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Ihadhopedtoavoidwastingfurthertimeonthisnonsense.Butifyoupersist,Iwillbe compelledtofilechargesagainstyouforlibelandwhateverothercrimesapply. Ihavedevotedconsiderabletimeandefforttomytranslationanddonotintendto discarditmerelybecauseofyourbizarrethreatsandaccusations.Acomparisonofthe twotranslationswilldemonstratethattheydiffersubstantially;includedbelowarea fewexcerpts. Infact,thereasonthatIundertookthetaskinthefirstplacewasthatIcouldnotfind anaccuratetranslationtowhichtoreferreaders;thatincludestheRixsteptranslation, whichcontainsnumerouserrors.Thereareseveralwitnesseswhocanattesttomy motivationinthisregard. IamnottheonlyonetohavenoticedtheinadequaciesoftheRixsteptranslation. WhenMr.GranRudling,forexample,calledattentiontosomeseriouserrors,hewas labelledpresumablybyMr.Cattelinan"asshole"forhistroubles.From "BesvrandefelversttningblandAssangeanhngare"onhttp://samtycke.nu: Idetsvenskafrhretstrdetfljande:MissOvarsedansammakvllhemma hosAnnapkrftskivaochdhadealltvaritsomvanligtochMissOhadetrffat Julienfrfrstagngen.MissOuppfattadeintedetsomattAnnaochJulienhade ngotihopvidkrftskivan.MissOpratadeintesmycketmedJulien. IRixstepsversttningkanmanlsa:Awasatthecrayfishpartyandeverything wasnormalandAmetJulianforthefirsttime.AsensedthatAnnaandJulian hadsomethinggoingattheparty.AdidntspeakverymuchwithJulian. NrjagppekadedettafrRixstepochundradeWhatwillyoudoaboutthis? fickjagettvnligtsvar.Gee.Dontknownow.Wouldhavedonesomething immediately.ButinasmuchasyouresuchanASSHOLE...

Aclarificationofonepointinmypreviousresponsetoyourthreatsandaccusations: Iapparentlymisinterpretedyourreferencetodelineatingheaders.Iassumedyou werereferringtothesubheadingsintheprotocoloftheinterviewwithSofiaWiln: Background,ThePresentation,TheLuncheon,etc. AsIwasbusywithothermatters,Ididnotbothertocheckandassumedthatthe subheadingswerebasedonRixstepstranslation.Butitturnsoutthatthose subheadingsarepartoftheoriginalprotocolinSwedish,whichmeansthatIdidnot consciouslyorinadvertentlystealthemfromRixstep.ItalsomeansthatIdonot understandwhatdelineatingheadersrefersto. Otherwise,everythinginmytranslationistakendirectlyfromtheoriginaldocument inSwedish.Youraccusationsarefalseandlibellous,andthistawdrybusinessis divertingmyattentionandenergiesfromimportanttasks.Icalluponyoutodesist immediatelyorsuffertheconsequences. Pleasenote:IamnotanassociateofUllmanPR.Thatyoucontinuetoaddressyour threatsandaccusationstothatfirmisafurtherindicationthatthereissomethingvery wrongwithyourthoughtprocesses.

Yourssincerely, AlBurke NordicNewsNetwork

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NordicNewsNetwork SofiaWiln
Shesatatthefarrightinthefrontrowof themeetingroom.Thespeakerwould standattheleftfront.Everyoneelsein theroomseemedtobeajournalist.A halfhourbeforethepresentationwasto 2

Rixstep

Shesatatthefarrightfrontwhenshe enteredthevenue,thelecturerwould standallthewaytotheleft.Theroom seemedfullofjournalists.Ahalfhour beforethelecturewastobegin,Anna

begin,AnnaaskedSofiaifshecouldhelp bypurchasingacableforJulian's computer.Acablewaslacking,andSofia hadofferedtohelpout.Sofiawentupto Juliantofindoutwhattypeofcablehe needed.Heexplainedwhatkinditwas andalsowroteitonaslipofpaper.She tookthepaperandplaceditinher pocket.Juliansaidcontemptuously,You didn'tevenlookatthenote'.Shereplied thatshedidn'tneedto,ashehadalready explainedwhattypeofcableitwas.

approachedSofiaandaskedifshecould helpbuyacableforJulian'scomputer. TheyneededacableandSofiahad offeredtohelpout.Sofiawentupto Juliantoaskwhattypeofcablehe needed.Heexplainedwhatheneeded andthenwroteitdownonasmallpiece ofpaper.Shetookthepaperandplacedit immediatelyinherpocket.Julianlooked contemptiblyatherandsaid'youdidn't evenlookatthenote'.Shetoldhimshe didn'tneedtoashe'dalreadyexplained whattypeofcableheneeded.

