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Feds Demand Twitter Info on 3 Linked to WikiLeaks

How protected are tweets?

(Newser) - The feds have obtained a court order to grab Twitter account details from three tweeters—including a member of Iceland's parliament—linked to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The three—who also include a Dutch hacker and a US computer programmer—are blasting the order as an invasion of privacy. "...

Julian Assange, Cat Abuser? Ex-WikiLeaker Daniel Domscheit-Berg Claims So in His Book, 'Inside WikiLeaks'


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Feb 13, 2011 6:56 AM CST

Meet Julian Assange... Cat Abuser

Ex-WikiLeaker's book reveals Assange's battle with cat

(Newser) - It might be a bit of an understatement to say that Daniel Domscheit-Berg is not happy with former boss Julian Assange. Among the more, er, interesting revelations, from the ex-WikiLeaker's tell-all, according to AFP : Assange abused Domscheit-Berg’s cat. "Julian was constantly battling for dominance, even with my tomcat...

Assange: Father of 4 Love Children?

Associates say WikiLeaks founder has at least four illegitimate kids

(Newser) - Julian Assange boasts of having fathered love children around the world, according to ex-WikiLeaker Daniel Domscheit-Berg. "He seemed to enjoy the idea of lots and lots of Julians, one on every continent. Whether he took care of any of these alleged children, or whether they existed at all, was...

WikiLeaks' Bank Bombshell Looks Like a Dud

Sources: Despite Assange's threats, he's not sure if site has anything newsy

(Newser) - Wikileaks' Julian Assange has made much of the 5GB of data taken from an executive at Bank of America, saying it could potentially "take down" the institution and perhaps a few others. But privately, Assange sings a different tune: Three sources tell Reuters that Assange has found the material...

Ex-WikiLeaker: Site's Defectors Now Control Leaks

Assange 'couldn't be trusted to protect sources'

(Newser) - Former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg says he and other defectors took control of the site's submissions system with them when they left the organization last year. The defectors, who also hold some leaked material, believed boss Julian Assange couldn't be trusted to protect the site's sources, said Domscheit-Berg, author of...

US Case Against Assange Sputtering

Officials can't prove he influenced Bradley Manning

(Newser) - US investigators haven’t been able to prove that Bradley Manning gave files directly to Julian Assange—and now officials say they also can’t prove that Assange induced Manning to leak the documents in the first place. Manning was initially painted as a confused young man influenced by Assange,...

Assange Lawyer Warns of 'Denial of Justice'

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Feb 7, 2011 9:09 AM CST

Assange Lawyer Warns of 'Denial of Justice'

Prosecution rejects key defense arguments in extradition hearing

(Newser) - Due to his global reputation and the secrecy that surrounds Swedish rape proceedings, Julian Assange faces a "denial of justice" if he’s extradited to Sweden on sex crime allegations, said a lawyer defending the WikiLeaks founder today at the start of a two-day extradition hearing. Such a trial...

Assange Threatens to Sue Guardian

Assange reportedly opposed redacting names in documents

(Newser) - Julian Assange maybe be dedicated to exposing government communications, but when others communicate information about him that he dislikes, he's apparently not so open. Assange is threatening to sue the Guardian newspaper for libel; the Independent reports that he's believed to be upset that a book published by the newspaper...

Times, Guardian Vow to Back Assange in Court

If he's ever prosecuted for his WikiLeaking ways

(Newser) - If the US ever tries to prosecute Julian Assange for his various information leaks, the editors of the Guardian and the New York Times say they’d have his back. “If, God forbid, ever this came to court, I would be completely side-by-side with him,” said Guardian editor...

Assange: WikiLeaks Shares Founding Fathers' Values

Site doesn't 'go after' anyone, he tells CBS

(Newser) - Julian Assange says he doesn’t dislike the US; instead, WikiLeaks is motivated by the same values as the Founding Fathers. “Our founding values are those of the US revolution,” he told 60 Minutes last night. “They are those of people like Jefferson and Madison.” Indeed,...

