Two-Thirds of Wikileaks Salary Budget Goes to Assange
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Jonathon M. Seidl
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Wikileaks has a $130,000 salary budget. Two-thirds of that goes to Julian Assange.
According to the Wall Street Journal, and reported by the Daily Mail, the main financial arm of the organization is the German-based Wau Holland Foundation. According to the report, Wau Holland brought in about $1.3 million, with $130,000 designated for salaries. Assange paid himself $86,000 of that last year and dispersed the rest of the money among his staff. The salaries, the Daily Mail say, are an attempt by Assange and Wikileaks to legitimize the whistleblower organization:
It has established a Greenpeace-like system of salary payments, as WikiLeaks attempts to legitimise its organisation by moving away from purely volunteer-based work.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the move towards salaried employees came after a year-long intense internal debate about whether to do so.
Founder Julian Assange has raked in around $86,000 in salary this year, and Wau Holland has paid more than $130,000 in salaries to the entire WikiLeaks staff.
While it appears that Mr Assange is taking the bulk of the money, the Wall Street Journal is quick to point out that Wau Holland is not WikiLeaks’ sole monetary provider.
Under the Greenpeace salary structure, department heads are paid about $7,200 in monthly salary, a Wau Holland spokesman said.
Among the many revelations from the journal report are several indications that donations to WikiLeaks have dropped off significantly in the second half of the year.
By August, WikiLeaks had raised just over $1m, which means it has only raised about $300,000 since then.
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The American
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 8:14amFollow the money! Just take a look at where he gets his funding, and trace it back, all the way to George Soros! This guy is merely a distraction from what is really going on!
Report Post »cwolf
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 12:45pmSo?
Report Post »alshere
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 1:29amA traitor and a capitalist to boot. Imagine that!!!!!
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 9:08pm$86K per year is really not a lot of money for one who tries to appear to live the life of “jet-setter” frequently traveling on international flights costing in the $1500-$2000 range per trip & living in hotels & leased quarters which must range into the $2000 weekly rate & who has to buy expensive suits for interviews & appearances.
It has to cost somewhere in the $150K-$250K range (minimum).
He has to be getting money from somewhere else. There’s no way he could maintain this façade on $86K.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 9:17pmI admit I could be reading this wrong – looking to superficially at the 86K as his main source of income.
He may have found a tricky away around all of this: if he charges all travel, lodging, per-diem (meals & daily expenses related to life on the road), communications & other stuff to weenieleaks business expenses – thus allowing him $86K per year as pocket-change/spending money – that’s the only way he could survive this type of lifestyle on this 86K per year without some sugar daddy giving him plenty of money behind the scenes.
Col. HawK
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 7:45pmThe main problem IMHO, is that most people are not paid their ‘True worth’, and do not spend their little or even lot of money wisely. I don’t know the future to predict where he will end up, but this I know, someone smarter always comes along and will take what he has or earns eventually, in one form or another. Very few mega rich people earned their money the right way, through honesty, and many more on the backs of others, only to use their wealth unwisely to hurt people, rather than helping people.
Report Post »The only way, at my age to reach my dream(taken) again, is to win the lotto. Buy some land and build my Log-Cabins, giving the rest away in farming ‘Food’ only, but that will never happen, only in my Dreams….
doncarr61
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 7:34pmI beleive the Marxist/Communist/Anarchy theater is really a capitalist at work. Let’s face it in the reality of human behavior $$$$ is the key to survival in the shrinking global abundance of said resources.
Report Post »Even the clowns in the Soviet Union in the central party did quite well. Capitalisim in its naked form is far more egalitarioan than any Marixist system.
CaptainSpaulding
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 2:06pmIt‘s okay to live like a King if you’re a Communist working for “the people”.
Report Post »5410amh
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 1:04pmhe’s such a B@STERED that little F**UCKER needs to die now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »poppop13
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 4:42pmHey folks, he is just like my United Auto Workers shift steward. We peons make $45,000 and they make $70,000 plus perks. When we shut down they are the last to go. The GM plant in Oklahoma City closed almost 3 years ago and there is about 75 cars parked there each day, guess whom they belong to. I understand GM is going to build a new plant in Mexico. This article talks about his $ 86,000, but there is no mention of his Swiss account, that is where his retirement money is.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 10:00pmWhoa! I don’t like him either but pls reel in the hatred – no one deserves that much of hell’s fire especially during the Christmas period. We’ll get him. He’ll pay on Earth then in the beyond (I have faith it’ll all work out).
