Jon Snow
Saudi call for Iran bombing – just the tip of the iceberg?
Of all the competing Wiki-leaks, the one about which least is likely to attract much further attention is that which allegedly stems from the Saudi King.
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Harsh criticism for British military in US diplomatic cables
The latest secret US diplomatic cables to be released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks have revealed harsh criticism of the British forces in Afghanistan.
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Jon Snow
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WikiLeaks: Bradley Manning ‘set up own Facebook’
Exclusive: Channel 4 News reveals US Army hacker Bradley Manning, allegedly behind the WikiLeaks data leak, was a bullied schoolboy in Wales and set up a social networking site years before Facebook.
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WikiLeaks: US memo accuses Sri Lanka president of war crimes
Channel 4 News uncovers a WikiLeaks cable which appears to show the United States believes responsibility for alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka rests with its leaders, including President Rajapakse.
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Gary Gibbon
Wikileaks: Gordon Brown pleaded the case for Gary McKinnon
The Wikileaks documents contain interesting stuff on Gary McKinnon as well as differing opinions between the UK government and the military over the deployment of troops in Afghanistan, Gary Gibbon writes.
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Faisal Islam
WikiLeakonomics and the economics of ‘perfect’ information
Not content with causing turmoil in the normal functioning of global diplomacy, Mr Assange rather candidly pointed out that the next major target for a “megaleak” of tens of thousands of documents was a “major US bank”.
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China ‘contemplates reunified Korea’
New documents released by Wikileaks suggest there has been a major shift in China’s position on North Korea, with cables appearing to show it is ready to accept reunification with the South.
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Wikileaks: US nuclear weapon sites in Europe revealed
More leaked cables from Wikileaks appear to confirm, for the first time, where the US has deployed its tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.
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WikiLeaks latest: embarrassing and undermining trust
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, says the latest WikilLeaks revelations will not be as damaging as those previously published, but they do offer embarrassment and will undermine trust.
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WikiLeaks: Afghanistan political tensions exposed
Afghan President Hamid Karzai insists the leaked documents will not damage international ties as military analyst Professor Michael Clarke tells Channel 4 News that WikiLeaks has “lost the plot”.
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WikiLeaks: how will Iran react?
A former British ambassador tells Channel 4 News that the west would be better to accept a nuclear Iran than bomb it. Sir Richard Dalton says Tehran will seek to claim the moral high ground.
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Prince Andrew caught up in WikiLeaks row
Prince Andrew becomes caught up in the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables row – reported as denouncing the Serious Fraud Office inquiry into BAE Systems as “idiocy”.
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South Korea: ‘Attack was crime against humanity’
South Korea’s President brands North Korea’s artillery attack on a west coast island a “crime against humanity,” and vows to retaliate against any further aggression from the North.
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WikiLeaks: secret Iran arms deals with Chinese companies
Wikileaks diplomatic cable disclosures suggest that Iran has been on a global mission to acquire weapons including Russian-made parts from a Chinese company, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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WikiLeaks release: Saudi Arabia urged Iran attack
Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has released 250,000 US classified documents, including documents showing that Arab leaders are privately urging for an airstrike on Iran.
