German author and IT specialist Daniel Domscheit-Berg (centre) gets some media attention during the presentation of his book Inside WikiLeaks on Thursday in Berlin. Domscheit-Berg said the whistleblower could not protect its sources.
BERLIN, Germany - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was on the sharp end of some unwelcome exposures himself yesterday as a former ally spilled the beans on the controversial Australian and his whistle-blowing organisation.
According to Daniel Domscheit-Berg WikiLeaks is far too easy to attack. The 32-year-old told German magazine Stern this week, quoting him as calling Assange "brilliant" but "paranoid" and a "megalomaniac.
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According to Daniel Domscheit-Berg WikiLeaks is far too easy to attack. The 32-year-old told German magazine Stern this week, quoting him as calling Assange "brilliant" but "paranoid" and a "megalomaniac.
- Inside WikiLeaks is billed as a warts-and-all account of Daniel Domscheit-Berg's time as chief programmer and media spokesman for what his tell-all book calls "the world's most dangerous website."
- Set for release in 16 countries from today, it says the "chaotic" WikiLeaks cannot protect its sources and accuses the "power-obsessed" Assange of being economical with the truth, according to leaked excerpts.
- Domscheit-Berg, along with others, left WikiLeaks in September complaining that Assange was being autocratic and that the organisation, ironically for a group on a crusade for openness, was becoming excessively secretive.
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