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Assange's Online Dating Profile Found

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WikiLeaks founder says Western women are "inane."

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Looking to date someone who’s into politics, knows about computers, and is a bit of a bad boy? Some intrepid Internet users have rustled up an old online dating profile of WikiLeaks mastermind Julian Assange at OKCupid, and it’s full of new information. For example, Assange said back in 2006 that he’s into “women from countries that have sustained political turmoil,” rather than “valueless and inane” Western women. He also calls himself “intellectually and physically pugnacious” and, in a surprisingly accurate assessment of his future, says he’s “directing a consuming, dangerous human-rights project.”

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