AnnaArdin
Afterashortwhile,Annanotesthat Assangewithdrawsfromherandbegins toadjustthecondom.Judgingfromthe sound,accordingtoAnna,itseemedthat Assangeremovedthecondom.He enteredheragainandcontinuedthe copulation.Annaonceagainhandledhis penisand,asbefore,felttherimofthe condomatthebaseofthepenis;she thereforelethimcontinue. AnnanoticesafterawhilethatAssange withdrawsfromhertofixthecondom. Judgingfromthesound,itsoundedto AnnalikeAssangetookthecondomoff. Heenteredheragainandcontinuedthe act.Annaagaincheckedhispeniswith herhandandagainfelttheedgeofthe condomwhereitshouldbeandsoletthe sexcontinue.

JulianAssange
MG:Theaccusationappearstobethata condomwasdamagedafterthe copulation;anditisAnnascontention that,ononeoccasionwhenyouwithdrew yourpenis,itsoundedatfirstasthough youremovedthecondom.Butwhenyou enteredheragain,shefeltwithherhand andshecouldfeelyouwerestillwearing thecondom.Thenyouejaculatedand, amongotherthings,shefeltthatshehad semeninsideher.Andshealsolookedat MG:Theaccusationisthecondom,a condom,wasdamagedaftertheactand Annaisoftheopinionthatatonepoint whenyouwithdrawyourpenistherewas asoundlikeyoufirstremovedthe condombutwhenyouenteredheragain shereacheddownandfeltandshecould feelyoustillhadthecondomon.Then youejaculatedandshefeelsamongst otherthingsthatshehassemeninher. Andshelooksatthecondomandthere's 3

thecondom,andtherewasnosemenin thecondom.Andsothequestiontoyou is:Isthisasituationthatyourecognisein anyway?

nosemeninthecondom.Andsothe questiontoyou,isthisasituationyou recogniseinanyway?

DonaldBostrm
DB:Yes,Ihave.Preciselybecausethere isanastoundingsurgeofwomen.Ittakes onlyafewseconds;itisverynoticeable. Andwhenitislikethat,Ibelievethatone hastokeepthingsundercontrol,fora varietyofreasons.Therearethenethical, moralwaysto,sotosayButIcannot reallyofferanopinion,becauseIdonot knowwhathehasdoneandnotdone,so tosay,youunderstand. WF:Uh,becausethere'ssuchan astonishingonslaughtofwomen.Inother wordsittakesseconds,inotherwordsit's obvious...Andwhenit'slikethatsouh, soIthinkonehastoum,keepthings undercontrol.Fordifferentreasons,in otherwordspartlythere'sanethical, moralwaythensotospeakbut,butuh,I can'tactuallygetintothatforIdon't knowwhathe'sdoneandnotdonesoto speakwhat.

JohannesWahlstrm
Theinterviewbeginswithadiscussionof whetherornotitwillbeleakedtothepressor otherwisemadepubliclyavailable.The answerprovidedisthatthelegaldepartment of thepolicewilldecidehowmuchofthe interviewtoclassifyormakepublic. EO:Isthereanythingmorethatyou JW:No.Letsgetonwithit. EO:Iwouldliketoaskyoutobeginby tellingusaboutyourcontactswithJulian Assange,bothinconnectionwithand beforehecametoSweden. EO:OK,doyouhaveanyquestions beforewebegin? WE:Yes,it'suh,wellpartlyaclarification which,whichmaybeIwanttomakeand partlyaquestionwhichtouchesonthis case. EO:Hmmm... WE:Andtheclarificationhastodowith myprofessionalrole.ThatistosayIama journalist.Andinsomecaseswhich, whichhavetodowithmypracticingmy professionandcaseswhichhavetodo withmysources,Ican'trevealmy sources.Uh,Idon'tthinkthatitwillbe particularlyrelevantinthisinterrogation but,uh,yesthat'stheclarification.

Whenwecometotheactualinterrogation so,um,alittlebitalsobecauseofwhatI justmentionedrightnowuh,soI'm curiousaboutinwhichwaythis interrogationwillpossiblybemade accessibletothemedia.Pleasetellme now. EO:That,thatthejudicialsystemreviews eachandeverydocumentwhichsomeone requests. WE:Imightnotunderstandthejudicial gamesinthismatterinsuchcasebutifI havenotunderstood,orifIhavebelieved thatithasfunctioneduh,soit'sthenthe interrogationsarecoveredbythesecrecy actuntilthedaywhenuh,whenacaseis, orawhatshallwesay,aprosecutionis begunor? MG:Yesor,aprosecution... EO:Prosecution... WE:Goestoaprosecution. EO:Precisely.Andthenwealways respecttheconfidentialityofthe preliminaryinvestigation. WE:Precisely. EO:Yes. WE:Soisitsothatthisinterrogationwill bekeptsecretuntilaprosecutionhas begun? MG:Itworkslikethis,allconfidentiality 5

