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WikiLeaks: 9/11 Mastermind Says He Killed Daniel Pearl Against al-Qaida Warnings

By Mara GayApr 26th 2011 – 4:11PM
AP

AP

A senior al-Qaida military commander instructed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not to kill Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and said that Pearl should "be returned back to one of the previous groups who held him, or freed." But Mohammed, the supposed mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, says he killed Pearl...

Leaked Files Show Gitmo Inmate Released After Informing on 123 Others

Apr 26th 2011 – 8:42AM

LONDON -- Leaked U.S. military documents reveal that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was freed after informing on 123 other prisoners, despite concerns about the reliability of his evidence, a British newspaper reported Tuesday. The Guardian, The New York Times and El Pais are publishing details of more than 750 leaked U.S....

How Can You Tell Someone Is al-Qaida? Look at His Watch

By Lauren FrayerApr 26th 2011 – 7:15AM
Shiho Fukada, AP

Shiho Fukada, AP

It's a simple, water-resistant digital watch that retails for about $11. But beware: It could sell you out as al-Qaida. A new batch of WikiLeaks files from Guantanamo Bay reveals a secret checklist U.S. investigators used to figure out whether detainees were really al-Qaida members. Among the criteria was the kind of...

Leaked Files Shed Light on Gitmo Detainees

Apr 25th 2011 – 4:56AM
AFP / Getty Images

AFP / Getty Images

WASHINGTON -- Secret documents about detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison reveal new information about some of the men that the United States believes to be terrorists, according to reports about the files released by several American and European newspapers. The U.S. government criticized the publication as...

Background on wikileaks

WikiLeaks is an international online self-described not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers.

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