David Leigh

La verdadera historia, narrada por sus protagonistas, del escándalo que puso en jaque a la política mundialLa mayor filtración de la historia.Un personaje enigmático envuelto en un escándalo sexual.Cinco grandes periodicos.Un soldado acusado de alta traicion.La diplomacia mundial al descubierto.Todos estos ingredientes conforman lo que ya se considera el mayor escandalo de los ultimos tiempos. Y dos de sus principales protagonistas, los periodistas del Guardian David Leigh y Luke Harding, las primeras personas a quienes Julian Assange entrego los documentos secretos, nos cuentan los entresijos de la historia.Pero, ¿quien es Assange? ¿Se trata de un mesias de la transparencia politica o de un ciberterrorista al que hay que perseguir? Los autores nos revelan, con todo lujo de detalles, la vida de ese enigmatico personaje, su infancia en Australia, sus primeras actividades en grupos de activistas hackers, el nacimiento de WikiLeaks y los presuntos delitos sexuales que cometio en Suecia, acontecimientos que describen con todo detalle.Asimismo, el libro reconstruye la trama que permitio sacar a la luz los documentos. Desde la %13conversion%13 del soldado Manning, a los primeros documentos secretos sobre Iraq y Afganistan, pasando por la persecucion de la CIA a Julian Assange y las medidas eticas y legales que tomaron en el periodico una vez estuvieron en disposicion de los documentos.El resultado de todo ello es un relato trepidante sobre como se fraguo el mayor escandalo de los ultimos tiempos que se convierte en una lectura compulsiva a la que uno no puede poner fin hasta la ultima pagina.

La piu aggiornata biografia di Julian Assange, lhacker piu famoso della storia, luomo che ha sfidato le potenze occidentali, raccontata dai giornalisti del Guardian che hanno siglato con lui un inedito accordo per pubblicare materiale top secret delle forze armate americane sui conflitti in Afghanistan e Iraq, e dispacci diplomatici riservati del Dipartimento di Stato americano. La Dreamworks di Steven Spielberg ha acquistato i diritti cinematografici di questo libro per realizzare un film su WikiLeaks.

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING MONICA DOLAN (AS CANOE WIDOW ANNE DARWIN) AND EDDIE MARSANHow did the most ordinary of couples pull off one of the most outrageous frauds of modern times? And why did they carry on with the lie for so long?Drowning in debt and facing almost certain bankruptcy, John Darwin did the unthinkable - he paddled out to sea in his red canoe and disappeared. After a massive search and rescue operation failed to find his body, he was assumed dead, lost in the bleak North Sea. But everything was far from what it seemed. Nearly six years later, after John miraculously returned from the dead with a strange tale of amnesia and sporting a suspicious golden tan, the police and the Press were desperate to discover the truth behind his remarkable resurrection. Journalist David Leigh was despatched to Panama, where he tracked down Johns wife, Anne Darwin, who had started a secretive new life with the insurance money claimed from her husbands death. But what lay behind her decision to move to Central America, thousands of miles away from her family and friends? The truth would gradually unravel during an astonishing week of jaw-dropping revelations. The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of this true story of audacious deception and coercion, offering an unprecedented insight into a mind-boggling story that gripped the nation - and into the inscrutable minds of Canoe Man John and Anne Darwin, his long-suffering partner in crime.Perfect for fans of ITV true crime dramas such as Quiz, Des, Manhunt and The Pembrokeshire Murders