Morgan Tzvangirai will not be prosecuted, a Zimbabwean panel has determined, in connection with comments he made to US diplomats, revealed in cables published by the Guardian. The Financial Gazette, a Zimbabwean English-language news weekly, reports: A PANEL set up early this year to probe alleged treason by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and leading ZANU-PF… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011
WIRED’s publication of the full Lamo-Manning chat logs brings a year-long controversy to a close. But questions remain over WIRED’s reticence. 1. The History of the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs 2. The Unredacted Chat Logs. 3. WL Central’s Annotated Chat Log The History of the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs On June 10, 2010, Kevin Poulsen and Kim… [Read more…]
June 7, 2011
Saturday, 4th June was Day Five of the Irish Cablegate reports, published by the Irish Independent. (See roundups of Days Four, Three, Two and One.) Saturday’s reports did not have novel focuses, but instead chose to look on distinct aspects of topics that had previously been explored in the Independent. The IRA subject was revisited,… [Read more…]
June 7, 2011
Friday 3rd June was Day 4 of the Irish Independent’s Irish Wikileaks releases. (See roundups of Days Three, Two and One.) After three days of drive-by reportage on the Irish cables, during which – with exceptions – the documents were mined for unexceptional confidential opinions of Irish policians, The Independent finally broached the story for… [Read more…]
June 3, 2011
Thursday 03 June was Day Three of the Irish Independent’s Cablegate coverage. The day’s main focus was the Irish financial crisis. The Independent also explored what is revealed about corporate Ireland in the cables. While there is a distinct sense that various of the stories are only news insofar as they reveal American attitudes to… [Read more…]
June 3, 2011
This post is a roundup of reports on the Irish Cables by the Irish Independent. For Day One, see here. In a commendable move, Day Two of the Ireland Cables has for the most part been made available on the Irish Independent’s website. This marks a turnaround on yesterday’s coverage, which was only available in… [Read more…]
June 1, 2011
Background After months during which the Irish media appeared to display little interest in the content of the State Department cables held by Wikileaks, The Irish Independent has finally initiated publication as part of a Wikileaks partnership. This is the first and hitherto only Wikileaks partnership in the Irish media. Today was Day One, and… [Read more…]
May 27, 2011
In the wake of Obama’s visit, the Irish government has abandoned its plans to discontinue U.S military stopovers in Shannon airport. The accepted narrative about President Obama’s “historic” visit to Ireland on Monday was that it was entirely symbolic, and more to do with seeking the Irish American vote in Obama’s reelection bid than with… [Read more…]
May 1, 2011
Please note: Reportage on IrishLeaks and other leaking platforms should not be read as an endorsement by WL Central – prospective leakers are urged to satisfy themselves of the trustworthiness of their intended recipients and to take precautions to ensure their own anonymity. Today marks the launch of IrishLeaks, an implementation of the Wikileaks model… [Read more…]
April 30, 2011
The White House is denying, contrary to reports, that it was seeking to blacklist the San Francisco Chronicle reporter, Carla Marinucci. WL Central reported yesterday how the White House was seeking to punish the San Francisco news organization for reporting on a protest against the inhumane pretrial incarceration of alleged military whistleblower Bradley Manning, during… [Read more…]
July 20, 2011
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