Wikileaks grundare Julian Assange eftersökt för våldtäkt i Sverige

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 08:01 PM ET
I think the "conspiracy" actually is to erode Jewish support for Wikileaks ...

The Israel Shamir rumors have been floating on the surface for weeks ... and the Tweetlonger wrt his association with Wikileaks rather "raises more questions than it answers" since it contradicts various taken-as-fact factoids that have been out there for a while ...

Not being Jewish and being an American (Americans didn't have the collaborator factor that still roils Europe), I've never really understood the European outrage (to the point of outlawing the free expression) wrt deniers ... occasionally I get a glimpse or a pang ... but, no, I don't understand taking such "wackos" as a threat.

Anyway ... for anyone interested who has read it. This is the Wikileak's memo sent to _____ wrt Israel Shamir:

WikiLeaks statement that was given to, but not used by, the UK satirical current-affairs magazine, Private Eye:

Israel Shamir has never worked or volunteered for WikiLeaks, in any manner, whatsoever. He has never written for WikiLeaks or any associated organization, under any name and we have no plan that he do so. He is not an 'agent' of WikiLeaks. He has never been an employee of WikiLeaks and has never received monies from WikiLeaks or given monies to WikiLeaks or any related organization or individual. However, he has worked for the BBC, Haaretz, and many other reputable organizations.

It is false that Shamir is 'an Assange intimate'. He interviewed Assange (on behalf of Russian media), as have many journalists. He took a photo at that time and has only met with WikiLeaks staff (including Asssange) twice. It is false that 'he was trusted with selecting the 250,000 US State Department cables for the Russian media' or that he has had access to such at any time.

Shamir was able to search through a limited portion of the cables with a view to writing articles for a range of Russian media. The media that subsequently employed him did so of their own accord and with no intervention or instruction by WikiLeaks.

We do not have editorial control over the of hundreds of journalists and publications based on our materials and it would be wrong for us to seek to do so. We do not approve or endorse the the writings of the world's media. We disagree with many of the approaches taken in analyzing our material.

Index did contact WikiLeaks as have many people and organisations do for a variety of reasons. The quote used here is not complete. WikiLeaks also asked Index for further information on this subject. Most of these rumors had not, and have not, been properly corroborated. WikiLeaks therefore asked Index to let us know if they had received any further information on the subject. This would have helped WikiLeaks conduct further inquiries. We did not at the time, and never have, received any response.

link: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/92ichb

I have no idea what Shamir has to "say for himself.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 09:15 PM ET

Shamir's son is apparently Johannes Wahlstrom from what I've read. Granted there's a lot of disinformation out there, but it also appears that Wahlstrom was the person who gave Aftenposten unrestricted access to the cable leaks.

http://reason.com/archives/2010/12/1...ange-employees
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