Blog Entries by Robert Weller from 12/2010

U.S. Politicizes Internet

| Posted 12.05.2010 | Media

Just as in France, people in the US are learning that the freedom of the Net depends on groups they knew little of or didn't even know existed.

Is Assange Headed for Rendition?

| Posted 12.06.2010 | Media

If Julian Assange ends up in Sweden he could be extradited to the U.S., where he is public enemy #1.

Rumor of Time Dumping Assange Briefly Gains Internet Traction

| Posted 12.07.2010 | Politics

It started on Twitter, and then it got a life of its own. The true definition of an Internet meme. Time Magazine, like Amazon, Visa and the Swiss post...

Assange Supported By Hacktivists and Australian Government

| Posted 12.08.2010 | Media

As expected, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange is getting support from cyberhackers who have launched what is being called the first information war. Th...

Spinning Wikileaks

| Posted 12.13.2010 | Media

The current spin is that Wikileaks has broken up because of discontent with Julian Assange. Another way to look at plans to set up OpenLeaks is that it is flanking operation.

Time Ignores Voters' Choice Of Assange As Man Of The Year

| Posted 12.15.2010 | Media

WikiLeaks Julian Assange has taken another blow that his supporters say was done under pressure from the Pentagon. Time magazine ignored the will of v...

British Appeals Judge Orders Assange Freed

| Posted 12.16.2010 | Media

A British appeals court judge ordered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange freed Thursday, rejecting a British prosecutor's appeal to keep him in prison. ...

Good Odds for Climate Change in U.S., Vegas, Europe, Asia

| Posted 12.23.2010 | World

The rain has pretty much stopped in the southwest. But you could probably still get pretty good odds that climate change is real -- at least in Las Ve...