With his supporters, the site Wikileaks founders Julian Assange a hero of truth, also with the critics, he is a man just like doing noisy things that sensitive people at risk.
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"Hero" being pursued by Julian Assange. AP
Life of Julian Assange has changed since he and his colleagues launched in 2006 Wikileaks site. Meanwhile, 39-year-old Australian man has decided to use his years of experience in doing the infamous hacker and IQ are friends lauded for building site Wikileaks, which was later dubbed the "fruit mine the truth. "
The famous Wikileaks associated with the collection of confidential information in bulk, store them in a virtual how government and other organizations may not be withdrawn, then announced on the whole bridge. The campaign disclosure of Wikileaks shock of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic correspondence recently with more than 90,000 secret documents of U.S. war on Afghanistan and 400,000 in Iraq similar documents, took place this year.
Youths 'violent'
Julian Assange born in the city of Townsville, Queensland, northern Australia in 1971 and have a childhood "intense." His parents met during a protest to the war in Vietnam and perhaps this has contributed to their child in her a spirit of "popular rebellion." The unrest began clinging residence Assange since childhood to have changed schools 37 times, because his parents ran a theater itinerant nomad.
The sources said that Australia had left home Assange dust from the age of 17 and have lived in Melbourne wander. Whatever your favorite math and physics, the new Internet is the true passion of his youth is another person resumes. Passion led Assange become part of the underworld in the village at the age of the computer when the new big. He sought to learn hacker to break into email accounts of the wealthy or influential, then exploit their secret.
Maintain popular free lifestyle but have to Assange now since the announcement last 18 years. Take the night very well have met that day, in 1995, almost led to the Assange sentenced in prison for 25 charges relating to charges of attacking computer systems. Assange eventually sentenced to a fine of several thousand Australian dollars and just lucky to escape jail terms are not repeated.
Through time 'superficial'
After labor management problems in the past, Assange decided to go a different direction rather academic in nature, while working for 3 years with researchers Suelette Dreyfus, which specializes in research on the effects of the Internet, and write the same book with her. Dreyfus Assange described as "very talented researchers," quite interested in the macro issues such as the concept of race and justice, as well as what governments should and should not do.
Step in the sense of "academic" Assange is next to Melbourne University and pursued studies in mathematics and physics. Here he became a popular member of the association of researchers in the field of mathematics. But the real turning point for experts to come from a hacker since 2006, when he and his friends set up the same passion with Wikileaks page introduction is "Wikipedia page can not be censored."
This nonprofit site is Assange operating with the collaboration of a group of volunteers, professionals publish sensitive documents or secrets about the wrongs of governments and organizations, and convey This special message to the media.
One of the most shocking documents that Wikileaks published the first video was secretly recorded the scene an Apache combat helicopters of the U.S. killing 12 civilians, including two Reuters reporters, in Baghdad in 2007. The next phase is to disclose information about the massive U.S. intelligence secrets related to the war in Afghanistan and Iraq in July and October last. The latest round of 250,000 letters released, exposing the backstage American diplomacy from 28/11 relating to the world.
Whatever is the founder and executive Wikileaks website became famous all over the place, Assange live quite mysterious and very rare occurrence. Normal life Assange nomad, always carry a small computer and clothes in the backpack. Travel of his money comes from "sources on the Internet Search." Assange identified with white hair does not match the age, the looks do not get any style room ceiling and always ignored the criticism.
A correspondent of The New Yorker magazine is Raffi Khatchadourian, who have the opportunity to go everywhere by foot Assange within weeks, described the father of the Wikileaks site could go long distances without food, can concentrated work very long and very little sleep.
Accept "sowing the wind" by launching the galaxy's desk sensitive information touched on the "big" with unlimited powers, so Assange "met storm" is inevitable. Unstable life of the young are being followed by his journey to escape the world of a man who has nearly 40 years but still no fixed address.
Journey escape
Wikileaks may release as soon as "truth bombs" shocking this year about the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon and Justice Department are carrying out the Law on Intelligence in 1917 for "threatening" and asked Assange he must return all government documents which they are, and they stressed they are not published in any form.
But the answer is Assange refuses to follow and accept life the run around, in the context of almost nowhere else on earth to harbor. When controversy over the secret documents related to the Afghanistan war was published Wikileaks is still hot a few months ago, Assange flew to Sweden and seeking to settle and hopefully be protected as freedom of the press known in this country.
