By DPA,
London : WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange alleged Friday that there could be an “illegal” investigation into his organization by people who had “lost face” or had “careers to make”.
The 39-year-old Australian was speaking to the media at Ellingham Hall, the English country mansion where he is staying after being granted bail by a High Court judge in London Thursday.
“We can see that by how certain people who are allegedly affiliated with us were contained at the US border and had their computers seized, and so on,” Assange said about his claim.
“I would say that there is a very aggressive investigation, that a lot of face has been lost by some people, and some people have careers to make by pursuing famous cases, but that is actually something that needs monitoring.”
He again accused the Swedish prosecuting authorities of not having provided a “single shred of evidence” with regard to the sex offence allegations made against him by two women.
He expected more leaked information relating to the allegations to be made later Friday, said Assange, standing in the snow-covered garden of the country estate in Suffolk, southeast England.
Assange also repeated his claim that that the US was preparing to indict him on espionage charges.
However, he said that the majority of attacks made on his organization – technical, political and legal – had not come from the US but from banks about which WikiLeaks had released sensitive information.
He named banks in Dubai, Switzerland and Britain, but added that WikiLeaks would continue to release material about the activities of banks.
Assange maintained that over 85 percent of WikiLeaks’ economic resources were swallowed up by dealing with what he termed decapitation attacks.
However, WikiLeaks was “resilient” and “much bigger” than him and his immediate entourage.
Assange was freed Thursday after nine days in custody in a London jail, pending his extradition proceedings to Sweden which are due to start in the new year.