Wikileaks Founder’s Passport Confiscated in Australia

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had his passport briefly seized by officials when he arrived at Melbourne Airport yesterday.

Australian-born Assange, whose work with the whistleblower website has often made him a target, was initially told his passport looked a bit worn, at which point it was seized by police.

He was later told by immigration officials that his passport was going to be canceled.

The officials later returned his Passport and told him he was currently allowed to leave the country.

However, police rummaged through his bags and questioned him regarding a 1991 conviction for computer hacking, when he was a teenager.

Australia's Federal Police have been investigating Assange over the leaking of a list of websites banned in Australia, which was published on Wikileaks. Officials, however, later insisted the case had been dropped.