The Lily-Livered Life of Julian Assange
Out today is a new book about Julian Assange titled WIKILEAKS: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy.
Published by Guardian Books, this biography reveals some pretty unsavory facts about Assange, according to several reports. And here's a particularly repugnant one:
Assange initially rejected pleas to redact documents to protect sources. At an early meeting with international reporters in a restaurant he told them: " 'Well, they're informants,' he said. 'So, if they get killed, they've got it coming to them. They deserve it.' There was, for a moment, silence around the table."
His irresponsible lack of regard for the lives of those brave informants he put in harm's way is, at this point, not surprising--but it is pitiable when you realize what a coward he really is. Assange is full of machismo when it comes to endangering the lives of others. And yet, when it comes to his own life, the book reveals
that Assange was so worried that he was being followed by U.S. intelligence services that he disguised himself as a woman, it has been revealed.
The 6ft 2in 39-year-old donned a wig as he tried to get away from people he thought were following him.
Stay classy, Julian.
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Sep '10
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I'm hoping he annoys Putin and then, well, you know he's an informant, ergo.
May '10
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I'm unable to summon words for use in any polite discussion of Assange. The 1st three letters of his surname lend themselves nicely to the beginning of a 'street-language' driven discussion. The mention of his name sullies Ricochet's pages, thus I'll not add my 'street language' rant to the site.
Edited on Jan 31, 2011 at 7:31amMay '10
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They're informants, said the leaker.
What is it about Assange that immediately makes one violate the Code of Conduct so much that the tattered, self-censored remnants of one's comment is an utter nonsense?
Sep '10
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How much you want to bet that this guy was dressing up like a woman long before the US gov't knew who he was?
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Oh, Mark. I always love reading your comments.
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Removed due to double-post.
Edited on Jan 31, 2011 at 8:56amRe: The Lily-Livered Life of Julian Assange
Kennedy Smith: They're informants, said the leaker.
What is it about Assange that immediately makes one violate the Code of Conduct so much that the tattered, self-censored remnants of one's comment is an utter nonsense? · Jan 31 at 7:39am
oleneo65: I'm unable to summon words for use in any polite discussion of Assange. The 1st three letters of his surname lend themselves nicely to the beginning of a 'street-language' driven discussion. The mention of his name sullies Ricochet's pages, thus I'll not add my 'street language' rant to the site. · Jan 31 at 7:28am
Edited on Jan 31 at 07:31 am
Speaking about Assange is an exercise in self-restraint, isn't it?
Nov '10
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Wouldn't it be a perfect world if someone with skills would hack Wikileaks and leave messages containing derogatory comments about Putin's girlfriend...sign Ahmedinejad's name to them. Two birds with one stone perhaps.
Jul '10
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Will no one rid me of this meddlesome leaker?
What would Henry II say?
May '10
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The self-righteous are always the most insufferable. I listened to a few minutes of the 60 minutes interview last night and what was most notable was Mr. Assange's inability to consider that what he does may be wrong.
What an unpleasant, reckless man. He ruins lives for the sake of his ego.
Dec '10
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With all the Feminazi enemies he's made over that flap in The Land of Blonde Hair, you know that there is a nut punch floating around out there with his name on it.
It's just a matter of time . . .
Dec '10
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Disguised himself as a woman? It took me a couple of weeks after Wikileaks broke into the media before I figured out he wasn't one.