Initial Assange was greeted enthusiastically in the Nordic countries. New York Times quoted him as the early days in Sweden: "They call me James Bond of the press. I have so many fans there and even some of them have caused me some trouble. "
The trouble is that he mentioned the relationship with two women led to Sweden Sweden Assange unexpected development arrest on charges of rape and sexual harassment. Assange denied this and said that it was a conspiracy was organized against their personal and site Wikileaks.
While police are still investigating Sweden, in September last past, decided to leave Stockholm to Assange Berlin (Germany). During this move, his bag to check the flight was not quite deserted, but flying wing, which contains an encrypted laptop 3. By now we would never be found and that there were people Assange for interference in this case.
In Germany not long, Assange back to London to bring concerns could be arrested as soon as he arrived in England. Under British law, allows Australian passport Assange may stay in the country for 6 months. Assange also calculate their next destination may be the island nation of Iceland, which also have the freedom of the press is quite comfortable and there are many supporters of Wikileaks. But then he said that the government here as in Britain, easily influenced by Washington, should not be a "promised land" of his. According to various sources speculated, the founder of Wikileaks is still available in the UK.
Meanwhile Australia home even become a "land of evil" for the plight of Assange, because these officials have hinted that they are willing to cooperate with the United States if Washington decided to prosecute the founder of Wikileaks . He said the Australian official had told him: "He did not play by the rules so he will be punished outside the law."
We not only condemn the government Assange, that even close associates as well as give him mood swings and authoritarian. They are also aware that sensitive information that Assange launched on the Internet can make them pay a price in blood. Some colleagues at Wikileaks said Assange has decided to launch their own confidential documents about Afghanistan without intelligence sources put the locals do for NATO. They describe the image Assange creative and capable of appealing to others, but like the stars have become increasingly autocratic, eccentric and mercurial.
However, the whole world would not turn its back Assange. As soon as the site Wikileaks published the correspondence documents the sensitivity of U.S. embassies around the world, a country with a different perspective Ecuador is South America in Washington vowed to Assange be settled in their countries. BBC quoted Deputy Foreign Minister of Ecuador, said yesterday: "We open the invitation to live in Ecuador Assange without any condition or any trouble."
But it seems that the door can not help Assange Ecuador will find peaceful life. Even when Wikileaks published the diplomatic correspondence that Hillary Clinton condemned as "offensive action in the world," an international police force Interpol has issued arrest warrants transmitted Assange. The reason is accused of raping two women and harassing Sweden. Furthermore, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has also withdrawn the proposal voiced by the deputy minister presented.
The corollary of Wikileaks
Before announcing the literature on Afghanistan and Iraq shocked the world, site Wikileaks has made strong moves attention. They published the documents about the detention of U.S. terrorism suspects at Guantanamo, data on personal Yahoo email account by former U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, reports of the killings outlaw in Kenya and East Timor, the list of neo-fascist party members in Britain and video footage of Apache helicopters to fight the Americans are shooting at least 12 people in Baghdad in 2007.
But when curiosity and even the shock has gone, Wikileaks began to face criticism and skepticism. The organization teamed with the Pentagon to condemn this site has made many people's lives in danger by announcing war documents, which expose the names of the people of Afghanistan are working for U.S. or as "limbs" for U.S. troops.
A spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan is Zabiullah Mujahid said through an interview by telephone that the Taliban have established a "committee" consists of nine members after the Wikileaks documents on Afghanistan was announced. Their purpose is "Afghanistan hunting down those who are spying" for U.S. enemies. Sources have said the Taliban wanted list Afghanistan was 1,800 people Wikileaks published names.
Reveal 'the sun' s Wikileaks
The major newspaper in the world has to fire for 'bomb' when Wikileaks published simultaneously part of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic documents published by this site, exposing the backstage secrets of global diplomacy.
Wikileaks document has been submitted in full to the top five newspapers in the world. Photo: BBC
Wikileaks document was sent for a full five leading newspaper. Photo: BBC
From March 28/11, p. Wikileaks controversy began mailing 250,000 announced by the secret U.S. diplomatic personnel sent everywhere. In addition to sharing with you the galaxy population on its website the diplomatic documents marked "confidential" or "sensitive", the Wikileaks also send all data for five leading newspapers including the language different language: New York Times (USA), Der Spiegel (Germany), Le Monde (France), Guardian (UK) and El Pais (Spain).
With the power and influence of the media machine huge, immediate disclosure of Wikileaks has shocked the world in a way that Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini be described as "on 9 / 11 attack world diplomacy. " Clinton also said Hillary Clinton is "an attack on the international community."
