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Assange Seeks To Sue Prime Minister Gillard For Defamation

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Confirms what we know by benjfowler · · Score: 0, Troll

    Julian Assange is a terrible individual with a narcissistic, attention-seeking personality. Only a truly cynical person would take advantage of the Bolivarian twits from Ecuador to try and beat rape charges. His arguments that running from a rape charge is somehow applaudable, because the Swedes might send him to the US to face justice for his other crimes is laughable -- Sweden, apart from Russia, is probably the last place on Earth who would extradite anybody to the US.

    An absolute disgrace, aided and abetted by the media looking for a good story.

    Flame away, fanboys. I'm looking forward to reading the broken basement-dweller logic in the replies.

  2. Re:Rape? You mean Consentual Sex by benjfowler · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nice going. Depending a rapist. "He's not a rapist, he's a libertarian just like MEEEEEE"