WikiLeaks threatens legal action against Daniel Domscheit-Berg

[Joanne98]

WikiLeaks is threatening to take legal action against a former employee whose book chronicling his time with the organisation characterises its founder, Julian Assange, as obsessed by power and money and with a fondness for young women.

A statement from WikiLeaks said it was taking unspecified action against Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a German national who was once Assange's closest collaborator, after extracts of his book were printed on another site.

Kristinn Hrafnsson, a spokeswoman for WikiLeaks, told the Forbes website that Domscheit-Berg confessed in his book to sabotaging the organisation's submission system for new leaks and that he had been suspended from his duties last September.

In a response to Forbes, Domscheit-Berg denied sabotage and ridiculed the legal threat, saying he had received a letter from a lawyer representing Assange "written in the worst German I ever read", which failed to mention a single law he might have broken. Assange's latest falling out with former collaborators – among them the Guardian – will focus attention on accusations he runs WikiLeaks as a personal fiefdom, something alleged in the book by Domscheit-Berg, who has now helped to set up OpenLeaks.org, a rival whistleblowing site.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/10/wikileaks-legal-action-daniel-domscheit-berg

[Robb]

1. Assange: "Do not challenge leadership in times of crisis."

Well, well.

[elias49]

2. Daniel Domscheit-Berg: "We were not motivated by revenge"

Uh huh.

[bemildred]

3. Clearly a dispassionate advocate of truth.

No desire for revenge or money, just an honest desire to get the truth out before it's too late.
:sarcasm: