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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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‘The Principle of WikiLeaks Has Been Destroyed’

The Internet whistle-blowing platform WikiLeaks made public Friday for the first time all of the about 250,000 US diplomatic cables it had acquired in their original and uncensored state. In a statement on its Twitter feed, WikiLeaks said: “Shining a … 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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Journalists in Norway, Russia get WikiLeaks files

A Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten, now claims to have the full cache of over 250,000 State Department cables originally obtained by WikiLeaks. It's not clear how Aftenposten got the documents, which presumably were not provided directly from WikiLeaks. "We have no … 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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WikiLeaks cables: Cuba's 'best friends forever' ignore human rights

Australia, Canada, Switzerland and Spain among countries damned by diplomat for 'kowtowing' in hope of trade favours Australia, Canada and several European countries have stopped pressuring Cuba over human rights in the hope of winning commercial favours from Havana, according … 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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Hill wrestles with response to WikiLeaks

On the day a London judge released WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on bail in his extradition battle, a top U.S. lawmaker warned against hasty moves to prosecute those who leak and publish classified documents in the wake of the group's … 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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Daley: WikiLeaks is delinquent and anti-democratic

We are entering an unprecedented age of free speech, right? For the first time in human history, the state will no longer have control over information, right? Democracy is about to come to its full fruition, with the triumph of … Continue reading

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