WikiLeaks Can Survive Swedish, U.S. Probes Without Assange, Lawyers Say
Dec 12, 2010
By Erik Larson and Matthew Campbell
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The website, which releases leaked files online, can replicate its data if shut down and doesn�t need a high-profile leader like founder Julian Assange, said John Perry Barlow, co- founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which promotes freedom of information on the Internet.
�As much as I hate to say it, he may be more of a liability than asset at the moment,� Barlow said in an interview. �I am committed to seeing that he gets justice, but WikiLeaks cannot just be the extension of one person who can, as we see, be taken out.�
Assange, 39, has a second U.K. court hearing tomorrow after being denied bail in an extradition fight with Sweden, where he faces rape allegations. His Dec. 7 arrest came nine days after WikiLeaks began posting selections from a group of about 250,000 classified U.S. diplomatic communications, drawing condemnation from the Justice Department and U.S. allies.
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