Drudge claims "unnamed sources" say WikiLeaks Founder to be Time Person of the Year

[Ian David]

Report: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be named TIME ‘Person of the Year’

By Joe Brooks

(WIREUPDATE) — TIME magazine will name WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the 2010 ‘Person of the Year’ according to the Drudge Report, citing unnamed sources. Assange ,who was arrested Tuesday morning in England for sex crimes, was leading TIME’s online poll.

The final decision by TIME magazine editors is expected later this month.

Assange was taken into custody at around 9.30 a.m. UK time after he appeared at a London police station by appointment. He was wanted in Sweden on accusations of sexual molestation and rape, unrelated to his work for the controversial whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks which brought diplomatic hurricanes to the United States this year when it began releasing classified documents it had obtained.

The organization’s first big scoop was on April 5 when it released a classified video which showed a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack in Iraq which left several civilians killed, including two unarmed Reuters journalists.

Later, in July, WikiLeaks released the so-called ‘Afghan War Diary’, more than 92,000 documents with sensitive details about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. It was one of the largest leaks in the history of the U.S. military, but also exposed the names of Afghans who have provided information to NATO. The Taliban pledged to kill those informants, although no such violence was ever reported.



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The only reason Assange is leading is because Stephen Colbert isn't on the list.

Oh, wait! He IS!
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2028734_2028733_2028735,00.html

[tekisui]

1. Makes sense. What other non-state actor has received so much

attention from so many world leaders and the media?

[onehandle]

2. Not John Boehner? I guess a Bond Villain-like is more 'sexy.' nt

[RufusTFirefly]

3. Drudge notwithstanding, that sounds quite plausible to me. n/t

[Ian David]

4. Yeah, they could be making a very safe guess. n/t

[FourScore]

5. I don't need Drudge's unnamed sources to figure that one out on my own.

He's the most likely person.

[Catherina]

6. Person of the year and Hero of the year. n/t

[TBF]

7. I voted for Julian - he's a hero as far as I'm concerned. nt