Julian Assange Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Julian Assange Julian Assange en Norvège, en mars 2010. Julian Paul Assange, né le à Townsville en Australie[1], est un informaticien et cybermilitant australien. Biographie[modifier | modifier le code] Enfance[modifier | modifier le code] Julian Assange affirme être né sur Magnetic Island (l'île Magnétique),[2],[3], au large de Townsville en Australie, où il passe une grande partie de son enfance. En 1979, sa mère se remarie avec un musicien, « fils présumé d'Anne Hamilton-Byrne[7] », fondateur de la secte New Age Kia Lama[8],[9],[10], fondée par Anne Hamilton-Byrne. En 1982, le couple divorce après la naissance du demi-frère de Julian. À l'âge de 18 ans, Julian Assange emménage avec sa compagne qui donne naissance à leur fils, Daniel[3],[14]. Carrière informatique et études universitaires[modifier | modifier le code] Assange a fréquenté six universités. Carrière au sein de WikiLeaks[modifier | modifier le code] Le , Donald S.
Going After the Wrong People What does it say about the the American government, its president, and its military today, that the the largest military/intelligence organization in the history of mankind has launched a global manhunt for Julian Assange, head of the Wikileaks organization? And what does it say about corporate American journalists that they attack the only real journalist in the White House press corps, when she alone has shown the guts to speak truth? The Hunt for Julian Assange Consider first the case of Wikileaks founder Assange, whom Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, warns is in danger, if found, of being snuffed by the Pentagon’s search teams. First of all, let’s be clear here: he is “guilty” of no crime, but only of doing what American journalists should have done long ago: exposing the crimes of the US government. I’m not sure which is the bigger scandal here: the Pentagon’s grotesque misallocation of resources, or the media’s unwillingness to point it out.
How to Start a Revolution Edit Article Edited by Steven Bluen, Tipper, Eric, Jonathan E. and 61 others There are times when it's necessary to fight against things that have become so wrong that they should no longer be. Things that were once small that have become big, but are no less wrong, must be made small again; a revolution, or a complete circle, is needed. Whether you want freedom from another country , or you want to overthrow an oppressive government, every fight is the same. Ad Steps 1Know your Goal. 10Realize that a drastic political or social revolution is almost always about freedom. Tips To be successful, you need to be totally committed; compromise is failure.There is strength in numbers. Warnings Have some idea about how you want society to look like after the revolution.
Kristinn Hrafnsson Kristinn Hrafnsson (born 25 June 1962) is an Icelandic investigative journalist who is editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks.[2] He was the spokesperson for WikiLeaks between 2010 and 2017.[3][needs update] He has worked at various newspapers in Iceland and hosted the television programme Kompás on the Icelandic channel Stöð 2, where he and his team often exposed criminal activity and corruption in high places. In February 2009, while investigating the connection between Iceland's Kaupthing Bank and Robert Tchenguiz and Vincent Tchenguiz, the programme was taken off air and Kristinn and his crew were sacked.[4] Shortly thereafter, Kristinn was hired by RÚV (The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service). Kristinn was dismissed from RÚV (his contract was not renewed) in July 2010.[7] Beginning in 2010, he collaborated with WikiLeaks, serving as the organisation's spokesman after founder Julian Assange began to have legal problems.
Assange's rage against the state - World The world's best-known 'cypherpunk' has long been on a mission to stop governments watching our every move. It is said to be the key to understanding WikiLeaks. Although there are tens of thousands of articles on Julian Assange in the world's newspapers and magazines, no mainstream journalist so far has grasped the critical significance of the cypherpunks movement to Assange's intellectual development and the origin of WikiLeaks. The cypherpunks emerged from a meeting of minds in late 1992 in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Its founders were Eric Hughes, a brilliant Berkeley mathematician; Timothy C. They created a small group, which met monthly in Gilmore's office. It soon referred to a vibrant emailing list, created shortly after the first meeting. Many cypherpunks were optimistic that the individual would ultimately triumph. At the time the cypherpunks formed, the US Government strongly opposed the free circulation of public-key cryptography. "No, just an illiterate," Assange replied.
Hands off WikiLeaks! Pentagon officials have announced the detention of Army private Manning, as well as stepped-up efforts to locate Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks web site, in a security crackdown sparked by the release of politically damaging video of a US military massacre in Iraq. On June 7, Defense Department officials confirmed that Manning was in confinement in Kuwait “for allegedly releasing classified information.” Three days later, Pentagon investigators told the web site Daily Beast that they were looking for Assange in connection with the Manning investigation. The Australian-born WikiLeaks founder had scheduled speaking engagements in New York City and Las Vegas last week, but canceled them, citing “security considerations.” The video and the accompanying voiceover of radio traffic, in which American soldiers joked about exterminating Iraqis, sparked widespread international outrage and a furious counterattack by the American military/intelligence apparatus.
Revolving door (politics) In politics, the "revolving door" is a movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators and the industries affected by the legislation and regulation.[note 1] In some cases the roles are performed in sequence but in certain circumstances may be performed at the same time. Political analysts claim that an unhealthy relationship can develop between the private sector and government, based on the granting of reciprocated privileges to the detriment of the nation and can lead to regulatory capture. The metaphor of a revolving door has been used to describe people switching jobs, from working as lawmakers, to being lobbyists, and vice versa. Governments hire industry professionals for their private sector experience, their influence within corporations that the government is attempting to regulate or do business with, and in order to gain political support (donations and endorsements) from private firms. Amakudari (天下り, amakudari?
