The Original WikiLeaker

Thomas Golianopoulos
The New York Observer
December 9, 2010

A d v e r t i s e m e n t

“I don’t drink water,” said John Young. The 74-year-old architect was an early associate of WikiLeaks and has run his own document-publishing Web site, Cryptome.org since 1996. “Why drink water when there is alcohol?”

Last Friday, at the Five Napkin Burger on the Upper West Side, Mr. Young sipped coffee and looked surprised as I guzzled a glass of water. He asked if I owned a water filter, inquired about my daily water intake and then wondered if I was addicted to water.

“How does that water taste?” he asked.

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It had a slight metallic tint that resembled garden-hose water. In short, it was gross.

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