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Julian Assange’s aim of free speech

When governments stop torturing and killing people, and when corporations stop abusing the legal system, then perhaps it will be time to ask if free-speech activists are accountable.” – Julian Assange

A dream come true for WikiLeaks founder, DAILY NATION 2 Dec 10, The founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks whose exclusive dossiers have captured the attention of the world is a man who seems to have achieved his dream.

Julian Assange had dreamt that one day the Internet would be used to step government and corporate excesses.

Before he posted the diplomatic cables that have put the US at the centre of a global diplomatic storm, he posted a secret video shot by an American attack helicopter of Iraqi civilians and a Reuters photographer being mowed down, apparently in cold blood.

Recordings of US air crew mocking the dead deeply embarrassed the Pentagon, outraged Iraqi journalists and enhanced the aura surrounding Assange, a figure so elusive that he even refuses to confirm his age: “I prefer to keep them bastards guessing.” he told Sunday Times……………

Assange who has caused major embarrassment for both the Pentagon and US State Department by the diplomatic cables has announced that his next target will be the private sector and an American bank in particular.

Mr Assange, 39, told The Telegraph in London that he had a new set of secret documents that, when released, will trigger another Enron scandal.

“It will give a true insight into how banks behave in a way that will stimulate reforms,” he told Forbes in an interview published on Monday night.

He said the documents include secret BP files and other energy companies, pharmaceuticals and “industrial espionage.”……….

Assange who has caused major embarrassment for both the Pentagon and US State Department by the diplomatic cables has announced that his next target will be the private sector and an American bank in particular.

Mr Assange, 39, told The Telegraph in London that he had a new set of secret documents that, when released, will trigger another Enron scandal.

“It will give a true insight into how banks behave in a way that will stimulate reforms,” he told Forbes in an interview published on Monday night.

He said the documents include secret BP files and other energy companies, pharmaceuticals and “industrial espionage.”….When governments stop torturing and killing people, and when corporations stop abusing the legal system, then perhaps it will be time to ask if free-speech activists are accountable.” – Julian Assange

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December 2, 2010 - Posted by Christina MacPherson | 2 WORLD, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear