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17 February 2012

John C. Cattelin

Tracy Smith

Rixstep.com

Response to e-mail from Tracy Smith dated 2012-02-17 (reproduced below)

I had hoped to avoid wasting further time on this nonsense. But if you persist, I will be

compelled to file charges against you for libel and whatever other crimes apply.

I have devoted considerable time and effort to my translation and do not intend to

discard it merely because of your bizarre threats and accusations. A comparison of the

two translations will demonstrate that they differ substantially; included below are a

few excerpts.

In fact, the reason that I undertook the task in the first place was that I could not find

an accurate translation to which to refer readers; that includes the Rixstep translation,

which contains numerous errors. There are several witnesses who can attest to my

motivation in this regard.

I am not the only one to have noticed the inadequacies of the Rixstep translation.

When Mr. Gran Rudling, for example, called attention to some serious errors, he was

labelled --- presumably by Mr. Cattelin -- an "asshole" for his troubles. From

"Besvrande felversttning bland Assangeanhngare" on http://samtycke.nu:

I det svenska frhret str det fljande: Miss O var sedan samma kvll hemma

hos Anna p krftskiva och d hade allt varit som vanligt och Miss O hade trffat

Julien fr frsta gngen. Miss O uppfattade inte det som att Anna och Julien hade

ngot ihop vid krftskivan. Miss O pratade inte s mycket med Julien.

I Rixsteps versttning kan man lsa: A was at the crayfish party and everything

was normal and A met Julian for the first time. A sensed that Anna and Julian

had something going at the party. A didnt speak very much with Julian.

Nr jag ppekade detta fr Rixstep och undrade What will you do about this?

fick jag ett vnligt svar. Gee. Dont know now. Would have done something

immediately. But inasmuch as youre such an ASSHOLE . . .

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A clarification of one point in my previous response to your threats and accusations:

I apparently misinterpreted your reference to delineating headers. I assumed you

were referring to the subheadings in the protocol of the interview with Sofia Wiln:

Background, The Presentation, The Luncheon, etc.

As I was busy with other matters, I did not bother to check and assumed that thesubheadings were based on Rixsteps translation. But it turns out that those

subheadings are part of the original protocol in Swedish, which means that I did not

consciously or inadvertently steal them from Rixstep. It also means that I do not

understand what delineating headers refers to.

Otherwise, everything in my translation is taken directly from the original document

in Swedish. Your accusations are false and libellous, and this tawdry business is

diverting my attention and energies from important tasks. I call upon you to desist

immediately or suffer the consequences.

Please note: I am not an associate of Ullman PR. That you continue to address your

threats and accusations to that firm is a further indication that there is something very

wrong with your thought processes.

Yours sincerely,

Al Burke

Nordic News Network

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Comparison of two translations

Nordic News Network Rixstep

Sofia Wiln

She sat at the far right in the front row of

the meeting room. The speaker would

stand at the left front. Everyone else in

the room seemed to be a journalist. Ahalf-hour before the presentation was to

She sat at the far right front when she

entered the venue, the lecturer would

stand all the way to the left. The room

seemed full of journalists. A half hourbefore the lecture was to begin, Anna

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begin, Anna asked Sofia if she could help

by purchasing a cable for Julian's

computer. A cable was lacking, and Sofia

had offered to help out. Sofia went up to

Julian to find out what type of cable he

needed. He explained what kind it was

and also wrote it on a slip of paper. She

took the paper and placed it in her

pocket. Julian said contemptuously, You

didn't even look at the note'. She replied

that she didn't need to, as he had already

explained what type of cable it was.

approached Sofia and asked if she could

help buy a cable for Julian's computer.

They needed a cable and Sofia had

offered to help out. Sofia went up to

Julian to ask what type of cable he

needed. He explained what he needed

and then wrote it down on a small piece

of paper. She took the paper and placed it

immediately in her pocket. Julian looked

contemptibly at her and said 'you didn't

even look at the note'. She told him she

didn't need to as he'd already explained

what type of cable he needed.

