Tag Archives: Julian Assange

WikiLeaks Founder on the Run, Trailed by Notoriety (7)

LONDON — Julian Assange moves like a hunted man. In a noisy Ethiopian restaurant in London’s rundown Paddington district, he pitches his voice barely above a whisper to foil the Western intelligence agencies he fears. He demands that his dwindling … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Support for WikiLeaks Evaporates (1)

WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is threatening to release a second set of classified Pentagon documents related to the Afghan war, but fallout from his first document dump has left him with virtually no support. The White House is … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Wikileaks founder fears he could be arrested (1)

Julian Assange, the Australian founder of Wikileaks, has said he has been warned by “inside sources in the White House” not to return to the US as he could be arrested. The 39 year-old told journalists at the Frontline Club … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Is 'Wikileaker' on a crusade or an ego trip? (6)

Julian Assange, the man who published the Afghan war files on his Wikileaks website, is unlikely to be chastened by Admiral Mike Mullen’s claims that he might now have “blood on his hands”. He has already said he would “deeply … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 3 Comments

WikiLeaks founder may have 'blood' on his hands (6)

Washington (CNN) — The top U.S. military officer said Thursday that Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan. “Mr. Assange can say whatever he likes about … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

U.S. Military Scrutinizes Leaks for Risks to Afghans (10)

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reviewing tens of thousands of classified battlefield reports made public this week about the war in Afghanistan to determine whether Afghan informants were identified and could be at risk of reprisals, American officials said Wednesday. … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Identities of Afghan Informants Exposed (6 – Bumped)

Hundreds of Afghan lives have been put at risk by the leaking of 90,000 intelligence documents to WikiLeaks because the files identify informants working with NATO forces. In just two hours of searching the WikiLeaks archive, The Times of London … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged , | 9 Comments

'I Enjoy Crushing Bastards' (13)

In a SPIEGEL interview, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, 39, discusses his decision to publish the Afghanistan war logs, the difficult balance between the public interest and the need for state secrets and why he believes people who wage war are … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged , | 4 Comments