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May 20, 2010

WikiLeaks Founder Has Passport Revoked in Australia
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The founder of the whistleblower website Wiki Leaks has had his passport
confiscated in his native Australia. Julian Assange says Australian
officials told him his passport would be canceled because it looked
worn. Last year Wiki Leaks stoked a controversy in Australia after
publishing a list of websites the Australian government had been
preparing to blacklist even though the sites had no links to the stated
reason of child pornography. And last month Wiki Leaks drew
international attention after releasing a classified US military video
showing a US helicopter gunship indiscriminately firing on Iraqi
civilians in 2007.



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