Through his positions and his sometimes criticized methods, the founder of WikiLeaks has sometimes been the target of conspiracy theories… But also the source.
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It’s a sprawling affair that never ends: British justice formally authorized the extradition of Julian Assange, Wednesday, April 20. A London court has officially issued a extradition order against the 50-year-old Australian, prosecuted by the justice of the United States for the diffusion, from 2010, of more than 700,000 classified documents on the activities American military and diplomatic services, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. He faces 175 years in prison, which his supporters denounce as a serious attack on the freedom of the press.
Persecuted genius for some, paranoid manipulator for others, the controversial figure of Julian Assange is at the center of multiple conspiracy theories. Without calling into question the major role played by WikiLeaks in the revelation of war crimes since 2006, this new episode of “Complorama” returns to the complex personality of the founder of WikiLeaks, his links with the conspirosphere. But also on the different conspiracy theories that emerged in the United States after the leak of documents, and the paradoxical relationship maintained between Julian Assange and Russia.
WikiLeaks and conspiracy”, this is the 29th episode of Complorama, with Rudy Reichstadt, director of Conspiracy Watch, and Tristan Mendès France, lecturer and member of the observatory of conspiracy, specialist in digital cultures. A podcast to be found on the franceinfo site, the Radio France application and several other platforms like Apple podcasts, Podcast Addict, Spotify, or Deezer.