Anna Ardin

After a short while, Anna notes that

Assange withdraws from her and begins

to adjust the condom. Judging from the

sound, according to Anna, it seemed that

Assange removed the condom. He

entered her again and continued the

copulation. Anna once again handled hispenis and, as before, felt the rim of the

condom at the base of the penis; she

therefore let him continue.

Anna notices after a while that Assange

withdraws from her to fix the condom.

Judging from the sound, it sounded to

Anna like Assange took the condom off.

He entered her again and continued the

act. Anna again checked his penis with

her hand and again felt the edge of thecondom where it should be and so let the

sex continue.

Julian Assange

MG: The accusation appears to be that a

condom was damaged after thecopulation; and it is Annas contention

that, on one occasion when you withdrew

your penis, it sounded at first as though

you removed the condom. But when you

entered her again, she felt with her hand

and she could feel you were still wearing

the condom. Then you ejaculated and,

among other things, she felt that she had

semen inside her. And she also looked at

MG: The accusation is the condom, acondom, was damaged after the act and

Anna is of the opinion that at one point

when you withdraw your penis there was

a sound like you first removed the

condom but when you entered her again

she reached down and felt and she could

feel you still had the condom on. Then

you ejaculated and she feels amongst

other things that she has semen in her.And she looks at the condom and there's

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the condom, and there was no semen in

the condom. And so the question to you

is: Is this a situation that you recognise in

any way?

no semen in the condom. And so the

question to you, is this a situation you

recognise in any way?

Donald Bostrm

DB: Yes, I have. Precisely because there

is an astounding surge of women. It takes

only a few seconds; it is very noticeable.

And when it is like that, I believe that one

has to keep things under control, for a

variety of reasons. There are then ethical,

moral ways to, so to say But I cannot

really offer an opinion, because I do not

know what he has done and not done, so

to say, you understand.

WF: Uh, because there's such an

astonishing onslaught of women. In other

words it takes seconds, in other words it's

obvious... And when it's like that so uh,

so I think one has to um, keep things

under control. For different reasons, in

other words partly there's an ethical,

moral way then so to speak but, but uh, I

can't actually get into that for I don't

know what he's done and not done so to

speak what.

Johannes Wahlstrm

The interview begins with a discussion of

whether or not it will be leaked to the press orotherwise made publicly available. The

answer provided is that the legal department

of

the police will decide how much of the

interview to classify or make public.

EO: Is there anything more that you

JW: No. Lets get on with it.

EO: I would like to ask you to begin by

telling us about your contacts with Julian

Assange, both in connection with and

before he came to Sweden.

EO: OK, do you have any questions

before we begin?

WE: Yes, it's uh, well partly a clarification

which, which maybe I want to make and

partly a question which touches on this

case.

EO: Hmmm...

WE: And the clarification has to do with

my professional role. That is to say I am a

journalist. And in some cases which,

which have to do with my practicing my

profession and cases which have to do

with my sources, I can't reveal my

sources. Uh, I don't think that it will be

particularly relevant in this interrogation

but, uh, yes that's the clarification.

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When we come to the actual interrogation

so, um, a little bit also because of what I

just mentioned right now uh, so I'm

curious about in which way this

interrogation will possibly be made

accessible to the media. Please tell me

now.

EO: That, that the judicial system reviews

each and every document which someone

requests.

WE: I might not understand the judicialgames in this matter in such case but if I

have not understood, or if I have believed

that it has functioned uh, so it's then the

interrogations are covered by the secrecy

act until the day when uh, when a case is,

or a what shall we say, a prosecution is

begun or?

MG: Yes or, a prosecution...

EO: Prosecution...

WE: Goes to a prosecution.

EO: Precisely. And then we always

respect the confidentiality of the

preliminary investigation.

WE: Precisely.

EO: Yes.

WE: So is it so that this interrogation will

be kept secret until a prosecution has

begun?

MG: It works like this, all confidentiality

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shall, it's like this that this is a public

document according to the first principle

that they're public with respect to all

documents within all agencies.

WE: Hmmm...

MG: If it happens that someone requests a

document, then it's so that then

everything must be in principle reviewed

again, in other words all text must be

checked for secrecy, in other words the

preliminary investigation. Now it's so

that now it's very strict secrecy in thiscase, so that it, it can be so that a

document can be released but maybe it's

entirely blackened. For if someone

requests a document then they're

supposed to get a document.

