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WikiLeaks: Bermuda Sought Help on Crime
Bermuda told a a 2009 London meeting of Britain’s overseas territories it had requested British and US law enforcement help to combat the worsening violent crime situation, a WikiLeaks cable reveals. In a cable to the US State Department summarising the 11-member Overseas Territories Consultative Council talks held that December, the American... Read more of this article
WikiLeaks: ‘Stronger Interest’ in US
The head of the British Treasury’s asset freezing unit urged the US to deal with Bermuda directly over the question of blocking Iran’s state fleet from obtaining coverage on the island’s insurance market, says a cable released by WikiLeaks today [Feb.5]. Patrick Guthrie, who helped to coordinate British sanctions against Iran resulting... Read more of this article
WikiLeaks: Bermuda Ban on Iran Insurance
[Updated] Bermuda’s move to ban insurers providing coverage for the Iranian regime’s state fleet ”provides us with another opportunity to highlight the risks of doing business with IRISL [Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines] and the international community’s efforts to protect themselves from those risks”, US Secretary... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Undersea Cable Named in Wikileaks
Bermuda has received another mention in one of the Cables being released in the ongoing Wikileaks drama. The whistle-blowing website has released a new diplomatic cable listing key infrastructure units around the world which would “if destroyed, disrupted or exploited, would likely have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States.” Bermuda... Read more of this article
Wikileaks Cables: Bermuda’s First Mention
Bermuda has received our first passing mention in one of the Cables being released in the so-called “Cablegate” – the release of over 250,000 secret documents by the Wikileaks website. The mention came in Cable #09PARIS933, entitled “France Open to Examining Six New Guantanamo Detainee Files”. The Cable was classifed as... Read more of this article
U.S. Consulate Responds to Wikileaks Data
The US Consulate in Bermuda has responded to the leaked secret documents being released by whistle blowing website Wikileaks saying they “condemn such unauthorized disclosures.” The statement issued this afternoon [Nov 30] by the Consulate says “Our relationship with Bermuda is based on respect and shared goals, and we expect this... Read more of this article
Wikileaks: No Bermuda Cables Released Yet
On “Day 2″ of “Cablegate” – the release of over 250,000 secret documents from the US government – there isn’t much more Bermuda-related news to report. As we first posted yesterday morning, Bermuda is expected to be mentioned in the data, however no cables pertaining to Bermuda have been released as of yet. At... Read more of this article
Bermuda, World & Wikileaks Data Release
The expected release of secret communications between the U.S. Government and countries worldwide by Wikileaks started yesterday [Nov 28]. Searching through the data set shows at least one small reference to Bermuda already, however this is not as dramatic as it may seem, as numerous countries are mentioned, and not all cable communication released... Read more of this article
