It is a well known fact that world governments are keen on hiding the truth about their internal and foreign affairs from their own citizens. However, while powerful nations around the globe may try their hardest to hide confidential information from the public’s eyes, there are always those innovative few that have managed to blow the whistle on even the best kept government secrets. In the mid-2000s, the infamous hacker and political activist Julian Assange would make a name for himself by doing exactly that. By exposing highly classified data that revealed details ranging from the mundane to the disturbing that involved the American government’s activities, Assange would incur the wrath of U.S. officials, later forcing him into a life on the run from federal authorities over the following decade. Today on Villains and Vagrants, we explore the curious tale of Julian Assange and the leaks that would change his life forever…