WikiLeaks Founder Predicts Resignations At Big US Bank: In an interview with the British newspaper The Times, Julian Assange has confirmed that WikiLeaks is holding a vast cache of documents from a major US bank. Reports on the interview quote Assange as saying that there will likely be resignations once the information is released.
Prospect of WikiLeaks Dump Poses Problems for Regulators: Mr. Assange told a reporter from The Times of London that he had enough material to make bosses of a major bank resign.
Reporters Without Borders to host mirror site for WikiLeaks: Reporters "This is a gesture of support for WikiLeaks' right to publish information without being obstructed," it said in a report.
Julian Assange defends decision not to face questioning in Sweden: "They have asked, as part of their application, that if I go to Sweden and am arrested, I am to be held incommunicado. They have asked that my Swedish lawyer be gagged from talking to the public."
Assange attacks allies and foes: Mr Assange told the Times newspaper he believed the US would face reprisals if it attempted to extradite him on conspiracy charges - an extradition he admits he fears. The 39-year-old Queenslander also accused his media partners from the Guardian newspaper - who worked closely with him to publish the leaks - of unfairly tarnishing him by revealing damaging details of the sex assault allegations he faces in Sweden.
Transcript And Audio: The Assange BBC interview : Today programme presenter John Humphrys went to meet him for what is Mr Assange's first face-to-face broadcast interview since his release.
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