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Julian Assange Making the Most of All That Free Time

Julian Assange (L), the founder of the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing website, leaves the Supreme Court on February 02, 2012 in London, England.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since June, will release a book about Internet freedom from the strange comfort of his extended-stay residence. Cypherpunks is due out November 26 via publisher OR Books and features three co-writers — Jacob Appelbaum, Jérémie Zimmermann, and Andy Müller-Maguhn — all of whom must know the type of guy they’re dealing with and are okay with getting overshadowed.

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