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Julian Assange Blames The Gay Jews At The Guardian: Private Eye Discussions

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Julian Assange Blames The Gay Jews At The Guardian: Private Eye Discussions

IN Private Eye, where Anorak’s Ed toils on weekend, Ian Hislop reports a phone conversation he had withJulian Assange two weeks ago. The piece is called A Curious Conversation With Mr Assange.

Assange was upset at the Private Eye story about Wikleaks’s Russian rep Israel Shamir. Incidentally, it was Assange who told us:

“I’m not the Jewish people, but the people who believe in freedom of speech and accountability [are in the same boat].

Assange asserted that he hardly knew Shamir. And it was all a smear, fomented by the Guardian and its shibboleth of Jews. Yep, the Guardian is in the control of Jews. You have now heard it all.

[H]e went on to say that we were part of a conspiracy led by the Guardian which included journalist David Leigh, editor Alan Rusbridger and John Kampfner from Index on Censorship—all of whom “are Jewish.”

I pointed out that Rusbridger is not actually Jewish, but Assange insisted that he was “sort of Jewish” because he was related to David Leigh (they are brothers-in-law). When I doubted whether his Jewish conspiracy would stand up against the facts, Assange suddenly conceded the point. “Forget the Jewish thing.”

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Posted: 1st, March 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (4)