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Founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, speaks during a press conference in London in October 2010.
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Julian Assange
Founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, speaks during a press conference in London in October 2010.
Lennart Preiss/ASSOCIATED PRESS