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Julian Assange may be held under house arrest in the English countryside, but that hasn’t stopped his organisation continuing to leak information that governments around the world would rather you didn’t hear. Today the Irish Independent newspaper hasbegun publicationof 1903 new US Embassy cables which relate to Ireland’s foreign policy and domestic affairs, obtained fromWikiLeaks. “As you would expect, the language used in the cables… is diplomatic,” writes the newspaper. “But sometimes the mask slips a little, giving a telling insight into how the US State Department views Ireland, all set within the context of its own strategic interests....

PrivateBradley Manning, who allegedly leaked a substantial number of classified documents toWikileaks, now potentially faces the death penalty, according to Manning’s counsel. The army has slapped Manning with an additional 22 charges. “The most significant additional charge is Article 104,” said David E. Coombs, Manning’s defense attorney,on Twitter. That charge isaiding the enemy–a serious accusation that brings the death penalty to the table. It is believed that the prosecution is unlikely to pursue the death penalty and will instead propose life imprisonment for Mr Manning–though the prosecution itself has not yet indicated whether it intends to push capital punishment....

Exposed government secrets, allegation of sexual misconduct and a man on a mission to change the wold from the inside out; it has all the right ingredient needed to make a juicy hollywood thriller. The biography of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, is being optioned for a feature film version, reportsComingsoon.Entitled “The Most Dangerous Man in the World” and written by award winning Australian writer Andrew Fowler, the book is set to be released this year (on a still unspecified date) and details the life of Assange and his controversial website, launched in 2006....

It seems that Wikileaks’ California-based DNS hostDynadothas received a PATRIOT Act production order for information relating to founder Julian Assange. And it has complied. Earlier today, WikileaksTweetedthis message: To provide a little clarification, a secondtweetwas sent moments later noting that the order seeks information on both Assange and Wikileaks for the USgrand juryin Washington: Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam. Meet with the leaders of Picnic, Miro, Carbon Equity and more during this exclusive event dedicated to Scaleup Founders!...

Wikimedia UK, a regional chapter ofWikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation responsible for bringing free content to the world via popular online encyclopaedic portals including Wikipedia, Wiktionary and MediaWiki, this weekend committed to professionalising its operations. It has appointed a new board to educate contributors, increase content quality and organise events. Appointing members on Saturday, April 17 at its annual conference, Wikimedia UK moved from being purely voluntary to announcing it would open a full-time office within a year – providing a base from which it can continue to support volunteers as they add content....