WikiLeaks' Assange paid 66,000 euros in 2010 (WSJ via Sify)

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2010-12-24 20:50:00

Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was paid 66,000 euros in 2010 as the whistleblower website grappled with ballooning costs with legal battles, clamp down in donations and decision to pay salaries to its select staffers.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday that new data from Germany-based Wau Holland Foundation that processes WikiLeaks' bills show the document-leaking website has sharply increased its spending ...

The primary beneficiary is Assange, the controversial founder and public face of WikiLeaks currently under house arrest in Britain for possible extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct.

The WikiLeaks has paid more than 100,000 euros in salaries for 2010, including about 66,000 euros to Assange, the WSJ quoted Wau Holland spokesman Hendrik Fulda as saying ...

http://www.sify.com/news/wikileaks-assange-paid-66-000-euros-in-2010-news-international-kmyuOiacgdf.html

[FreakinDJ]

1. Really not that much money

Wonder how much Rimjob pays himself for his pathetic website

[Warren Stupidity]

2. WOW 66,000 EU that must be HUGH!

It is good to see that Wikileaks continues to upset the powers that be.

[OregonBlue]

3. Lasat year that was $100,000. Not bad.

[mudplanet]

4. Maybe they should publish the salaries of all top employees fo non-profits and journalists

[reorg]

5. rather modest

According to a Wau Holland spokesman, WikiLeaks will pay key personnel based on a salary structure developed by the environmental activist organization Greenpeace, and added that the Greenpeace department heads are paid about 5,500 Euros in monthly salary.

http://www.britainnews.net/story/723783