WikiLeaks chief plots next move from rural refuge

[December 17, 2010]  LONDON (AP) -- The founder of WikiLeaks is promising that the flow of leaked U.S. diplomatic documents will quicken now that he's back at the helm of the secret-spilling website.

Assange told reporters Friday outside a supporter's country mansion where he is confined that his organization was resilient and designed to withstand "decapitation attacks."

He says the allegations against him of sex crimes are part of a smear campaign, but Sweden says they stem from serious allegations made by two women.

A High Court judge freed Assange on bail Thursday on condition he reside at a supporter's 600-acre estate in eastern England, wear an electronic tag and report to police daily.

[Associated Press]

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