Former hacker, Adrian Lamo has testified as to the veracity and intent of his chat cnversations with 'Bradass87' (presumed to be Bradley Manning).

Formal proceedings against accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning will commence at Fort Meade in Maryland on Friday 16th December.

Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange has been granted the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the UK against his impending extradition to Sweden. Of the two grounds cited in the request for leave to appeal, one was accepted for further consideration, the other rejected.

A scheduled London press conference on Monday was cancelled at the last moment, delaying the launch of WikiLeaks' new submission system.

Following the revelation early this year that US federal investigators had demanded details from Twitter related to the activities of three prominent Wikileaks supporters, court action was enjoined to stop the data release.

The Australian Government is now duty bound to assist WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to ensure he gets a fair trial on rape allegations in Sweden, according to his advising counsel and international human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson.

Having lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden, what next for Julian Assange?

  The British High Court has just now announced that Julian Assange WILL be extradited to Sweden.

The federal Opposition has voted with Labor in the Senate to defeat a Greens motion that sought to force Government to intervene in legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to ensure he is not subject to extradition to the US.

The enigmatic founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange will find out around 8:45pm (Australian time) whether he will extradited from Britain to answer questions related to sexual assault allegations in Sweden.