Defense

Assange was obsessed

What led to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange\'s decision to release 75 thousand classified documents obtained from a U.S. Army private? A former group spokesman...

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October 6, 2010 1:28 pm

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What led to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s decision to release 75 thousand classified documents obtained from a U.S. Army private? A former group spokesman, who quit the organization said it was becoming consumed by its confrontation with the Pentagon. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a German who said he left because of Assange’s management style. He told Der Speigel he had serious problems with Assange’s “obsession” with attacking the U.S. government.