Julian Assange WikiLeaks News

Julian Assange WikiLeaks News From AOL News

Judge Says WikiLeaks' Assange Can Be Extradited to Sweden

LONDON - A British judge says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over sex crimes claims. Judge Howard Riddle says the allegations of rape and sexual molestation by two women are extraditable offenses and a Swedish warrant was properly issued. Lawyers for Assange have a week to appeal Thursday's...

Could Text Messages From Accusers Help Clear Assange?

A hidden cache of dozens of text messages between the two women who have accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sexual assault contradict some of what they told police and might clear his name, a U.K. court heard today. Assange's Swedish lawyer, Bjorn Hurtig, a witness during the second day of Assange's extradition...

WikiLeaks: Police Documents Detail Sex Allegations Against Assange

One of the two Swedish women accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sexual assault said she had "the worst sex ever" with him, according to police documents leaked to a British newspaper this week. "Not only had it been the world's worst screw, it had also been violent," said the woman referred to as "Miss A" in...

Vaughan Smith: The Man Who Will Host Julian Assange for Christmas

(Dec. 16) -- It could be worse for Julian Assange. Released on bail on today, the WikiLeaks founder will reportedly be spending his nights at Ellingham Hall, the 10-bedroom Georgian mansion in eastern Britain owned by British media pioneer Vaughan Smith, according to The New York Times. Writing for The Independent, Smith...

Julian Assange: 5 People Who Helped Bail Out WikiLeaks' Founder

(Dec. 16) -- Let freedom ring? After spending nine days in a London jail cell over charges of sexual coercion and rape, Julian Assange was freed on $300,000 bail on Thursday. British authorities had sought to keep Assange in prison, but a judge denied that request. Assange, who will soon be heading to the lavish country...