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The WikiLeaks files : the world according to US empire / introduction by Julian Assange.
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- ISBN: 9781781688748 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 614 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: London : Verso, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Julian Assange has been the Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks since 2006. Since 2010 when the website published thousands of US military and diplomatic documents, he has been under investigation by the United States. That year he was called a âcriminalâ and a âterroristâ by some politicans, but also won the Sam Adams Award, was named Person of the Year by Le Mondeâs readersâ and received the Time Readersâ Award. In 2011 he accepted the Sydney Peace Foundation Gold Medal for Peace, the Martha Gelhorn Prize for Journalism, the Walkley Award for most outstanding contribution to journalism, and the Amnesty International UK Media Award. Since June 2012 he has been seeking political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy, London.