Here is revealed remarkable diplomacy of Wikileaks:
Attacking Iran
Some Arab leaders and their diplomatic representatives cited that the U.S. has urged Iran to launch attacks aimed at ending a program of nuclear weapons, suspicious of this country. In a telegram in April 2008, the Saudi ambassador in Washington, Adel al-Jubeir is reiterated King Abdullah that he "often called" U.S. attacks Iran.
Ambassador al-Jubeir said the king wanted the U.S. to have "decapitated snake" because "we can not believe the Iranians." Signal sensitivity letters also reveal little more extreme views of the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, who called for further tighten sanctions on Tehran.
Meanwhile, during a meeting between the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa al-as Khalifa and Minister of the United States commander in the Gulf David Petraeus, the king asked the U.S. to terminate Iran's nuclear program "in any way." This is the leaked information from the telegram from U.S. Ambassador Adam Ereli sent to 11/2009, in which the monarch was quoted Bahrain: "The danger of letting its nuclear program was a serious place rather than blocking it. "
In the telegram in 2006, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince states of the Arab emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed is said to America that he believed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "will take us to war ".
But Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak expressed impatient, when a delegation during the visit of U.S. senators to Tel Aviv in May 2009 has warned that the time to stop Iran's nuclear program is running out. A telegram from U.S. Ambassador to Israel sent to Washington a month later described: "Barak predicted time frame of 6 to 18 months from now in order to promptly prevent Iran owns nuclear weapons . After that period, he said that any military solution that will also cause the loss of popular support can not bear. "
Diplomats as intelligence
A telegram signed by Clinton to send U.S. diplomats have asked them to collect biographical information and biometric data, including iris scan (iris scans), DNA samples and fingerprints hands of senior officials at the United Nations.
The U.S. diplomat also be asked to find information about credit cards, e-mail addresses, passwords and codes used for computer networks and communication systems of their official. United Nations officials that American diplomats are required to seek information including general secretary, deputy secretary general, chairman of the special agencies and their advisers, assistant general secretary sign, the commander of the peace campaign and commanded the UN force.
Especially the U.S. diplomat was asked to find information on "management style and decision making" of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, as well as the incidence of these leaders for the The United Nations Secretariat.
Wikileaks has released a total of at least nine indicators monitoring intelligence similar to the American diplomat in many different countries, was signed by both incumbent Hillary Clinton and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice predecessor. Countries where U.S. diplomats are required to doubles duty referred to agents with Bulgaria, Israel, Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia.
Iran has always held military exercises to prevent attacks from outside. Photos
Iran has always held exercises to prevent attacks from outside. Image: Iran Defence
Unified plan of the Korean Peninsula
The Wikileaks published documents also revealed the growing frustration of Beijing for the way North Korea's behavior, specifically through a Chinese ambassador warns of nuclear programs that Pyongyang " a threat to the entire world's security. "
The documents also show that many Chinese officials began to think that Korean Peninsula should be unified under the administration of Seoul. U.S. and South Korean officials also discussed the plans with each other on the Korean peninsula unification with the collapse of the northern government.
Secrets of World Leaders
The Wikileaks document refers to a series of well-known leaders in the world with the description is not easily reached the ears of the diplomatic community. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was an American diplomat in Rome described as "useless and frivolous as a leader of modern Europe." U.S. diplomats also have less favorably impressed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, when describing the most powerful women in this world is "not so adventurous and lack of creativity."
A letter of credit started in 2009 from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli (Libya) said that leader Muammar Gaddafi North African countries "have a clear fear or do not like living on the upper floors of the house." According to Mr Gaddafi that "rely heavily" on Ukraine's own nurse, who was described as blonde porn sexy. American diplomats also "trade" with each other on speculation the two are embroiled in a romantic relationship.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has also been praised as "brave man" in a telegram from U.S. Ambassador Christopher Dell Harare was sent in 2007. In a telegram with the other, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's diplomats are described as "a crazy old guy."
In 2008, the staff at the U.S. embassy in Moscow, then imagine President Dmitry Medvedev are serving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Robin also plays Batman (in the cinematographic work is my Robin and less power than Batman .) The letter also contained credits to comment specifically on the relationship between intimacy and Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi said Putin.
Besides, a series of other prominent leaders of the world suffer the same fate as U.S. diplomats were "detector tubes" in the words hard to hear, like the Korean president Kim Jong-il have fun because of poor health following a stroke and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is regarded as "Hitler."
