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# Waking up to find Julian Assange on your bed
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2013/05/julian-assange-wikileaks/
- Published: 2013-05-30T13:18:56.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-28T12:48:36.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: james ball, Journalism, julian assange, wikileaks

A really compelling tale of [behind-the-scenes life at Wikileaks](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/30/exclusive-former-wikileaks-employee-james-ball-describes-working-with-julian-assange.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) from James Ball:

> Faced with the bizarre situation of being asked to sign a gag order by a whistleblowing organization, I, alone, refused. Encouraged by Julian (I later learned), WikiLeaks staffers kept me up until 3 a.m. pressuring me to sign. Early the next morning, I awoke with Assange sat on my bed, pressuring me to sign–even before I was dressed. I held out, eventually left our remote location, and didn’t go back.

It seems like a shame that the terrible personal failings of Julian Assange come to overshadow the good work being done in the early days of the service.

[Charlie Becket](http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) was quick to jump into the comments to plug the book he and James wrote about it: [WikiLeaks: News in the Networked Era](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CFHYI7W/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00CFHYI7W&linkCode=as2&tag=fishnefedora-21&ref=onemanandhisblog.com). I’ve grabbed a copy, and will report back…