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1. Nowhere to run
Know where to
! Hide
?

2. I want to go to
Egypt and Japan
and open
orphanages.
A chain of them!

3. Wal-Mart... do
they like make
walls there?

4. I don't like
defining myself.
I just am

5. Arrested for different reasons
Freed for none

6. Freedom of speech isn’t to
be confused with...
Freedom from
intelligence
?

7. In a world where knowledge
is power and information
relies on technology,
it is as malleable as
technology itself...

8. In a world where knowledge
is power and information
relies on technology,
it is as malleable as
technology itself...
Scary huh!

9. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free

10. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Julian Assange

11. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Hactivist. Visionary. Lethal tattle-tail*
*not intended to be a tongue twister

12. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Australian by birth
(July 3rd,1971)

13. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Australian by birth
(July 3rd,1971)
Twisted by Nature

14. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Australian by birth
(July 3rd,1971)
Twisted by Nature
Actually, No!

15. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Julian didn’t have a
normal childhood

16. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
At 16, you were probably Julian didn’t have a
wrestling a pimple off normal childhood
your face

17. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
At 16, you were probably Julian began
wrestling a pimple off hacking!
your face
!

18. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Went by the name
Mendax

19. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Derived from a phrase by Horace:
“Splendide mendax”
Mendax

20. Here's a man, held back
because he chose to set
the truth free
Meaning Derived from a phrase by Horace:
“Splendide mendax”
‘Nobly truthful’!!!
Mendax

21. At the age of
21

22. At the age of
21
You probably faced

23. At the age of
A moody girlfriend
21
You probably faced

24. At the age of
21
Worried parents
A moody girlfriend
You probably faced

25. or worse... yesterday's reheated dinner
At the age of
21
Worried parents
A moody girlfriend
You probably faced

26. At the age of
21
Julian Assange
faced

27. 24 At the age of
21
Hacking charges!!!
Julian Assange
faced

28. Number of colleges You went to ???

29. 1 2 or
Number of colleges You went to ???

30. Number of colleges went to ???

31. Philosophy
Physics Mathematics
Neuroscience
6!
Number of colleges went to ???

32. Was involved in founding Australia's public ISP
1993

33. Co-invents the Rubberhose* deniable encryption
1997
*A linux-based cryptographic software.
Called it “A tool for human rights
workers who needed to protect
sensitive data in the field”

34. Registered the domain “leaks.org”
1999

35. Claims he didn’t
do anything with it
Registered the domain “leaks.org”
1999

36. Come
2006

37. WikiLeaks went online
Come
2006

38. Breaking News
Classified documents leaked!!

39. Breaking News
Classified documents leaked!!
Not really, they
have been doing it
for a while now

40. But this time

41. the leak was
But this time

42. FRESH
the leak was
But this time

43. GOSSIPY
&
FRESH
the leak was
But this time

44. GOSSIPY
So now that
&
FRESH
they have our
ATTENTION
the leak was
But this time

45. A few questions
arise...
?

46. A few questions
arise...
? What is its
purpose?

47. A few questions
arise...
How does
? What is its
purpose?
it function?

48. A few questions
arise...
How does
? What is its
purpose?
it function?
How do they get
the scoop?

49. A few questions
arise...
How does
? What is its
purpose?
it function?
Where can we How do they get
find leaked info? the scoop?

50. We have got some
Inside information
?

51. We have got some
Inside information

53. Purpose

54. Launched in 2006
Primary interest: Revealing secrets…duh!
Purpose

55. Launched in 2006
Primary interest: Revealing secrets…duh!
Assistance to people who
wish to reveal unethical
behavior in their governments
and corporations
Purpose

56. Launched in 2006
Primary interest: Revealing secrets…duh!
Assistance to people who
wish to reveal unethical
behavior in their governments
and corporations
Purpose
Started with exposing
oppressive regimes in Asia, the
former Soviet bloc, sub-Saharan
Africa and the Middle East

57. Launched in 2006
Primary interest: Revealing secrets…duh!
Assistance to people who
wish to reveal unethical
behavior in their governments
and corporations
Purpose
Started with exposing
oppressive regimes in Asia, the
former Soviet bloc, sub-Saharan
Africa and the Middle East
Founder says website is a forum for
the Internet community to generate
accuracy, scrutiny and discussion of
sensitive information

59. Functioning

60. www.wikileaks.org
Functioning

61. www.wikileaks.org
The site is maintained by
Volunteers
Functioning

62. www.wikileaks.org
The organization is so covert
that they go only by initials
Functioning

63. Ahem!
@#$%$#
Ahem!
www.wikileaks.org
The organization is so covert
that they go only by initials
And all chats done in code!
Functioning

