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By The Editors 4/19 6:30pm

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Rumor Roundup: Eric Schmidt Had a Long Talk With Julian Assange, Plus Randi Zuckerberg Went to Japan

Cold as Schmidt Here’s a little digital memento from AllThingsDigital’s D: Dive Into Mobile conference: This is what it looks like when, rather than answering your question, Google chairman Eric Schmidt slices to the proverbial bone.

Speaking of Mr. Schmidt, goodies from his upcoming book, The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business are beginning to trickle out. Today WikiLeaks released the transcript of a five-hour conversation between Mr. Schmidt and Julian Assange, used for the book. It opens with some really riveting stuff. Mr. Schmidt: “Well do you want us to start eating?” Mr. Assange: “Well, we can do both.” Guess there’s not much time for leisurely meals in the life of a WikiLeaker. Read More

By Patrick Clark 2/13 1:11pm

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(Illustration: Jose Mesa, flickr)

WikiLeaks Julian Assange is One Step Closer to Running for Australian Senate

Julian Assange has filed documents that will allow the WikiLeaks founder to run for the Australian senate, clearing the way for a campaign dedicated to ”the democratic requirement of truthfulness from government, according to Read More

By Kelly Faircloth 1/22 4:17pm

Visiting Dignitaries

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Here’s Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange for the Wikileaks Movie The Fifth Estate

It was really just a matter of time before Julian Assange’s tumultuous life hit the silver screen. Well guess what: Filming commenced today on The Fifth Estate, Dreamworks’ Wikileaks movie scheduled to appear in theaters November 15.

My goodness, you can already see the gleam of Oscar gold in their eyes.  Read More

By Patrick Clark 12/12/12 4:14pm

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Julian Assange Could Be ‘Competitive’ Australian Senate Candidate

You might think that a person wanted for extradition by one or more countries would make a problematic political candidate—if not for the stigma that comes from being a wanted person, at least because it would presumably be difficult to turn out the vote from a remote location. Read More

By Steve Huff 10/24/12 12:14pm

WikiLeaks Woes

(Photo: Free Assange)

Ecuador Requests Medical Safe Passage for Julian Assange

Citing health concerns, Ecuador has asked the British government to guarantee medically related safe passage for  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Mr. Assange, who faces allegations he assaulted two women in Sweden in 2010, has been living inside Ecuador’s London Embassy since June. British authorities have insisted they will arrest Mr. Assange should he leave the embassy, but Reuters reports that Albuja Martinez, Ecuador’s vice foreign minister, seeks a formalized exception: Read More

By Steve Huff 9/27/12 1:28pm

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Julian Assange

Military Investigation Docs Reveal U.S. Considers Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Enemies of State

Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed that the United States considers WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange an enemy of the state. Soldiers who contact Mr. Assange or WikiLeaks could be charged with communicating with an enemy. Members of the military found guilty of such communication could be sentenced to death in a military court of law.

Technically, this status puts Mr. Assange and his site on the same legal footing as the Taliban.

As Australia’s National Times reports, the government’s view of the whistle-blowing organization and its founder was revealed in documents regarding an investigation into an Air Force officer’s actions while stationed overseas: Read More

By Steve Huff 9/17/12 7:13am

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Sex Assault Allegations Against Julian Assange Weakened by DNA Tests

Because the first thing you wondered upon waking was probably “what’s up with those Swedish allegations against Julian Assange?” here you go: it looks like a condom used as evidence against the snowy-locked whistleblower didn’t even contain his DNA. From The Register: Read More

By Jessica Roy 8/16/12 9:12am

Big Leaks

(Photo: Free Assange)

Ecuador Officially Grants Asylum to Julian Assange, U.K. Promises to Extradite Him Anyway

As rumored, Ecuador officially granted Wikileaks founder Julian Assange asylum today, according to the BBC. The Ecuadorian foreign ministry claims that its decision was based on the fact that Mr. Assange’s human rights may be violated if he is extradited to Sweden for those “hilarious” sexual assault allegations. Read More

By Jessica Roy 7/05/12 8:18am

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Mr. Assange (Photo: Wikipedia)

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Thinks Sexual Assault Claims Against Julian Assange are ‘Hilarious’

It appears that seeking political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London has been a great decision for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been at the embassy, awaiting the processing of his asylum application, for the last three weeks. Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa–a left-wing populist–and his cabinet are quite sympathetic to Mr. Assange’s plight, having offered him residency in Ecuador as far back as 2010.

But perhaps they’re… too sympathetic? Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 6/26/12 9:15am

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Health Care Advocates Hold March Into Capitol Hill Office Building

Patch Adams is Real, Really Supports Julian Assange

Patch Adams, MD, the clown doctor portrayed by Robin Williams in the eponymous 1998 film, has joined several dozen prominent figures of the American Left in asking Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum.

“The ‘crime’ that he has committed is that of practicing journalism,” states the letter, delivered to the Embassy of Ecuador in London yesterday by American advocacy group Just Foreign Policy.  Read More

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