Lawyer: Assange has half of cash needed for bail

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40674024/ns/us_news-wikileaks_in_security/

A lawyer for Julian Assange said on Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder's backers had raised around half of the 200,000 pounds ($317,400) cash he needs to secure bail in the Swedish sex crimes case against him.

Lawyer Mark Stephens said members of the public had asked to contribute to the fund to release the Australian, who has outraged U.S. authorities by orchestrating the release of thousands of secret diplomatic cables.

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"We've got about half of that right now but of course people will understand that even wealthy people don't keep that kind of money knocking around," he added.

Prominent public figures including U.S. film-maker Michael Moore, Australian journalist John Pilger and British author Hanif Kureishi have pledged their support for Assange.



Bail appeal for Wikileaks founder Assange on Thursday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11997137

[meegbear]

1. Yesterday, it seemed like every other post here was on Michael Moore paying his bail ...

what happened?

[Cleita]

2. Michael Moore on KO last night said that he

was contributing $20,000 towards his bail.

[madmax]

3. It did sound that way but,

in MM email he stated he's contributing 20k. Seems the media wrote it to give us that impression.

Many people are chipping in for his bail.

[alex cross]

4. That's it?

It's an outrage!