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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Assange is accused of sexual misconduct by two women he met during a visit to Stockholm last year and Swedish authorities want him extradited to face the allegations. A two-day hearing that begins Monday will decide Assange's legal fate. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (AP)

Assange lawyer: Risk of ‘denial of justice’

Jill Lawless
Wikileaks founder's attorney cries foul over Sweden's lack of transparency, extradition proceedings on rape charges
File - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Rudolf Elmer, not seen, at the Frontline Club in London, in this Monday Jan. 17, 2011 file photo. Assange returns to a British court Monday Feb. 7 2011, to fight extradition to Sweden, where the WikiLeaks founder is wanted for questioning about alleged sex crimes. The 39-year-old Australian has denied the accusations, which his supporters claim are part of a CIA-led conspiracy against his secret-spilling organization. (AP Photo / Lefteris Pitarakis, file) (AP)

WikiLeaks’ Assange faces extradition

AP/Salon
The founder of WikiLeaks begins a hearing that could send him to Sweden for a sex crimes trial
Julian Assange

CBS and Julian Assange

Dan Gillmor
Sunday's "60 Minutes" interview gave WikiLeaks founder his best platform yet

Julian Assange gushes to “60 Minutes”

Adam Clark Estes
"I'm not yet a martyr -- let's keep it that way," says the Wikileaks founder
Reykjavík, Iceland

Private, Visa-funded inquiry finds no WikiLeaks crimes in Iceland

Raphael G. Satter
Norway-based company Teller AS, hired by Visa, reports no evidence found that site violated Icelandic law
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for his extradition hearing, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

No proof WikiLeaks breaking law, inquiry finds

Associated Press
A company working for Visa found the group had not broken any laws in its home country of Iceland

Various matters

Glenn Greenwald
Plus: More on Manning's detention, and the politicization of Scalia/Thomas
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, left, accompanied by former Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer, right, are seen after Elmer handed Assange two CD cases full of files, following a news conference at the Frontline Club in London, Monday Jan. 17, 2011. Elmer blew the whistle on the conduct of Julius Baer Bank in the Cayman Islands for which he is set to stand trial in Zurich, Switzerland, on Jan. 19 for breaching Swiss bank secrecy laws. Accompanied by his lawyer Jack Blum, he will reveal more details of alleged abuses in the world of offshore financial centres. As he did back in 2007 he will pass the said documents and information to Wikileaks. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

WikiLeaks: Selective revelations

Raphael G. Satter
Despite a reputation for indiscriminate leaking, the website has released only 2,658 of its 251,287 documents
Former Swiss banker by Rudolf Elmer hands two CD cases full of files to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, left, following a news conference at the Frontline Club in London, Monday Jan. 17, 2011. Elmer blew the whistle on the conduct of Julius Baer Bank in the Cayman Islands for which he is set to stand trial in Zurich, Switzerland, on Jan. 19 for breaching Swiss bank secrecy laws. Accompanied by his lawyer Jack Blum, he will reveal more details of alleged abuses in the world of offshore financial centres. As he did back in 2007 he will pass the said documents and information to Wikileaks.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Swiss ‘Wikileaks’ banker guilty of coercion

Associated Press
Rudolf Elder breaks strict (read: sacred) Swiss law of banking secrecy -- must pay a paltry sum as punishment
President Bush and President-elect Obama walk along the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10,2008, prior to their meeting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Associated Press)

Obama officials caught deceiving about WikiLeaks

Glenn Greenwald
The private statements and reports continue to come out that contradict the administration's public claims
The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange faces the media after making an appearance at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. The founder of secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was back in court Tuesday as part of his fight to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where he's wanted on sex crimes allegations. The procedural hearing lasted for only about 10 minutes, with lawyers for both sides saying they were on track for Assange's next court appearance on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Ex-Swiss banker to hand celebrity account files to WikiLeaks

