Assange is Le Monde's 'Man of the Year'

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Source: IANS

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been named "Man of the Year" by the French newspaper Le Monde, which on Friday devoted the front page of its weekly magazine to the 39-year-old Australian. The paper is one of five international media outlets that have been evaluating confidential US diplomatic
cables being released by Assange's whistleblower website.

Assange told the Paris Match magazine for its Thursday edition that WikiLeaks has completed only "one fiftieth" of its mission, with 1,800 of the 251,000 documents reportedly in its possession released.

He said he has so far felt protected by his notoriety, but realises that he is the main target of critics.

Read more: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Assange-is-Le-Monde-s-Man-of-the-Year/Article1-642026.aspx

[yodermon]

1. he's great as an ad-hominem honey-pot

excellent misdirection.
Meanwhile there is OpenLeaks, Brussels Leaks, TradeLeaks, Balkan Leaks, Indoleaks and probably more.

Assange could spontaneously combust on national TV tomorrow and the entire leak-trend will continue.

Cat's out of the bag. This is the new normal and the global ruling class will just have to cope.

[harvey007]

2. A profile in courage

Thank you, Mr. Assange, and thank you, Wikileaks.

[pscot]

6. Amen

[Bigmack]

7. AGREED!

Now IF ONLY the so-called mainstream media would pay more attention to the contents of the leaks..... Ms Bigmack

[earcandle]

3. The French are way more cool that the Americans will ever be.

"Americans are not so smart because they don't know about
Jean Paul Sartre" The Crabs

[valerief]

4. Ha!!!! Great line. I concur. nt

[defendandprotect]

5. Ah, yes -- which is why we had to disappear those "French fries" -- !!!

Revenge of the right is so .... pitiful -- !!

[molly77]

13. Sicko makes France look super smart and the US super dumb

[anamandujano]

14. Those were good times.

I got a lot of Brie at a good price. Before or after that period, no Brie. :(

[Alamuti Lotus]

18. two-one word rebuttal: President Sarkozy

[RoccoR5955]

8. K & R Assange is a hero

to free speech

[tomm2thumbs]

9. you mean it isn't someone who made money hand over fist??

Seems to me if someone ain't making a ton of money, they shouldn't be 'Man of..' anything. TIME magazine has it right. Success is measured by the wallet and popularity, not by holding to high ideals. That's boring.

TIME: Call us when you're a gadzillionaire and we'll talk.

<g>

[derby378]

10. Fair dinkum, mate!

:toast:

[kgnu_fan]

11. He deserves all our support for changing the world of secrecy status quo

[madmax]

12. I love the French! Viva le France! nt

[glinda]

15. I admire that they did this.

[Hissyspit]

16. Meanwhile, Time Magazine:

"Have you heard about this Facebook thing?! It's, like, really really cool!"

Person of the Year? You!

[DeSwiss]

17. K&R

- Yessireebob!

[dipsydoodle]

19. K & R

:thumbsup:

[xchrom]

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