Julian Assange leaks again to tell all about Google

The book includes an edited transcript of the meeting during which Assange explained the importance of WikiLeaks, while Schmidt celebrated Googles expansion as a collaboration with the US State Department. Unsurprisingly, Assange isnt a fan technocratic imperialism is what he called it.

Theres no love lost from Schmidts side either. We went to visit Julian Assange when he was on his, shall we say, GPS locator service, Schmidt told a magazine recently. He came away with the view that we dont want random people leaking large amounts of data I dont think that serves society. We asked Google whether Schmidt agreed to the publication of their conversation but have had no reply.

Assanges previous attempt at a book proved disastrous for Canongate Books. It reported a 363,367 loss for 2011 after Assange pulled out of a deal. He had promised a part memoir, part manifesto and received a rumoured 500,000 advance, but after sitting with a ghost writer for more than 50 hours of taped interviews, he decided he wanted to cancel the contract.

The new book is less of a risk for those involved. It will be published by OR Books, which runs a print-on-demand service. If no one buys the book, the only hurt will be to Assanges ego. Not that humility has ever been his strong suit.

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Julian Assange leaks again to tell all about Google