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World Service,06 Jan 2011,25 mins

The Rise and Fall of Wikileaks

Assignment

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The founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange is currently in England fighting extradition to Sweden. Despite this he remains defiant that his whistle-blowing website will continue to publish sensitive material. For Assignment Simon Cox investigates the rise of Wikileaks and asks if it can recover from its recent troubles.

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