HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (Evil Laugh)

Wikileaks founder Assange denied residency in Sweden

"The founder of the Wikileaks website, Julian Assange, has been denied residency in Sweden, the country's migration board officials say.

They declined to give the reason, saying it was confidential.

Mr Assange, an Australian national, had hoped to create a base for Wikileaks in the Nordic country due to its laws protecting whistle-blowers."

Cue up the usual American/CIA pushing it's weight around or whatever conspiracy theories.

So much for his plans to make Sweden his base for hosting documents. Looks like he would have to have been a legal resident in order to do what he wanted to do.

"The whistle-blower website has a number of servers based in Sweden and the move would have afforded better protection for WikiLeaks' sources under Sweden's press freedom laws.

However, in order to secure legal responsibility as publisher in Sweden, a person must have a residence permit.

And to get residency

"applicants either need to have a job offer from a company in Sweden or, if they are planning to start their own business, the skills needed and a solid plan for the business, Wikstrom said.

"The person also needs funds to cover the start-up costs for the business and to maintain a living in Sweden for the first year,..."

Our heroic boy might have to grow up and look for a real job. But with his history of hacking into computer systems, I wonder who would give him one. What a cruel world!