Considering how much time he spends restricting the rights of his people and alleging that 9/11 was a giant Western conspiracy, we'd be surprised to learn that Iranian president and clown-of-the-century nominee Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has any time for something like sports. But it turns out that Ahmadinejad has a huge thing for soccer—so much so, that one US diplomat dubbed him "The George Steinbrenner of Iran." more ›

Were there more 9/11 plotters than previously reported? Maybe! The Telegraph yesterday noticed an interesting WikiLeak from February 2010 that discusses four men (Qataris Meshal Alhajri, Fahad Abdulla, Ali Alfehaid, and UAE citizen Mohamed Al Mansoori) who allegedly carried out surveillance on the World Trade Center, White House, and Pentagon three weeks before the attack as well as "providing other support to the hijackers." more ›

WikiLeaker-in-chief Julian Assange went on GMA this morning to say that the rape charges against him were a set-up (“There are intercepted SMS messages between the women and each other and their friends that I am told represents a set-up. Now those SMS messages, the Swedish prosecutor has refused to release,” he said) and to reiterate that he didn't have any contact with Bradley Manning, who is said to have stolen data for the site. But that isn't the only Assange-related news to hit the transom today: "Dickileaks" condoms, anyone? Only $8.37 for a 12-pack! more ›

On Tuesday Julian Assange was granted bail by a London court only to have it pulled out from under him after lawyers appealed. The WikiLeaker returned to court today, however, and has once again been granted bail. It isn't immediately clear when Assange will be released, as conditions and details are still being worked out, but it could be as soon as today but likely no later than tomorrow. As his lawyer, Mark Stephens, put it on the steps of court earlier today "He will not be going back to that Victorian prison. He will not be going back to that cell once occupied by Oscar Wilde." more ›

If you read any of the headlines about Time's choice of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg as Person Of The Year, you would think there were only two contenders. Which is a half-truth. People seem to be confused about the magazine's choice of Zuckerberg over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who won the popular vote and really is more of a 2010 phenomenon. Is Time ignoring the voice of the people in favor of a less controversial character, or are they just convinced it's still 2007? more ›

[UPDATE BELOW]WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted bail in England—with a host of conditions. A British judge earlier today reversed course and is allowing Assange to leave prison on a £240,000 bail (is Michael Moore helping pay?). But the WikiLeaker will have to live in a designated location, a mansion called Ellingham Hall, with a curfew from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.. He also must report to a police station each day at 6 p.m. more ›

Because at this point it wouldn't be a Monday without some WikiLeaks-related news, a brief rundown of what's new with the secret-spewing website and its incarcerated leader Julian Assange—from Assange's alleged (and outdated) OKCupid profile to the new leaker in town, and more: more ›

Julian Assange, WikiLeaker in chief, may be in prison but that doesn't mean he is offline. The Australian currently in prison in the U.K. fighting extradition to Sweden has reportedly been moved to the segregation unit of London's Wandsworth prison and will be given access to the Internet. Or, more specifically, a computer with limited web access that he can use to work on his case under a British prison initiative named "access to justice." more ›

The legal troubles of Julian Assange and his quarter-million leaked diplomatic cables, the two narratives that now dominate the ongoing WikiLeaks story, continue apace. While Assange's legal problems are getting the most attention—and teaching the world about överraskningssex ("sex by surprise")—the leaks themselves are still infuriating the U.S. (Joe Lieberman, not amused) while possibly being suppressed by Twitter. Oh, and Assange is being accused of reneging on a promise, too. more ›

[UPDATED BELOW] WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer in hiding. The Australian was arrested after turning himself in this morning in the UK where he has been under wraps as his site deals with the fallout from the trove of a quarter-million diplomatic cables it's been slowly releasing to the public. Assange is due in court later today and it is currently unclear if he will challenge his extradition to Sweden—where he is wanted for questioning as part of a sex-crimes investigation (one which some find suspicious). more ›

Want a job in the government where you might learn classified information? Then don't go around tweeting about WikiLeaks, m'kay? Or, wait, tweet what you like. Columbia University is a touch conflicted on the issue. more ›

Just days after moving to a new server and domain—after its Amazon servers and EveryDNS domain were dropped—WikiLeaks' main server in France has gone offline. The AP reports, "Denis Simonet of the Swiss Pirate Party says his group is currently redirecting the domain wikileaks.ch to another server based in Sweden. Simonet told The Associated Press by phone Sunday that the switch could take several hours but that the site that publishes leaked classified documents is still reachable through the numerical address of its Swedish server." Hey, those CIA DNS attacks must be working! more ›

WikiLeaks received another blow today, this time in the form of PayPal suspending all donations to the underground site which released 250,000 diplomatic cables, prompting some politicians to call it a terrorist organization and accuse it of sabotaging peaceful relationships with countries. PayPal said, "PayPal has permanently restricted the account used by WikiLeaks due to a violation of the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity. We’ve notified the account holder of this action." more ›

