WikiLeaks

Review: 'We Steal Secrets' a thriller about WikiLeaks

2013-05-23 18:30:00

"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" may be a documentary, but director Alex Gibney gives the film the feel of a propulsive espionage techno-thriller played out in the real world. The movie is in some sense two films in one. It's partly a study of...

For the record

2013-05-20 00:00:00

City Council race: An article in the May 18 LATExtra section about the race for the 1st District seat on the L.A. City Council said candidate Jose Gardea and his supporters have criticized opponent Gil Cedillo's ties to organized labor. Gardea's...

WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

2013-05-18 09:28:00

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

A federal 'shield' for reporters

2013-05-16 16:58:00

President Obama may be engaging in political damage control in proposing that Congress resurrect legislation to protect the confidentiality of journalists' sources. But his call for action on a federal shield law is welcome even if it is inspired by a...

White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists

2013-05-15 18:46:00

WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....

Another domino in Mexico's collapsing drug prosecutions

2013-04-20 18:24:00

MEXICO CITY — Gen. Tomas Angeles Dauahare, who once held the plum post of military attache to the Mexican Embassy in Washington, was rumored to be the next defense minister of Mexico. Until that day in May last year when he and three other top...

A WikiLeaks way out

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Prosecutors must prove that Pfc. Bradley Manning "had reason to believe" that the classified material he provided to WikiLeaks would harm the nation, a military judge ruled Wednesday — offering the Pentagon and the Obama administration an...

Summer Movie Sneaks complete list

2013-04-28 00:00:00

The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...

Frank Sinatra documentary coming to HBO

2013-04-30 15:27:00

HBO is backing a new four-hour documentary on Frank Sinatra being touted as “the definitive portrait of our era’s greatest performer." The miniseries will be directed by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney. The untitled film is a collaboration...

Dreamworks to make film of Globe's expose on Catholic Church scandal

2013-04-02 11:46:00

Looks like the Boston Globe's yearlong investigation into the Catholic Church's coverup of its pedophile priests in Massachusetts will be turned into a feature film. Dreamworks Studios and Participant Media announced Tuesday that they have acquired...

Steal his movie and Simon Klose will thank you

2013-03-30 09:00:00

AUSTIN, Texas — Simon Klose would like you to steal his movie. Stream it, download it, share it with someone in Croatia or Brazil and remix it with videos of kittens playing patty-cake, if that's your kind of thing. Klose, 37, is the director of...

U.N. investigator: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty

2013-03-15 08:55:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— A top U.N. investigator has criticized Washington’s drone missile campaign against Islamic militants in Pakistan as a violation of the South Asian nation’s sovereignty, a stance that echoes Islamabad’s public...

Pfc. Bradley Manning, a 25-year-old former intelligence analyst in Iraq, has been accused of providing WikiLeaks with more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables and thousands of military field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan. Above: Manning is seen after a pretrial hearing on June 25, 2012.

2013-01-11 19:55:57

In a Wednesday, Nov. 28 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, steps out of a security vehicle as he is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., for a pretrial hearing.

2012-12-02 17:06:00

This Machine Kills Secrets How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information Andy Greenberg Dutton, $27.

2012-11-29 09:55:56