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 8:42amHe hates America and capitalism and yet he makes his fortunes via America and capitalism. What a total and complete d-bag. Why is this commie turd still breathing. If only we had a real man as president this filth would be taking a long, cold dirtnap.
Report Post »BobParker2003
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 7:51am$86000 a year and he wouldn’t even purchase a trojan. What amazed me is how these holier than thou do good-ers get away with what they do fooling the public as they take care of their own desires. At least in the case of this man he has been exposed (literally) because he keeps most of his brains in his pants.
Report Post »leo346
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 7:47amWonder where this money actualy comes from seems like they don’t want you to see . Whats good for the goose is good for the gander too. Everyone needs to see Wikileaks records .
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 5:04amWikiLeaks is part of a plot to cause people to lose faith in their own governments and be lulled into thinking that a global government is the answer.
It’s not.
And Soros & co. are not the only ones working towards that. http://www.nicolasberggrueninstitute.com/Home.html
But can we stop it, and keep the United States of America as a republic? Only time will tell.
Report Post »printdesignchicago.com
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 7:43amheh – funny to see kindasleezy rice on the california board… but then again, maybe not. she’s a progressive, after all
Report Post »drgonz
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 4:34am@Walkwithme, I hope you and everyone on this sight reads THIS part of that link. It is extremely relevant to the CONSERVATIVE movement :-)
I was reading an article on one of the media websites where the end of the article stated “starting January first when the Republicans are back in control”…..Wait – the Republicans will NOT be “in control” of much of it simple math tells us this – 56% of the House will be Republican but 53% of the Senate will still be Democrat, plus the White House is Democrat. So, in my opinion, that slants Democrat overall. The Democrats will still be in charge though I have fears that nothing will get done except ‘bipartisan” legislation.
But there is something that I do know and that is the Republicans will need an “attitude change” when they arrive in January.
For the past 2 years, the Republicans have controlled the political narrative (e.g., death panels, government takeover of healthcare, etc.) and relied on Senate filibusters to water down or outright block any significant legislation that they oppose. The Republicans have been on a shameless anti-Obama campaign.
Now the Republicans must actually govern – something made virtually impossible with their anti-government oratory and unbending, foaming-at-the-mouth constituents. Add to this that the Republicans, will only control the House leaving the Senate and White House in the hands of the Democrats. [Objectivity hold in there! Don't let your emotions take the reins at the sight of those jabs!]
No, it is the Republicans who have already had their day – although it seems that everyone has failed to recognize this. President Obama has undergone the worst of the storm – near global economic meltdown, the Great Recession, bank bailouts, double digit unemployment, home foreclosures, 2 wars, Chrysler and GM bankruptcies, BP oil spill, etc [ALL products of or passed over by the Bush Admin. Look it up!!]. Any one of these alone would have fatally wounded a lesser President. But, all the political gain that the Republicans could gather from this highly favorable environment was a majority in the House – and that’s all. In the meantime, the economy has begun its slow, but steady climb to recovery. It’s going to be a long 2 years for the Republicans. [So lucid and accurate:) ]
Report Post »cykonas
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 8:58amWith all due respect, I think that the person who wrote the article you quoted missed the point of the last election. IMO the message of this past election was sent to both of the current parties in power. It’s that we are tired of whichever party, or both parties, if they don’t legislate, and delegislate, in a manner that is 100% American. My definition of American is Constitutional. I hope most voters have gotten over the R/D/I designations. They are meaningless (see Paul, McCain, Specter, Crist, Lieberman et al). The only agenda I care about is the one we ratified in the late 18th century. Call me an old fuddy-duddy but that one is just fine with me.
For my part I am watching all of my Federal legislators without regard to their party affiliation. I‘m from Florida so one of them that I’m watching is a first termer; Sen. Marco Rubio (R). I voted for him and I am cautiously optimistic that he wants to be part of a refounding of our country. Not because he’s a Republican, but because he appears to be a well grounded American. That is the way he campaigned anyway, and his record as Attorney General in Florida was pretty fair. But, if when he gets to the slimepit (DC) he acquiesces to the good ol‘ boys and starts playing party politics I’ll vote against him next time. And I’ll bug the bejeepers out of his staff with emails and phone calls until that election.
