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Julian Paul Assange Research Paper

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The Man behind WikiLeaks Once an unknown Australian, it didn’t look like there was much going on with this man. However, by age 19, this fugitive had already hacked into the United States most secret military agencies, and was well on his way to creating the infamous ‘WikiLeaks’. He’s known worldwide, in some eyes a terrorist, others, a hero. The man, the myth, the legend, Julian Paul Assange. Born in the Queensland town of Townsville, 1971, son to Christine Ann Assange and John Shiptonc- they however split up before he was born. His mother married Richard Brett Assange when he was one year-old, later to split again and re-marry another man. By the time Assange was a teenager he had already lived in thirty different towns, before settling …show more content…

Along with two other associates- calling themselves Trax and Prime Suspect- he began a group called International Subversives. Whilst in this group, he hacked into the Pentagon, U.S. Department of Defence facilities, MILNET, the U.S Navy, NASA and many other national sites. Soon, his luck in ev ading detection by authorities would come to an end. In 1991, he was caught hacking into Nortel. The Australian Federal Police tapped his phone line, followed by a raid of his home in late October. Consequently, Julian was charged with 31 counts of …show more content…

However while he was in Sweden he was accused of the sexual assault/ rape of 2 women. Following the events of Sweden Assange was apprehended in London by the London police. He was denied bail by a judge in his hearing, due to the requested extradition of Assange to Sweden for his previous sexual assault charges. He was also denied appeal to the UK Supreme Court, because of this he sought for refuge within the London Ecuadorian Embassy. The Ecuadorian president Mr Rafael Correa granted Mr Assange “political Asylum” Due to Mr Assange receiving political asylum he is allowed to stay in the embassy for as long as he desires. As the embassy is officially Ecuadorian soil, the London police or any other foreign law enforcements cannot attempt apprehend him as it will be a direct action against the country. Therefor an act of

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