Assange: Rape Charges were a "set up"

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has gone on ABC television to make a spirited defence of his innocence in the face of rape allegations made by two women in Sweden. The hacker says texts between the women have been intercepted which prove that the allegations are false.


“There are intercepted SMS messages between the women and each other and their friends that I'm told represents a set up,” Assange, who spoke from Suffolk, UK, to ABC'sGood Morning America television programme. “Those SMS messages the Swedish prosecutor has refused to release and in fact stated that my lawyer, who was shown the messages by the police, is gagged from speaking about them.”


Porn baron Larry Flynt has today announced that he is donate $50,000 to the campaign to support the whistle-blowing site, which intends to expose the world of banking next.



“If WikiLeaks had existed in 2003 when George W. Bush was ginning up the war in Iraq, America might not be in the horrendous situation it is today, with our troops fighting in three countries (counting Pakistan) and the consequent cost in blood and dollars,” Assange has also written, in defence of his controversial organisation, inThe Huffington Post.


You can see the interview here.