WikiLeaks founder made death threat, says author
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February 12, 2011, Saturday
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THE former right-hand man of Julian Assange denounces the WikiLeaks founder in a new book as an irresponsible, autocratic bully who once threatened to kill him.
In "Inside WikiLeaks," published on Thursday, Daniel Domscheit-Berg says he quit in September over disagreements about management and after being accused of leaking WikiLeaks' own internal secrets.
The book, subtitled "My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website," also suggests that WikiLeaks' ability to receive new leaks was crippled after a disaffected programmer unplugged a component which guaranteed anonymity to would-be leakers.
A WikiLeaks spokesman confirmed that the website's submission system was being overhauled but criticized Domscheit-Berg for exaggerating his involvement with WikiLeaks and said it was taking legal action against him for sabotage.
Domscheit-Berg, who had been one of the website's principal spokespeople, took a backlog of leaks sent to the WikiLeaks website with him when he left, said an insider.
"Inside WikiLeaks" describes the intensity of the animosities between Assange and Domscheit-Berg which led the latter to turn on his former friend.
"There were times when he threatened me very intensely, threatening either to chase and to kill me or, eventually, to come with the police and have us all jailed," Domscheit-Berg told a news conference.
He said Assange never conferred with others about how to proceed and "several times he released material despite internal agreements not to."
Domscheit-Berg recently announced the creation of a WikiLeaks spinoff or rival called OpenLeaks.org with support from a former WikiLeaks programmer. Precisely how much material sent to WikiLeaks is now under his control is unclear.
In "Inside WikiLeaks," published on Thursday, Daniel Domscheit-Berg says he quit in September over disagreements about management and after being accused of leaking WikiLeaks' own internal secrets.
The book, subtitled "My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website," also suggests that WikiLeaks' ability to receive new leaks was crippled after a disaffected programmer unplugged a component which guaranteed anonymity to would-be leakers.
A WikiLeaks spokesman confirmed that the website's submission system was being overhauled but criticized Domscheit-Berg for exaggerating his involvement with WikiLeaks and said it was taking legal action against him for sabotage.
Domscheit-Berg, who had been one of the website's principal spokespeople, took a backlog of leaks sent to the WikiLeaks website with him when he left, said an insider.
"Inside WikiLeaks" describes the intensity of the animosities between Assange and Domscheit-Berg which led the latter to turn on his former friend.
"There were times when he threatened me very intensely, threatening either to chase and to kill me or, eventually, to come with the police and have us all jailed," Domscheit-Berg told a news conference.
He said Assange never conferred with others about how to proceed and "several times he released material despite internal agreements not to."
Domscheit-Berg recently announced the creation of a WikiLeaks spinoff or rival called OpenLeaks.org with support from a former WikiLeaks programmer. Precisely how much material sent to WikiLeaks is now under his control is unclear.
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