“WikiLeak autocrat suffers WikiLeaking”

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:23 PM PDT

Andrew Bolt

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 06:23am

You'd think it was the job description. But WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accused a key staffer of leaking:

When he quizzed Assange in an online chat, Assange responded by accusing [Daniel] Domscheit-Berg of leaking information about discontent within WikiLeaks to a columnist for Newsweek.

Another WikiLeaker reveals that Domscheit-Berg told the troubled Assange a few home truths in reply:

"You are not anyone's king or god," wrote Domscheit-Berg in the chat. "And you're not even fulfilling your role as a leader right now. A leader communicates and cultivates trust in himself. You are doing the exact opposite. You behave like some kind of emperor or slave trader."

Really? Which statement of Assange's might have given him this idea? Was it this?

"I am the heart and soul of this organization, its founder, philosopher, spokesperson, original coder, organizer, financier and all the rest," Assange wrote Snorrason. "If you have a problem with me, piss off."

Anyway, Assange did not take Domscheit-Berg's criticisms well:

"You are suspended for one month, effective immediately," Assange shot back. "If you wish to appeal, you will be heard on Tuesday."

Domscheit-Berg quit instead, joining half a dozen others leaking from the organisation.

I can't think of a better illustration of Bertrand Russell's observation:

Much of what passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010