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Hugo Rifkind

Assange is a narcissist and a nut – but if America ever comes for him, we should take his side

21 August 2014

1:00 PM

21 August 2014

1:00 PM

Poor Julian Assange. Call me a contrarian but I’m genuinely starting to feel sorry for the guy. He’s just made such a mess of his life, hasn’t he? And with such promise. Only a few short years ago he was the world’s most prominent anti-everything activist, with hair like an indie guitarist, feted and worshipped wherever you might find hot Scandinavian revolutionaries, smug old men who work for ‘theguardian’ and Jemima Khan.

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