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Opinion Brief: Wikileaks: Does Bradley Manning deserve a Nobel Peace Prize?

Cartoon View: WikiLeaks: Plugged

Best Video: Is the 'broke' WikiLeaks worth saving?

Irony Alert: Irony alert: Julian Assange's 'draconian' confidentiality demands

Instant Guide: WikiLeaks: The Movie?

Best Column: How the NYT dealt with Julian Assange: 6 key takeaways

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WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

A "Free Bradley Manning" sign hangs from barbed wire in Fort Meade, Maryland: The accused WikiLeaks informant has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Wikileaks: Does Bradley Manning deserve a Nobel Peace Prize?

Posted on February 9, 2012, at 3:10 PM

Icelandic lawmakers nominate the accused secret spiller — reigniting a debate over whether Manning aided the world, or aided the enemy

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WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

Bradley Manning (right) is escorted to the courthouse Sunday for the third day of his hearing: The alleged WikiLeaker was incarcerated for 18 months before getting his day in court.

WikiLeaks: Will a 'gay soldier' defense help Bradley Manning?

Posted on December 19, 2011, at 10:05 AM

The alleged WikiLeaker's lawyers argue that the Army should never have given an emotionally unstable, gender-confused soldier access to state secrets

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WikiLeaks : Best Video

Controversial secret spiller Julian Assange is in dire need of cash, and says he'll have to shut down WikiLeaks by the end of the year if he doesn't get outside financial help.

Is the 'broke' WikiLeaks worth saving?

Posted on October 25, 2011, at 10:30 AM

Julian Assange goes begging for cash, blaming a sinister bank blockade for his controversial secret-sharing site's financial problems

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WikiLeaks : Irony Alert

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange shakes hands with supporters: A new report has revealed that the world-famous secret spiller enforces strict confidentiality rules on his employees.

Irony alert: Julian Assange's 'draconian' confidentiality demands

Posted on May 13, 2011, at 3:00 PM

His organization, WikiLeaks, is devoted to revealing whistleblowers' secrets. But WikiLeaks staffers who fail to keep their own mouths shut risk a $20 million fine

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WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

Code Pink for Peace demonstrators protest the allegedly abusive and prolonged detention of Pfc. Bradley Manning.

Is the military 'abusing' Bradley Manning?

Posted on March 16, 2011, at 11:43 AM

The New York Times says the alleged WikiLeaker's reported forced nudity, solitary confinement, and other humiliations amount to Gitmo-style "abuse"

WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

After joking that he could hang himself with his underwear waistband, alleged WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning is reportedly being forced to sleep naked in his cell.

Should the U.S. military be keeping Pfc. Bradley Manning naked?

Posted on March 7, 2011, at 4:50 PM

U.S. jailers reportedly force the alleged WikiLeaks secrets-spiller to sleep in the nude. Is this abuse, or just a safety precaution?

WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

Although prosecutors are not recommending the death penalty in the case of alleged WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning, it is still a possibility.

Does Bradley Manning deserve the death penalty?

Posted on March 4, 2011, at 2:28 PM

The army private accused of leaking confidential U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is facing new charges that could see him sentenced to death

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WikiLeaks : Instant Guide

Can WikiLeaks be turned into an investigative thriller? Steven Spielberg seems to think so. The next question is: Who would play Julian Assange?

WikiLeaks: The Movie?

Posted on March 3, 2011, at 1:35 PM

Steven Spielberg's studio hopes to do for Julian Assange what "The Social Network" did for Mark Zuckerberg

WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

WikiLeaks' release of classified documents may illustrate the power of the internet to further social justice, but does that merit a Nobel Prize?

Does WikiLeaks deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

Posted on February 3, 2011, at 12:52 PM

A Norwegian legislator thinks so, but will the Nobel committee treat the nomination seriously?

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WikiLeaks : Best Column

Julian Assange "had a bit of Peter Pan in him," says Bill Keller, editor of The New York Times, of their first interactions.

How the NYT dealt with Julian Assange: 6 key takeaways

Posted on January 27, 2011, at 2:49 PM

The New York Times' editor, Bill Keller, relates how his team negotiated — and eventually fell out — with the mercurial founder of WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

WikiLeaks reportedly has information on 2,000 tax evaders, including about 40 politicians and "pillars of society."

WikiLeaks' next target: Income-tax cheaters?

Posted on January 18, 2011, at 10:44 AM

A Swiss banker says he gave chief WikiLeaker Julian Assange the names of more than 2,000 prominent tax evaders. Is this a secret-sharing spree we can all get behind?

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WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

The WikiLeaks iPhone app offered users access to the site's controversial content.

Apple vs. WikiLeaks

Posted on December 22, 2010, at 1:33 PM

Apple removed an app from its online store that allowed users to view WikiLeaks content. Was it censorship, or is Apple just trying to stop customers from being ripped off?

WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

Karl Rove is "right back in the middle of it," reportedly, encouraging a U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks, according to a disputed Huffington Post report.

Is Karl Rove helping persecute Julian Assange?

Posted on December 21, 2010, at 10:21 AM

Or is that merely a leftist conspiracy theory that's too fantastical to be true?

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WikiLeaks : Irony Alert

Julian Assange's lawyers say the leaked alleged sex crimes documents are just "trying to make Julian look bad."

Irony alert: Julian Assange complains about leaked police report

Posted on December 20, 2010, at 11:01 AM

The WikiLeaks founder — no stranger to the leaking of documents — cries foul as humiliating details of his alleged sexual assaults are leaked to the British media

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WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief

A support network -- bradleymanning.org -- has been set up to collect donations for the 22-year-old's defense.

WikiLeaks: Is Bradley Manning being tortured?

Posted on December 16, 2010, at 11:00 AM

The Army specialist accused of passing documents to WikiLeaks is allegedly being held in mind-numbing solitary confinement. Does the punishment exceed the crime?

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WikiLeaks : Opinion Brief