Assange Seeks To Sue Prime Minister Gillard For Defamation

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 7, 2012 @08:38AM from the gillard-should-have-done-it-anonymously dept.

First time accepted submitter menno_h writes "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he has hired lawyers to investigate how to sue Prime Minister Julia Gillard for defamation." Assange "says comments made by Ms Gillard in 2010 that WikiLeaks acted illegally in releasing US diplomatic cables have affected the viability of his organisation. 'Mastercard Australia, in justifying why it has made a blockade that prevents any Australian Mastercard holder donating to WikiLeaks, used that statement by Julia Gillard,' he said."

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Re:could be interesting by fustakrakich · 2012-10-07 10:36 · Score: 0, Offtopic

No, I didn't.. Mastercard is simply rationalizing something they wanted to do long before the PM said anything. It was a false pretext on their part. In fact, if they came under any pressure for doing so, it most likely came from the US. Assange is up a tree without a paddle.

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