Topic: Julian Assange

Julian Assange Doesn't Do Much Talking on His New Talk Show

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Julian Assange sounds downright chipper when he's introducing his new talk show, The World Tomorrow, an unlikely but fertile opportunity for the Wikileaks founder to stay in the public eye, even as he's still under house arrest in England.

By Adam Martin

Apr 13, 2012

Of Course Julian Assange Picked M.I.A. for His Show's Soundtrack

It can't surprise anyone that Julian Assange picked M.I.A. to provide the soundtrack for his new talk show, The World Tomorrow, seeing as how the rapper already released her own Wikileaks-inspired mix tape back in 2010.

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By John Hudson

Apr 5, 2012

Julian Assange Is Almost Ready for His Close-up

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange likes to complain about the media, and with the debut of his new talkshow next week, get ready to hear a lot more of it.

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By John Hudson

Mar 5, 2012

WikiLeaks Says It Dumped the Media, Not the Other Way Around

WikiLeaks is trying to hang onto its dignity following its divorce from several mainstream media outlets by claiming it severed ties with those companies—not the other way around.

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By John Hudson

Mar 1, 2012

Did Israel Help Spark the Russia-Georgia War in 2008?

Fresh documents released by WikiLeaks raise new questions about the five-day war between Russia and Georgia in 2008. In particular, the role of Israel and its involvement in providing military intelligence to Russia in the run-up to war.

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By John Hudson

Feb 28, 2012

WikiLeaks' Elaborate Embargo on the Stratfor Emails

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has imposed a complicated embargo on the media organizations he shared millions of Stratfor emails that, The Atlantic Wire has learned, has caused confusion and at least a few headaches and explains why so little has been published from the document dump. 

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By John Hudson

Feb 28, 2012

The Disappointing WikiLeaks Stratfor Revelations So Far

WikiLeaks' steady drip of internal documents from the global intelligence outfit Stratfor hasn't unearthed any bombshells yet, but it has roped in a tantalizing roster of vaunted corporations and international actors that did business with the firm.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 27, 2012

WikiLeaks Is Running Out of Media Friends

When Julian Assange took the stage at the Frontline Club in London today, there were 25 media companies' logos behind his back. The New York Times was not one of them.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 31, 2012

Sealand Sounds Like the Perfect Home for WikiLeaks

A fresh but tough-to-confirm Fox News story claims that WikiLeaks is preparing to move all of its servers to the off-shore, anarchist "micronation" of Sealand.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 30, 2012

Julian Assange Will Guest Star on 'The Simpsons'

Julian Assange is going to have a guest spot on the 500th episode of The Simpsons airing in February, and getting the elusive face of Wikileaks onto the show sounds like something out a spy novel, reports Entertainment Weekly.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 25, 2012

Assange's TV Show Is Now Russian Propapanda

From the outside, political radicals and TV stations often make for strange bedfellows (are your ears buzzing, Al?). But who would have expected Julian Assange to pair up with a state-owned television network in Russia to air his new show?

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 24, 2012

Julian Assange: TV Star

An optimistic-sounding press release "authorized by Julian Assange" announced that the WikiLeaks founder "will be hosting a series of in-depth conversations with key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries from around the world."

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 18, 2012

Julian Assange Really Likes His Fans

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's new profile in Rolling Stone makes one thing very clear: Assange very much likes the people who like him and he'll remind you there are still plenty of them. 

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By John Hudson

Dec 19, 2011

Julian Assange's IM Handle and Other Revelations from the Manning Trial

It was an eventful day at the fourth hearing of alleged WikiLeaker PFC Bradley Manning in Ft. Meade, Maryland Monday.

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By John Hudson

Dec 16, 2011

Julian Assange Isn't Going to Sweden Anytime Soon

In a small victory for the WikiLeaks founder, Britain's Supreme Court agreed to hear Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden on rape allegations.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 5, 2011

Julian Assange Will Remain in Britain a Little Longer

The founder of WikiLeaks has staved off extradition from Britain to Sweden on sex crimes charges with a thin legal victory, but he will likely face Swedish prosecutors in the new year.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 1, 2011

WikiLeaks Is Still Squabbling with The Guardian

After the premiere of the Channel 4 documentary WikiLeaks: Secrets and Lies, the whistleblower organization posted an almost incomprehensible tirade accusing the film of being yet another Guardian conspiracy against Julian Assange. 

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By Dashiell Bennett

Nov 2, 2011

Julian Assange Loses His Appeal on Extradition to Sweden

London's High Court has rejected an attempt by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to block his extradition to Sweden to face rape charges.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Oct 24, 2011

What Was WikiLeaks Good For?

"Leaking to the mainstream press. How safe is it? Not very," WikiLeaks tweeted last week—a bold statement after the organization's best source has spent two and a half years behind bars.

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 24, 2011

WikiLeaks Won't Be Publishing Any New Secrets

With donations running dry from a credit card companies refusing to allow donations on its website, Julian Assange announced that WikiLeaks will be suspending all publishing.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Sep 30, 2011

Assange's Publisher Fills in the Details on Deal Gone Sour

U.K. publisher Canongate explains why it released the WikiLeaks founder's book

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