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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyWikileaks founder Julian Assange says he designed the website exposing government "secrets" so that he would not know the identities of people who leak information to the site. Consequently, he tells NBC's Today show that he does not know Army Specialist Bradley Manning, 22, (pictured) the U.S. private who's been accused of

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, 39, who is receiving a flood of support from around the world, has been released on bail with tight restrictions, report news sources. Per Sky.com:He was granted conditional bail for £240,000, thanks in large part to an address being put forward where the Australian national could reside. ... Vaughn Smith, a former Army captain who founded and runs the journalist

CNN's John Sutter defines the term "cyber attack" in the video above and says a cyber attack is an attack that takes place online, in cyberspace, and not in the real world. He also says the term "cyber war" regarding the attacks in support of Wikileaks and Julian Assange is an exaggeration.These attacks generally involve bombarding a website's servers with request that cause its actual customers

Julian Assange has been arrested on those Swedish rape charges. Does this mean we can expect him to release that "poison pill"? The Daily Mail reported days ago that Assange would "release poison pill of damaging secrets if killed or arrested." CNN says it's been called a "doomsday file," and Assange calls it his insurance. It's an encrypted file that you need a password to open, and Wikileaks

It's unlikely that I will be getting a job with the Federal Government, given my age and disposition these days, and so, despite warnings to people to not comment on Wikileaks if they hope to get a Federal job in the future, I can make a statement: This week's Saturday Night Live opening skit of Wikileaks as TMZ is hilarious!I started laughing as soon as the actor playing Julian Assange came on.

What is WikiLeaks.org and why is it in the news? The White House says the website is a security risk. Here are some resources so you can learn more.The WikiLeaks.org website appears to be offline currently, probably because it's getting so many hits or maybe its enemies are jamming it. According to a post at The Guardian's Comment is Free, WikiLeaks is "a Sweden based non-profit website that