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"Courage is contagious." — Julian Assange "Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture victims." — stated value of Julian Assange "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech." "The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." "There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year."
"We all only live once. So we are obligated to make good use of the time that we have and to do something that is meaningful
and satisfying. [WikiLeaks] is something that I find meaningful and satisfying. That is my temperament. I enjoy creating systems
on a grand scale, and I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I enjoy crushing bastards." — Julian Assange
— Ben Franklin [1706-90], in 1722
— Frank Norris [1870-1902]
— Daniel Ellsberg [1931-2023]
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WikiLeaks & Julian Assange
WikiLeaks.com [est. 10/2006]
official website
official weblog
Wikipedia
"The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret,
Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far." — Daniel Ellsberg [1931-2023]
co-founder Julian Assange: IMDb listing
Wikipedia
co-founded WikiLeaks in October 2006
won the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence [est. 2001] in 2010
2012 June 19: Julian Assange applied for asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England
2012 Aug 16: Ecuador granted asylum to Julian Assange
2018 Jan 11: Ecuador granted citizenship to Julian Assange
2019 April: Julian Assange was expelled from refuge at Ecuador's London embassy (basically due to changes of elected officials in Ecuador).
2021 Monday Jan 3: British Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser refused to order the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges, saying it would be 'oppressive' due to his mental health; U.S. prosecutors want Assange to be brought to Northern Virginia for trial and they said that they would appeal. Assange has been charged with 18 federal crimes, including conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. diplomatic cables, military reports from Iraq and Afghanistan, and other secret government documents. Assange's lawyers argued that the U.S. is targeting Assange for 'purely political' reasons.
watch July 2010 Julian Assange interview [19:33] at TEDglobal Conference
watch August 2013 Julian Assange interview on "60 Minutes" [15:37] on YouTube
Other Important Individuals
co-founder Daniel Domscheit-Berg
DDB quit Chaos Computer Club in 2007 to join WikiLeaks; acrimonious resignation in September 2010; explanatory book published in Germany in February 2011.
no official website found
IMDb listing
entry at Wikipedia
 | "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange At The World's Most Dangerous Website" [2011] by Daniel Domscheit-Berg Kindle Edition from Crown/Random House [2/2011] for $9.99 Crown Books hardcover [2/2011] out of print/50+ used Ullstein Taschenbuchverlag German-language mass pb [10/2013] out of print/used Econ Verlag German-language 8x5½ hardcover [2/2011] out of print/used |
Rudolf Elmer, former senior executive at the Swiss bank Julius Baer
U.S. Army SFC Bradley/Chelsea Manning
the original source of almost 400,000 'Iraq War Logs' documents that appeared on Wikileaks in October 2010; Manning was convicted and then sentenced to
35 years in prison in August 2013; President Obama commuted the sentence to 7 years, and Manning was released from federal prison in May 2017.
