LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday described re-elected President Barack Obama as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and said he expected the US government to keep attacking the anti-secrecy website.

Speaking from Ecuador’s London embassy by phone, where he sought asylum in June in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime allegations, Assange said Obama’s victory was no cause for celebration.

“Obama seems to be a nice man, and that is precisely the problem,” the 41-year-old Australian said, after the president defeated Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday night to sweep back into the White House.

“It’s better to have a sheep in wolf’s clothing than a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Assange complained of the ‘persecution’ of WikiLeaks by Obama’s government.—AFP