WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s former right-hand man has irrevocably destroyed 3500 unpublished files leaked to the whistleblower site including the complete US no-fly list, five gigabytes of Bank of America documents and detailed information about 20 neo-Nazi groups. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who left WikiLeaks last year after a falling out with Assange, revealed the document destruction in an interview with Der Spiegel. [The Age, earlier]
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Julian Assange: The BofA Documents I’ve Been Threatening To Take The Bank Down By Releasing Might Not Actually Be A Big Deal At All
By Bess Levin
Almost two months ago, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said that he had information on Bank of America that was so damning it could “take the company down.” At the time, some wondered what Assanage could possibly reveal that would embarrass the bank more than it had already embarrassed itself but figured, hey, he’s gotta have something otherwise why the big sell? So where’s he been with it? Stalling for time and riding high on the build up. Perhaps realizing the jig was up, Assange has now told people he doesn’t actually know if the information he’s got on BAC is in anyway scandalous or even newsworthy. Continue reading »
Last night, a “60 Minutes” interview with Julian Assange, the man behind WikiLeaks, tackled the question of whether the anti-secrecy organization is turning its Klieg light to Wall Street. Assange was asked about the speculation that WikiLeaks has a cache of internal Bank of America documents. “I won’t make any comment in relation to that upcoming publication,” Assange said. There would be a “process of elimination” if we “denied some [banks] and admitted others,” he said. “I think it’s great to have all these banks squirming thinking maybe it’s them,” Assange said. [Deal Journal] Continue reading »
As you may have heard, Julian Assange has hinted that his next big ‘Leak will center around Bank of America and could “take down” the company. BAC has taken the threat seriously, though some have wondered what dirt Assange could possibly reveal that could embarrass the place more than it’s already embarrassed itself. Today our question- hope, etc– is how it could possibly equal or rival this: Continue reading »
And Bank of America shouldn’t be either. Leak anything you want, Mr. Dribbles. There’s nothing you can do that would embarrass this bank more than it’s already embarrassed itself and if you’re thinking of producing pictures of Ken Lewis from his last Christmas party as CEO, passed out face down on the floor of men’s room Chick-fil-A, go for it. No one cares. Continue reading »
Unable to contain his excitement any longer, Julian Assange has revealed the target of his next ‘Leak– Bank of America, come on down! Continue reading »
If you’re of the belief that Julian Assange’s hint about the next WikiLeak hitting ‘a major US bank,’ points to Bank of America and also of the belief that Julian Assange had evidence about said bank that could possibly embarrass the institution more than it’s already embarrassed itself, then yes! Continue reading »
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