Books About WikiLeaks, Assange, et al
Current Events / Mass Media / Bestsellers catalog at Amazon
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 | "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything" [2006] by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams Kindle Edition from Portfolio Hardcover [4/2008] Expanded Edition for $13.93 Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [4/2008] Expanded Edition for $18.45 |
 | "Julian Assange: The Whistleblower - Traitor or Hero?" [2010] by Heinz Duthel Kindle Edition from I.A.C. Society [7/2010] for $9.90 |
 | "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War On Secrecy" [2011] by David Leigh & Luke Harding http://www.amazon.com/WikiLeaks-Inside-Julian-Assanges-Secrecy-ebook/dp/B004LLIPV0/ PublicAffairs 8¼x5½ pb [2/2011] for $9.80 |
 | "The Most Dangerous Man In The World: The Explosive True Story of Julian Assange and The Lies, Cover-Ups, and Conspiricies He Exposed" [2011] biography by Andrew Fowler
Kindle Edition from Skyhorse Publng [4/2011] for $14.49 Melbourne University 9¼x6 pb [8/2011] import/used Skyhorse Publng 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2011] for $20.20 |
 | "The WikiLeaks Files: The World According To U.S. Empire" [2015] published in collaboration with WikiLeaks, Introduction by Julian Assange Kindle Edition from Verso [9/2015] for $9.99 Verso 8¼x6 pb [9/2016] for $15.16 
Verso 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2015] for $18.77 |
Movies, Stageplays, Other Media
search on keyword 'wikileaks' at Internet Movie database
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"Michael Moore on WikiLeaks: Leaks Don't Kill People, Secrets Do" [Dec 2010]
interview of gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore by Keith Olbermann on MSNBC's Countdown program
watch news segment [10:43] online at YouTube
 | "WikiRebels: The Documentary" aka 'Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies' [Sweden Dec 2010] hour-long Swedish TV documentary filmed in Sweden, Iceland, Germany, London U.K., Iraq, & Washington DC; co-produced & co-directed by Jesper Huor & Bosse Lindquist; featuring Julian Assange, Daniel Domscheit-Berg & Kristinn Hrafnsson VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb no entry at Wikipedia watch 'WSL' docufilm free [57:28] at YouTube |
 | "Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero? - Inside The World of WikiLeaks" [2011] 175-minute documentary produced by "N.R.G." not listed at IMDb N.R.G. color DVD [5/2011] for $15.99 |
 | Frontline Season 29, Episode 13: "WikiSecrets: Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, and WikiLeaks" [WGBH/PBS-TV May 2011] 60-minute TV news documentary co-produced, co-written & hosted by Martin Smith; co-produced, co‑written & directed by Marcela Gaviria; featuring Jacob Appelbaum, Julian Assange, Dean Baquet, P.J. Crowley, Jordan Davis, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Daniel Ellsberg (archive footage), David House, reporter Ryan Knutson, hacker Adrian Lamo, David Leigh, Bradley Manning, Brian Manning, John Negroponte, hacker Kevin Lee Poulsen, reporter Arun Rath, Eric Schmitt, Tim Webster & Lawrence Wilkerson full credits at IMDb P.B.S. Direct color DVD [7/2011] for $14.93 |
"True Stories: Wikileaks - Secrets and Lies" (2011) /tt2123355/
"Wikileaks: The Secret Life of A Superpower" (2012) (TV Series) /tt2330649/
"The Most Dangerous Man In The World" [2012?]
Announced 1/2011: Producers Barry Josephson & Michelle Krumm optioned the film rights to the Julian Assange
biography written by award-winning Australian reporter Andrew Fowler latest info at IMDb
untitled WikiLeaks TV movie [HBO/BBC for 2012?]
Announced 6/2011: Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall will executive produce, Rowan Joffe will write
the script, Charles Ferguson will direct
latest info at IMDb
untitled WikiLeaks docufilm [Universal Pictures for 2012? release]
Directed by Alex Gibney latest info at IMDb
"Underground" TV movie [Australia TV Ten Oct 2012]
Announced 4/2012: TV movie about Wikileaks founder Julian Assanges younger days as a computer hacker; written & directed by
Robert Connolly; cast includes newcomer Alex Williams {as Julian}, Rachel Griffiths {as Julian's mother}, Anthony LaPaglia
{as a detective}, Callan McAuliffe, Laura Wheelwright, Jordan Paskopoulos latest info at IMDb
official movie site
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" (2013) /tt1824254/
"The Fifth Estate" [DreamWorks 2013?]
Announced 11/2012: The film's apparent viewpoint is that Assange was a whisteblower who let power get to his head and allowed the ethics of his work slide,
much to the chagrin of his right hand man Domscheit-Berg; script by Josh Singer, based on the books "Inside WikiLeaks" and "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assanges
War On Secrecy" {both above}; director Bill Condon, starring Benedict Cumberbatch {as Assange}, maybe James McAvoy; working title 'The Man Who Sold The World'; added 1/2013: Participant Media will co-finance, name change to "The Fifth Estate" latest info at IMDb
watch 7/2013 official trailer [2:32] at YouTube
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