NYT's Criticism of 'Arrogant' Assange Still Ringing

Editor Bill Keller calls him 'conspiratorial,' and WikiLeaks fires back

(Newser) - New York Times editor Bill Keller's lengthy essay on dealing with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange continues to ricochet around the blogosphere, with most of the attention focused on his not-so-flattering assessment of Assange as a person. He describes the WikiLeaker as "arrogant, thin-skinned, conspiratorial, and oddly credulous" and says...

US Can't Link Manning, Assange

Military officials confirm he was improperly placed on suicide watch

(Newser) - The US military has been unable to establish a link between Bradley Manning and Julian Assange, US military officials tell NBC . Though investigators have determined that Manning unlawfully downloaded tens of thousands of military files and gave them to an unauthorized person, there’s no evidence he passed them directly...

WikiLeaks: That Was 1% of Our Cables

But it's unclear if the best is yet to come

(Newser) - WikiLeaks has released 2,628 diplomatic cables that came from the US State Department, or a meager 1% of the 251,287 in its possession, despite Julian Assange's repeated assurances to speed their release. But what's unclear, notes the AP , is whether the most salacious revelations have already been released,...

'WikiLeaks Banker' Rudolf Elmer Arrested in Switzerland
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Jan 20, 2011 5:04 AM CST

Swiss Arrest WikiLeaks Banker

Whistleblower Rudolf Elmer accused of breaking secrecy laws

(Newser) - From one legal mess to another: The Swiss last night arrested an ex-banker who appears to have broken the country's strict banking secrecy laws in spectacular fashion. Rudolf Elmer—who handed Julian Assange details on 2,000 holders of offshore accounts this week—is being detained while authorities investigate the...

Ex-Banker Gives WikiLeaks Offshore Bank Account Data

Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer aims to 'educate about offshore abuses'

(Newser) - A Swiss ex-banker gave WikiLeaks data today on some 2,000 individuals with offshore bank accounts, handing the data to Julian Assange himself at a London news conference. "He is clearly a bona fide whistleblower," the WikiLeaks founder said. "We have some kind of duty to support...

WikiLeaks Sued for 'Emotional Distress'

Leaks make Florida claimant worry about "nucliar war'

(Newser) - One slightly bent Florida fellow is suffering from more serious depressions, higher hypertension and more stressful stress, he's charging in a typo-riddled lawsuit filed against WikiLeaks. He's in "constant fear of being stricken by another heart attack or stroke" because he now believes the world is "on the...

Assange: I've Got Big Dirt on Rupert Murdoch

Secret News Corp docs part of WikiLeaks 'insurance files'

(Newser) - Julian Assange says the "insurance files" that he'll release if something happens to him or WikiLeaks include secret documents that could seriously damage Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp empire. "There are 504 US embassy cables on one broadcasting organization, and there are cables on Murdoch and News...

Assange: I Could End Up Like Gabrielle Giffords

Threats against WikiLeaks must be taken seriously, he urges

(Newser) - WikiLeaks issued a warning today: Treat the numerous threats against founder Julian Assange seriously, “or expect more Gabrielle Gifford (sic) killing sprees.” Assange headed back to court today in London in his continuing fight to avoid extradition to Sweden, but before that brief appearance, his organization issued a...

Assange Threatened to Sue Guardian Over Leaked Cables

Vanity Fair probes WikiLeaks' relationship with media partners

(Newser) - Julian Assange, allegedly a slave to transparency, threatened to sue the Guardian if it printed stories based on cables leaked without his permission, according to a lengthy Vanity Fair investigation of WikiLeaks' troubled relationship with its media partners. The threat came after a disgruntled WikiLeaks volunteer gave the newspaper documents...

In Newsweek Spread, Assange Touts Gentleman Lifestyle

Hilarious gallery shows WikiLeaks founder tending chickens, wearing Santa suit

(Newser) - Life is just so droll when you’re international man of mystery/rape suspect Julian Assange. Sure, he’s under house arrest, but house arrest doesn’t look so bad in the hilarious-yet-unfortunate “Christmas with Julian” photo gallery Newsweek is running. Maybe it’s because that “house” is a...

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