A transcript released by Wikileaks shows that silky-smooth fugitive Julian Assange had a five-hour meeting with Google overlord Eric Schmidt back in 2011, with the Google man requesting the chat due to an interest in charting the formation and operation of Wikileaks in his forthcoming book. Read More >>
What you're looking at here is the first official still released from the Wikileaks movie, TheFifth Estate, with Sherlock himself portraying the embassy camper. There's quite the resemblance to a younger Assange here. He certainly looks creepy enough. Read More >>
Julian Assange has penned a new book about his worries over government control of the Internet and surveillance. Written along with Jacob Appelbaum, Jérémie Zimmermann and Andy Müller-Maguhn, it will be published in November. Assange explains: Read More >>
While we tend to think of Julian Assange as an annoying sex pest who likes the sound of his own voice a little too much, the US has taken things to a whole new level by declaring him an Enemy of the State. Read More >>
Featured comment by elevenses:
"I did actually specify Very naughty boy to the US Govt' ;-)
I agree with you that war crimes are just not on, whether it's American soldiers pissin..." More »
This is a trailer for Underground: The Julian Assange Story. And yes, it is serious. Australian TV station Network Ten is behind it, promising to capture and wildly exaggerate the thrills of the creation of the Wikileaks empire and the rise of little Julian to world fame. Read More >>
Looks like Julian Assange has a few friends in the Anonymous collective. OpFreeAssange is in full swing after yesterday's pleas from the Ecuadorian embassy, with attacks on the Justice Department, the Home Office, and the Department of Work and Pensions -- that well known persecutor of whistle blowers. Read More >>
Featured comment by Cloudfire:
"Well you'll have to ask the Labour party about that mate, won't you?
Perhaps the Conservatives hold a different view to Labour on international law..." More »
It looks like Julian Assange will be keeping the couch warm in the Embassy for a fair bit longer as he has now been granted political asylum by the Ecuadorian government, making his stand-off extended for an undetermined amount of time. UK officials, on the other hand, are getting a little bit antsy. Read More >>
Featured comment by The Doctor:
"I said exactly the same thing about his presumed innocence in my first comment on this thread. He is, however, guilty of breaching his bail conditions..." More »
Featured comment by Dotter:
"Is it only the 500th episode by now? It's been going on long enough that I thought they were past that milestone by now." More »
Julian Assange has announced that he's going to have his own TV show, where he'll interview "key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries", and it's going to be hitting the screens in spring. Is there anything this man won't do? Read More >>
Is it flattering to have people mistake you for Julian Assange? That's what happened to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who confused UK border controls when they thought the Wikipedia man was notorious international man of mystery Assange. Read More >>
Featured comment by Ned Zissou:
"Haha! From the smaller picture before I clicked through I thought that Derren Brown was for some reason involved in this Assange mix up!" More »
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