WikiLeaks Journalists Face Serious Charges After Google Hands Over Information

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Three WikiLeaks journalists are facing charges of espionage and conspiracy after Google turned over their confidential data to the U.S. government, WikiLeaks announced on its site Monday morning. The whistleblower organization now wants an explanation from both Google and the Justice Department. “The US government is claiming universal jurisdiction to apply…

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Leaked Memos: DEA Sought to Assassinate Drug Kingpin in Mexico; President Obama Opposed on ‘Moral Grounds’

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New memos leaked by WikiLeaks shows the DEA asked the White House for permission to kill notorious kingpin and fugitive Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Latin Times reports. The messages come from Fred Burton, vice president of intelligence and an expert on Mexican drug cartels. “If the DEA can specifically locate the…

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FBI Planted Informant Inside WikiLeaks for Information on the Secret-Revealing Group

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  An Icelandic man is the first known FBI informant inside WikiLeaks, a secret-revealing website. Wired.com reports that Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson was an informant for three months in 2011 when he worked for WikiLeaks and the FBI. Ticklethewire.com mistakenly printed that Julian Paul Assange was the informant. He reportedly received $5,000 for his undercover…

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Iceland Removed Two FBI Agents During Worldwide WikiLeaks Investigation

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Iceland expelled two FBI agents who were trying to interview an unidentified WikiLeaks associate in August 2011, the country’s interior minister revealed Friday, Info Security Magazine reports. Interior Minister Ögmundur Jónasson said FBI agents showed up unannounced to Iceland, long a supporter of free speech. “Jónasson demanded that the FBI agents pack…

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