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The book *Assange was holding when he was arrested appears to be Gore Vidal’s History of the National Security State.

From hacker to fugitive: Julian Assange's epic journey

Nineties hacker, Noughties activist and journalist, then a fugitive whose fans refer to him in messianic terms. The story of Julian Assange is epic.

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Donald Trump, who praised WikiLeaks 141 times, now has 'no opinion' on Julian Assange

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, found guilty of breaching bail by ...

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A judge in London has found WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail at ...

Julian Assange: key dates in the WikiLeaks founder's case

Assange arrest a 'dark moment': Snowden

"Assange's critics may cheer, but this is a dark moment for press freedom," ...

Julian Assange 'won't get any special treatment': Scott Morrison

"When Australians travel overseas and they find themselves in difficulties with the law, they face the judicial systems of those countries," the Prime Minister said.

DAVID HARSANYI: Is Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange A Foreign Spy Or A News Publisher? While I’m highly sympathetic to the principled arguments being made in defense of Assange, they’re not applicable in this case.

BILL GERTZ: China Using OPM Records for Spying

China is mining intelligence from an estimated 23 million records of American federal workers, including intelligence and security personnel, stolen in cyberattacks against the Office of Personnel Management, according to a member of Congress.

Rep. Chris Stewart (R., Utah) said the Chinese are easily gaining information from the stolen records.

“They can run through those 23 million names in a heartbeat and connect dots in a heartbeat,” Stewart said during remarks to a meeting of the Committee on the Present Danger: China.

“Have we seen evidence that they’ve done that? Absolutely,” said Stewart, a former Air Force B-1 bomber pilot who is currently a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

He declined to provide further details.

The OPM hack was considered one of the most damaging breaches of personnel security for the U.S. government ever. The operation by China took place in 2014 and was discovered in June 2015. China’s role was kept secret during the Barack Obama administration.

This man is a son, a father, a brother. He has won dozens of journalism awards. He's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year since 2010. Powerful actors, including CIA, are engaged in a sophisticated effort to dehumanise, delegitimize and imprison him. #ProtectJulian pic.twitter.com/dVBf1EcMa5

April 11, 2019

Russia criticises the arrest

Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, criticised the arrest as “the hand of ‘democracy’ squeezing the throat of freedom”.

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David Crouch

The Swedish Prosecution Authority said it will issue a statement on Julian Assange’s arrest later today.

Elisabeth Massi Fritz, lawyer for one of the two women who accused Assange in 2010, told Swedish media:

My client and I have just received the news that Assange has been arrested. That’s what we have been waiting and hoping for for almost seven years has now happened as clearly a shock to my client. We will do everything we can to ensure that the prosecutors resume the Swedish preliminary investigation so that Assange can be extradited to Sweden and prosecuted for rape.

When Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny dropped the Swedish investigation into the allegations in May 2017, she stressed that the investigation could be reopened if Assange returned to Sweden before the statute of limitations on the rape allegation against him ends in August 2020.

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Listen very closely, and you'll hear the scrambling of legions of Russia-paid Twitter trolls trying desperately to convince us that Julian Assange is just an innocent martyr to the Deep State.

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Julian Assange has been arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service news.met.police.uk/news/arrest-up… pic.twitter.com/dUrDp228In 2:34 am - 11 Apr 2019 Twitter By: Metropolitan Police @metpoliceuk

Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder arrested in London - BBC News - BBC.com

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Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Mr Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a ...

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Julian Assange arrested shouting "RESIST" at Ecuadorian Embassy - YouTube

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UK police enter Ecuador embassy and arrest Julian Assange - SBS

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested after he was kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy.

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#BREAKING from @AP : WikiLeaks says on Twitter that Ecuador's ambassador invited police into London embassy to arrest Julian Assange.

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Julian Paul Assange is an Australian computer programmer, a grantee of political asylum, a defendant due to a British arrest warrant for breaching bail conditions, and the editor of WikiLeaks. Wikipedia

Born: 3 July 1971 (age 47 years), Townsville City

Spouse: Teresa Assange (m. 1989–1999)

Nationality: Ecuadorian and Australian

Children: Daniel Assange