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Online leaks: A digital deluge

By Richard Waters

Published: July 30 2010 22:06 | Last updated: July 30 2010 22:06

Julian Assange is the sort of person to strike fear into the hearts of those charged with safeguarding sensitive government or corporate secrets.

An anti-establishment computer hacker with the impulses of a radical libertarian, he has both the skill-set and the desire to wreak havoc.

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