WE: Hmmm. That, the reason I ask this is

that I have understood, now I've been out

of the country a lot, but I've understood

that uh, there have been interrogations

that have been released and above all else

to, to a tabloid newspaper uh, and now

I'm thinking about Expressen. Uh, and I

don't know if these interrogations have

been released in accordance with the

secrecy act or if there are leaks in your

building here. But for me it's veryimportant that if I am going to talk about

my journalistic profession, uh, and if the

contacts I have in my profession that, uh,

that you can guarantee in some way that

during a certain time so this won't, yeah,

let's say tomorrow be leaked to

Expressen.

MG: Nothing has been leaked. All hasbeen released.

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WE: So nothing, there haven't been any

leaks?

MG: There have been no leaks and

everything that's come out, in other

words from it coming to this group. All

documents that have been released have

been released on request. And you know

yourself how that's done most likely...

WE: Hmmm...

MG: ... That you've requested documents.So that, that Expressen has and that

Aftonbladet has received as well, this is

on the request of, in other words after

review according to the secrecy act and

then it's been blackened out. If one says,

that which is blackened out in the

newspapers that's what the police have

done, that's not the newspaper.

WE: Hmmm...

MG: But it's the police who have done a

confidentiality review huh and that has

occurred through, in the first place, from

the beginning part of the city police unit

after that it's moved over to the central

judicial unit on county level now whohandle all these things huh.

WE: But you mean in other words that it,

the interrogations which have up to now

been published in the newspapers that

they are public to the degree that, that the

newspapers could publish during an

ongoing preliminary, preliminary

interrogation?

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MG: Yes it was the judicial unit in the city

police from the beginning. Then it went

up to the central judicial unit. But that is

in other words, each document that's

been released has been released on the

request of private citizens and the press.

WE: Yeah.

MG: Hmmm.

EO: I can also add that what's said in here

today it's we three who have that

information. In addition this interrogationwill be transcribed by one of our

colleagues who will also be privy to what

is said, what's been said in here. So that...

MG: And it's the same girl who's written

everything.

EO: Who has, who has transcribed all

interrogations.

WE: Hmmm...

MG: So OK then.

EO: Anything else you...

WE: No that, let's, let's get to work.

EO: Yes. Yes precisely. Precisely. And I'd

ask you to begin to tell us of your contact

with Julian Assange. And, uh, yes in

connection with and before he came to

Sweden.

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-------- Original Message --------

Subject: VB: Notice of Copyright Infringement

Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:37:59 +0100

From: Sandra Kasts

To: Al Burke

Sandra Kasts

Ullman PR AB

Katarinavgen 22/ Klevgrnd 7

116 45 Stockholm

08 702 31 50

073-962 88 77

www.ullmanpr.se

-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----

Frn: rixstep000@gmail.com [mailto:rixstep000@gmail.com] Fr Rixstep Legal

Skickat: den 16 februari 2012 23:38

Till: Sandra Kasts

mne: Re: Notice of Copyright Infringement

Hi Sandra.

Please forward this to your associate Burke. It's from our CFO. Thank you.

Regards,

John

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Dear Mr Burke,

I'm going to be quite blunt. You have plagiarised an original work,

and we expect you to remove it from your website immediately. Please

don't equivocate and admit to copying headers but insist on having

translated the rest of the text yourself. No one will believe such a

ridiculous claim.

The field of forensic linguistics is extremely accurate. But it

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doesn't take a forensic linguist to see what you have done. If you

continue to insist that the work you have published is an original

work, we will be forced to enlist the work of such a professional, and

your unethical and far from journalistic activities will be revealed

to everyone.

That is not our goal, however. Our goal is to preserve the integrity

of our work and prevent copyright infringement. I very strongly

suggest that you take this opportunity to quietly save face. This is

the only request we will make. Our next step will not be a request,

nor will it be private or free from legal, professional, and

reputational ramifications.

Remove our work from your site. Do not infringe on our copyrightagain. This action must be completed by Friday, 17 February at 17:00

Swedish local time.

Regards,

Tracy Smith

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