WikiLeaks revelations: Timeline of the key WikiLeaks revelations
0 comments Posted by in.SIGHT at 12:37Sorce: The Telegraph
6:53PM GMT 22 Nov 2010
December 2007: Guantanamo Bay operating procedures
A US Army manual for soldiers at Camp Delta discloses that prisoners were denied access to the Red Cross for up to four weeks and that inmates could earn “special rewards”, including a roll of lavatory paper, for good behaviour and co-operation.
September 2008: Sarah Palin's email account
Emails taken from the then-Republican Vice-Presidential candidate's personal account suggest that she has been using it for official business as Governor of Alaska. Doing so could have helped her avoid having her communications subjected to state laws on the disclosure of public records.
November 2008: BNP membership list
The names, addresses and occupations of more than 13,000 members of the far-Right British party are released in one file. The list shows that members include police officers, senior members of the military, doctors and other professionals.
October 2009: Trafigura report
An internal study about the effects of dumping waste by the energy trading company discloses that it used amateurish processes while dumping gasoline on the Ivory Coast and probably would have left dangerous sulphur compounds untreated
November 2009: Climategate emails
More than 1,000 emails sent between staff at the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit appeared to show that scientists distorted research to boost their argument that global warming was man-made, causing an international media storm.
November 2009: September 11 pager messages
About half a million pager messages sent in New York City on September 11, 2001, tell the story of the 9/11 terrorist attacks through individuals. Personal messages from people caught up in the carnage emerge, prompting criticism from commentators who claim the leak is an invasion of privacy.
April 2010: Apache helicopter attack on journalists
Video footage shows 15 people, including two people working for the Reuters news agency, being gunned down by a US Army helicopter in Iraq. The crew, who were not disciplined, mistook their targets' camera equipment for weapons.
July 2010: Afghanistan war logs
Tens of thousands of classified US military documents tell of the daily events of war in Afghanistan. The logs disclose that the Taliban is receiving greater assistance from the Pakistani intelligence services than was previously known and that the US runs a secret assassination squad. They also raise questions over potential crimes committed by coalition troops.
October 2010: Iraq war logs
Almost 400,000 classified US military documents recording the Iraq war suggest that evidence of the torture of Iraqis by coalition troops was ignored and record civilian deaths in more detail than was previously known. More than 66,000 civilians suffered “violent deaths” between 2004 and the end of 2009, they show.
November 2008: BNP membership list
The names, addresses and occupations of more than 13,000 members of the far-Right British party are released in one file. The list shows that members include police officers, senior members of the military, doctors and other professionals.
October 2009: Trafigura report
An internal study about the effects of dumping waste by the energy trading company discloses that it used amateurish processes while dumping gasoline on the Ivory Coast and probably would have left dangerous sulphur compounds untreated
November 2009: Climategate emails
More than 1,000 emails sent between staff at the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit appeared to show that scientists distorted research to boost their argument that global warming was man-made, causing an international media storm.
November 2009: September 11 pager messages
About half a million pager messages sent in New York City on September 11, 2001, tell the story of the 9/11 terrorist attacks through individuals. Personal messages from people caught up in the carnage emerge, prompting criticism from commentators who claim the leak is an invasion of privacy.
April 2010: Apache helicopter attack on journalists
Video footage shows 15 people, including two people working for the Reuters news agency, being gunned down by a US Army helicopter in Iraq. The crew, who were not disciplined, mistook their targets' camera equipment for weapons.
July 2010: Afghanistan war logs
Tens of thousands of classified US military documents tell of the daily events of war in Afghanistan. The logs disclose that the Taliban is receiving greater assistance from the Pakistani intelligence services than was previously known and that the US runs a secret assassination squad. They also raise questions over potential crimes committed by coalition troops.
October 2010: Iraq war logs
Almost 400,000 classified US military documents recording the Iraq war suggest that evidence of the torture of Iraqis by coalition troops was ignored and record civilian deaths in more detail than was previously known. More than 66,000 civilians suffered “violent deaths” between 2004 and the end of 2009, they show.
In the opening bars of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West asserts, “We found bravery in my bravado.” As far as Hip Hop music goes, this is too true. Because of West’s renaissance of carefully-crafted artistry and decadent decision-making, Rap has been restored from an over-saturated commodity to the grandiose stage Jay-Z left empty after The Black Album.
The earliest glimpse at My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of its best moments. "Power" is the Kanye West that will be most remembered in lyrical circles. “In this white man’s world, we the ones chosen / So goodnight cruel world, I’ll see you in the mornin’ / Huh? I’ll see you in the mornin’ / This is way too much, I need a moment.” Just as Eminem paused amidst his uber-fame in 2002 to relive his battle-to-mainstream ascent in “Till I Collapse” and “Lose Yourself,” Kanye West reminds us that while he’s reading price-tags and royalty statements, he still reads the news. he declares on "Gorgeous", “Face it, Jerome get more time than Brandon / And at the airport, they check all through my bag and tell me it’s random / But we stay winnin’ / This week has been a bad massage, I need a happy endin’ / And a new beginning / And a new fitted / And some job opportunities that’s lucrative / This the real world, homie, school finished / They done stole your dreams, you don’t know who did it / I treat the cash like the government treats AIDS, I won’t be satisfied till all my niggas get it, get it?” At a time when West is revising a blueprint he’s help create for Drake and Kid Cudi, his sharp, outspoken lines put him in the lineage of Ice Cube and Chuck D, something that ‘Ye’s predecessors cannot seem to do - without him as a link. Lines like that complement Rap laureate Gil Scott-Heron on West’s closer, “Who Will Survive In America?” And for every mention of Oscar De La Renta, Lamborghini and private jets, one of Hip Hop’s wealthy elite still finds a way to make recession-applicable music without kneeling.
The earliest glimpse at My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of its best moments. "Power" is the Kanye West that will be most remembered in lyrical circles. “In this white man’s world, we the ones chosen / So goodnight cruel world, I’ll see you in the mornin’ / Huh? I’ll see you in the mornin’ / This is way too much, I need a moment.” Just as Eminem paused amidst his uber-fame in 2002 to relive his battle-to-mainstream ascent in “Till I Collapse” and “Lose Yourself,” Kanye West reminds us that while he’s reading price-tags and royalty statements, he still reads the news. he declares on "Gorgeous", “Face it, Jerome get more time than Brandon / And at the airport, they check all through my bag and tell me it’s random / But we stay winnin’ / This week has been a bad massage, I need a happy endin’ / And a new beginning / And a new fitted / And some job opportunities that’s lucrative / This the real world, homie, school finished / They done stole your dreams, you don’t know who did it / I treat the cash like the government treats AIDS, I won’t be satisfied till all my niggas get it, get it?” At a time when West is revising a blueprint he’s help create for Drake and Kid Cudi, his sharp, outspoken lines put him in the lineage of Ice Cube and Chuck D, something that ‘Ye’s predecessors cannot seem to do - without him as a link. Lines like that complement Rap laureate Gil Scott-Heron on West’s closer, “Who Will Survive In America?” And for every mention of Oscar De La Renta, Lamborghini and private jets, one of Hip Hop’s wealthy elite still finds a way to make recession-applicable music without kneeling.
Inhalation,Intoxication!
Are those really the cures for the frustration of an entire nation?
Procrastination,degradataion and criminalisation,
pick a piece,we hardly part with all we name sin.
Fighting to love because we love to fight
Racism,inequality and bomb shells.
Decoys for the true war,one we lead with outselfes.
For what it's worth,being free means nothing if you're hurt.
Stand up to yourself,take a deep glance.
One life,one love,one chance.
(c) Outspoken Poet
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