Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, revealed that he had sent 100,000 secret documents in the form of encryption in case he and his website were to be harmed.
Assange admits he and WikiLeaks colleagues have faced death threats because of the huge impact of the declassified documents. This is the first time he has talked about the WikiLeaks deal to make sure the site won't be blocked from releasing the secret documents.
"Our lives are at risk, but this is a matter of public knowledge, and we are taking appropriate measures to prevent the site from being silenced by power," he said in an interview with foreign media. In this way, even if something happens to us, these secret files will be released automatically. ”
Assange also referred to the 23-year-old U.S. military intelligence analyst, Bradley Manning (Bradley Manning), but did not confirm that Manning was one of the sources of secret documents. While the United States has yet to accuse Manning of leaking diplomatic cables, it is speculated that Manning is the latest source of leaked documents.
"If Manning is one of the sources of our latest secret documents, as the Pentagon says, he is no doubt an incomparable hero," Assange said. "U.S. domain name providers have stopped serving WikiLeaks because of a new round of attacks, and the site has been forced to switch to Swiss domain name wikileaks.ch."
With more than 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, Assange is now the focus of global attention, and he is under great pressure. U.S. diplomats believe Gordon Brown, Britain's former prime minister, was "very bad" and began speculating that Mr Brown might step down as early as July 2008, according to new documents.
Assange is believed to be in the UK and has been in the UK for two weeks. Police are now refusing to comment on the British police are expected to arrest Mr. Assange for rape and sexual harassment in Sweden.
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