‘More than a million documents to study’
WIKILEAKS has more than a million documents to study and will release a series of publications in the coming weeks, its founder, Julian Assange, has revealed.
Speaking on the 10th anniversary of the whistle-blowing organisation, Mr Assange said some of the information relates to next month’s US presidential election.
He spoke via a video link to a press conference in Berlin, signalling that WikiLeaks will be stepping up its investigative work.
The Australian has been living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for the past four years to avoid extradition to Sweden – where he is wanted for questioning over a sex allegation which he has always denied.
Wearing a black T-shirt bearing the word Truth, he said WikiLeaks had released an average of 3,000 documents a day over the past decade.
The 45-year-old had been due to make a statement from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, but it was changed to a video link due to “recent security concerns”.
A man scaled a wall at the embassy in the early hours in August. The intruder was spotted at the side of the building, which includes a window, and fled after being caught by the embassy’s security staff.
The embassy complained it was two hours before anyone from the British authorities arrived.
Asked during the two-hour press conference how his health was after spending four years inside the embassy, Mr Assange replied that he was “a bit pale”.