Assange accuses FBI of bribery

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange wades into superinjunctions
And accuses FBI of bribery

Julian Assange has decided to cause more waves.

The Wikileaks founder, who is currently fighting extradition to Sweden, where he has faced allegations of sexual assault, has decided to ruffle feathers by claiming that the FBI tried to bribe the organisation’s staff. That’s according to the Daily Telegraph.

He’s also waded into the controversial superinjunction world, claiming that he was prepared to reveal the names of individuals covered by these if he got hold of who was hiding behind these legal barriers.

Speaking at the Telegraph Hay Festival Mr Assange told delegates that the internet did not give people “free speech.” He said those who practised this and revealed secrets online were “hounded from one end of the earth to the other”.

He said that his much famed whistle blowing organisation had been at the forefront of a range of challenges including ones from the FBI, which had moved in to tempt his staff to talk with a range of bribes. …more