Politics & Current Affairs — December 20, 2010

Assange Decries Leak

Was it contradictory of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s lawyers to condemn the leaking of secret government documents pertaining to the rape charges against him?

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In a move that historians may record as among the most audacious and least self-aware complaint of all time, lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have loudly condemned the leaking of secret government documents pertaining to the rape charges against Assange. The lawyers for Assange, who describes himself as an activist for “radical transparency,” complain that the leaked police files unfairly damage Assange and make his legal defense more difficult. Assange’s representatives are especially angered by what they call the political motivations behind the leak — the same charge many critics have leveled against WikiLeaks.

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