Julian Assange
Julian Assange is the founder of WikiLeaks. He was a physics and mathematics student, a hacker and computer programmer before setting up WikiLeaks. ... More »
'We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks' movie review
If you’re still under the impression that Julian Assange is a whistleblowing hero, let the friends and colleagues interviewed in the documentary “We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks” disabuse you. Alex Gibney’s film relates the story of how US Army soldier Bradley Manning leaked a ... Read more »
Review: 'We Steal Secrets' a thriller about WikiLeaks
It's partly a study of the well-known Julian Assange, who captured the world's attention when his WikiLeaks website made volumes of sensitive U.S. government material available online, sparking a firestorm of controversy over secrecy and freedom of information in the digital age. But ... Read more »
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks
In taking on the story of Julian Assange and his sometimes misguided career, Gibney keeps the focus where it should be -- on the concerted efforts by the U.S. government to shroud its most unfortunate practices in secrecy. Those secrets -- about the way war was conducted in Iraq and ... Read more »
WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info
(Ricardo DeAratanha, Los Angeles Times / May 19, 2013) When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks ," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed ... Read more »
'Julian Assange Sex Assault Accuser' Speaks
A person thought to be one of the two Swedish women who accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes has spoken out publicly about her ordeal. The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, said that when the allegations became public she received threats and found it impossible ... Read more »
Beatrice Inn hosts bash for “The Story of WikiLeaks,” the Julian Assange doc by Alex Gibney
Perhaps it was only appropriate that an exclusive cocktail gathering to celebrate gadfly director Alex Gibney’s doc on Julian Assange, “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” was in a subterranean spot. The Beatrice Inn hosted the party for the film that has sparked feuds between ... Read more »
Protect your sources: Australia’s WikiLeaks Party calls for journalism shield law
Julian Assange’s newly formed Australian WikiLeaks Party (WLP) announced that if elected, it will immediately introduce a national shield law to protect a reporter’s right not to reveal a source, as current state-based shield laws are “inadequate.” "Only a uniform shield law covering the ... Read more »
DOJ's Targeting Of Fox News Reporter James Rosen Met With Outrage
" The government has also tried to make the case in the past that WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange could be indicted as a co-conspirator with Manning for receiving his information. “We are outraged to learn today that James Rosen was named a criminal co-conspirator for simply doing his job ... Read more »
Strongbox: New Yorker's salvo in the 'war between data capture and privacy'
Since 2011, WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange have been so beleaguered by legal and financial problems that they have closed their secure uploading channel altogether; the only way currently to pass information to the organisation is through direct contact with one of its small ... Read more »
Bill Hader leaving SNL
“It got to a point where I said, ‘Maybe it’s just time to go.’” Hader, 34, joined SNL in 2005 and his deft impersonations, including of those of James Carville, John Boehner, Julian Assange and Clint Eastwood made him a crowd favorite. He earned an Emmy nomination last year for his work ... Read more »
Trust in government undermined by IRS, AP wiretaps, and more
The Observer also reported that Goodale believes a grand jury has already secretly indicted Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks and publisher of the Afghan War Logs. Goodale is working to convince journalists that regardless of their opinions about Assange, his situation sets a ... Read more »
'Star Trek Into Darkness' star Benedict Cumberbatch impresses Steven Spielberg and many more as a de...
Cumberbatch donned a high-tech motion-capture suit to play — not just voice — the dragon in the upcoming “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” He’s also playing Julian Assange in the biopic, “The Fifth Estate,” due out later this year. “Star Trek” co-star Simon Pegg, who has been ... Read more »
Cameron spared a potentially embarrassing session of PMQs tomorrow
When Jemima put up £20,000 for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s bail, friends wondered if a new romance was on the cards. But Assange sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy. Having become a Russian citizen to avoid tax in his native France, movie star Gerard Depardieu praises ... Read more »
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: Benedict Cumberbatch enjoys being villain
Later this year he’ll appear opposite Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender in Steve McQueen’s historical drama â12 Years a Slaveâ; he’ll take the screen with Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep in âAugust: Osage Countyâ; and he’ll play Julian Assange in the fact-based drama âThe Fifth ... Read more »
