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Wikileaks' Julian Assange says he'll be free 'soon,' already planning Anti-Google book tour
Julian Assange, editor of Internet leaks website Wikileaks, told journalists he will be leaving the Ecuadorian embassy in London “soon,” during a press conference held earlier today. Assange, one of the world’s most wanted information leakers, is charged with sexual assault and has been protected by the Ecuadorian government from extradition.
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When WikiLeaks cold-called Hillary Clinton
You’re in the process of releasing a quarter-million documents of internal correspondence belonging to the U.S. State Department. Suddenly you discover that, because a journalist you've been working with has included a password for the unedited versions in a book he's publishing, the unredacted documents could hit the Web at any moment. What do you do?
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The Future of Civilization Is a Battle Between Google and Wikileaks
Eric Schmidt and Julian Assange's new books offer an unsettling portrait of our unpreparedness for a truly digital world
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Visa, MasterCard sued for blocking donations to WikiLeaks
Lawyers representing the credit card processor used by WikiLeaks are suing Visa and MasterCard in the United States over the 2010 banking blockade that kept the anti-secrecy group from receiving funds.
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Julian Assange: Why I Founded Wikileaks
I looked at something that I had seen going on with the world, which is that I thought there were too many unjust acts. And I wanted there to be more just acts, and fewer unjust acts. And one can ask, “What are your philosophical axioms for this?” And I say, “I do not need to consider them. This is simply my temperament. And it is an axiom because it is that way.” That avoids getting into further unhelpful philosophical discussion about why I want to do something. It is enough that I do.
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Julian Assange has cost Britain £9m to police at Ecuador embassy
Guarding the Ecuadorian embassy in London where Julian Assange has claimed asylum has now cost taxpayers £9million, it has been revealed. Metropolitan Police officers have been standing outside the Knightsbridge building since the WikiLeaks founder took refuge there in June 2012 - a vigil costing £11,000 per day. The 43-year-old is wanted in Sweden after allegedly sexually assaulting two women in Stockholm in 2010.
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Spent by the UK government on the siege against Julian Assange
Julian Assange has been effectively detained without charge since December 2010. Ecuador has stated that Assange can stay indefinitely. That doesn't bode well for taxpayers.
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Leaked Sony emails show MPAA’s opposition to fair use, confirms users are viewed as thieves
The MPAA has often claimed it favored free use despite operating more like a mustachioed villain from an old movie serial. Documents from the Sony leak show otherwise.
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WikiLeaks announces $100K bounty for trade deal text
WikiLeaks announced an effort Tuesday to crowd-source a $100,000 reward for the remaining chapters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, after the organization published three draft chapters of the deal in recent years. “The transparency clock has run out on the TPP. No more secrecy. No more excuses. Let’s open the TPP once and for all,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in a statement.
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WikiLeaks reveals new trade secrets
Highly sensitive details of the negotiations over the little-known Trades in Services Agreement (TiSA) published by WikiLeaks reveals Australia is pushing for extensive international financial deregulation while other proposals could see Australians' personal and financial data freely transferred overseas. The secret trade documents also show Australia could allow an influx of foreign professional workers and see a sharp wind back in the ability of government to regulate...
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Google Reveals It Was Forced to Hand Over Journalist’s Data for WikiLeaks Grand Jury Investigation
Google released another legal disclosure notice related to the United States government’s ongoing grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks. It informed journalist and technologist Jacob Appelbaum, who previously worked with WikiLeaks, that Google was ordered to provide data from his account. By Kevin Gosztola.
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Wikileaks has released 60,000 secret documents on Saudi's lavish spending
Tens of thousands of secret documents that give an insight into the workings of the Saudi Arabian state have been published by Wikileaks, and the nation's Foreign Ministry has responded by urging citizens not to share what they call 'fake' information. Wikileaks published the Saudi cables on Friday, and have already released over 60,000 documents. Further batches of thousands of documents will be released over the coming weeks.
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Saudi Officials Linked to Jihadist Group in WikiLeaks Cables
Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, had high-level contacts with America’s most deadly adversary in Afghanistan, the Haqqani network, according to purported Saudi diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. The documents, which couldn’t be independently verified, say the Saudi ambassador to Pakistan met in 2012 with Nasiruddin Haqqani, the chief fundraiser for the jihadist group who has been on a United Nations terrorism watch list since 2010.
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Wikileaks Drops New Docs Detailing NSA’s Hobby of Spying On Allies
Oh NSA, what big ears you have. Wikileaks just released a new collection of documents which give a particularly clear picture of the NSA's spying patterns.
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Recapping WikiLeaks: the bold and frivolous moves of a radical organization
WikiLeaks has been dropping docs for years: often shocking, mostly revelatory, at times mundane. From high-profile to unnoticed, from GITMO to Thetan to Palin, here are the leaks you may have missed.
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WikiLeaks Cables Show a Saudi Obsession With Iran
Saudi Arabia’s alarm over the nuclear deal comes after a trove of documents revealed its plans to limit the spread of Shiite Islam in Iran.
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Spiegel Interview with Julian Assange: ‘We Are Drowning in Material’
In an interview, Julian Assange, 44, talks about the comeback of the WikiLeaks whistleblowing platform and his desire to provide assistance to a German parliamentary committee that is investigating mass NSA spying.
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WikiLeaks: NSA spied on German FM for years, ‘helped CIA to kidnap and torture’
A leaked NSA intercept shows that German FM Steinmeier was relieved to have “not received any definitive response” from the US on its rendition program at the time of the scandal, which exempted him from the need to act on the matter, WikiLeaks claims.
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WikiLeaks says U.S. spied on Japanese government officials
The WikiLeaks website published documents Friday that it says shows the U.S. government spied on Japanese officials and companies, revealing internal Japanese discussions on international trade and climate change policy.
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Julian Assange case: Sweden to drop sex assault inquiry
Swedish prosecutors will drop their investigation into sexual assault allegations against Julian Assange on Thursday because of the statutes of limitation, the BBC has learned. The Wikileaks founder still faces the more serious allegation of rape. But prosecutors have run out of time to investigate Mr Assange for sexual assault because they have not succeeded in questioning him. He denies all allegations and has said they are part of a smear campaign.
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