How did Julian Assange, a convicted Australian teenage hacker of the 1990s, become a secret revealing refugee on the run, attempting to evade extradition? Why did America to investigate if he broke the espionage act? And did Julian really hang out with Lady Gaga in London? Find out all of this and more on Part 1 of Julian Assange today on Controversial Figures.
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Episode Sources:
- Independent. Julian Assange - https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/julian-assange-we-just-kept-moving-2359423.html
- Wikileaks Press Release Regarding Julian Assange's Case Management Hearing https://wikileaks.org/Julian-Assange-Case-Hearing.html
- Wikipedia Afghan War documents leak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak
- Wikipedia Iraqi War documents leak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War_documents_leak
- Wikipedia Indictment and Arrest of Julian Assange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictment_and_arrest_of_Julian_Assange
- Wikipedia Julian Assange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange
- Wikipedia Torture Memos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Memos
- Wikipedia United States diplomatic cables leak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak
- Music: The 6 is Silent by Skyjelly
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09/04/20 • 32 min
Controversial Figures - Episode 11: Julian Assange Part 1 (Robinhood of Hacking?)
Transcript
00:00
Julian Assange is a self-described advocate of information transparency and market libertarianism. Other people might describe him as "the Robinhood of hacking" or a traitor and terrorist - all depends on who you ask.
00:07
Julian has said "the internet, our greatest tool for emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen."
00:28
To battle that totalitarianism, Julian created Wikileaks in 2006.<
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