released three of the biggest ever leaks of classified information in history: the Iraq War Logs, the Afghanistan War Logs and Cablegate.
Since then the world has undoubtedly changed. Ambassadors have resigned amid scandals exposed by leaked cables; the UK government has ordered a review of computer security; and, at the same time, a huge wave of protest has swept the Middle East and North Africa – in part fuelled, some believe, by WikiLeaks revelations.
Discussing the impact of WikiLeaks on the world and what it means for the future, for this very special event WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange will be in conversation with renowned Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek.
Focusing on the ethics and philosophy behind WikiLeaks’ work, the talk will provide a rare opportunity to hear two of the world’s most prominent thinkers discuss some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Žižek kennt vielleicht der ein oder andere durch die ZDF-Dokureihe „Fantastic Voyages: Eine Kosmologie des Musikvideos“, die – wegen Copyright-Bullshits ohne die Musikvideos selbst – auf Youtube online zu sehen ist. Die gibt’s nach dem Klick.
Julian Assange dancing
(Youtube Direktdance, via Forbes)
Von Youtube: „One night while I (Seth) was DJing at this club in Reykjavik (with DJ Karel), Julian Assange and some of his friends came to the club for a night of dancing. Much speculation has taken place over his dancing skills. He owned the dance floor that night for sure!
Here he is dancing to a song that I (Seth) am singing by “Seth Sharp and Tommi White”, called, “Blessed”. He does my song justice!“
The Spy who hated Wikileaks
(Youtube Direktspy, via Fefe)
Der ehemalige Chef vom MI6 hat in einer „geheimen“ Rede neue Technologien, das Web und explizit Wikileaks für die Revolutionen in Nord-Afrika und im Nahen Osten verantwortlich gemacht. Unglücklicherweise war die Love Police, die ich hier schon öfter hatte, dabei und hat alles mitgefilmt. The Spy who loved me not so much: „And what I said is not on the public record“. Yes, it is.
When the former head of MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service comes to town to give a talk, we do our own wikileak on him – Here he feels comfortable, this is Cambridge University, home of the children of the elite and upper classes, so he feels safe that this is “his audience”. Little did he know that The Love Police Intelligence Officers were present, capturing his every word.
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