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Murphy: Removing Julian Assange’s halo (2)

We have not heard too much about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of late. This is quite a change from the volleys of support and praise that he received from various quarters when his website was regularly publishing classified diplomatic cables. … Continue reading

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Breaking: Assange faces arrest in Australia (4)

Julian Assange could face prosecution in Australia after publishing sensitive information about government officials amongst the 251,000 unredacted cables released this week. WikiLeaks published its entire cache of US diplomatic cables without redactions to protect those named within, a move … Continue reading

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Phillips: Fancy that! The Left is at war with itself over Mr WikiLeaks (3)

The current contortions on the Left over ­Julian Assange are providing a gloriously comic spectacle of seasonal merriment — despite the damaging consequences of his actions. For our most sanctimonious campaigners have managed to hoist themselves simultaneously on not just … Continue reading

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Assange anger at police leak in Guardian

LAWYERS for Julian Assange have expressed anger about an alleged smear campaign against the WikiLeaks founder after incriminating police files were published in the newspaper that has used him as its source for hundreds of leaked US embassy cables. In … Continue reading

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US Seems 'Helpless' in the Fight against Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in London earlier this month, is free on bail in a case stemming from sexual misconduct charges in Sweden. The US, for its part, would like to try him for making 250,000 confidential diplomatic cables … Continue reading

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Julian Assange: The man who exposed the world

When Julian Assange was finally arrested in London on Dec. 7, it was on allegations of having had unwelcome, unprotected intercourse with two Swedish women, and not for convulsing global diplomacy with his slow, controversial leak of diplomatic cables that … Continue reading

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested (4)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by officers from Scotland Yard's extradition unit today. The 39-year-old Australian was held when he attended a central London police station by appointment at 9.30am. He will appear before a district judge at City … Continue reading

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US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomatic crisis (9)

The United States was catapulted into a worldwide diplomatic crisis today, with the leaking to the Guardian and other international media of more than 250,000 classified cables from its embassies, many sent as recently as February this year. At the … Continue reading

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Pack Assange off to Guantanamo

The White House and the Pentagon have failed to confront and contain the threat to national security posed by WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange who should be arrested as an “enemy combatant”, voices on the US conservative right insisted … Continue reading

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