Episode 12: Julian Assange Part 2 (Hacker Interrupted)
09/20/20 • 41 min
We start Part 2 of the Julian Assange story with many questions. Will Julian Assange evade extradition and his numerous looming legal charges? Did Julian assist Russia with illegal United States Presidential election interference in 2016? Did Julian help Edward Snowden escape capture by the United States? And maybe most controversially - did Julian really date Pamela Anderson? Find out all of this and much, much more on the Part 2 of wild and crazy Julian Assange today on Controversial Figures.
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Episode Sources:
- CNN. Sweden drops investigation into Julian Assange. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/19/europe/sweden-investigation-julian-assange-intl/index.html
- MarketWatch Hillary Clinton Says Julian Assange has to Answer https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hillary-clinton-says-julian-assange-has-to-answer-for-what-he-has-done-2019-04-12
- Risk. Showtime Movie. 2016. Risk | Official Trailer | Julian Assange SHOWTIME Documentary
- Schneier on Security. Unredacted US Diplomatic Wikileaks Cables Published https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/09/unredacted_us_d.html
- Wikipedia Hillary Clinton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton
- Wikipedia Julian Assange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange
- Wikipedia Vault 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7
- Music: The 6 is Silent by Skyjelly
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We start Part 2 of the Julian Assange story with many questions. Will Julian Assange evade extradition and his numerous looming legal charges? Did Julian assist Russia with illegal United States Presidential election interference in 2016? Did Julian help Edward Snowden escape capture by the United States? And maybe most controversially - did Julian really date Pamela Anderson? Find out all of this and much, much more on the Part 2 of wild and crazy Julian Assange today on Controversial Figures.
Connect with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FiguresPodcast
Episode Sources:
- CNN. Sweden drops investigation into Julian Assange. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/19/europe/sweden-investigation-julian-assange-intl/index.html
- MarketWatch Hillary Clinton Says Julian Assange has to Answer https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hillary-clinton-says-julian-assange-has-to-answer-for-what-he-has-done-2019-04-12
- Risk. Showtime Movie. 2016. Risk | Official Trailer | Julian Assange SHOWTIME Documentary
- Schneier on Security. Unredacted US Diplomatic Wikileaks Cables Published https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/09/unredacted_us_d.html
- Wikipedia Hillary Clinton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton
- Wikipedia Julian Assange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange
- Wikipedia Vault 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7
- Music: The 6 is Silent by Skyjelly
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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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- 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
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- 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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Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired many during her 87 years of life, and certainly during her 27 years serving as a justice on the US Supreme Court, the 2nd woman to ever do so in America.
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- How to Remember the 'Notorious RBG'. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/opinions/ruth-bader-ginsburg-notorious-rbg-deeper-meaning-joseph/index.html
- RBG. Documentary. Magnolia Pictures. 2018. https://www.rbgmovie.com
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg. https://achievement.org/achiever/ruth-bader-ginsburg/
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologizes to Colin Kaepernick. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/14/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-apologizes-colin-kaepernick/index.html
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fast Facts. https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/07/us/ruth-bader-ginsburg-fast-facts/index.html
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Kaepernick protests. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-colin-kaepernick/index.html
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wishes This Case Had Legalized Abortion Instead of Roe v. Wade https://time.com/5354490/ruth-bader-ginsburg-roe-v-wade/
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Controversial Figures - Episode 12: Julian Assange Part 2 (Hacker Interrupted)
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In 2012, Julian Assange was on the run from Interpol as a wanted fugitive to be extradited immediately to Sweden. He was living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London under diplomatic asylum to avoid that extradition. And, Julian and Wikileaks were actively being investigated by the US government for espionage charges. You could say Julian had gotten himself into quite the pickle.
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Julian had created the confidential secret revealing website Wikileaks in 2006 - and s
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