|
#1
12-09-2010, 04:04 PM
|
|||
|
|||
WikiLeaks.com (Before & After)
 A man on the run Julian Assange was born in Townsville, Australia, in July 1971, to parents who were involved in theatre and travelled frequently. Assange's mother runs a puppet theatre. 
|
|
#2
12-09-2010, 04:04 PM
|
|||
|
|||
 The arrest of Assange In his teens, Assange gained a reputation as a sophisticated computer programmer. In 1995 he was arrested and pleaded guilty to hacking. He was fined, but avoided prison on condition he did not reoffend.
|
|
#3
12-09-2010, 04:04 PM
|
|||
|
|||
 A crusader? Wikileaks founder Julian Assange holds up a copy of the Guardian newspaper during a press conference at the Frontline Club in central London, July 26, 2010. In his late 20s, Assange went to Melbourne University to study mathematics and physics.
|
|
#4
12-09-2010, 04:04 PM
|
|||
|
|||
 Or a traitor? Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks at a news conference at the Frontline Club in central London. Assange, already completely grey-haired at a young age, has no permanent home and is often seen carrying a rucksack, moving from city to city and staying with friends in countries from Iceland to Kenya.
|
|
#5
12-09-2010, 04:05 PM
|
|||
|
|||
 Defender of the underdog Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a news conference about the internet release of secret documents about the Iraq War, in London October 23, 2010. Wikileaks released nearly 400,000 classified US files on the Iraq war, some detailing gruesome cases of prisoner abuse by Iraqi forces that the US military knew about but did not seem to investigate. Assange is described by those he has worked with as highly intelligent, determined, intense and at times paranoid.
|
