%0 Journal Article %T Blowing up the silence with a keyboard: the case of Julian Assange %A Haris Peitsinis %J Intellectum %D 2010 %I Intellectum Scientific Society %X Julian Assange, the editor in chief of Wikileaks, caused shock and awe to the government headquarters worldwide, revealing a seemingly endless series of classified documents and records of American government agencies. Moreover, his name features on Interpol¡¯s list of wanted criminals next to the names of serial killers, terrorists and kidnappers: Assange was wanted as a suspect of rape and recently arrested, but the British courts decided his under conditions release on bail two hundred thousand pounds (200.000 ¡ê) until his extradition or not to Sweden. %K Julian Assange %K Wikileaks %K American government agencies %K Interpol %K Afghanistan %K Irak %K American government documents %K Daniel Elsberg %K war against terrorism %K Guantanamo %K freedom of speech %K arrest warrant %K extradition to Sweden %K bail two hundred thousand pounds %U http://intellectum.org/articles/issues/intellectum7/ITL07_100103_Julian_Assange.pdf