Assange hits out at WikiLeaks movie
UK: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hit out on Wednesday at a
Hollywood film about his secret-spilling website, calling the movie "a
massive propaganda attack".
Speaking to students at Britain's prestigious Oxford University by
videolink from the Ecuadoran embassy in London, Assange revealed that he
had acquired a copy of the script for "The Fifth Estate", due to be
released in November.
"It is a lie upon lie. The movie is a massive propaganda attack on
WikiLeaks and the character of my staff," the Australian Internet
activist told the audience at the university's Oxford Union debating
club.
Assange, 41, also blasted the movie for "fanning the flames" of war
against Iran by implying that the Islamic republic was working on a
nuclear bomb.
Reading from the script, he said the opening scene was set inside a
military complex in Iran with documents containing nuclear symbols.
"How does this have anything to do with us?" Assange said from the
embassy, where he has been holed up since June after claiming asylum in
a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces allegations of sex
crimes.
AFP |