Julian Assange Did What?

Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, has been accused of many things: rape, bringing down governments, treason, etc. Now he's being accused of cross dressing. In an effort to get away from U.S. intelligence services, Assange put on a blonde wig and disguised himself as a woman. In something out of a mob story, journalists who worked with him, would use a cell phone to talk to him, then throw it away after they were done talking to him. This isn't new though, Assange has been known to be fairly eccentric, and perhaps not the cleanest person. Some people have said he looks and smells like a bag lady, skips at random times, and is even disheveled. Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, wrote, "He was alert but dishevelled, like a bag lady walking in off the street, wearing a dingy, light-coloured sport coat and cargo pants, dirty white shirt, beat-up sneakers and filthy white socks that collapsed around his ankles. He smelled as if he hadn't bathed for days." Last night Assange was interviewed by 60 Minutes to discuss a plethora of topics. Assange is clearly marching to the beat of his own drummer, and the more we find out about him, it sounds like his drums need to be taken in for repair.
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