WikiLeaks
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. Was he an internet messiah or a cyber-terrorist? Information freedom fighter or sex criminal? The debate would echo around the globe as US politicians called for his assassination.
Award-winning Guardian journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding have been at the centre of a unique publishing drama that involved the release of some 250,000 secret diplomatic cables and classified files from the Afghan and Iraq wars. At one point the platinum-haired hacker was hiding from the CIA in David Leigh's London house. Now, together with the paper's investigative reporting team, Leigh and Harding reveal the startling inside story of the man and the leak.
Customer Reviews
Not just simply for the read
This book was great and lightened me into the struggles of war From the insiders perspective the people on the ground who are able to share their stories thanks to WikiLeaks I thought the last few chapters wounded on a bit and more represented cross referencing as opposed to a story which in this circumstance I can see it’s very necessary if that was the intention I also purchased this book as someone who believes Julian is a great advocate for freedom of speech and sometimes can be lonely interpreted by others so I hope one day to see Julian’s freedom come