shall,it'slikethisthatthisisapublic documentaccordingtothefirstprinciple thatthey'republicwithrespecttoall documentswithinallagencies. WE:Hmmm... MG:Ifithappensthatsomeonerequestsa document,thenit'ssothatthen everythingmustbeinprinciplereviewed again,inotherwordsalltextmustbe checkedforsecrecy,inotherwordsthe preliminaryinvestigation.Nowit'sso thatnowit'sverystrictsecrecyinthis case,sothatit,itcanbesothata documentcanbereleasedbutmaybeit's entirelyblackened.Forifsomeone requestsadocumentthenthey're supposedtogetadocument. WE:Hmmm.That,thereasonIaskthisis thatIhaveunderstood,nowI'vebeenout ofthecountryalot,butI'veunderstood thatuh,therehavebeeninterrogations thathavebeenreleasedandaboveallelse to,toatabloidnewspaperuh,andnow I'mthinkingaboutExpressen.Uh,andI don'tknowiftheseinterrogationshave beenreleasedinaccordancewiththe secrecyactorifthereareleaksinyour buildinghere.Butformeit'svery importantthatifIamgoingtotalkabout myjournalisticprofession,uh,andifthe contactsIhaveinmyprofessionthat,uh, thatyoucanguaranteeinsomewaythat duringacertaintimesothiswon't,yeah, let'ssaytomorrowbeleakedto Expressen. MG:Nothinghasbeenleaked.Allhas beenreleased. 6

WE:Sonothing,therehaven'tbeenany leaks? MG:Therehavebeennoleaksand everythingthat'scomeout,inother wordsfromitcomingtothisgroup.All documentsthathavebeenreleasedhave beenreleasedonrequest.Andyouknow yourselfhowthat'sdonemostlikely... WE:Hmmm... MG:...Thatyou'verequesteddocuments. Sothat,thatExpressenhasandthat Aftonbladethasreceivedaswell,thisis ontherequestof,inotherwordsafter reviewaccordingtothesecrecyactand thenit'sbeenblackenedout.Ifonesays, thatwhichisblackenedoutinthe newspapersthat'swhatthepolicehave done,that'snotthenewspaper. WE:Hmmm... MG:Butit'sthepolicewhohavedonea confidentialityreviewhuhandthathas occurredthrough,inthefirstplace,from thebeginningpartofthecitypoliceunit afterthatit'smovedovertothecentral judicialunitoncountylevelnowwho handleallthesethingshuh. WE:Butyoumeaninotherwordsthatit, theinterrogationswhichhaveuptonow beenpublishedinthenewspapersthat theyarepublictothedegreethat,thatthe newspaperscouldpublishduringan ongoingpreliminary,preliminary interrogation?

MG:Yesitwasthejudicialunitinthecity policefromthebeginning.Thenitwent uptothecentraljudicialunit.Butthatis inotherwords,eachdocumentthat's beenreleasedhasbeenreleasedonthe requestofprivatecitizensandthepress. WE:Yeah. MG:Hmmm. EO:Icanalsoaddthatwhat'ssaidinhere todayit'swethreewhohavethat information.Inadditionthisinterrogation willbetranscribedbyoneofour colleagueswhowillalsobeprivytowhat issaid,what'sbeensaidinhere.Sothat... MG:Andit'sthesamegirlwho'swritten everything. EO:Whohas,whohastranscribedall interrogations. WE:Hmmm... MG:SoOKthen. EO:Anythingelseyou... WE:Nothat,let's,let'sgettowork. EO:Yes.Yesprecisely.Precisely.AndI'd askyoutobegintotellusofyourcontact withJulianAssange.And,uh,yesin connectionwithandbeforehecameto Sweden.

OriginalMessage Subject: VB:NoticeofCopyrightInfringement Date: Fri,17Feb201209:37:59+0100 From: SandraKasts<sandra@ullmanpr.se> To: AlBurke<editor@nnn.se>

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Ursprungligtmeddelande Frn:rixstep000@gmail.com[mailto:rixstep000@gmail.com]FrRixstepLegal Skickat:den16februari201223:38 Till:SandraKasts mne:Re:NoticeofCopyrightInfringement HiSandra. PleaseforwardthistoyourassociateBurke.It'sfromourCFO.Thankyou. Regards, John DearMrBurke, I'mgoingtobequiteblunt.Youhaveplagiarisedanoriginalwork, andweexpectyoutoremoveitfromyourwebsiteimmediately.Please don'tequivocateandadmittocopyingheadersbutinsistonhaving translatedtherestofthetextyourself.Noonewillbelievesucha ridiculousclaim. Thefieldofforensiclinguisticsisextremelyaccurate.Butit 9

doesn'ttakeaforensiclinguisttoseewhatyouhavedone.Ifyou continuetoinsistthattheworkyouhavepublishedisanoriginal work,wewillbeforcedtoenlisttheworkofsuchaprofessional,and yourunethicalandfarfromjournalisticactivitieswillberevealed toeveryone. Thatisnotourgoal,however.Ourgoalistopreservetheintegrity ofourworkandpreventcopyrightinfringement.Iverystrongly suggestthatyoutakethisopportunitytoquietlysaveface.Thisis theonlyrequestwewillmake.Ournextstepwillnotbearequest, norwillitbeprivateorfreefromlegal,professional,and reputationalramifications. Removeourworkfromyoursite.Donotinfringeonourcopyright again.ThisactionmustbecompletedbyFriday,17Februaryat17:00 Swedishlocaltime. Regards, TracySmith http://rixstep.comSoftwarefortheAppleITProfessional

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