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Net crusaders shine torch in murky places

AN AUSTRALIAN living in East Africa has brought new meaning to the phrase "keeping the bastards honest". In the past year-and-a-half, Julian Assange and his band of online dissidents have helped swing the Kenyan presidential election, embarrassed the US Government and sparked international scandal. His site, Wikileaks, provides a safe haven for whistleblowers to anonymously upload confidential documents and, after 18 months of operation, Assange says no source has ever been exposed and no document - now more than 1.2 million and counting - has ever been censored or removed. Now the site is shifting its focus from despotic regimes and shady corporate dealings to religion and even the cult of celebrity. Recently published documents include an early version of the movie script for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal... [read full story]                    

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