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Julian Assange Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story …

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Born on July 3, 1971, in Townsville, Australia, Julian Assange used his genius IQ to hack into the databases of many high profile organizations. In 2006, Assange began work on Wikileaks, a Web site intended to collect and share confidential information on an international scale. The information his organization released earned him strong supporters and powerful enemies. For his efforts,

"If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature."

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"It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in."

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the internet activist earned the Time magazine "Person of the Year" title in 2010. After arriving at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in June 2012, seeking to avoid extradition to Sweden, Assange was granted political asylum by the Ecuadorean governmentin August 2012.

Journalist, computer programmer and activist Juliam Assange was born on July 3, 1971, in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Assange had an unusual childhood, as he spent some of his early years traveling around with his mother, Christine, and his stepfather, Brett Assange. The couple worked together to put on theatrical productions. Brett Assange later described Julian as a "sharp kid who always fought for the underdog."

The relationship between Brett and Christine later soured, but Assange and his mother continued to live a transient lifestyle. With all of the moving around, Assange ended up attending roughly 37 different schools growing up, and was frequently homeschooled.

Assange discovered his passion for computers as a teenager. At the age of 16, he got his first computer as a gift from his mother. Before long, he developed a talent for hacking into computer systems. His 1991 break-in to the master terminal for Nortel, a telecommunications company, got him in trouble. Assange was charged with more than 30 counts of hacking in Australia, but he got off the hook with only a fine for damages.

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NSA and GCHQ spying on WikiLeaks

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As far back as 2010 the NSA added WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to a MANHUNTING target list.

Julian Assange calls for the appointment of a Special Prosecutor to investigate the NSA, after documents show US spying on WikiLeaks and its supporters.

Today, documents were published from the national security whistleblower Edward Snowden, detailing US and UK spying efforts against the publishing organization WikiLeaks. One document shows that as far back as 2010 the US National Security Agency added WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to a MANHUNTING target list, together with suspected members of al-Qaeda. Another shows that the NSA wanted to designate WikiLeaks as a malicious foreign actor in order to expand the NSAs ability to target WikiLeaks staff, associates and supporters. And a third document, from 2012, demonstrates that the NSAs UK partner GCHQ also spied on WikiLeaks and its readers.

In response to these revelations WikiLeaks Editor Julian Assange has released the following statement:

WikiLeaks strongly condemns the reckless and unlawful behavior of the National Security Agency. We call on the Obama administration to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate the extent of the NSAs criminal activity against the media including WikiLeaks and its extended network.

News that the NSA planned these operations at the level of its Office of the General Counsel is especially troubling. No less concerning are revelations that the US government deployed "elements of state power" to pressure European nations into abusing their own legal systems; and that the British spy agency GCHQ is engaged in extensive hostile monitoring of a popular publishers website and its readers.

The NSA and its UK accomplices show no respect for the rule of law. But there is a cost to conducting illicit actions against a media organization. We have already filed criminal cases against the FBI and US military in multiple European jurisdictions. The FBIs paid informant, who attempted to sell information about me and my staff to the FBI, was imprisoned earlier this year.

No entity, including the NSA, should be permitted to act against journalists with impunity. We have instructed our General Counsel Judge Baltasar Garzn to prepare the appropriate response. The investigations into attempts to interfere with the work of WikiLeaks will go wherever they need to go. Make no mistake: those responsible will be held to account and brought to justice.

The disclosures come after yesterdays release of two new documents from the long-running US Grand Jury against WikiLeaks. As of November 2013 the United States Department of Justice has stated that the investigation continues.

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Julian Assange: Counter-terrorism strategies targeting Muslims will affect the wider population. – Video

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Julian Assange: Counter-terrorism strategies targeting Muslims will affect the wider population.
Speaking from the Ecuadorian embassy Julian Assange lends his support to the recent report published by CAGE, The Prevent Strategy: A cradle to grave police-...

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Swedish MPs calling the prosecutors to travel to London and question Julian Assange – Video

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"Swedish MPs are calling on the prosecutors in the Julian Assange sexual assault case to travel to London and question the WikiLeaks founder at the Ecuadoria...

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Assange should be treated according to Swedish law

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It is obvious that an interrogation with Julian Assange would gain everybody, including the injured parties.

Thomas Olsson och Per E Samuelsson

This is a misunderstanding. Assange only requests to be treated according to Swedish law.

According to section 23, chapter 4, of the Swedish Procedural Code, a preliminary criminal investigation should be performed as quickly as possible and in such a way that the suspect is not unnecessarily inconvenienced.

According to section 5 of the preliminary investigation code, an interrogation shall be held at such a time and place as can be expected to carry the least inconvenience for the investigated party.

The significance of these rules is, that every preliminary investigation should be adapted to the situation in which the investigated party finds himself.

Julian Assange stays at Ecuadors embassy in London since June 2012. The reason that he went there was a worry to be extradited to the US. That this worry is well founded is clear since American authorities have stated that a pre-investigation is ongoing regarding the publishments of Wikileaks. The seriousness of this became apparent during the trial against Chelsea (former Bradley) Manning who was conducted to 35 years in prison as alleged source to Wikileaks.

