Julian Assange
What does Assange’s arrest mean for press freedom?
Carrie Cordero, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and law professor, spoke with The World’s host Marco Werman about what might happen next in the case — and what Assange’s arrest means for news organizations publishing national security stories.
MasterCard, Other Websites Downed by Hackers Supporting Assange
A hacker group known as “Anonymous” has reportedly initiated “Operation Payback” a call for attacks on several websites in retaliation for those sites pulling services from Wikileaks in the past 24 hours. So far, Mastercard’s website has been brought down, PayPal is under attack as is Swiss bank PostFinance, which recently froze Julian Assange’s bank […]
Imagining WikiLeaks’ Political Drama as Literal Drama
The tale of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks that has transpired in recent months, and especially the events of the past couple of weeks, has played out like a dramatic thriller. It now seems somewhat inevitable that someone will eventually portray Assange and WikiLeaks, literally, using political theater. How might a dramatic retelling of these already-dramatic […]
Where have all the honeybees gone? Barack Obama wants to know
Honeybee populations around the world are threatened, and now the US is taking action, sort of. Meanwhile, the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet moves south, and new research finds that food “tastes” better when it looks nice. That and more, in today’s Global Scan.
Where have all the honeybees gone? Barack Obama wants to know
Honeybee populations around the world are threatened, and now the US is taking action, sort of. Meanwhile, the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet moves south, and new research finds that food “tastes” better when it looks nice. That and more, in today’s Global Scan.
Here’s a glimpse inside Julian Assange’s life at the Ecuadoran embassy
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is marking the second anniversary of his stay in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London this week. And that got us wondering, what’s it like inside? Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is marking the second anniversary of his stay in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London this week. And that got us wondering, what’s it like inside?