WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed a fresh "megaleak" will target a major US bank "early next year," according to an interview published Monday.
Speaking to Forbes magazine, Assange said that he was ready to unleash tens of thousands of documents that could "take down a bank or two."
Comparing the documents to the emails that exposed Enron's dealings amid its collapse, the controversial Australian said an existing "big US bank" was the subject of a pending data dump.
Asked about any future leaks, he said: "Yes. We have one related to a bank coming up, that?s a megaleak. It's not as big a scale as the Iraq material, but it?s either tens or hundreds of thousands of documents depending on how you define it."
The interview was conducted in early November, before Sunday's publication of around a quarter of a million leaked United States embassy cables from WikiLeaks that have caused consternation in Washington and capitals around the world.
Assange said the bank leak would "give a true and representative insight into how banks behave at the executive level in a way that will stimulate investigations and reforms, I presume.
"Usually when you get leaks at this level, it's about one particular case or one particular violation."
Amid the economic crisis a handful of "too big to fail" US banks have come under scrutiny for their dealings, particularly with mortgaged-backed securities that helped fuel the meltdown.
Executives from Goldman Sachs and the now-defunct Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns have been hauled before Congress to explain their bank's actions.
Assange mentioned Goldman Sachs by name in the interview, but did not confirm the Wall Street giant will be the target of the leak.
Goldman has recently agreed a 550 million dollar settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle fraud charges.
Facing allegations of defrauding investors, the storied investment bank admitted it had made a "mistake" and given "incomplete" information to clients.
Assange said that "about 50 percent" of the documents that the nonprofit organization holds relate to the corporate world.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Paul the predicting octopus dies
Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated football fans by correctly predicting results at this year’s World Cup, died Tuesday.
Paul had reached octopus old age of 2 1/2 years and died in his tank on Tuesday morning in an aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen, spokeswoman Ariane Vieregge said.
Paul seemed to be in good shape when he was checked late Monday, but he did not make it through the night. He died of natural causes, Vieregge added.
“We had all naturally grown very fond of him and he will be sorely missed,” Sea Life manager Stefan Porwoll said in a statement.
The aquarium has not yet decided how best to commemorate their most famous resident, he said.
“We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds, and erect a modest permanent shrine,” Porwoll said.
After rising to global prominence during the World Cup in South Africa in June and July, Paul retired from the predictions business after the final between Spain and the Netherlands—the result of which he also forecast correctly—and returned to his prime role of making children happy.
The blogosphere erupted in sympathy for Paul, although some saw him more as a tasty morsel than a departed friend. “Will they cook him Galician-style? I wonder how much a plate of Paul with a beer must cost,” wrote Jordi, alluding to the popularity of octopus as a dish in the northwest Galicia region and much of Spain.
Others were more philosophical on hearing of Paul’s death.
“For the next month I will go to class dressed in mourning, wrapped in a black suit and with my gaze lost in the horizon, as this calamitous event deserves no less,” wrote ‘relojero’ which means watchmaker. Another blogger, Pedro, saw a sinister hand at work. “An autopsy should be carried out, it’s certain some betting office killed him.”
In July, the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen said Paul was stepping “back from the official oracle business.
“He won’t give any more oracle predictions—neither in football, nor in politics, lifestyle or economy,” said spokeswoman Tanja Munzig. “Paul will get back to his former job, namely making children laugh.”
Paul correctly tipped the outcome of all seven of Germany’s games. He made his predictions by opening the lid of one of two clear plastic boxes, each containing a mussel and bearing a team flag.
After his World Cup soothsaying skills were revealed, the English-born Paul was appointed as an ambassador to England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup. He had English roots, having been hatched at Weymouth Sea Life Center on England’s south coast in 2008.
Imitators sprang up all over the world, including Mani the Parakeet in Singapore and Lorenzo the Parrot in Hannover, Germany.
The latest was a saltwater crocodile named Dirty Harry, who predicted Spain’s World Cup final win and called the result of Australia’s general election by snatching a chicken carcass dangling beneath a caricature of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
“El Pulpo Paul” became so popular in Spain that the northwestern Spanish town of O Carballino tried to borrow him and made him an “honorary friend.”
In response to hundreds of requests to bring Paul to Spain, the Madrid Zoo asked Sea Life if it would be willing to make a deal to bring him in as a tribute to the Spanish football team’s victory, either temporarily or for good. But the German aquarium turned down that offer, too.
Paul also had an agent and Paul’s name will live on the Greek island of Zakynthos, where a permanent sea turtle rescue center funded in part by donations generated by the famous octopus is being established.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
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"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein
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Monday, September 27, 2010
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"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
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"Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate." - David Pratt
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
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"In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs" - Francois Truffaut
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead." - James Joyce
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Today's Quote
"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." - Benjamin Spock
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Today's Quote
"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends." - Abraham Lincoln
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Today's Quote
"Most people fail in life because they major in minor things." - Anthony Robbins
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Today's Quote
"Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming." - Myrna Loy
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Daily Quotes 9-10-10
"Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life" - Harvey MacKay
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Today's Quote 9-8-10
"We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly" - Sam Keen
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Monday, September 06, 2010
Today's Quote 9-7-10
"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world." - Brandi Snyder
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Today's Quote 9-3-10
"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Robert Muller
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
Today's Quote 9-2-10
"They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything." - Bil Keane
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Today's Quote 8-29-10
"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Robert Muller
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Today's Quote 8-22-10
"Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again." - Alex Tan
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Today's Quote 8-21-2010
"While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future." - Ronald Reagan
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