‘…you have been disclosing not only the contents of some of our recent conversations, but also the nature of my association with them. DON’T.’ He said the information he had given Lowenstein was ‘off the record,’ designed to assist the filmmaker in his research into computer crime, given by someone who is ‘familiar with the field.’
‘Mentioning a source’s information is one thing. Mentioning a source’s name is another. Mentioning the association between the two to ANYONE is likely to get you into deep water.’
Assange, of course, is now the one in deep trouble - specifically in Sweden for alleged sexual offences, but more broadly for revealing sources, their information and the association between the two.
"Tom Hyland: Portrait of the hacker as a paranoid and secretive young man
Interesting piece of history on Assange. It is of course fairly stupid to take one small event from 16 years ago and place it in a completely different context, but it’s still interesting to see that Assange values the worth of a secret - at least if it’s his own.
(Source: theage.com.au)
