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
In an article published by “Opposing Viewpoints,” Michael Reagan, son of former president Ronald Reagan, wrote that “If found guilty [Bradley Manning and Julian Assange] deserve nothing less than death sentences for their unspeakable crimes.” Bradley Manning, a private in the United States Army released classified information to Julian Assange, the editor of the controversial Wikileaks website. Reagan suggests that if America had a president stronger willed than president Obama, Julian Assange and Bradley Manning would be found guilty of treason and be “stood up before a firing squad.” The release of classified information by Pvt. Bradley Manning, Reagan argues, gave aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States. “By [Manning and Assange’s]
Julian Assange has been called many names; traitor, anarchist and even a high-tech terrorist, but the proper name for him is hero. WikiLeaks is an organization that truly works for the people. Keeping people informed with the inner workings of government, putting pressure on the press to acknowledge the truth and forcing change within government. WikiLeaks is driving journalism into the future and Assange is the driver.
The Internet is one of the most widespread ways to exchange data, and a website called WikiLeaks has received a great amount of attention from the knowledge it releases. The details they give are known to be confidential and provide society with an inside view on what is really happening behind of the closed doors of the federal government. The site is based on the “belief that a more transparent government will bring better consequences for all, and that leaking information has an inherent tendency toward greater justice” (Singer 465). WikiLeaks gives its readers a way to honestly know all the significant facts and records that are purposefully kept away from
This article examines the prosecutions of ‘whistleblowers’ Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, and applies their cases to the Australian legal system. The authors detail the punishments and protections provided by Australian law, and reveal several flaws including no specific protections for political communication for government employees (section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914) and protections afforded to security organisations. Although much of this article isn’t specific to my research, the information on the Public Disclosure Act 2013 and section 70 and 79 of the Crimes Act 1914 are of relevance, as they pertain to Commonwealth employees and Commonwealth contractors working in detention centres. In conclusion, the authors advise
Christopher Wilders first offense was a gang rape on the beach of Sydney, Australia in 1962. At age seventeen he pleaded guilty to all accusations and in
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (N.S.A) subcontractor turned whistle-blower is nothing short of a hero. His controversial decision to release information detailing the highly illegal ‘data mining’ practices of the N.S.A have caused shockwaves throughout the world and have raised important questions concerning how much the government actually monitors its people without their consent or knowledge. Comparable to Mark Felt in the Watergate scandals, Daniel Ellsberg with the Pentagon Papers, Edward Snowden joins the rank of infamous whistleblowers who gave up their jobs, livelihood, and forever will live under scrutiny of the public all in the service to the American people. Edward Snowden released information detailing the
Edward Snowden. This is a name that will be in the history books for ages. He will be branded a traitor or a whistleblower depending on where you look. Many Americans feel that Edward Snowden is a traitor who sold the United States’ secrets aiming to harm the nation. Others believe that he was simply a citizen of the United States who exercised his right to expose the government for their unconstitutional actions. It is important to not only know the two sides to the argument of friend or foe, but to also know the facts as well. My goal in this paper is to present the facts without bias and to adequately portray the two sides of the argument.
Alex Jones was born on the February 11, 1974 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is a radio talk show host, filmmaker, writer, a leading conspiracy theorist and the founder of Infowars.com- a conservative news website launched in 2006 and prisonplanet.tv. His radio show-The Alex Jones Show is broadcasted nationally across 90 AM and FM radio stations and his notable guests include Donald Trump, Matt Drudge, Ron Paul. Although, his website Infowars has been labelled as a fake news website, it still attracts around 4.5 million users monthly, of which 81% are Americans. He also runs a YouTube channel with the subscription base of 350,000 users. He is also dubbed as the leading conspiracy theorist and he has often stated the involvement
As the Hollywood plot unveiled, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, took sides with Edward Snowden to help him find asylum. Assange and his team have started negotiations with Icelandic and Ecuadorian governments for the political asylum that Snowden pursues . Julian Assange himself lives under political asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since mid-2012, explained that Snowden had contacted them for
He also burned his money in October 1990 so he would not be tracked by his parents or the PI the parents had hired.
Related to that, this essay is written as an effort to comprehend the role of individual in globalized world, especially by studying the case of Julian Assange and Wikileaks. This essay is divided in three parts. The first part of this essay explains background as well as global controversy surrounding Wikileaks and its spokesman, Julian Assange. The second part identifies the areas that Assange have directly impacted, especially in terms of participation, journalism practice and privacy. Finally, the last part of this essay reflects on Assange’s role in the globalized media economy, particularly drawing on his background as an Australian as well as the position of Australia in global economy.
Today’s modern outlaws are closely similar to the outlaws in western movies. They take from the powerful groups in the community and give to the needy. Today’s outlaws are following in the similar steps but, in a digital world. The digital world is now the modern Wild West because it’s a new frontier that keeps growing without control, and laws are still being set in place so everyone online is free to do as they wish until a law has been set in place. The modern outlaws I will be writing about are Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and the hacker group of Anonymous. Each out law has provide some type of service or information to the public that was secret and important to the world community, but was being withheld from the public eye because of powerful people and entities. By releasing this information the outlaws knew of the consequences this would bring to their lives. With today’s technology you can’t hide or run away, everything is tracked unless you know how to hide your steps. But for the most part the powerful governments are able to track down the outlaws. Today’s outlaws must be ready fight not just a digital or information battle but a legal battle as well. Today’s outlaws don’t have any empty fields to run off to any more, the closest thing to an open field is a 3rd world country or an enemy of the government of who they are fighting. The globe is the new open field and
In order to truly understand this man, we must explore his past. Edward Joseph Snowden was born on June 21, 1983. As a young boy, Snowden was very fragile and would get sick often. At one point, he contracted Mononucleosis, which caused him to miss nine months of high school. Much rather than returning to school, he passed the GED test and took classes at a community college to study computers.
Cultural Competence based on the Purnell Model can provide a comprehensive, systematic, and concise structure for learning and understanding the Palauan culture. Based on the previous paper regarding my Palauan friend, S.S., I will be discussing five areas where I can further improve my transcultural care pertaining to this specific community. These areas are in communications, high-risk health behaviors, nutrition, pregnancy and the childbearing practices, and death rituals (Purnell, 2014). Furthermore, I will present a reassessment of my culture competency to evaluate my learning that can positively affect the nursing care of individuals from diverse cultures represented by the Palauans.
That is when he began dealing drugs. He then got caught and now resides in maximum- security jail.