I believe we all have to monitor our misrepresentatives in a similar manner if we really want to effect a lasting return to our founding principles. It’s not easy to do it this way. It takes time, patience, and study. The work didn’t end in November. If we treat it that way the November effort was meaningless. The party insiders, from both of the parties, are hoping that we won’t be willing to do that much work. I sincerely believe that many of them are thinking “just get us to mid-February. By then they (us) will have all gone back to sleep and it’s Party time again!.”
I could be wrong in my assumptions. Maybe most Americans, unlike me, do think there is hope in continuing to believe that one party or the other is our best route to regaining our country, our ideals and our freedoms. If that is the prevailing opinion then please accept my apologies for assuming otherwise. I contend, however, that as long as our legislative systems remain more about the consolidation of party power than about returning our country to it’s Constitutional roots, more about central regulation than market driven free enterprise, and more about collective “good” than individual freedom, we will only get more of the same old/same old. May God bless America.
Report Post »JGP
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 11:51amDRGONZ, your stuck on Repub‘s vs Dem’s. They are both doing the same damn thing! Obama is Bush on steroids. You say the repub’s have been blocking and fillerbusting. You don‘t think the dem’s didn’t do such things? “[F]oaming-at-the-mouth constituents”? There are no foaming at the mouth dem constituents?
Report Post »Wanting the federal government to go back to the limits placed on it by the constitution is not “anti-government”. If you want massive government control and spending, by all means, get your state government to give you all you think you are entitled to. Just don’t pick the pockets of others to bail out failed government programs.
joe3
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 4:33amHe hates capitalism, lets see him re distribute his money to the poor. I won’t hold my breath waiting.
Report Post »JGP
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 3:42pm@ cykonas, I couldn’t have said it better (I mean it, even if I tried, I couldn’t say it better. lol)
Report Post »If the newly elected congress people revert to status quo then they must be voted out. Even if it is someone I voted for and had high hopes for. No excuses.
mharry860
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 2:17amHow does he live off that?
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 3:13amWell, your buddy Gleeng2 above you thinks thats too much and Assange is being greedy – and you think how he can live off that? You two need to get together and debate that one out – what is greed and what is too much? Interesting questions – it all depends on a matter of perspective. I could live just fine on half of that and have money to give away but others won’t be able to – it depends on what you are use too and where you live. A matter of perspective. http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »glenng2
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:46pm86,000 a year not bad any doubt greenpeace or wikileaks has a profit motive . Just another bunch of greedy little leaches who’ve found a way to leagally pilfer money by using peoples gilt or emotional feelings about the ideal right thing to do because if feels good.
Report Post »Into The Night
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:40pmPower. Corruption. Greed. Killer? It’s all here. Check it out, and download the script.
http://studios.amazon.com/movies/2903
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:42pmHow do you know that Soros isn’t behind the German Magazine giving Assange Funds??? I don’t see any financials for it…
Report Post »RECOVERING-LIBERAL-IN-WOODSIDE-CA
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:45pmIf they are so legit, how much did they pay Bradley Manning?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:56pmManning did all that he did out of the goodness of his heart , donchano ??
Report Post »Now who pays his attorney .. those document need to be leaked
;-)
drawls
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:42pmThe climate change lies and actions of this government are more than enough to impeach barry and many others.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:30pmALGORE should be in prison .. instead of a Mansion in California …
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/05/03/stunning-pictures-al-gores-new-9-million-mansion-media-totally-ignore
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 3:06amExactly how is climate gate going to impeach Obama? The Republican are going to just waste all their time trying to get him impeached when he has not doing anything that is impeachable and the business of the country will not get done either! Stupid way to run a government!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »drawls
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:38pmHey gang, at least assange released a lot of info we needed to know. Look at all the info on the climate change scam and how much our government was behind the scam. I don’t remember hearing anything about it on those television networks, abc,nbc,cbs, you get the idea.I don‘t call them News channels because they aren’t!! They are propaganda channels for the left. Right now we need to be raising hell about the fcc trying to get control of the net. We are so close.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:20pmspooky dude will help him out I am sure.. because soon he will go after Fox news and Glenn Beck
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 3:02amYou are absolutely right and he already started on Fox with his interview on MSNBC – if you haven’t listened to it – you really must. Everyone on the Blaze was praising the man for calling the government out – until that interview and the Blaze regulars quickly turned on him. It was a very interesting interview.
http://maboulette.wordpress.com
cheezwhiz
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:11pmHey Spooky dood Sore-@$$, you got plenty of money I hear. How about helping out another
Report Post »anti-American snotty anarchist like yourself ??
