Apparently, being an anti-American hacker who sets himself up as a selfless crusader for truth can be quite profitable:WikiLeaks.org founder Julian Assange has inked a $1.3 million book deal to cover legal costs relating to his arrest and any lawsuits aimed at his controversial whistle-blowing website. The book is to be published in the U.S. by the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house, part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group at Random House, and British publisher Canongate.In an interview with the UK's Sunday Times, Assange, 39, said he is writing the book in order to cover his mounting legal fees."I don't want to write this book, but I have to," he told the Sunday Times. "I have already spent £200,000 for legal costs and I need to defend myself and to keep WikiLeaks afloat." Does anyone else find this explanation a little hollow? The best attorneys in the western world are lining up to represent this guy for free, so the idea he needs money for attorneys is...(Read Full Post)