Wikileaks founder Julian Assange reluctantly signs book deal worth $1.5 million

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Legal fees and the cost of running the Wikileaks web site have forced Julian Assange to do the predictable: write a book.

The Wikileaks founder inked a $1.5 million book deal with American Publisher Alfred A. Knopf and British publisher Canongate, Britain's Sunday Times reported.

The Australian has fallen under tough financial times after Bank of America, Visa, Mastercard and PayPal cut off payment services to the controversial site.

Assange is currently free on bail in Great Britain, where he is fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.

"I don't want to write this book, but I have to," he said in an interview with the newspaper. "I have already spent 200,000 pounds for legal costs and I need to defend myself and to keep WikiLeaks afloat."

While Assange's website has released hundreds of thousands of American military and diplomatic secrets, he's been reticent to disclose details of his own life. Since his arrest, it has been revealed he has a 20-year-old son, Daniel.

He has not said what other details about himself he will reveal in the book.
Assange's book deal isn't the first to come from the phenomenon that Wikileaks has become.

His former spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg landed a book deal last week with Random House. His book, "Inside Wikileaks: My Time with Julian Asasnge at the World’s Most Dangerous Website", is set to hit shelves in Germany in January.

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[BenQ]

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange reluctantly signs book deal worth $1.5 million

 

[Cock Head Jones]

damn i know he doesnt wanna make these millions but he has too

 

[Olosi]

That's not a lot of money.

 

[BenQ]

That's not a lot of money.

I forgot this is BGOL the home of Ballers & CEO's

 

[ShortyCumStain]

That's not a lot of money.

I take it that your bank account is just filled to da brim w/M's, huh???

 

[Deacs]

Reluctantly?

but to be honest.. they set him up to be thirsty anyway like this dog

 

[SaKem]

That's not a lot of money.

It isn't that much money, but don't tell BGOL'ers that. They'll be upset at you.

 

[anonymous]

I wouldn't get it in dollars.

 

[Cruise]

I wouldn't get it in dollars.

But, that's what it says ... DOLLARS!

And, better yet, it's going to be a check.

And, it has to go through a bank.

And, he has to pay taxes on it.

And, we find out he was a government stooge all along.

 

[oolong tea]

That's not a lot of money.

Actually, I agree. In his world, after spending 200,000 pounds (roughly 350,000 dollars) in court fees, inking a 900,000 pound (1.5 million dllr) book deal isn't a lot of money.

Imagine the aliases he will need apart from making cash transactions.

 

[Chitownheadbusa]

A few facts:

Learning new info can be a good and bad thing depending on how you utilize it.

A lot of People are extremely vulnerable when they dont have control over their emotions.



BTW...... did i forget to mention that he also got tons of money from.......
.......Ah Fuck it!
I wont even bother.



Continue on......

 

[malaki]

damn i know he doesnt wanna make these millions but he has too

assange is a cracka but hesrealer than 99% of u homos. keep jackinoff tobbws my nig

 

[CarryOn]

I forgot this is BGOL the home of Ballers & CEO's

one of the biggest stories of the decade, i honestly think its worth a lot more. i know its going to make a lot more then $1.5 mill

 

[malaki]

fuck theez crakkkas i fux with mike sing. he told vernon to go 2 the locker room