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Julian Assange Paranoid, on the Run

WikiLeaks founder dyeing his hair, sleeping on floors

(Newser) - The picture the New York Times paints of Julian Assange is one dripping in paranoia. John Burns and Ravi Somaiya describe the WikiLeaks founder as "moving like a hunted man"—speaking in whispers, churning through pricey encrypted cell phones, booking hotel rooms under false names, sleeping on floors,...

Julian Assange Walks Out of CNN Interview

He calls questions about his personal life 'completely disgusting'

(Newser) - Fall's hottest media move is shaping up to be the interview walk-out. Julian Assange " pulled a Whoopi " during a CNN interview yesterday about WikiLeaks' latest file release. When Atika Shubert began poking at his personal legal issues , Assange immediately shut down, calling her questions "completely disgusting" and...

'Big Reveal' May Be US Turning Blind Eye to Torture
'Big Reveal'
May Be US Turning Blind Eye to Torture
wikileaks files
Oct 22, 2010 7:30 PM CDT

'Big Reveal' May Be US Turning Blind Eye to Torture

Iraqi forces allowed to abuse detainees

(Newser) - It's still early, but it looks like the "big reveal" out the new WikiLeaks dump will revolve around the routine torture of detainees by Iraqi forces while the US did nothing to stop it, writes Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic . The US inaction can be blamed on something known...

WikiLeaks: US Blacklisted Us, Screwed Up Funding

Assange says US waging financial war

(Newser) - WikiLeaks funding has been cut off thanks to what Julian Assange calls financial warfare by the US government. In an email to Assange, Moneybookers, the company that collected donations for WikiLeaks, said it was closing WikiLeaks' account “following the recent publicity and subsequent addition of the WikiLeaks entity to...

Assange Under Pressure to Quit WikiLeaks

Organizers say spokesman is 'creating a big mess'

(Newser) - People within WikiLeaks are pressuring Julian Assange to back away from the site he helped create. Assange—embroiled in a sex case in Sweden he calls a "legal circus" —may be ousted if he doesn't step down as the group's chief spokesperson until the matter is resolved, the...

Assange: Probe May Kill My Bid for Swedish Residency

Says charges hurt site's chance of gaining safe haven

(Newser) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says the reopened rape charges against him are part of a "legal circus" that could kill his chances of obtaining Swedish residency—which could in turn prevent him from gaining protection for Wikileaks. Assange says the accusations made against him by two Swedish women are...

Sweden Reopens Rape Case Against Julian Assange

Prosecutor says new info has come in

(Newser) - A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other. The case was dismissed last week by the chief prosecutor in Stockholm, who overruled a lower-ranked prosecutor and said...

Assange Refused to Wear Condom: Accusers

They say he wouldn't get STD-tested, either

(Newser) - The gross details of Julian Assange’s molestation charges are emerging: The two women accusing Assange claim he refused to be tested for STDs and refused to wear a condom. The women admit their dalliances with the WikiLeaks founder began consensually, but later included nonconsensual, no-condom sex. Though the rape...

WikiLeaks Posts CIA 'Terrorist Export' Memo

US has long history of sending terror abroad

(Newser) - America has exported home-grown terrorists for years, states a secret CIA document posted by the whistle-blowing WikiLeaks. The three-page memo outlines attacks abroad by US-based or US-funded Jewish, Muslim, and Irish-American terrorists, and questions the impact of such attacks on the foreign perception of America. If the US is regarded...

WikiLeaks Releasing CIA Doc Today

Site says it plans to make 'CIA paper' public

(Newser) - WikiLeaks is planning to release another secret document, and this time the CIA's involved. "WikiLeaks to release CIA paper tomorrow," the group tweeted yesterday, without providing any further details. It's not clear whether this document is connected to the 15,000 Afghanistan war records WIkiLeaks says it still...

Assange: I Was Smeared
 Assange: I Was Smeared 
Aug 23, 2010 2:45 AM CDT

Assange: I Was Smeared

But women stick by molest charges

(Newser) - Angry Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is blaming a conspiracy smear campaign for the rape charge that was filed against him last week, then quickly dropped, by Swedish authorities. "It is clearly a smear campaign," Assange told Al-Jazeera yesterday. "The only question is, who was involved?" One of...

Sweden Cancels Warrant for Wikileaks' Assange

He's no longer suspected of rape

(Newser) - The weirdest story of the day gets a little weirder: Swedish authorities have withdrawn their arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on charges of rape and molestation."I don't think there is reason to suspect that he has committed rape," said a chief prosecutor, without elaborating on...

Assange: Rape Charge 'Without Basis'

Sweden issues arrest warrant

(Newser) - A Swedish tabloid reports today that an arrest warrant has been issued for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of rape, and officials said they could confirm "media reports." Assange addressed the report on WikiLeaks' Twitter page, saying "the charges are without basis and their issue at...

'Pirate Party' to Host Wikileaks Servers

Sadly, this has nothing to do with Captain Hook

(Newser) - The Pirate Party, a Swedish pro-piracy political party, has agreed to host servers for Wikileaks . The party, which also runs The Pirate Bay , a popular file sharing site, says supporting Wikileaks is in line with its commitment to copyright and patent reform, notes Information Week . "We want to contribute...

WikiLeaks to Pentagon: More on the Way

Undeterred Assange to release 15K remaining docs

(Newser) - Julian Assange thumbed his nose at the Pentagon today, telling reporters in Stockholm that WikiLeaks is about halfway through a "line-by-line" review of its remaining 15,000 pages of documents, and will soon release them. "This organization will not be threatened by the Pentagon or any other group,...

Rights Groups Urge WikiLeaks to Censor Names

'There was no consideration about civilian lives'

(Newser) - WikiLeaks has won praise from human rights groups in the past but now several have added their voices to those criticizing its leak of classified Afghanistan war records. A coalition of rights groups has written to founder Julian Assange, urging him to remove the names of Afghan civilians from the...

US Asks Allies to Hunt Assange

Wikileaks founder may have worn out his welcome

(Newser) - The US has asked Britain, Germany, Australia, and other allies to consider arresting Julian Assange for leaking Afghan war documents. Washington believes Assange’s WikiLeaks, and organizations like it, pose a national security risk, and suspects Assange has worn out his welcome in many countries, officials tell the Daily Beast...

WikiLeaks: Leaks Will Continue
 WikiLeaks: Leaks Will Continue 
Aug 8, 2010 10:10 AM CDT

WikiLeaks: Leaks Will Continue

Politely declines Pentagon order to cease and desist

(Newser) - WikiLeaks has an answer to the Pentagon's demand that it unpost classified documents and refrain from posting some 15,000 more: Um, no. "I can assure you that we will keep publishing documents—that's what we do," a spokesman, who goes by Daniel Schmitt in order to protect...

WikiLeaks Suspect Transferred to US Soil

Army's Manning faces trial in another leak

(Newser) - The White House today implored WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents as the Pentagon brought the soldier suspected of leaking the information back to the US for trial in another case. "I think it's important that no more damage be done to our national security," Robert...

WikiLeaks May Have Blood on Its Hands: Mullen

Gates, Mullen warn Afghan leak will do great harm to US, allies

(Newser) - Julian Assange et al "might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family," because of the massive leak of Afghan war records, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen told reporters at the Pentagon yesterday. Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert...

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