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Norwegian Police Probe Disappearance of Wikileaks Associate

Cybersecurity expert Arjen Kamphuis was last seen checking out of a Norwegian hotel two weeks ago.

Norwegian police are investigating the disappearance of Arjen Kamphuis, a cybersecurity expert and Wikileaks associate last seen checking out of a Norwegian hotel two weeks ago. Kamphuis, 47, was meant to fly to Amsterdam after leaving a hotel in Bodo on Aug. 20 but never made it. Friends say he was planning to take a 10-hour train ride from Bodo to Trondheim to catch the flight, but it’s not clear where along the way he disappeared. The disappearance has triggered a slew of conspiracy theories involving Kamphuis’ connections to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the group’s publication of hacked Democratic National Committee emails. But Kamphuis is also reportedly known as an “avid hiker” and describes himself as a “mountaineer” on Twitter, leaving some to believe he may have gotten lost in the wilderness. A Norwegian police spokesman confirmed to Agence France-Presse that an investigation has been opened over the matter but declined to “speculate about what happened to him.”