User:Bobfrombrockley/Counterpunch
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[At end of section] CounterPunch played a part in the media drama around WikiLeaks in late 2010 and early 2011. Regular Counterpunch contributor, Israel Shamir, was part of the WikiLeaks organisation and an associate of its director, Julian Assange,[1] and has written a series of exclusive articles for CounterPunch drawing on materials from the United States diplomatic cables leak.[2] He has also written and co-written articles for CounterPunch on what he alleges to be a campaign of harassment against Assange.[3] One of these articles, "Assange Betrayed",[4] made allegations against a plaintiff in a Swedish rape case against Assange that were widely circulated in the media.[5][6] The allegations in CounterPunch were the topic of controversy in the mainstream media.[7]