Buzzfeed has a profile of Julian Assange--remind you of anyone you know?

[brooklynite]

What’s often underestimated is his gift for bullshit. Assange can, and does, routinely tell obvious lies: WikiLeaks has deep and involved procedures; WikiLeaks was founded by a group of 12 activists, primarily from China; Israel Shamir never had cables; we have received information that [insert name of WikiLeaks critic] has ties to US intelligence.

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Conversely, Assange often trusts strangers more than those he knows well: he dislikes taking advice, he dislikes anyone else having a power base, and he dislikes being challenged – especially by women. He runs his own show, his own way, and won’t delegate. He’s happy to play on the conspiratorial urges of others, with little sign as to whether or not he believes them himself.

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There are few limits to how far Assange will go to try to control those around him. Those working at WikiLeaks – a radical transparency organisation based on the idea that all power must be accountable – were asked to sign a sweeping non-disclosure agreement covering all conversations, conduct, and material, with Assange having sole power over disclosure. The penalty for non-compliance was £12 million.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/heres-what-i-learned-about-julian-assange?utm_term=.idoG7GPAB#.emlZ1ZjGm

[OKNancy]

1. just started reading the article

under the title: The WikiLeaks founder is out to settle a score with Hillary Clinton and to reassert himself as a player on the world stage, says BuzzFeed News special correspondent James Ball, who worked for Assange at Wikileaks.

[msanthrope]

2. I am cheered that some of us rejected the anti-semitism of Assange....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026388527

[oasis]

3. The rapist, Assange hates women. No surprise there.

[Lucinda]

4. Kicking and bookmarking to read later. Thank you!

[Cha]

5. I just read an article by James Ball on another

site.. an expose on assange.

Kind of what I imagined.. thank you, James Ball.

Thanks, brooklyn

[lillypaddle]

6. K&R nt