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Report: Assange sees legal defense in politics

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange regards his bid to become an Australian senator as a defense against potential criminal prosecution in the United States and Britain, a news website reported on Monday.

February 18, 2013

Judge reduces possible sentence in WikiLeaks case

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge on Tuesday reduced the potential sentence for an Army private accused of sending reams of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

By David Dishneau, Associated Press , January 08, 2013

Witness: Manning said leak would lift 'fog of war'

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The Army intelligence analyst blamed for the biggest leak of secrets in U.S. history boastfully declared that he was changing history in a letter accompanying some of the data he allegedly sent to WikiLeaks, according to a witness in the military's case against Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.

December 19, 2011

Manning's sexual orientation raised in hearing

FORT MEADE, Md. — The young Army intelligence specialist accused of passing government secrets spent his 24th birthday in court Saturday as his lawyers argued his status as a gay soldier before the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" played an important role in his actions.

By By David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek, The Associated Press , December 17, 2011

U.S. reaches plea deal in classified leaks case

A former senior official with the National Security Agency reached a plea agreement Thursday with the Justice Department, bringing a quick end to a case that pitted the government's need to keep secrets against the public's right to know.

June 10, 2011

About 35 arrested at rally for Wikileaks suspect

Wearing T-shirts and carrying signs bearing the smiling image of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, hundreds of people rallied Sunday outside the base where he's being detained on charges of providing classified data to Wikileaks.

March 21, 2011

Cable: Nigerian president had kidney transplant in 2002 but avoided one while president

LAGOS, Nigeria — Late Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua had a kidney transplant in 2002 while still a state governor in Africa's most populous nation, but avoided having another one while he was president over fears it would cause unrest, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.

By By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press , January 23, 2011

WikiLeaks subpoenas spill out into public realm

January 10, 2011

WikiLeaks: U.S. demanding Twitter account information

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks’ Twitter account details have been subpoenaed by U.S. officials, the secret-spilling site announced Saturday, adding that it suspected other American Internet companies were also being asked to hand over information about its activities.

January 08, 2011

Publisher confirms Julian Assange book deal

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he's being forced into penning an autobiography to keep his organization from going under.

December 27, 2010

Bank of America stops handling WikiLeaks payments

Bank of America Corp. has joined several other financial institutions in refusing to handle payments for WikiLeaks, the latest blow to the secret-releasing organization's efforts to continue operating under pressure from governments and the corporate world.

December 18, 2010

Update: Assange free from prison, back to leaking secrets

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released on bail Thursday — confined to a supporter's 600-acre estate but free to get back to work spilling U.S. government secrets on his website as he fights Sweden's attempt to extradite him on allegations of rape and molestation.

By By Casssandra Vinograd, The Associated Press , December 16, 2010

Assange free from prison, back to leaking secrets

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released on bail Thursday — confined to a supporter's 600-acre estate but free to get back to work spilling U.S. government secrets on his website as he fights Sweden's attempt to extradite him on allegations of rape and molestation.

By By Cassandra Vinograd, The Associated Press , December 16, 2010

Protests, cyber-skirmishes rage over WikiLeaks

Skirmishes raged across cyberspace between WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group, with websites on both sides of the battle line taken out of service or choked off by attacks.

December 10, 2010

Assange may surrender to British police

Julian Assange's lawyer was arranging to deliver the WikiLeaks founder to British police for questioning in a sex-crimes investigation of the man who has angered Washington by spilling thousands of government secrets on the Internet.

December 07, 2010