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Sweden reopens rape probe of WikiLeaks founder

Sweden has reopened its rape investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange less than two weeks after the case was initially dropped.

"There is "reason to believe a crime has been committed," the Swedish Prosecution Authority said Wednesday in a statement. "More investigations are necessary." The second investigation has been widened to include possible sexual coercion and sexual molestation, according to the statement.

Due to the timing, the rape investigation of Assange has triggered controversy and conspiracy theories. Proclaiming his innocence, Assange has suggested the allegations are part of a smear campaign by opponents of his … Read more

Hacker turns in soldier in Iraq airstrike video leak

A well-known hacker says he tipped authorities off to a man who confided in him about leaking a video of a U.S. military helicopter gunning down journalists and civilians in Iraq in 2007. Other information allegedly being leaked could compromise U.S. foreign policy and lead to deaths, the hacker said.

"I turned him in to protect lives and to protect information that's essential for the U.S. to be able to effectively carry out foreign policy abroad," Adrian Lamo, once busted for breaking into computer networks of high-profile companies, told CNET in a phone interview … Read more

Court orders Wikileaks be taken offline

Whistle-blower Web site Wikileaks.org has been effectively ordered offline by a California court. Last week, the court ordered domain name registrar Dynadot to remove all DNS entries for that domain. According to a story by the BBC, Dynadot was also ordered to "prevent the domain name from resolving to the wikileaks.org website or any other website or server other than a blank park page, until further order of this Court." Swiss banking group Julius Baer Bank and documents surrounding its offshore activities are at the center of the controversy. The Wikileaks.org site is still available here. … Read more