Julian Assange To Write For Swedish Tabloid

An anonymous reader writes "Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has signed on as a columnist for Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet. Why such a move? Maybe there's something more to be found in Swedish law when you are employed by a newspaper." Here's an account in English, including a translation of the interview that forms part of the linked Aftenbladet article.

Comments

How has he made his living

[line-bundle]

Perhaps he just needs to earn a living like the rest of us?

Re:How has he made his living

[Scrameustache]

Of course! Securing employment as a Swedish tabloid columnist: That was his plan all along!
It's so obvious, now...

Re:How has he made his living

[Ethanol-fueled]

It's much more insidious than that.

He's already been compromised. CIA operatives intercepted him in his hotel room, doped him up with rohypnol and scopolamine, and hypnotized him into destroying the credibility of himself and Wikileaks.

Now Wikileaks will fade into obscurity forever...st least until they unearth the whereabouts of batboy.

Re:How has he made his living

[digitig]

Or maybe he's jealous of how much sex Mikael Blomkvist gets.

A Swedish tabloid?

[countertrolling]

Excellent! He'll find Jimmy Hoffa for sure... and expose those alien cats that try to steal my breath while I'm asleep.

Re:A Swedish tabloid?

[Sir_Lewk]

Dammit, I wish we had Sex-Storms here in the states.

Re:A Swedish tabloid?

[Ihmhi]

Meteorologists are currently predicting a warm front in my pants. Yeah, baby!

Re:A Swedish tabloid?

[KahabutDieDrake]

I find your lack of original conversation disturbing.

Re:This Guy

[Kev Vance]

You can't *start* a thread by Godwinning it! That's what Hitler would have done!

Proper translation into Swedish-

[Overzeetop]

"Essunge-a elreedy vurks veet zee Noo Yurk Teemes, zee Gooerdeeun, und Der Speeegel. Boot he's nut yet vurked es a culoomneest fur uny poobleeceshun. Sterteeng noo thet veell chunge-a. Essunge-a met Efftunbledet's ideetur in cheeeff Jun Heleen yesterdey. Bork bork bork! 'It's nu cueencidence-a thet I'm gueeng tu be-a vreeting fur a Svedeesh peper. Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp! Zee Svedeesh poobleecist cooltoore-a und Svedeesh lev hefe-a sooppurted us frum zee begeenning', seeed Essunge-a."

(-chef, that is. What? You knew somebody had to do it!)

the perfect Swedish publication for Assange...

[Tumbleweed]

The perfect Swedish publication for Assange would be Millennium! :)

Re:I hate this guy

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, a nobody on the internets with a login handle "Saint" wants other people arrested for feeling self-important. My ironymeter just assploded.

What you can look forward to

[SuperKendall]

Every month, he provides the name, address and exact GPS coordinates of someone in the witness protection program!

Re:Tabloid?

[Frosty Piss]

Their specialty in all cases seems to be how to phrase the headlines as misleadingly as possible (and pause videos in the most compromising and misleading frames possible for use as pictures) to attract people to read the articles which are usually much less interesting than the headlines would have one think...

So, baically like Slashdot?