64. www.wikileaks.org
Only a handful work directly
with the founder full time
Functioning

65. www.wikileaks.org
Operates out of several Privacy protection and
digital rights laws are
countries including more favorable to
WikiLeaks mission
Sweden and Iceland
Functioning

67. Scoop

68. www.wikileaks.org
Scoop

69. Completely anonymous
Drop
submissions from whistleblowers
Box
anywhere around the world
www.wikileaks.org
Scoop

70. Highly secure, cutting-edge
cryptographic information
technology Completely anonymous
Drop
submissions from whistleblowers
Box
anywhere around the world
www.wikileaks.org
Scoop

71. Highly secure, cutting-edge
cryptographic information
technology Completely anonymous
Drop
submissions from whistleblowers
Box
anywhere around the world
www.wikileaks.org
Scoop
WikiLeaks journalists
analyze the material and
verify the information

72. Highly secure, cutting-edge
cryptographic information
technology Completely anonymous
Drop
submissions from whistleblowers
Box
anywhere around the world
www.wikileaks.org
Scoop
Repackage the information
in the form of a news piece
and publish it along with
the original material

73. The news stories are in the
comfortable presentation
style of Wikipedia
www.wikileaks.org
Scoop

74. x The two organizations
are otherwise not related
www.wikileaks.org
Scoop

75. x The two organizations
are otherwise not related
www.wikileaks.org
Scoop
x
Also unlike Wikipedia, random
readers can not edit source
‘WikiLeaks’ documents

76. www.wikileaks.org

77. Where can we find WikiLeaks?

78. www.wikileaks.org
Where can we find WikiLeaks?

79. www.wikileaks.org
Host cites mass attack
and site vanishes from
the web!
Where can we find WikiLeaks?

80. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?

81. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Kicked out of the cloud
by Amazon!

82. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Currently hosted in-part
by French firm OVH

83. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Currently hosted in-part
by French firm OVH
www.wikileaks.ch
DNS Services to cut off
Site now only accessible
via IP address!

84. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Currently hosted in-part
by French firm OVH
213.251.145.96
DNS Services to cut off
Site now only accessible
via IP address!

85. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Currently hosted in-part
by French firm OVH
213.251.145.96
DNS Services to cut off
Mirrors pointing to the Site now only accessible
address have popped up via IP address!

86. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Currently hosted in-part
by French firm OVH
213.251.145.96
www.wikileaks.nl DNS Services to cut off
Mirrors pointing to the Site now only accessible
address have popped up via IP address!

87. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Currently hosted in-part
by French firm OVH
www.wikileaks.fl 213.251.145.96
www.wikileaks.nl DNS Services to cut off
Mirrors pointing to the Site now only accessible
address have popped up via IP address!

88. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Currently hosted in-part
by French firm OVH
www.wikileaks.de
www.wikileaks.fl 213.251.145.96
www.wikileaks.nl DNS Services to cut off
Mirrors pointing to the Site now only accessible
address have popped up via IP address!

89. www.wikileaks.org www.wikileaks.ch
Host cites mass attack Site relocated to
and site vanishes from Switzerland. Service
the web! remains edgy
Where can we find WikiLeaks?
Phew! Currently hosted in-part
by French firm OVH
www.wikileaks.de
www.wikileaks.fl 213.251.145.96
www.wikileaks.nl DNS Services to cut off
Mirrors pointing to the Site now only accessible
address have popped up via IP address!

90. !

91. Some
Stats!

92. Some
WikiLeaks is
Stats! the winner of
The 2008 Economist Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression award
The 2009 Amnesty International human rights reporting award (New Media)
Listed First in the ranking of "websites that could totally change the news"
- New York Daily News

93. Some
WikiLeaks
Stats! claimed a database of more than
1.2 million
confidential documents
within a year of its launch

94. Some The number of mirror sites for
WikiLeaks
Stats! Continues to grow at the pace of
one every few minutes.
Topping 1000
on one of the days

95. On a lighter note…
1,196,327
Some People Like
WikiLeaks
Stats!

96. But gestures can
only do so much

97. when faced with
the ugly truth
But gestures can
only do so much

98. when faced with how many of us would
the ugly truth prefer a pretty lie?
But gestures can
only do so much

100. How do you
Draw the line?

101. between
How do you
Draw the line?

102. between
Doing what
is right!
How do you
Draw the line?

103. between
Doing what And rights that you
is right! take for granted?
How do you
Draw the line?

104. If you

105. If you
were Julian Assange

106. What would
YOU DO?
If you
were Julian Assange

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