{"id":30744,"date":"2015-10-09T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/uncategorized\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-jokes-hes-losing-his.php"},"modified":"2015-10-09T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T15:42:14","slug":"wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-jokes-hes-losing-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/julian-assange-2\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-jokes-hes-losing-his.php","title":{"rendered":"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange jokes he&#8217;s losing his &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    By Daniel Peters For Daily Mail    Australia  <\/p>\n<p>    Published: 05:49 EST, 7    October 2015 | Updated: 06:13 EST, 7 October    2015  <\/p>\n<p>    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has accused the    Australian Government of abandoning him and other Australians    in need in a rare live radio interview.  <\/p>\n<p>    Speaking on the Kyle and Jackie-O show on Wednesday    morning Mr Assange, who is wanted for arrest in six different    countries,happily answered an array of listener questions    and jokingly apologised for his 'ruined Australian    accent'.  <\/p>\n<p>    He also hit out at the Australian consulate in London.    Hehas spent the past three years seeking political asylum    inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in the same city.  <\/p>\n<p>    Scroll down for video  <\/p>\n<p>      Julian Assange accused the Australian Government of      'abandoning' him amidst serious political conflict    <\/p>\n<p>      The Wikileaks founder spoke on KIIS FM on Wednesday morning,      dialing in from the Ecuadorian Embassy    <\/p>\n<p>      The 44-year-old has spent the past three years seeking      political asylum in the London building, wanted for arrest by      six countries for crimes of espionage, leaking sensitive      documents and alleged sex crimes    <\/p>\n<p>    'There has been no contact with the Australian consulate    for years, and when I do they simply say, \"What do you want?\",'    Mr Assange said.  <\/p>\n<p>    'That's not about me, that's about Australia being    famous for abandoning Australians around the world whenever    they get into political conflict,' he continued.  <\/p>\n<p>    The 44-year-old is wanted by the U.S., U.K., Australia,    Germany, Saudi Arabia and Sweden for a list of serious crimes    including espionage, leaking sensitive documents and alleged    sexual assault.  <\/p>\n<p>    The minute he steps outside of the building, which he    claims has been the site of a U.K. police 'siege' - with the    equivalent of 100 full time police guarding the grounds day and    night - he will be placed under arrest by English    authorities.  <\/p>\n<p>    In the interview, which covered a vast range of topics,    including the use of smart phones inside the embassy and family    death threats, the Australian-born former hacker described    Canberra as a 'horrific, horrific place.'  <\/p>\n<p>    Asked on whether he had thought about devising his very    own 'Jason Bourne escape plan', Mr Assange laughed, before    adding: 'Just about everything has been thought of.'  <\/p>\n<p>    He explained that his wall was plastered with letters    from children outlining 'well-drawn' and 'very well detailed    escape plans' of him on a flying fox over to Harrods.  <\/p>\n<p>    'They show the look of the astounded police man as I zip    past overhead,' Assange joked.  <\/p>\n<p>    It was the first time Assange has spoken to Australian    media since May, choosing to be interviewed on commercial radio    without shock jock Kyle Sandilands, who was away and replaced    by fill-in Matty Acton.  <\/p>\n<p>      Mr Assange said that every week children sent in letters with      detailed escape plans involving flying foxes and zip-lines    <\/p>\n<p>      It was the first time Mr Assange has spoken to Australian      media since May,    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3263003\/Wikileaks-founder-Julian-Assange-jokes-s-losing-native-voice-Ecuadorian-embassy-complains-s-abandoned-home-country.html\" title=\"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange jokes he's losing his ...\">Wikileaks founder Julian Assange jokes he's losing his ...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daniel Peters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:49 EST, 7 October 2015 | Updated: 06:13 EST, 7 October 2015 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has accused the Australian Government of abandoning him and other Australians in need in a rare live radio interview. Speaking on the Kyle and Jackie-O show on Wednesday morning Mr Assange, who is wanted for arrest in six different countries,happily answered an array of listener questions and jokingly apologised for his 'ruined Australian accent'. He also hit out at the Australian consulate in London. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1599],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-julian-assange-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}