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Ecuador Denies It OKed Asylum for Assange

Officials say it's a go, but President Rafael Correa disavows report

(Newser) - Julian Assange's weeks in the Ecuadorian embassy in London may have worked out for him. Ecuador President Rafael Correa has decided to grant the WikiLeaks founder asylum, at least according to officials who spoke with the Guardian yesterday. They say he was offered asylum months ago, and that Ecuador...

Assange's Mom in Ecuador to Fight for Son

Christine Assange warns of death penalty or 'torture' in US

(Newser) - Julian Assange has a new representative in Ecuador: his own mother. Christine Assange is in Quito to seek asylum for her son, who is currently in the country's London embassy , and she's set to meet with officials today, CNN reports. Extradition to the US could mean the death...

WikiLeaks: We Need a Million Bucks, Stat

They blame Visa/Mastercard for financial woes

(Newser) - WikiLeaks needs "a minimum" of a million euros ASAP in order to "effectively continue its mission," it announced in a news release today. The anti-secrecy organization has seen its cash reserves plummet from around $983,600 in December 2010 to less than $120,000 at the end...

WikiLeaks Dumps 2.4M Syria Emails

Emails come from politicians, companies, government ministries

(Newser) - The latest from WikiLeaks: some 2.4 million Syrian emails that, the organization says, "shine a light on the inner workings of the Syrian government and economy" while also revealing "how the West and Western companies say one thing and do another." CNN notes that the emails,...

Assange: I 'Almost Certainly' Won't Turn Myself In

Cops want him out of Ecuadorian embassy this morning

(Newser) - Police have ordered Julian Assange to turn himself in this morning, in what police say is the first step toward extraditing him to Sweden, but he says that's highly unlikely, the Independent reports. "Our advice is that asylum law both internationally and domestically takes precedence over extradition law,...

Police Order Assange to Surrender

They say it's the first step toward extradition

(Newser) - Julian Assange has been ordered to turn himself in to a London police station tomorrow, in what police say is the "first step" toward extraditing him to Sweden. If he doesn't show up by 11:30am, he'll be in breach of his bail conditions, "and he...

Assange Just Doesn't Want to End Up in US

He fears he would face death penalty in America

(Newser) - As he continues to fight to gain asylum in Ecuador, Julian Assange says he's not trying to dodge questions over sexual assault allegations in Sweden. It's the US he's worried about: If Sweden sends him here, he believes he could face the death penalty, Reuters reports. It'...

Ecuador Play Could Land Assange in Jail

Stay at embassy violates bail conditions

(Newser) - Julian Assange spent the night at Ecuador's London embassy —and it could cost him. The move violates the conditions of his $315,000 bail, which say he must remain at his friend's address in eastern England between 10pm and 8am. Now Scotland Yard is looking to arrest...

Julian Assange Requests Asylum in Ecuador

WikiLeaks founder is now in that nation's embassy in London

(Newser) - WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and is seeking political asylum in the South American nation. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino says Ecuador is weighing the request. The move comes less than a week after Britain's Supreme Court ruled that Assange must be...

UK Court: Assange Will Be Extradited to Sweden

WikiLeaks founder to answer sex assault accusations there

(Newser) - Britain's Supreme Court has upheld the extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden to answer accusations of rape and sexual assault by two WikiLeaks volunteers. The British court rejected in a 5-2 vote Assange's claim that a European arrest warrant seeking his extradition was invalid because it was issued...

Julian Assange to Run for Senate in Australia

WikiLeaks says he can do so despite legal troubles

(Newser) - He's living under house arrest in Britain, fighting extradition to Sweden, and fearing extradition to the US, but that won't stop Julian Assange from running for Senate in a fourth land—his native Australia. The WikiLeaker plans to run for a seat next year, reports Australia's ABC...

Iran Nuke Facilities: Already Destroyed?

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Feb 27, 2012 4:00 PM CST

Iran Nuke Facilities: Already Destroyed?

Julian Assange: Stratfor peddles 'low-grade' Middle East info

(Newser) - A tasty nugget from today’s Wikileaks release : the notion that Israel has already blown up Iran’s nuclear facilities, RT reports. According to a Stratfor email, a source said that rumors of a pending Israeli attack are “a diversion. The Israelis already destroyed all the Iranian nuclear infrastructure...

WikiLeaks' Stratfor Dump Is Paranoid, Dangerous

Julian Assange doesn't seem to get private intelligence, Dan Murphy argues

(Newser) - If Julian Assange thinks the Stratfor documents he released today are WikiLeaks' next blockbuster, he's dead wrong, writes Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor . WikiLeaks' statement—which hints darkly at the private intelligence firm's corporate clients, "web of informers," "pay-off structure," and "...

Assange in Last Bid to Dodge Extradition

WikiLeaks founder faces Britain's supreme court

(Newser) - Julian Assange took his extradition battle to Britain's Supreme Court today, arguing that sending him to Sweden would violate a fundamental principle of natural law. The two-day hearing is Assange's last chance to persuade British judges to quash efforts to send him to Scandinavia, where he is wanted...

Assange Guesting on Simpsons
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Jan 31, 2012 2:49 AM CST

Assange Guesting on Simpsons

WikiLeaks founder appears in 500th episode

(Newser) - Homer Simpson shouldn't bother trying to keep any secrets from his new neighbor: Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder guest stars as himself in the Simpsons 500th episode, which will air Feb. 19. Assange recorded his part last summer while under house arrest in Britain, executive producer Al Jean tells...

Assange Says He's Hosting a Talk Show

WikiLeaks honcho promises 'key political players'

(Newser) - Julian Assange has many titles clogging his resume, but he's apparently about to add talk show host to the list. WikiLeaks released a statement today promising that Assange will host a new TV show centered around "a series of in-depth conversations with key political players" from around the...

Prosecution Links Manning to Assange

Recovered files put Manning in 'serious trouble': expert

(Newser) - Prosecutors unveiled a damning litany of evidence yesterday at a pretrial hearing linking Bradley Manning to the massive leak of government materials posted on WikiLeaks, reports the Washington Post. The trove includes chat logs between Manning and Julian Assange, testimony that Manning's computers contained more than 100,000 State...

Assange Gets Last Chance to Appeal Extradition

High Court rules that he can appeal to Supreme Court

(Newser) - Julian Assange will be allowed to make one last appeal against his extradition to Sweden, this time to Britain's Supreme Court. The High Court today rejected most of the grounds on which Assange and his lawyers had sought permission, but ultimately consented on the basis of one legal technicality,...

WikiLeaks Postpones New Leaking System

Assange cites fears for sources' safety

(Newser) - If you’ve got a giant trove of government secrets ready for release, you’ll just have to sit tight. Today was supposed to see the launch of WikiLeaks’ system overhaul, aimed at making it safer for sources to hand documents to the group. But Julian Assange tweeted over the...

UK Denies Assange's Extradition Appeal

WikiLeaks founder likely headed to Sweden within 10 days

(Newser) - Julian Assange is likely headed to Sweden after a British court today rejected his claim that extraditing him to face sex assault charges there would be "unfair and unlawful." Charges of rape and sexual coercion, stemming from alleged incidents last August, await the WikiLeaks founder in Sweden. "...

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