Julian Assange

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Julian Assange

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Julian Assange Date Of Birth

Julian Assange was born on the 3rd of July 1971

- He was born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia

- Astrologically, he is a Cancer

Julian Assange's Family

Christine Assange (Julian's Mother)Julian Assange's family tree

- Has one son by the name Daniel Assange
- Daniel Assange was a result of a relationship with his ex-girlfriend (name unknown)
- His mother is Christine Assange and was married to theatre director Brett Assange. This is where their surname came from and they are now separated
- His mother re-married and has a son from this marriage which gave Julian a half-brother

Julian Assange Education

- After the age of 16, he became a Hacker
- His early take on Subculture brought about the quote: "Don't damage computer systems you break into (including crashing them); don't change the information in those systems (except for altering logs to cover your tracks); and share information"
- He is reportedly attended about 6 Universities with courses ranging from Maths, Physics, Philosophy and Neuroscience
- He never graduated

Who Founded Wikileaks?

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Julian Assange and Wikileaks

- Wikileaks.org was registered in 2006

- The formal site Creators have not formally being identified but 'the organisation has described itself as having been founded by Chinese dissidents, as well as journalists, mathematicians, and start-up company technologists from the United States, Taiwan, Europe, Australia, and South Africa' (wikipedia)

- Julian Assange is generally described as a Director of Wikileaks and sits on its advisory board.

What is Wikileaks?

Wikileaks is described as a non-profit organisation that engages in the publication of submitted classified and secret media from unidentified (anonymous) sources and leaks. It operates internationally.

- The actual number of its Staff and Volunteers are unknown

- It has currently moved from wikileaks.org to wikileaks.ch

- Due to current controversy surrounding wikileaks, its servers have been moved to neutral Switzerland hence the .ch domain extension

Julian Assange and Wikileaks in the Media

Since its inception, wikileaks has been in news due to the sensitive nature of documents being leaked.

Julian Assange has also been part of this media storm.

Recently, his background has come into question and has been wanted on several charges in a few countries like Sweden and USA.

Due to some of the charges in Sweden, he was held in custody in the United Kingdom where he was residing at the time of the warrant.

He was recently released on bail in the United Kingdom and currently fighting extradition to the USA
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Wikileaks and Julian Assange Recent Press Coverage

WikiLeaks.org is dead; long live WikiLeaks.ch
Introduction to the new website
New Wikileaks Home
Discover the recently moved site from .org to .ch
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange freed on bail
BBC article on the recent release of Julian Assange
Transcript of interview with Julian Assange
Transcript of interview with Julian Assange, founder and lead figure of WikiLeaks -At the Oslo Freedom Forum - 2010
- Lots of insights into the organization's workings.
Julian Assange Swedish Interpol Warrant
The International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL documentation for Julian Assange's Arrest.
Julian Assange's mother recalls Magnetic
Julian grew up in Magnetic Island, Australia and his mother recollects some of those times in this article.
Wikileaks' Julian Assange 'fears extradition to US'
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he is worried about an attempt to extradite him to the United States.
US lawyers explore extradition routes for Julian Assange
US justice department has still not approached British government as lawyers struggle to mount prosecution

Other Julian Assange Fun Stuff

- Recently unearthed online dating profile of Julian Assange on the site OKCupid in 2006. These are some of the descriptions he listed

" WARNING: Want a regular, down to earth guy? Keep moving. I am not the droid you're looking for. Save us both while you still can.

Passionate, and often pig headed activist intellectual seeks siren for love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy.

Such a woman should spirited and playful, of high intelligence, though not necessarily formally educated, have spunk, class & inner strength and be able to think strategically about the world and the people she cares about.

I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil. Western culture seems to forge women that are valueless and inane. OK. Not only women!

Although I am pretty intellectually and physically pugnacious I am very protective of women and children.

I am DANGER, ACHTUNG, and ??????????????!"

Whether this profile is real or not, who is to say but it has not been accessed since 2006 apparently. See link below to go to the site (registration is required)
The online dating profile
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Forbes account of dating profile
Leaked: Julian Assange's OkCupid Profile

So considering the hacking background of Julian Assange, and dates can be reversed, do you think this profile is the real deal?

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