Bank secrecy is back in the news, this time as former Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer handed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange two computer discs at a high-profile news conference on Monday. Tax evaders, nefarious bankers, shady politicians, unethical business leaders, cheating celebrities, organized crime bosses: It’s all on the discs, Elmer claimed, including information about Julius Baer, his one-time Swiss bank employer. “We will treat this information like all other information we get,” Assange told reporters. “Yes, there will be full revelation.”
