WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Source: NYMag

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IS WIKILEAKS A CREATION OF THE CIA?

Richard welcomes a researcher and media scientist to the show to discuss WikiLeaks’ release of classified U.S. government cables which has angered politicians, emboldened free speech supporters and unleashed hackers onto websites of companies and individuals they believe oppose the site’s founder Julian Assange. Assange himself has been shrouded in mystery. He is currently in a London jail in connection with allegations of rape and sexual molestation made by two women in Sweden. The very public disclosure of classified government information has polarized opinion and sparked a debate over what the public needs to know. WikiLeaks continues to publish online even though Assange is in a British jail on allegations of rape in Sweden. But is Julian Assange the anti-establishment crusader he makes himself out to be? Could WikiLeaks, in fact, be a CIA plot to provide a pretext to police the internet?

Already the US Government has shut the Wikileaks server in the United States though no identifiable US law has been broken.

The process of policing the Web was well underway before the current leaks scandal. In 2009 Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Olympia Snowe introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773). It would give the President unlimited power to disconnect private-sector computers from the internet. The bill “would allow the president to ‘declare a cyber-security emergency’ relating to ‘non-governmental’ computer networks and do what’s necessary to respond to the threat.

GUEST: Nelson Thall was a student and archivist of the late Marshall McLuhan. Thall is a noted assassination researcher, media scientist and producer of the popular podcast, Shock Talk with Bloom and Steel.

THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST CHRISTMAS AND CHRISTIANITY

Richard speaks with an American political, religious and cultural commentator who says Christians are under attack by a small but vocal, organized and well-funded group of anti-religious activists. American Athiests recently launched a billboard campaign in NYC portraying the virgin birth of Jesus as a myth. The billboard, placed outside New York City’s heavily travelled Lincoln Tunnel depicts a silouhette of the nativity scene with the words, “You Know It’s A Myth: Tis The Season For Reason.”

GUEST: The Rt. Rev Council Nedd ll serves as The Bishop of Chesapeake and the Northeast in The Episcopal Missionary Church. a Continuing Anglian Church. Prior to joining full-time ministry, Bishop Nedd was involved in the public policy arena in a variety of capacities. He served as a senior legislative staff member for three Members of Congress. He is chairman of In God We Trust

 

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