Swiss authorities have been approached by representatives of WikiLeaks founder Assange who’s seeking asylum in that neutral country. Assange is looking for a safe place to resume leaking after Swedish authorities granted an international criminal arrest warrant Thurs charging him with sexual assault. As the pressure increases on Assange, some previous WikiLeaks volunteers upset using the way he has conducted himself are starting their own organization dedicated to govt transparency through unauthorized web publishing. Article resource – WikiLeaks head Julian Assange running from sex crime accusations by Personal Money Store.
Being charged is Assange of rape
Due to accusations of rape, sexual molestation and illegal use of force, the Stockholm Criminal Court wants to talk to Assange. During one week last August in Sweden, the sex crimes supposedly occurred based on 2 reports filed by 2 separate ladies. The lawyer Assange has explains that the ladies found out that Assange was fooling around with both of them at the exact same time causing them to file the allegations meaning the allegations were unwarranted.
Julian Assange pushes his luck
Assange spoke about it. He said none of the sexual crimes happened. He thinks the U.S. set this all up to take place for making his character questionable. This would be due to the WikiLeaks revelations that came. In July, classified documents about the Afghanistan War were posted by Assange. He was afraid of exactly what the United States of America government would do so he went underground. More secret documents about the Iraq War in October were posted by Assange though. The last round of leaks by Assange drew the wrath of several governments worldwide for blowing the cover of United States of America informants. The Christian Science Monitor reported recently that Assange’s next target is the Russian government, a regime known for more than mere character assassination when it! really wants to silence its critics.
Leaving work for Assange
Some WikiLeaks volunteers left the organization in order to start their own organization since Assange is in hiding. In Sept, German Daniel Domscheir-Berg left the Assange team, accounts the Wall Street Journal. According to Domscheit-Berg, more documents were not posted. This was right after the Afghanistan and Iraq ones were. His plan is to obtain more leaked classified documents through a different site though. A WikiLeaks spokesman wished him good fortune.
Citations
CNN
cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/11/18/sweden.wikileaks.assange/index.html?npt=NP1
New York Daily News
nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/11/06/2010-11-06_wikileaks_founder_julian_assange_seeking_asylum_in_switzerland_over_fears_for_hi.html?r=news
Wall Street Journal
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704805204575594612532529470.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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