As wanted WikiLeaker Julian Assange is still in "hiding" from his Interpol warrent (but still giving interviews, of course) can we make Julian Assange photobombs the next Internet meme? To get the ball rolling Animal has found one Assange photobomb on flickr already. Though we wish the photo were taken this week it seems to have been shot at the end of July. We wonder where else the sort-of-elusive Australian will pop up. EuroDisney we hope. more ›

The latest development in the WikiLeaks saga? The site's DNS provider, EveryDNS.net, decided to terminate their relationship with the embattled website last night at 10 p.m. In a statement on their website EveryDNS cites the many denial of service attacks the site had been fighting off, which they claim threatened to bring down their entire infrastructure. But, just like when Amazon decided to stop hosting their servers earlier this week, the leakers have gotten back on their feet and moved to Switzerland. So, if you are in the mood for some leaked diplomatic cables, you can find them at http://88.80.13.160 or wikileaks.ch. more ›

WikiLeaks makes the news again today with more leaked diplomatic cables dealing with the relationship between Italy's Silvio Berlusconi and Russia's Vladimir Putin (as well as the whole Amazon dropping them from their servers thing). Meanwhile, some critics are noticing information found in the leaks—specifically about Iranian ballistic missiles—that isn't making most of the mainstream coverage and infers government meddling. more ›

Here's some non-Assange, non-leak WikiLeaks news: the embattled website lost one of its major servers today when Amazon decided (after pressure form Sen. Joe Lieberman) to stop hosting the site. Earlier this afternoon WikiLeaks tweeted "WikiLeaks servers at Amazon ousted. Free speech the land of the free--fine our $ are now spent to employ people in Europe." Though the site, which says it has been fighting off hackers, appeared to go down briefly after losing its Amazon servers it is back up now. And just to rub it in, the site pointed out "If Amazon are so uncomfortable with the first amendment, they should get out of the business of selling books." more ›

WikiLeaks continues to drop files from its trove of diplomatic cables, but for those who can't sit through a quarter-million documents leaked at a slow pace the story has quickly turned from gossip about foreign leaders to gossip about the site's elusive (though certainly not quiet) leader Julian Assange. Yesterday Interpol put the 39-year-old Australian on its most-wanted list for questioning regarding rape charges he is facing in Sweden (his lawyers claim he is being unjustly persecuted) and Ecuador rescinded its offer of safe haven, all of which has his mother quiet upset. more ›

Unsurprisingly, the fallout from the latest WikiLeaks continues. U.S. officials are working damage control here and abroad, from Rep. Peter King pushing for the website to be declared a Foreign Terrorist Organization to Attorney General Eric Holder investigating the matter promising "to the extent that we can find anybody who was involved in the breaking of American law and who has put at risk the assets and the people I have described, they will be held responsible," and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blasting, "This disclosure is not just an attack on America — it's an attack on the international community... There is nothing laudable about endangering innocent people, and there is nothing brave about sabotaging the peaceful relations between nations." And then there's Sarah Palin, saying that she wouldn't have let the leaks happen since her book was leaked and everything. more ›

Yesterday WikiLeaks dropped another boatload of documents (in this case a quarter-million diplomatic documents) and unsurprisingly many politicians are miffed about it. Seriously miffed. New York's own representative Peter King (R-LI), incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, was so bothered by the website's leaks that, in letters to Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he's called for WikiLeaks to be designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and for its leader, Julian Assange, to be indicted under the Espionage Act (not that Assange doesn't have any other legal issues to deal with). more ›

Last night WikiLeaks dumped 91,000 classified U.S. military documents detailing our current Quagmire in the Graveyard of Empires. Most of the documents, which were reviewed in advance by the Times, are low-level field reports detailing the daily grind in Afghanistan, where officers, unsurprisingly, complain of "poorly equipped Afghan forces and corrupt Afghan government officials." Other documents suggest that Pakistan's spy service, ISI, is helping Afghan insurgents attack U.S. forces. more ›

As a commenter noted, WikiLeaks' founder did not attend The Next Hope hacker conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Julian Assange was scheduled as the keynote speaker yesterday, but perhaps reports of federal agents scoping out the event on Friday prompted the mysterious to change his mind. Instead of Assange in person or speaking by video, his replacement was WikiLeaks contributor and Tor Project programmer Jacob Appelbaum. more ›

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is scheduled to speak at The Next Hope conference (held at the Hotel Pennsylvania) today, but he may not want to, given that federal agents were there yesterday. CNET reports, "[Conference organizer] Eric Corley...said that five Homeland Security agents appeared at the conference a day before Assange was scheduled to speak. The conference program lists Assange -- who has been at the center of a maelstrom of positive and negative publicity relating to the arrest of a U.S. serviceman and videos he may have provided the document-sharing site -- as speaking at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday. 'If he shows up, he will be questioned at length,' Corley told CNET." more ›

Yesterday, WikiLeaks began posting "half a million US national text pager intercepts," saying, "The archive is a completely objective record of the defining moment of our time. We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war." more ›