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Swiss Whistleblower Rudolf Elmer To Hand Over Offshore Banking Secrets To WikiLeaks

LONDON — A former Swiss banker on Monday supplied documents to WikiLeaks that he alleges detail attempts by wealthy business leaders and lawmakers to evade tax payments.
Rudolf Elmer, an ex-employee of Swiss-based Bank Julius Baer, said there were 2,000 account holders named in the documents, but refused to give details of the companies or individuals involved.
He has previously offered files to WikiLeaks on financial activities in the Cayman Islands and faces a court hearing in Zurich on Wednesday to answer charges of coercion and violating Switzerland's strict banking secrecy laws.
"I do think as a banker I have the right to stand up if something is wrong," said Elmer, who addressed reporters at London's Frontline Club alongside WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
"I am against the system. I know how the system works and I know the day-to-day business. From that point of view, I wanted to let society know what I know. It is damaging our society," Elmer said.
Assange praised the ex-banker's attempts to expose alleged shady practices in the financial industry. He was making a rare public appearance since he was released on bail on Dec. 16 following his arrest on a Swedish extradition warrant.
Elmer claims his previous disclosures showed evidence of major tax avoidance in the Caribbean.
However, Assange said that with WikiLeaks focussed on other issues – such as the publication of its cache of about 250,000 diplomatic cables, it could be several weeks before Elmer's latest files are reviewed and posted on the organization's website.
The organization has so far posted about 2,444 cables to the Internet since it began publishing the documents in November.

Assange said that, as with other WikiLeaks releases, media organizations – he named the Financial Times and Bloomberg as possible candidates – could be given the information ahead of time.
He said that the files, or parts of the files, may also be provided to British government fraud investigators to examine for any evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
"We will treat this information like all other information we get," Assange said. "There will be a full revelation."
The Julius Baer bank said it was aware of Elmer's decision to pass a new set of files to WikiLeaks.
"He didn't attack us at this press conference, he explicitly targeted not us but 'the system,'" the bank's spokesman Jan Vonder Muehll said.
Britain's tax authority declined to comment when asked about Assange's plan to supply details of alleged wrongdoing.
Under the terms of his release on bail, Assange must live at the mansion home of Vaughan Smith, the owner of the Frontline Club. He has compared the regime to "high-tech house arrest," but has recently promised that the flow of leaked documents published by his organization would increase.

Aaron Sorkin Awards In Hand

Aaron Sorkin Awards In Hand, The Social Network Filmmakers Heap Praise On Zuckerberg

One of the standout scenes at in The Social Network happens in the first five minutes of the movie. Erica Albright (Rooney Mara) is sitting in a bar with boyfriend Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) when she says the following to him:

You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you’re going to go through life thinking that girls don’t like you because you’re a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won’t be true. It’ll be because you’re an asshole.

It basically sets the tone for the entire film. And it’s also undoubtedly one of the many scenes that made Facebook (the actual company) uneasy over the film. Well tonight, after ringing up a number of the major awards at The Golden Globes, writer Aaron Sorkin took a moment in his best screenplay acceptance speech to acknowledge the real Mark Zuckerberg and that very scene.

“I wanted to say to Mark Zuckerberg, if you’re watching tonight, Rooney Mara’s character makes a prediction at the beginning of the movie, she was wrong. You turned out to be a great entrepreneur, a visionary and an altruist,” Sorkin said on stage.

Later, while accepting the award for Best Picture of the year, producer Scott Rudin, had the following to say: “I want to thank everybody at Facebook; Mark Zuckerberg for his willingness to allow us to use his life and work as a metaphor through which to tell a story about communication and the way we relate to each other.”

This is, of course, at odds with the reports of the company’s decided unwillingness to see this movie made.

Sorkin also used a part of his speech to address to the charges that the film is misogynistic. “And I want to thank all the female nominees tonight for helping demonstrate to my young daughter that elite is not a bad word, it’s a an aspirational one. Honey, look around, smart girls have more fun, and honey, you’re one of them, I love you,” he said.

It seems like ages ago that we first heard that Hollywood would be making a movie based on the founding of Facebook. At the time, the entire thing seemed like a bit of a joke. Then Aaron Sorkin signed on to write it. Then David Fincher signed on to direct it. Then Trent Reznor signed on to score it. The end result? Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Score, and Best Picture at the Golden Globes. And Oscar gold is likely to follow next.

It was perhaps Reznor who nailed what the ultimate reaction to the film would be. “It’s really fucking good. And dark!,” he wrote in July of last year. Indeed. Of course, he’s not as quick to praise Zuckerberg.

Brandon Stokley Hot News

Brandon Stokley

I never DID get around to a game to get an Indy jersey signed from the other guys and my seasonticketholding sisterinlaw was not game to do it for me.

Brandon Stokley caught a tip pass and goes all the way for score.

Just when you reckon Brandon Stokleys career is over the pesky wide receiver finds his way back to the NFL. that he was just swinging his arm in disgust and it made contact with the.

Injuries reported in team are Matt HasselbeckQBQuestionable Week 17 hipBrandon StokleyWRQuestionable Week 17 headOlindo MareKProbable Week 17 backLofa TatupuLBProbable Week 17 knee. Many thought that was the end of the line. Stokley is Matts gotoguy like Bobby Engram is and he will have to be covered especially on 3rddown situations or Seattle could go the chains with the combo of.

The first two going to TE John Carlson and a third to WR Brandon Stokley to give the Seahawks a 2417 lead.

When I first looked at it I thought Stokley had hit the official hand by accident.

Veteran Brandon Stokley will be looked upon to provide an outlet for Matt Hasselbeck. This is the original video on youtube The videos and song.

I could make jokes how Brandon Stokley told Ocho Cinco Child Please or how after the tip he chose to Kiss the Baby but that is too simple.

First they sign Marcus Pollard then Edge and now Stokley.

Also a huge help for Hasselbeck will be Brandon Stokley being active. Join the Discussion. 29 after suffering a head injury in Week 16 reports Danny ONeil of The Seattle Times.

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said WR Brandon Stokley head is not expected to practice Wednesday Dec. About two months ago the Denver Broncos place Stokley on the IR. Guidelines Fan feedback should be within the guidelines for the NFL community. The Seattle defense will have to find a way to make turnovers as nothing will come simple against Brees and Co. The Saints have their struggles.

Brandon Stokley Ejected For Pimp Slapping Official’s Hand

When I first looked at it I thought Stokley had hit the official hand by accident. that he was just swinging his arm in disgust and it made contact with the

Upon further review Stokley intentionally slapped the official hand away because the official was telling Stokley to go to the bench after complaining about a non call.

I have always liked Stokley as a player, but I want you to watch what happens closely.

After not getting the penalty Stokley runs at least twenty yards at full speed toward the official. He pleads his case and when the official tells him to go to the bench he slaps the his hand away.

He slapped it away Money Mike Pimpin Style. If you touch an official you are ejected and he did it on purpose, so no question it was the right call.
Luckily for Stokley the media doesn’t consider him to be a “diva” receiver or this would be front page news.

But the reality is that the Broncos needed him in this game and he showed very bad judgment. He couldn’t keep his cool and it cost his team.

Any way you look at it very bad on Stokley’s part.