What should we think about Julian Assange?
Hero, hacker, narcissist鈥� the Wikileaks founder is an ambiguous figure.
When Wikileaks released classified documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010, it and its founder Julian Assange became world famous. Many people see him as a hero, calling out the powerful and confronting them with their crimes. But the US government has accused him of stealing state secrets and hacking into its computers, and over the years rape allegations 鈥� which he denies - and Wikileaks鈥� actions around the 2016 US election have painted Assange as an increasingly complex figure. 成人快手 producer Katie Silver joins us to trace the story of Julian Assange, and to try and work out what we should think about him.
Producer: Harriet Noble
Mixed by Nicolas Raufast
Editor: John Shields
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