About the Book
It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world’s greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. Was he an internet messiah or a cyber-terrorist? Information freedom fighter or sex criminal? The debate would echo around the globe as US politicians called for his assassination.
Award-winning
Inside Julian Assange’s
War on Secrecy
David Leigh and Luke Harding
with Ed Pilkington, Robert Booth and Charles Arthur
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CONTENTS
Cast of characters
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Hunt
Chapter 2: Bradley Manning
Chapter 3: Julian Assange
Chapter 4: The rise of WikiLeaks
Chapter 5: The Apache video
Chapter 6: The Lamo dialogues
Chapter 7: The deal
Chapter 8: In the bunker
Chapter 9: The Afghanistan war logs
Chapter 10: The Iraq war logs
Chapter 11: The cables
Chapter 12: The world’s most famous man
Chapter 13: Uneasy partners
Chapter 14: Before the deluge
Chapter 15: Publication day
Chapter 16: The biggest leak in history
Chapter 17: The ballad of Wandsworth jail
