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Line 1: − [[File:Julian Assange.jpg|right|240px]]+ − + + + + + − Prior to WikiLeaks, Assange was involved with an organization of computer hackers and was arrested for his involvement with the group in 1991. After the arrest, he became an independent programmer. Most of the software he produced was designed to keep whistleblowers and dissidents anonymous.+ + + + + + + + + + + − As of November 18, 2010, there is a warrant out for his arrest in [[Sweden]]. Assange was previously investigated for rape, but the charges were ultimately dropped. However, there is an international warrant for Assange, as he is wanted for questioning in Sweden in relation to a rape investigation. On June 19, 2012, [[Ricardo Patiño]], the [[Ecuador]]ian foreign minister, announced that Assange had applied for [[political asylum]] and that the Ecuadorian government was analysing his request. At that time, Assange was in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.<ref name="Ecuador">{{cite news| url=http://www.elcomercio.com/politica/Julian-Assange-embajada-Ecuador-Londres_0_721727907.html|title=Julian Assange pide asilo político en embajada de Ecuador en Londres | work=El Comercio | language=es|accessdate=September 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/9342856/Julian-Assange-WikiLeaks-founder-seeks-political-asylum-from-Ecuador.html | work=Daily Telegraph | first=Andrew | last=Hough | title=Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder seeks political asylum from Ecuador | location=London | date=19 June 2012}}</ref> On August 16, Patiño announced that the Ecuadorian government was granting Assange political asylum.<ref name="asylumgranted">[http://www.mmrree.gob.ec/2012/com042.asp Declaración del Gobierno de la República del Ecuador sobre la solicitud de asilo de Julian Assange] (Spanish)</ref> It is not clear how, if ever, Assange will be able to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy grounds.+ + + + + + − His [[anarchy|anarchistic]] hope is that faith in government will decline and individuals will take on more personal responsibilities for their lives.<ref>http://pubrecord.org/world/8634/thoughts-about-julian-assange-wikileaks/</ref> It is not clear how exposing classified documents of democratic countries will encourage people to become more responsible for their lives. He also implied in a piece for the guardian newspaper that his sympathies lay towards Latin American liberation struggles, and that he grew up believing in [[Marxism]]-[[Leninism]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/09/cryptography-weapon-fight-empire-states-julian-assange%23start-of-comments</ref><ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/07/10/Assange-Snowden-Greenwald-Strangely-Silent-On-Ecuador-s-Sweeping-New-Media-Laws</ref> Assange is a admirer of [[Rand Paul]].<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/19/julian-assange-loves-rand-paul-and-his-very-principled-positions.html</ref>+ − Assange has a 20-year-old son in Australia.+ − == Political reaction==+ − On November 30, 2010, [[Sarah Palin]] called for Assange to be pursued "with the same urgency we pursue al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8171269/Sarah-Palin-hunt-WikiLeaks-founder-like-al-Qaeda-and-Taliban-leaders.html |title=Sarah Palin: hunt WikiLeaks founder like al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date= |accessdate=September 17, 2012}}</ref>+ + − On December 1, 2010, [[Mike Huckabee]] said those behind the leak of the cables should be executed.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/us-embassy-cables-executed-mike-huckabee US embassy cables culprit should be executed, says Mike Huckabee], The Guardian, December 1, 2010, Haroon Sidiqqui. "Mike Huckabee said, 'Whoever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason, and I think anything less than execution is too kind a penalty'"</ref>+ + + + − == See also ==+ − − *[[Bradley Manning]] − *[[Edward J. Snowden]] − − ==References== − <references/> − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Assange, Julian}} − − [[Category:Computers]] − [[Category:Criminals]] − [[Category:Liberals]] − [[Category:Espionage]] − [[Category:Marxism]]
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Where have all the good men gone
'''Julian Assange''' (1971 - ) is an [[Australian]] hacker and activist, best known as the founder of the controversial liberal website [[Wikileaks]], a repository of leaked government documents. Assange actively tries to undermine various western governments, especially that of the United States, by releasing classified material via his website. He studied physics and mathematics at the University of Melbourne. He wrote Strobe, the first free and open-source port scanner, and contributed to the book Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier.<ref>http://www.ted.com/speakers/julian_assange.html</ref>
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need
[Chorus:]
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet
[Chorus]
Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood
[Chorus]