Insults, outraged foreign leaders, rape accusation, dirty laundry, record breaking, death threats, international warrant, new web address, man in hiding, and extreme measures.  These are just a few things that have been circulating ….. well, just about everywhere.

Following up on arguably the most controversial and wanted man alive; Julian Assange and his infamous creation; WikiLeaks has shaken the world.

A whistle blower, Assange strongly believes in freedom of information, and that means exposing some rather creative insults dished out by the United States behind close curtains.

*Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was called “the alpha dog.”

**French President Nicolas Sarkozy was called “the emperor with no clothes.”

***North Korea’s former leader Kim Jong Il was called “a flabby old champ.”

There are many more where this came from, at the new web address http:wikileaks.ch, which is a site owned by a Swiss academic network.  “WikiLeaks was forced to change its online address after its original wikileaks.org domain was taken offline by system provider EveryDNS.net, which said WikiLeaks had breached its terms of service.”

But the U.S. is not the only one with secrets.  “Afghanistan’s vice president was caught leaving the country with $52 million dollars in cash.”

Airing all this dirty laundry is bound to get some people in a tizzy, namely the pentagon and state department.  So much so he is being hunted by the U.S. and is exiled from his native country Australia.

And taking it a bit too far, Sarah Palin has stated that

“Assange should be hunted down like Osama bin Laden.”

Mike Huckabee is calling for U.S.  soldier Bradley Manning, “who collaborated with WikiLeaks, to be executed, literally, for treason.”

But that’s not all.  Assange has been receiving some serious death threats by my many people around the globe, including Tom Flanagan, a political science professor.

A more recent revelation, there is an international arrest warrant for Assange issued by Sweden.  He is wanted for questioning against sex allegations and is currently reported to be hiding in the south of England.

And to top everything off, the ever growing 250,000 U.S. diplomatic documents have been officially recognized as the biggest leak in history, “seven times the size of the Iraq war logs.”

Insults, outraged foreign leaders, rape accusation, dirty laundry, record breaking, death threats, international warrant, new web address, man in hiding, and extreme measures.  These are just a few things that have been circulating ….. well, just about everywhere.

Following up on arguably the most controversial and wanted man alive; Julian Assange and his infamous creation; WikiLeaks has shaken the world.

A whistle blower, Assange strongly believes in freedom of information, and that means exposing some rather creative insults dished out by the United States behind close curtains.

*Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was called “the alpha dog.”

**French President Nicolas Sarkozy was called “the emperor with no clothes.”

***North Korea’s former leader Kim Jong Il was called “a flabby old champ.”

There are many more where this came from, at the new web address http:wikileaks.ch, which is a site owned by a Swiss academic network.  “WikiLeaks was forced to change its online address after its original wikileaks.org domain was taken offline by system provider EveryDNS.net, which said WikiLeaks had breached its terms of service.”

But the U.S. is not the only one with secrets.  “Afghanistan’s vice president was caught leaving the country with $52 million dollars in cash.”

Airing all this dirty laundry is bound to get some people in a tizzy, namely the pentagon and state department.  So much so he is being hunted by the U.S. and is exiled from his native country Australia.

And taking it a bit too far, Sarah Palin has stated that

“Assange should be hunted down like Osama bin Laden.”

Mike Huckabee is calling for U.S.  soldier Bradley Manning, “who collaborated with WikiLeaks, to be executed, literally, for treason.”

But that’s not all.  Assange has been receiving some serious death threats by my many people around the globe, including Tom Flanagan, a political science professor.

A more recent revelation, there is an international arrest warrant for Assange issued by Sweden.  He is wanted for questioning against sex allegations and is currently reported to be hiding in the south of England.

And to top everything off, the ever growing 250,000 U.S. diplomatic documents have been officially recognized as the biggest leak in history, “seven times the size of the Iraq war logs.”

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