AmericanSoldier
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 10:22amIn Anarchy, Soros wouldn’t thrive as he has been. He uses Government and regulation to get his way. Are there those on the left that see Anarchy as a solution, yes. That’s because they know anarchy is transitional and who ever is able to pick up the pieces during that time can construct Government from the ground up. The essence of Anarchy is actually very right wing. I think even Glenn Beck recognizes this fact.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:09pmEven a scumbag has to live (high on the hog)
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:19pmLot of good his money will do when they lock him up the rest of his life…
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:19pmAssange paid himself $86,000 of that last year
Report Post »————–
….and he still can’t afford a decent condom ?
13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 12:15amThis site has a purpose, fear, hate and racism. Money making machine though. Almost 400 years we have been here and for this? Sad.
Grow up
MR_ANDERSON
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 3:04amFrom the clothing he wears, and the people he associates with, I doubt that this is all he takes in. Does anyone know what he has done in the past for income?
Report Post »bertr
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 4:10amI’m likely crazy anyway but i dont see this revelant at all to the world changing factors of the times that happened to come through wikileaks.
Report Post »the world has changed and it will react for the better or the worse because of it, focusing on wikileaks, assange or even the details of the current “leaks” misses the point by a ball park
G.W. Dobbs
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 8:29amI disagre with the disparaging remarks. It appears to me that this man has and is serving a much needed purpose: EXPOSING THE LIES OF GOVERNMENT. The Elected resent being EXPOSED.
Report Post »But there is no investigative reporting anymore and the Main Stream Media follows directives by
doing as told. To do otherwise means NO JOB. The Salary is reasonable. “….but WHO CAN STAND ABOVE ENVY”? Proverbs 27.
wash1776
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 9:09amTO 13TH GENERATION That’s a hot one—-you telling someone else to grow up.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 10:25amSo Wikileaks has exacty ONE department, hence the one department head Julian Assange takes the lion’s share of the salary budget?
What I find interesting is the delusion/mis-representation Wikileaks trys to portray itself as:
They refer to a world-wide array of physical drop box-like locations, yet list only one on their website (a bank in Australia).
They refer to their word-class, highly secure, absolutely unhackable electronic drop box that is unavailable during the height of the Wikileaks “event”.
They describe a world-wide array of web servers rendering their site incapable of being brought down, until their sole ISP in Switzerland kicks thm off their servers – then the site is mysteriously down. (Note: As I understand Wikileaks NOW has a massively distributed web server farm, but that came after the recent kerfufle, where Wikileaks went on a “Ballad of John & Yoko”-style[0] quest for a new ISP to host Wikileaks)
For his rather modest $86,000/year, Mr. Assenge lives life like poor college student – he was off “chasing skirts” in Switzerland, debating condom use with partners (allegedly), and asking his lady friends” to buy him train tickets with (their) cash, because “the authorities” are tracking him.
They see virtue in harassing the governments of the world, yet cry foul when those same gvoernments want to return the favor (they couldn’t see that coming?).
They proclaim the honor and virtue of those that break vows, secrecy agreements, and violate their security clearances, but when the law catches up with these offenders, Wikileaks scurries away and leaves ther sources out to dry.
I suspect that donations to Wikileaks will go down, as their carefully crafted public image becomes tainted by the personal eccentricities of their founder and lead spokesperson, Julian Assange. With anonymity they were able to seem to be whatever a person wanted them be – crusader, martyr, idealist, anacrhist, etc. But now we see they chew up and spit out kids who believe the ends justify the means and say they’ll suffer any fate to get their message out, only to realize that might mean prosecution, actual jail time, and worse.
Right now, Jilian Assange is the greatest liability Wikileaks has, and his purported “secret file” doesn’t likely scare anyone really, it just makes for interesting copy in this on-going story.
[0] “Ballad of John & Yoko” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiT3BsK3JHA
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 10:45am13THDEGENERATION: AKA HuffyPosterBoy
Report Post »You forgot the best thing about this site, we don’t agree with you
paperpushermj
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 11:46amIts all ways FOLLOW the MONEY
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 11:47amAssange makes money running Wikileaks…
So what?
Where’s the story here?
Nothing to see here, move along.
Stupid story. Stop being jealous of Assange.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 12:41pmi hope it was worth his life….this just goes to show you hes only into this for what he can extort for himself. this man is nothing less than a spy and should be shot on site by every american.
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