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WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy Paperback – February 15, 2011

by David Leigh (Author), Luke Harding (Author)

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A team of journalists with unparalleled inside access provides the first full, in-depth account of WikiLeaks, its founder Julian Assange, and the ethical, legal, and political controversies it has both uncovered and provoked.

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352 pages
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English
Publication date

February 15, 2011
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5.5 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches
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161039061X
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978-1610390613
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Mediaite, February 5, 2011
“While [The Guardian’s] rendition of experience does not fail to leave out the requisite depiction of Assange as overbearing and paranoid, the overall tone of the story, rather than vengeful, is surprisingly self-effacing.”

TechCrunch, February 12, 2011
“You can imagine, then, how delighted I was to receive a copy of the Guardian’s new crash-published Wikileaks book and discover that it was all the things I wanted from the Times’ book. And more… Indeed, while ‘Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War On Secrecy’ is many things – a thriller, a story of international diplomacy, a tale of greed and ambition and double-crosses; a comedy, a tragedy – above all it’s a manifesto for the future of professional journalism…If Wikileaks is this generation’s Watergate, then ‘Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy’ might well prove to be its All The President’s Men; educating a whole new generation of would-be reporters on the power and importance of the professional press.”

MacLean’s, March 1, 2011

“Leigh’s portrait of the WikiLeaks founder is at once affectionate and damning—a dry-eyed examination of the way celebrity can pervert a burgeoning ego.”

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ PublicAffairs (February 15, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 161039061X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1610390613
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches

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Larry Rochelle

Surprise! The Truth Hurts

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013

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Leigh and Harding only falter a few times in this fast-moving, bio-scandal hybrid about Assange and Manning, and the leak of many secret documents.

1. FOX NEWS wants Assange assassinated.
2. Senator Lieberman wants Assange terminated.
3. Hillary Clinton would like Assange to be erased.
4. But, then, a few months after the massive leak, America learns that the leaks actually increased the popularity of the USA among the regular people in the Middle-East.
5. Yes, the clear, colorful descriptions of criminal elements in Russia, Iraq and Afghanistan really made citizens of these countries both angry at their leaders and happier about the USA.
6. So, the USA backed off...a little.
7. But, today, Manning is still locked up and Assange can't go out and play.
8. Obama's State Department seems aware and useful.
9. But, Obama and the USA military remain angry cretins.
10. We learn, basically, that leaks can help the world.
11. But, pity the poor leakers.
12. They must be punished and tortured and kept in solitary and hurt and criticized and deported or jailed or killed or driven insane.
13. Nice country you've made, Mr. President.
14. And, by the way, keep up the drone assassinations of brown people. These killings are really getting you support among the innocent victims.
15. Hope you bring the drones to the USA ghettos and barrios soon. I know you want to.

Larry Rochelle, Author of OCCUPY FEARRINGTON, available on AMAZON Kindle.

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Julio Biason

Almost a Cablegate novelization

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015

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The first comment I did on my updates about this book is "Words, words, words. This doesn't look good." This is my warning that there are some things the writer did that are completely unnecessary and could be thrown out without losing any context. There are a lot more of those "words, words, words" moments all over the content, so much that the book feels more like a novelization of the Cablegate events than a proper recounting of the events.

It doesn't make the story itself bad, it is a good story with a lot of cruft.

But the story itself it's about Wikileaks, from its inception to the release of the so called Cablegate -- the release of several diplomatic cables. Actually, Wikileaks is just the background story here; the whole action is more about how The Guardian dealt with Assange and the other publishing partners than Wikileaks itself.

It's not a bad story, even with the abundance of words. There are a lot of forgotten elements -- like the story behind Manning and his leaking -- which tend to be completely ignored at this point. But, again, there are too many unnecessary words that go nowhere. Prepare to get annoyed about the continuous mention of the some cable over and over again -- and see the said cable in its complete form in the end.

(Why I'm mentioning this? 'Cause the book makes a huge deal of how several cables affected international politics, but keep mentioning the same three cables over and over again. I mean, if several where that important, why are the same three mentioned so many times?)

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perry mason

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2017

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Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2011

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I'm sure that Julian Assange wasn't too happy with some of the stuff in this book, but it seems like the authors tried to be a little less partisan than they could have been. I have a great respect for Wikileaks and the media as a result of reading this book. Actually, I preferred the audiobook form even more, but that's a personal preference.

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Vladimir

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2017

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Perfect

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2020

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Read!

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015

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Haven't finished yet reading it, but still think it was absolutely right what he did.

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Julian Assange From The Viewpoint Of The Guardian

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2011

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This book is written by the Guardian reporters who had the most contact with Julian Assange. They even put him up on occasion. They dined with him often and dealt with him on a continuing basis. They were the ones to "find" him and set up the publication of Wikileaks materials in the main stream media. Therefore this book is about the first hand information they acquired about Assange. However it was written after a break in relations for what that is worth.

It is an analysis of Assange his motivations and the importance of his materials. They were the ones that analysed the Bradley Manning cables and published articles putting them in perspective. With out the Guardian reporters probably Assange would not have the entre on to the World's stage that happened. The book contains an appendix of some of the more important cables.

The book is not a character assassination. It does put the whole matter into perspective from the Guardians point of view. It is worth reading.

However the story is not over. There is the trial of Bradley Manning and the possibility Assange may be indicted or unindicted as a co-conspiritor. The matter in Sweden has also not run its course. Also the US has not officially charged Assange with a crime and has not sought his extradition from either the United Kingdom or possibly Sweden in the future.

Why it would be easier to extradite him from Sweden than the UK is not explained. It may be that any indictment needs Bradley Manning to testify he was a conspiritor because publication alone might not be a crime. Also is posting on the internet entitled to the 1st Amendment rights of publishers and reporters? Is the Huffington Post entiled to the same rights as the NY Times? I gave the book four stars because because of the objectivity problem.

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Ashleigh Bartrum

This is basically just a character assassination of Assange. ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2015

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This is basically just a character assassination of Assange. I had to stop reading it as the bias was so obvious I could no longer turn a blind eye to it. There are a lot of other books on wikileaks with an unbiased and factual approach rather than a book based on the opinions of two journalists who have failed to acknowledge any of the achievements of wikileaks or what they stand for. It's a disappointing read and I suggest trying a different author if you want a fair account.

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Heather

Well packaged, good price fast delivery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2019

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The book is for myself. Not yet fully read. Assange was let down badly by the writers

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Elizabeth Frazer

An interesting guide to the wikileaks saga

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2015

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I found this book useful for explaining the background to the wikileaks events, which are not always spelled out in newspaper reports.

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