To prevent that this risk of extradition is realized Ecuador has granted Julian Assange political asylum. Thus the somewhat unusual and to say the least an akward situation has occurred: A person is locked up in an embassay in Western Europe to avoid being prosecuted for having used his freedom of speech to critize, as a journalist, how the US conducts its war against Irak.

According to Swedish law, the prosecutor is, as previously stated, obliged to adapt to Assanges situation and with this as a starting point, quickly press on with the investigation without causing unnecessary inconvienence to the ones involved.

The next step in the investigation is to interrogate Assange. Such an interrogation can be held at the embassy in London but not in Sweden. But Marianne Ny refuses to go to London. Instead she does nothing. One would be hard pressed to find any rational reason for her passiveness. After the interrogation of Julian Assange the prosecutor can decide how to proceed. Drop the suspicions in whole are partly or move on to an indictment. Before the interrogation Marianne Ny can do nothing.

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Treat Assange according to Swedish Law

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It is obvious that an interrogation with Julian Assange would gain everybody, including the injured parties.

Thomas Olsson och Per E Samuelsson

This is a misunderstanding. Assange only requests to be treated according to Swedish law.

According to section 23, chapter 4, of the Swedish Procedural Code, a preliminary criminal investigation should be performed as quickly as possible and in such a way that the suspect is not unnecessarily inconvenienced.

According to section 5 of the preliminary investigation code, an interrogation shall be held at such a time and place as can be expected to carry the least inconvenience for the investigated party.

The significance of these rules is, that every preliminary investigation should be adapted to the situation in which the investigated party finds himself.

Julian Assange stays at Ecuadors embassy in London since June 2012. The reason that he went there was a worry to be extradited to the US. That this worry is well founded is clear since American authorities have stated that a pre-investigation is ongoing regarding the publishments of Wikileaks. The seriousness of this became apparent during the trial against Chelsea (former Bradley) Manning who was conducted to 35 years in prison as alleged source to Wikileaks.

To prevent that this risk of extradition is realized Ecuador has granted Julian Assange political asylum. Thus the somewhat unusual and to say the least an akward situation has occurred: A person is locked up in an embassay in Western Europe to avoid being prosecuted for having used his freedom of speech to critize, as a journalist, how the US conducts its war against Irak.

According to Swedish law, the prosecutor is, as previously stated, obliged to adapt to Assanges situation and with this as a starting point, quickly press on with the investigation without causing unnecessary inconvienence to the ones involved.

The next step in the investigation is to interrogate Assange. Such an interrogation can be held at the embassy in London but not in Sweden. But Marianne Ny refuses to go to London. Instead she does nothing. One would be hard pressed to find any rational reason for her passiveness. After the interrogation of Julian Assange the prosecutor can decide how to proceed. Drop the suspicions in whole are partly or move on to an indictment. Before the interrogation Marianne Ny can do nothing.

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Julian Assange, WikiLeaks editor – News, Articles …

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Members of Sweden's parliament have publicly urged prosecutors to step up their efforts to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on sexual-assault allegations he faces in Sweden.

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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange collaborated with the band Calle 13 and guitarist Tom Morello on the new video "Multi_Viral." Watch the video.

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M.I.A. may have found a new hype man: WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange.

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Here is the statement released by Wikileaks's Julian Assange reacting to the sentencing of Bradley Manning.

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Julian Assange – Times Topics – The New York Times

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Oct. 6, 2013

Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, already a documentary subject, is now the focus of Bill Condon feature film The Fifth Estate; Assange burst into public consciousness in 2010 with WikiLeaks' release of Apache helicopter attack video, revealing millions of secrets and unlocking rarefied kind of fame.MORE

Op-Ed article by Australian journalist Julia Baird describes how WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's bid for a seat in the Australian Senate was undone by accusations that he acted like other politicians.MORE

Swedish police open investigation after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urges them to find out what happened to suitcase he thinks was stolen from him by intelligence agents as he traveled from Sweden to Germany in 2010.MORE

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange formally inaugurates a new political party and declares his own unorthodox candidacy for a seat in the Australian Senate in national elections to be held later this year; says he has every confidence in his ability to run a campaign from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has been living under asylum for more than a year to avoid being extradited to Sweden.MORE

WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, seemingly forgotten until their public support for Edward J Snowden, have in fact been under investigation by at least four United States agencies since 2010 leaks of American classified documents; wide-ranging investigations involve tens of thousands of pages of evidence and grand jury subpoenas for at least four former members of organization.MORE

WikiLeaks again seizes global spotlight by assisting Edward J Snowden in his daring flight from Hong Kong to Moscow, mounting bold defense of culture of national security disclosures; group has provided legal and logistical support to Snowden, sending British activist Sarah Harrison to accompany him on flight; founder Julian Assange has met with Ecuadorean representatives to support request for asylum.MORE

Officials from Ecuador and Great Britain are scheduled to meet to discuss case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up for nearly a year in Ecuadorean Embassy, foiling British attempts to extradite him to Sweden to face charges of sexual misconduct.MORE

Ecuador's foreign minister accuses British government of trampling on the human rights of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by refusing to allow him to travel to Ecuador, which granted him political asylum in 2012.MORE

Alex Gibney's upcoming documentary We Steal Secrets, about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, is first of several Hollywood films about the little-known people who grew larger than the most powerful of governments by using the Internet to broadcast their secrets.MORE

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