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Former
CounterPunch contributor
Israel Shamir was part of the
WikiLeaks organisation and an associate of its director,
Julian Assange,
[20] and in late 2010 and early 2011 wrote a series of exclusive articles for
CounterPunch drawing on materials from the
United States diplomatic cables leak.
[21] He has also written and co-written articles for
CounterPunchon what he alleges to be a campaign of harassment against Assange.
[22] One of these articles, "Assange Betrayed",
[23]made allegations against a plaintiff in a Swedish rape case against Assange that were widely circulated in the media.
[24][25] The allegations in
CounterPunch were the topic of controversy in the mainstream media.
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