AP/Salon
Ex-Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer is due to hand over private banking information of "high new worth" celebrities today
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, right, and his lawyer Mark Stephens arrive at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for his extradition hearing, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) (AP)

Anti Wikileaks government praises Ellsberg

Matthew Lee
While excoriating Julian Assange, the State Department lauds Pentagon Papers film
The founder of secret-spilling website WikiLeaks Julian Assange is flanked by police officers as he leaves court after making an appearance at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Assange is in court Tuesday for a procedural hearing which lasted for only about 10 minutes, as part of his fight to avoid extradition to Sweden on allegations of sex crimes. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Assange team: He could face execution, Guantanamo detention

Salon Staff
Rendition to U.S. -- and steep penalties -- possible if Assange is extradited to Sweden, says Australian defense
Alan Rusbridger

How propaganda poisons the mind – and our discourse

Glenn Greenwald
The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Politico are just some of the outlets in need of a real retraction
Julian Assange head of WikiLeaks gestures as he gets back into a car at Beccles Police Station in Suffolk, England, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 after complying with bail conditions. Assange said he feared that the United States is getting ready to indict him, saying Friday that he believed that a grand jury was meeting to consider charges against him. He has repeatedly voiced concerns that American authorities were getting ready to press charges over WikiLeaks' release of some 250,000 secret State Department cables, which have angered and embarrassed officials in Washington. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (AP)

What U.S. “justice” signifies around the world

Glenn Greenwald
Why is the possibility of ending up in American custody a cognizable ground for resisting extradition?
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, a Bank of America branch office is shown in New York. Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo Bank, JPMorgan Chase and other banks got together in 1997 and formed a private company called Mortgage Electronic Registry Systems Inc., or MERS. Its motto: "Process loans, not paperwork."(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file) (AP)

Bank of America is the next target for WikiLeaks

Adam Clark Estes
According to an anonymous source, America's biggest bank is the subject of the next "megaleak"
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for his extradition hearing, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (AP)

Assange: We’re stepping up release of leaked docs

Jill Lawless
The Wikileaks founder promises more revelations based on the group's stash of confidential U.S. embassy cables
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Government-created climate of fear

Glenn Greenwald
Political liberties are meaningless if citizens are afraid to exercise them
FILE - This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. WikiLeaks said Saturday Jan. 8, 2011 that U.S. investigators have gone to San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. to demand the private messages, contact information and other personal details of Julian Assange and three people associated with the secret-spilling website. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUT (AP)

Court probes WikiLeaks Twitter info

Raphael G. Satter
A subpoena presses Wikileaks, Assange thinks that Google, Facebook are facing similar requests about his site
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while speaking during a news conference in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. The U.S. Attorney General on Tuesday urged Beijing to release Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, a day before he was scheduled to meet with top law enforcement officials in mainland China. But Holder said he is unlikely to bring up Liu during his meetings in Beijing, which will focus on piracy and counterfeiting issues. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (AP)

DOJ subpoenas Twitter records of several WikiLeaks volunteers

Glenn Greenwald
A federal court authorizes the DOJ to demand sweeping information about the accounts of several WikiLeaks volunteer
A police investigator walks past the wreckage of a 1993 IRA bombing that injured 14 civilians and five policemen. Right: Rep. Peter King on Capitol Hill Sept. 14, 1999.

IRA terror victim speaks out against Peter King

Justin Elliott
"What really bothers me is the hypocrisy of the man," says a victim of a 1990 London bombing
Naomi Wolf

The faulty argument for naming rape accusers

Tracy Clark-Flory
Naomi Wolf attacks the old journalistic rule -- but there's a good reason it remains
Writer Judith Miller

Judith Miller attacks WikiLeaks

Justin Elliott
Ex-Times reporter and current Newsmax contributor calls Julian Assange a "bad journalist"
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Leading conservatives openly support a Terrorist group

Glenn Greenwald
How can CNN continue to employ Fran Townsend in light of her pro-terrorism advocacy?
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