Chico Mendes Early life[edit] Francisco "loco" Alves Mendes Filho was born on December 15, 1944, in a rubber reserve called Seringal Bom Futuro,[2] outside of Xapuri, a small town in the state of Acre. He was the son of a second-generation rubber tapper, Francisco Mendes, and his wife, Iracê.[3] Chico was one of 17 siblings—only six of whom survived childhood.[4] At age 9, Chico began work as a rubber tapper alongside his father. The primary use for rubber then was for the rapid need for condoms. The 80s was an era of unprotected intercourse, and the demand for the rubber suits were at alarming rate. Rubber tappers additionally faced a severe lack of education. Mendes was taught to read and write by a man named Euclides Fernando Távora, an activist turned rubber tapper. After learning what he could from Távora, Mendes became a literacy teacher in hopes of educating his community. Activism[edit] Chico Mendes with his son, Sandino Assassination[edit] Post-assassination impact[edit] Honors[edit] Music[edit]
No Secrets TheNewYorker The house on Grettisgata Street, in Reykjavik, is a century old, small and white, situated just a few streets from the North Atlantic. The shifting northerly winds can suddenly bring ice and snow to the city, even in springtime, and when they do a certain kind of silence sets in. This was the case on the morning of March 30th, when a tall Australian man named Julian Paul Assange, with gray eyes and a mop of silver-white hair, arrived to rent the place. Assange was dressed in a gray full-body snowsuit, and he had with him a small entourage. Assange is an international trafficker, of sorts. Iceland was a natural place to develop Project B. Assange also wanted to insure that, once the video was posted online, it would be impossible to remove. Assange typically tells would-be litigants to go to hell. In his writing online, especially on Twitter, Assange is quick to lash out at perceived enemies. In private, however, Assange is often bemused and energetic. “That’s for you,” she said.
Queensland police spark anger with 'open mind' comment on murder of Hannah Clarke and children | Australia news Queensland police have revealed that a man who killed his wife and three children by dousing them with petrol and setting them alight had a history of domestic violence and was known to them. But in comments that have shocked domestic violence campaigners, the force says they are keeping an “open mind” about suggestions the 42-year-old Rowan Baxter had been “driven too far” and are appealing to people who knew the couple to come forward to understand his motives. Hannah Clarke, 31, died at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital on Wednesday night, less than 24 hours after Baxter poured petrol on his family in a domestic violence incident. The children – Laianah, four, Aaliyah, six, and Trey, three – died in the car after it burst into flames on a quiet suburban street in leafy Camp Hill, in Brisbane’s east, on Wednesday morning during their regular school run. “I’m so glad I got out when I did,” Clarke wrote to the woman earlier this month. “It’s giving legitimacy to what has occurred.
vreest niet voor leven | nu.nl/internet BRUSSEL - Wikileaks-oprichter Julian Assange vreest niet voor zijn leven. Vorige week waarschuwde de bekende Amerikaanse klokkenluider Daniel Ellsberg dat Assange in gevaar zou zijn. Foto: ANP De Australiër heeft naar eigen zeggen wel besloten om een aantal landen, waaronder de Verenigde Staten, voorlopig niet te bezoeken. Dat stelt Assange in antwoord op vragen van NU.nl op een persconferentie in het Europees Parlement. Vorige week zei klokkenluider Daniel Ellsberg zich zorgen om Assange te maken. Volgens Assange valt dat echter wel mee. Geen bezoek aan VS Wel geeft Assange aan voorlopig een aantal landen te mijden. Toch vreest de Wikileaks-voorman geen actie van de Amerikanen. Assange maakte bekend meerdere advocaten te hebben ingehuurd om een Amerikaanse soldaat te ondersteunen, die in Koeweit vast zit op verdenking van het lekken van de oorlogsvideo.
Tax evasion In contrast, tax avoidance is the legal use of tax laws to reduce one's tax burden. Both tax evasion and avoidance can be viewed as forms of tax noncompliance, as they describe a range of activities that intend to subvert a state's tax system, although such classification of tax avoidance is not indisputable, given that avoidance is lawful, within self-creating systems.[1] Economics of tax evasion[edit] The ratio of German assets in tax havens in relation to the total German GDP.[2] Havens in countries with tax information sharing allowing for compliance enforcement have been in decline. In 1968, Nobel laureate economist Gary Becker first theorized the economics of crime,[3] on the basis of which authors M.G. The literature's theoretical models are elegant in their effort to identify the variables likely to affect non-compliance. Evasion of customs duty[edit] Customs duties are an important source of revenue in developing countries. Smuggling[edit] Government response[edit] See also[edit]
Sam Adams Award The Sam Adams Award is given annually to an intelligence professional who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics. The Award is given by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence[1] , a group of retired CIA officers. It is named after Samuel A. Adams, a CIA whistleblower during the Vietnam War, and takes the physical form of a "corner-brightener candlestick".[2] Ray McGovern established the Sam Adams Associates "to reward intelligence officials who demonstrated a commitment to truth and integrity, no matter the consequences The 2012, 2013 and 2014 Awards were presented at the Oxford Union.[4][3] Edward Snowden receiving the Sam Adams Award in October 2013 Recipients[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]