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Julian Assange

World

Kidnapping, Assassination and a London Shoot-Out: Inside the CIA's Secret War Plans Against WikiLeaks

The CIA plan to grab or kill Julian Assange before a theoretical escape to Moscow.

Zach Dorfman, Sean D. Naylor, Michael Isikoff Yahoo News Sep 2021 Permalink

Best Article Politics

Julian Assange, a Man Without a Country

A series of conversations with the WikiLeaks founder about his role in the 2016 presidential election.

Raffi Khatchadourian New Yorker Aug 2017 1h30min Permalink

Politics Media

Inside the Strange, Paranoid World of Julian Assange

A former WikiLeaks employee on the motivations driving his old boss.

James Ball Buzzfeed Oct 2016 15min Permalink

Media

"We Are Drowning in Material"

Catching up with Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

Michael Sontheimer Der Spiegel Jul 2015 20min Permalink

Arts World

Ghosting

The complicated process of ghostwriting Julian Assange’s autobiography.

Andrew O’Hagan London Review of Books Feb 2014 1h40min Permalink

Politics

Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview

But now, being a celebrity yourself, you feel differently? I've subsequently changed my opinion. Brad Pitt doesn't have a superpower at his back. He just has some crazed fans and paparazzi. But now, having had all three, I must say, I'm not terribly impressed with the experience.

Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Jan 2012 35min Permalink

Dealing With Julian Assange and the Secrets He Spilled

On the cloak and dagger dealings between The New York Times and WikiLeaks. Adapted from Executive Editor Bill Keller’s forthcoming ebook, Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy: Complete and Updated Coverage from The New York Times.

Bill Keller New York Times Jan 2011 Permalink

Tech

The Man Who Spilled the Secrets

The backstory on Julian Assange’s relationship with the Guardian and the New York Times.

Sarah Ellison Vanity Fair Feb 2011 30min Permalink

From a Bunker to Blockbusters

The backstory of the publication of WikiLeaks’s Afghanistan logs.

Clint Hendler Columbia Journalism Review Jul 2010 Permalink

No Secrets

The justly paranoid man behind WikiLeaks.

Raffi Khatchadourian New Yorker Jun 2010 40min Permalink