Julian Assange

  • 06 Dec 2010 at 11:16 AM

Reporter Charlie Gasparino Has An ‘Educated Guess’ About The BofA WikiLeaks

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First off, Chaz knows a guy who saw the documents in question. Unfortunately, this character had no idea what anything in there meant.

…one source who claims to have read some of the documents held by WikiLeaks confirms that they do in fact involve Bank of America. Adding to the mystery, however, this source says that they found it difficult to determine just what they mean. Given that Wall Street’s straightforward business—buying and selling, borrowing and lending—now requires a math Ph.D. to understand, this shouldn’t be too shocking.

And so it falls to Gaspo, naturally, to come up with something. Continue reading »

  • 02 Dec 2010 at 4:24 PM

Bank Of America Will Protect This House

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Earlier this week, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange casually mentioned that his next target will be “a large US bank,” with a dump so damning it could “take down” a firm “or two.” As we and other have pointed out, it’s difficult to conceive of any documents Mr. Assange could leak that would “expose” or even embarrass BAC (or whatever US bank he’s going after) in a way that it hasn’t already embarrassed itself and lived to tell the tale. And on Tuesday, executives said they didn’t have any “indication,” they were the target. Still, though, you can never be too careful when it comes to Mr. Dribbles, which is why the bank has apparently distributed .44 Magnums to its legal team. Continue reading »

  • 30 Nov 2010 at 2:58 PM

Bank Of America Pretty Confident The Upcoming WikiLeak Isn’t About Them

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You know how in the wake of the feds’ Insider Trading Fest(ivus) 2010, a bunch of firms have been able to wipe the sweat off their brows while telling investors and the media that they are not the subject of an FBI investigation, i.e. in the clear? Endearingly, Bank of America seems to believe the WikiLeaks situation (founder Julian Assange claims a “big US bank,” which many believe is BAC, will be his next target, early next year) works the same way. Namely, that they’ll be receiving a formal letter from Mr. Dribbles re: whether or not they’re going down for the dirt nap. Continue reading »