10 Things You Should Know About Julian Assange | Alternet
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Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, is more loved, and more hated, than ever. And just who is doing the loving and the hating is more complicated than ever.
In his rise from libertarian hacker to global publisher, Assange pioneered a new kind of power, the power to disrupt the secrecy of the national security state. With the help of Chelsea Manning, the silver-haired Australian published the “Collateral Murder” video, which showed the world the reality of the war in Iraq, and the State Department cables, which showed the realities of American diplomacy. So a lot of people admired him.
Last week’s disclosure that Assange collaborated with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 presidential campaign has generated another blizzard of headlines—and a lot of confusion—about the world-famous transparency advocate.
Here’s what you need to know about Assange.