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New and Updated edition - It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in North Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. Internet messiah or cyber-terrorist? Information freedom fighter or sex criminal? In this newly updated edition, award-winning Guardian journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding follow the story as it takes on ever-weirder twists and turns. In London, Assange went to ground in the back bedroom of the Ecuadorian embassy. Meanwhile, in a courtroom near Washington, the fate of the US army whistleblower Bradley Manning hung in the balance. And in Hawaii, a young man named Edward Snowden, working as a contractor for the National Security Agency, was about to take WikiLeaks into even darker territory. "A rip-roaring narrative of secrets, tantrums, technological wizardry, personal betrayal and vengeance". (Irish Independent). "Excellent". (Sunday Times). "Enjoyable...The WikiLeaks founder comes across as a shadowy, manipulative character with the habits of a tramp and the brain of a chess grandmaster". (Spectator). "Superbly narrated ...unputdownable". (Observer).

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political activism

• Full title: WikiLeaks
• Author: Luke Harding & David Leigh
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9781783350179
• ISBN: 1783350172
• ID: 02090978
• Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
• Weight: 242 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 128 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. October 2013

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