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• British judge approves WikiLeaks' Assange extradition

  A British judge Thursday approved Sweden's request to extradite Julian Assange, although the embattled WikiLeaks founder is expected to appeal.

• WikiLeaks' Assange awaits extradition decision

  Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange put forth their final arguments before a British judge on Friday, seeking to block an extradition request from Sweden to question him on sexual assault allegations.

• Assange attorney: Text messages mention 'revenge'

  Text messages sent by the two women who accuse WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of rape and assault mention "revenge" and "economic gain," according to testimony during the second day of his extradition hearing.

• Security researcher feels the wrath of Anonymous

  Wikileaks defenders Anonymous are firing both barrels at a security researcher who promised to name people in the group. Aaron Barr vowed he’d expose organizers of the online activist group Anonymous next week, but in response Anonymous hacked his Twitter account, broke into his company network and posted more than 44,000 of the company’s e-mails.They also posted his home address, phone number and Social Security number on his Twitter page.

• Assange attorneys raises risk of unfair rape trial in Sweden

  Embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a British court on Monday, where his attorney laid out a series of arguments why he should not be extradited to Sweden to face questions over sexual assault allegations.

• Lawyers say WikiLeaks' Assange could end up in Guantanamo

  The extradition hearing for WikiLeak's founder Julian Assange is set to begin Monday in London, with his lawyers prepared to make arguments he could eventually end up in Guantanamo Bay if first extradited to Sweden.

• Ellsberg: With Wikileaks, Google, Facebook must take a stand

  The Silicon Valley companies that store our personal data have a growing responsibility to protect it from government snooping, according to Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

• Wikileaks and the authorized insider threat

  The recent military and U.S. State Department Wikileaks fiasco epitomizes a key challenge to data security and privacy today: the authorized insider threat.

• WikiLeaks support rally a success: Pirate Party

  The Australian Pirate Party has declared the rally held in Sydney over the weekend in support of WikiLeaks a success, claiming attendance of up to 1000 people.

• Pirate Party rallies support for WikiLeaks

  A rally organised by the Australian Pirate Party to rally support for WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is scheduled to go ahead this Saturday.

• Bank of America braces itself for fallout from WikiLeaks disclosures, report says

  Bank of America has assembled a 15- to 20-person team to come up with a damage control plan in the event Wikileaks follows through on its promise to release thousands of insider documents leaked to it, according to reports.

• Bank of America cuts services for WikiLeaks

  Bank of America has joined the growing list of financial and technology companies that have cut off services to WikiLeaks, a move that comes amid speculation that the whistleblower site is preparing to release information about the bank.

• Gillard “no fan” of Wikileaks

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sought to maintain the Federal Government’s position against Wikileaks despite advice from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) that the site’s publishing of US embassy cables had breached no domestic law.

• Wikileaks' publishing of US cables not illegal: AFP

  The Federal Government has been dealt a major blow with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) stating that it has found that the publishing of US embassy cables containing classified information on the Wikileaks website has breached no domestic law.

• WikiLeaks founder wins fight to be released from UK jail

  London's High Court ruled Thursday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be freed if he posts £240,000 (US$384,000) in bail, rejecting prosecutors' appeal that he be imprisoned pending a January extradition hearing, according to the BBC.