HONG KONG — In a raw display of Beijing’s mistrust of Washington, the Chinese Communist Party has seized on diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks as evidence of anti-China plotting by U.S. diplomats and a “Gang of Four” comprising prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy figures. Portraying the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong as a nest of spies and subversive busybodies, articles in local media controlled by the party have adopted an unusually harsh tone at a time when both China and the United States pledge a desire for smoother relations — but keep getting stuck in polemics. Read full article > >

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China’s Communist Party accuses U.S. diplomats in Hong Kong of meddling

An autobiography of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is set for release, despite his withdrawal from the book project.

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Unauthorised Assange book due out

To raise money for WikiLeaks.

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Assange to Auction Belongings

The antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks has published nearly 134,000 diplomatic cables, including many that name confidential sources, in recent days.

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WikiLeaks Leaves Names of Diplomatic Sources in Cables

A friend and leading supporter of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning said Wednesday he refused to testify before a grand jury, citing his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

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WikiLeaks witness takes the Fifth

Is WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange your dream date? If you have €600 ($850) to spare on eBay you could be sitting at a table for two in no time. WikiLeaks is auctioning off a chance to dine at “one of London’s finest restaurants” with its famous…

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Julian Assange Lunch Up for Auction

A confidential military report previously revealed that many officers thought Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking state secrets to WikiLeaks, unfit for combat in Iraq-and a new Guardian investigation offers plenty of corroborating evidence….

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Bradley Manning ‘Mentally Unfit’ for Iraq

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who claims to be the mastermind behind 9/11, told his interrogators that al Qaeda had planned attacks on U.S. nuclear power plants, airports and even the Brooklyn Bridge, according to documents from WikiLeaks.

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WikiLeaks: Al Qaeda planned ‘nuclear hell storm’ after 9/11

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can now add a peace prize to his list of achievements, along with allegations of sex crimes and the publishing of top-secret U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange was awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation’s gold medal in London…

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Assange Gets Australian Peace Prize

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can now add a peace prize to his list of achievements, along with allegations of sex crimes and the publishing of top-secret U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange was awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation’s gold medal in London…

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Assange Gets Australian Peace Prize

When there’s political upheaval in Tehran, it’s often interwoven with the explosive question of possible outreach to the United States. And that may be the case with a recent feud between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The key figure in this dispute is Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei , Ahmadinejad’s former chief of staff and said to be his choice as successor in the next Iranian presidential elections, scheduled for 2013. In recent months, Mashaei is said to have initiated a series of contacts attempting to open a dialogue with the United States. Read full article > >

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Internal strife emerges as Tehran looks westward

Protests of the jail conditions of Pfc. Bradley Manning have produced good results, his lawyer says. Manning, who is accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, was being held in solitary confinement and forced to sleep naked without bedding…

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Manning’s Jail Conditions Improve

Don’t expect a no-fly zone in Syria, but the U.S. government is still quietly aiding the opposition there: According to previously undisclosed WikiLeaks cables, the State Department has secretly funded Syrian opposition groups, including a satellite TV…

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U.S. Funds Syria Opposition

A UN torture investigator claims that US officials are denying him unmonitored access to alleged Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning.

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UN’s access to Manning ‘blocked’

In a rare rebuke to the U.S. government, the United Nations’ representative for torture, Juan Mendez, criticized America’s treatment of accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning, who is being held in a military prison. While Mendez has not personally…

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U.N. Torture Rep: Let Me See Manning