The founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has said accusations that he raped and molested two women are part of a dirty tricks campaign to discredit the website. On Friday, Swedish authorities issued an arrest warrant for Julian Assange on rape and molestation charges. Then on Saturday the charges were dropped, but authorities say they are still investigating the molestation claim. Assange spoke with Al Jazeera over the weekend.

Julian Assange: “Any such claims are completely untrue, and they should be aware that there are very significant forces that try to give rise to the various claims about this organization.”

WikiLeaks volunteer Kristinn Hrafnsson said the group had been warned about being the target of dirty tricks.

Kristinn Hrafnsson: “Well, this can only be a speculative thing. I mean, we have been warned, ever since the leaking of the Afghan war diary, that there would be an attempt by Pentagon to discredit WikiLeaks and its founder in some manner. Even a slander campaign was mentioned. So it is tempting to see the events in Stockholm in light of those warnings.”