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LUVMBDiesels · #1 12-07-2010, 07:13 AM

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested on Swedish warrant

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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2010 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a news conference at the Geneva press club, in Geneva, Switzerland. Assange is a former computer hacker who has embarrassed the U.S. government and foreign leaders with his online release of a huge trove of secret American diplomatic cables. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File) (Martial Trezzini - AP)

By Anthony Faiola
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 7, 2010; 5:59 AM

LONDON -- Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks Web site whose release of sensitive U.S. documents on the Internet has generated outrage and embarrassment in officials circles, was arrested by British police Tuesday morning on a Swedish warrant, and was set to appear before a magistrate for a bail hearing later today.
Assange turned himself in at a London police station at 9:30 a.m. local time, and was immediately taken into custody, police officials said. Later today, his lawyers were set to request that he be freed on bail pending the result of the extradition proceedings, which could take weeks. Assange is set to fight extradition to Sweden, where he is being sought for questioning related to allegations of sexual assault against two women.

Got him... I wonder who he will flip on to save his own skin...