President of Russia. Photo: Xinhua
Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese accusations
11/2007, the U.S. has urged Beijing to prevent a shipment of parts of ballistic missiles from North Korea to Iran, according to a diplomatic correspondence published by the British newspaper Guardian from sources of Wikileaks. This shipment is being transported via the Beijing and Washington require "a specific answer" to prevent their proposal.
"We assess that the best way to stop these shipments in the future such as the Chinese authorities need to take action. It makes the Beijing airport to become hub for little more friendly such shipments, "the letter of U.S. foreign credit claims.
China is also mentioned in a letter to credit other diplomats posted by New York Times, related to allegations it is using the campaign to attack computer systems on a large scale. The letter said that a network of hackers and security experts, the private network has been requisitioned from China in 2002 and they have attacked the computer networks of government and corporate America.
Signal sensitivity letters published by Wikileaks also cited "a focal point of China," said the American Embassy in Beijing that the Chinese government was behind the attack computer systems of Google in China in January this year.
Pakistan's nuclear arsenal
Credit diplomatic letters from Wilileaks published by the New York Times suggests the U.S. has concerns about radiation in nuclear power plants in Pakistan can be used in terrorist attacks. The documents also reveal the U.S. has tried to take away raw uranium is refined at high levels from a nuclear reactor for research in Pakistan since 2007.
In a telegram started in May 2009, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson said that Pakistan has refused U.S. nuclear experts arrive. She quoted a Pakistani official said Islamabad considered the removal of nuclear fuel rods in the country "like the Americans took away Pakistan's nuclear weapons."
Obama wants to meet to receive prisoners
Letters of Credit U.S. diplomats also revealed that many countries were discussing whether they are receiving prisoners from Guantanamo, where detainees suspected of terrorism specialists in the U.S., or not. Leadership which has been suggested that Slovenia would like to have the opportunity to meet with President Barack Obama must be received by a prisoner on the notorious prison said "warehousing."
A small island in the South Pacific as Kiribati, the receipt of a request to support hundreds of millions of dollars of trade if subject to U.S. prisoners of Guantanamo detainees. Belgium is also promised "the most inexpensive way to gain a dominant position in Europe" if subject to Washington to help solve similar problems.
Also related to suspected terrorists, a telegram sent from the U.S. embassy in Berlin in 2007 mentions the German citizen to be mistaken for al-Qaeda suspects and arrested in Macedonia in 2004, then was taken to a secret CIA prison. This document reveals America then had to try to convince Germany not issue an international arrest warrants against CIA employees involved in the confusion.
Why Wikileaks sensitive information?
Most diplomatic correspondence that Wikileaks published are believed to have originated from an internal computer network of the Department of Defense millions of users, thus revealing their hard "rock islands" of the world.
Australia Juliance Assange journalist and a symbol of Wikikeaks page. Photo: CNN
Julian Assange Australian journalist, founder of Wikikeaks. Photos: CNN
'Lo' letters provide gender sensitivity of U.S. diplomatic communications world is "gloating" is said to exploit a computer network called Siprnet, by establishing the Department of Defense, which is used to exchange of confidential information. Siprnet network (short phrases Secret Internet Protocol Router Network) is born from the 1990s and expanded since the 9 / 11, to allow confidential information to be shared more easily and prevent disruption of information between various intelligence agencies of the United States.
This network is designed to exchange information from "internal circulation" to stamp "confidential", the level of information is thought to cause "serious damage" to U.S. national security. The source said there were about 2.5 million civilian employees and U.S. military have access to a computer network specifically mentioned above.
Because of the popularity of user that never Siprnet guide is where the exchange of confidential information. Only about 6% (over 15,000 documents), published by Wikilealks this phase is stamped "confidential", 40% stamped "internal circulation" and the rest is not considered confidential.
Reason Siprnet network was identified as sources of mail leaked to Wikileaks is because these materials are many "Sipdis" (meaning Siprnet Distribution). According to a manual of the Department of Defense, the network Siprnet use the same technology as the Internet, but are coded to separate it with all the other information networks.
Meanwhile, the body of the user manual also acknowledged that with the advancement of technology, the removal of sensitive information in the security sector is becoming increasingly easier. More events from 11 / 9 so far, the network re Siprnet increasingly expanding access objects from around the world.
Most of the U.S. embassies in foreign countries are now connected to the network Siprnet and this is a risk that can lead to leaks. There had never been accused of smuggling the Wikileaks data, but the BBC was put in doubt on a U.S. sergeant named Bradley Manning, staff intelligence analyst arrested in Iraq last June and was recently accused of revealing the secret American documents.
