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Assange to Maher: Americans should know how easily their government can kill them
Friday night on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Maher’s first guest was Julian Assange, founder of the website Wikileaks and the author of the book Cypherpunks. Assange was appearing by video from the Ecuadoran embassy in London, where he is living as a virtual prisoner for fear of extradition to…
Former backer says Assange has turned into ‘L. Ron Hubbard’ figure
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange risks turning from a popular hero into an L. Ron Hubbard figure, tolerating only “blinkered, cultish devotion”, said one his former backers Jemima Khan. Claiming Assange had alienated his supporters, Khan, associate editor of the New Statesman, wrote for the weekly British magazine that Assange’s anti-secrecy…
Assange to run for Australian senate: WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will run for a seat in the Australian Senate during this year’s elections, his organisation announced Wednesday, with his mother saying he would be “awesome” in the role. WikiLeaks unveiled the plan with a tweet that read “Australia: Julian Assange has confirmed he will run in…
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks is preparing to publish one million new secret government documents
Founder of whistleblowing website marks six months’ confinement in Ecuadorean embassy with bullish speech Julian Assange has said that WikiLeaks is preparing to publish 1m new secret government documents as he marked six months of refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London with a speech from its balcony on Thursday.…
Ecuador says Assange doing ‘fine’ in London embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange endured a “difficult” start to his stay at Ecuador’s London embassy but is now “fine” after living there for more than five months, the country’s ambassador to Britain said Thursday. The former hacker turned up at the embassy in June in a bid to avoid extradition…
Julian Assange warns the Internet is a threat to civilization
During an appearance on CNN Wednesday night, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange warned that mass surveillance was becoming a worldwide problem as technology progressed. Assange told CNN host Erin Burnett that the Internet had become enmeshed in human civilization, giving governments and others an unprecedented ability to spy on individuals en…
Ecuador seeks Britain meeting over Assange health
Ecuador has requested a meeting with Britain to discuss WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who it says is losing weight and suffering vision problems as he languishes in the Ecuadoran embassy in London. Ecuadoran Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters in Quito on Wednesday that he had related his wish to…
Ecuador ‘very concerned’ about Assange’s health
Ecuador is “very concerned” about the health of Julian Assange after the WikiLeaks founder lost a lot of weight while staying at the country’s embassy in London, a foreign ministry official said while in Moscow. The deputy foreign minister of Ecuador, Marco Albuja, expressed his concern for Assange as he…
Assange supporters ordered to forfeit £93,500 in bail money
Payments must be made within a month by nine friends and backers who originally promised to pay £140,000 Julian Assange’s supporters have been ordered to forfeit £93,500 in bail money after the WikiLeaks founder sought political asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. A court ruled on Monday that the…
Assange supporters plea to keep £140,000 in bail money
Julian Assange‘s supporters have pleaded in court to keep in bail money that is in jeopardy because of the WikiLeaks founder’s decision to seek political asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Vaughan Smith, the former British army captain who hosted Assange at his Norfolk home while he was on…
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