Julian Assange of WikiLeaks has been reportedly seeking asylum in Switzerland, a country that international fugitives rely on for its neutrality. Assange is searching for a safe place to resume leaking right after Swedish authorities granted an international arrest warrant Thursday charging him with sexual assault. Meanwhile, with Assange in hiding, some former WikiLeaks volunteers are forming their own venture to compete with WikiLeaks.
Assange perhaps raped
Because of accusations of rape, sexual molestation and illegal use of force, the Stockholm Criminal Court really wants to talk to Julian Assange. The allegations were filed by two different ladies who said the sex offenses occurred during the course of one week last August in Sweden. Assange’s lawyer, calling the allegations unwarranted, said the women didn’t file the charges until obtaining out they were both fooling around with Assange at the exact same time.
Too much asked for by Julian Assange
Assange spoke over it. He said none of the sex offenses happened. He thinks the United States of America set this all up to occur for making his character questionable. This would be because of the WikiLeaks revelations that came. Assange went underground out of fear of the United States govt after posting classified documents on the Afghanistan in July. He obviously wasn't too afraid. In October, he posted more Iraq War documents. Assange's final round of leaks actually made some governments in the world mad. United States of America informants lost their covers because of this. Russia is known for silencing those who make poor decisions about sharing info by death. This is why it might not be the best idea for Assange to target the Russian government as the Christian Science Monitor accounts he is.
Departing employment for Assange
Some WikiLeaks volunteers left the organization in order to start their own organization since Assange is in hiding. In September, German Daniel Domscheir-Berg left the Assange group, reports the Wall Street Journal. Domscheit-Berg has said that after the Afghanistan and Iraq WikiLeaks events, there were documents left over that should have been published. His plan is to get more leaked classified documents through a different site though. A spokesman from WikiLeaks was kind over it. He wished him luck with it.
Articles cited
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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