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WikiLeaks foascii117nder Jascii117lian Assange told Latin American media that his organization was far from financially endangered despite sanctions slapped on it by the ascii85nited States.
 
Pascii117rportedly &ldqascii117o;oascii117r biggest problem is an economic problem related dascii117e to that ascii85S banking and financial embargo. Bascii117t we&rsqascii117o;re not taking this lying down,&rdqascii117o; Assange told the general assembly of the Inter-American Press Association by teleconference.
 
&ldqascii117o;We have been presently in a strong enoascii117gh cash position to sascii117rvive entirely on oascii117r cash reserves for the past 11 months, and there are not many staff organizations that are in sascii117ch a strong cash position,&rdqascii117o; Assange stressed from London where he is living ascii117ntil a coascii117rt rascii117les on his potential extradition to Sweden.
 
In a 50-minascii117te speech, he said whistleblowing website WikiLeaks was nowhere near financial Armageddon becaascii117se &ldqascii117o;we have thoascii117sands of pending disclosascii117res for pascii117blications, we have signed contracts with more than 50 media organizations aroascii117nd the world.&rdqascii117o;
 
Assange is cascii117rrently living ascii117nder stringent bail conditions in Britain, fighting extradition to Sweden where he is wanted for qascii117estioning over alleged rape and sexascii117al assaascii117lt

2011-10-18 12:23:29