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Judging by how detailed most of his answers usually are on live TV interviews, I have no doubt that this was heavily edited.

Edited or not, I watched this last night and thought that Assange carried himself well and had keen, honest responses to each question he was asked. I for one appreciate that there is a venue for those who want to speak out against abuses in organizations who would otherwise not be policed at all.

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>> ^RedSky:

Judging by how detailed most of his answers usually are on live TV interviews, I have no doubt that this was heavily edited.


Everything's edited, but according to this, the actual interview lasted 6 hours.

Maybe someday we'll get to see all 6 hours released by Wikileaks.

I agree. I also watched this last night on 60 minutes. I do not see why the press is not more sympathetic with his cause.

I for one can not see Asange being in trouble for his actions. The "Pentagon pagers" event from the early 70s is the same thing. that ended up at the Supreme court.

From Wikipedia

"On June 30, 1971, the Supreme Court decided, 6–3, that the government failed to meet the heavy burden of proof required for prior restraint injunction. The nine justices wrote nine opinions disagreeing on significant, substantive matters.
Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.
—Justice Black[16]"
>> ^JiggaJonson:

Edited or not, I watched this last night and thought that Assange carried himself well and had keen, honest responses to each question he was asked. I for one appreciate that there is a venue for those who want to speak out against abuses in organizations who would otherwise not be policed at all.

Assange looked brilliant, and Kroft (imo) came off like a douche.

I'm curious what you all think of this.

@bmacs27

WikiLeaks' response can be found here, but if we take into account this excerpt from "WikiLeaks, Public Enemy No. 1" published by folks from "Der Spiegel" as well as the latest excerpts from David Leigh's book published by the Guardian, it appears to have turned into one big pissing contest between Bill Keller, David Leigh and Julian Assange.

So far, I have read neither "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy" (Guardian) nor "Open Secrets: Wikileaks, War and American Diplomacy" (New York Times), just "Staatsfeind WikiLeaks" (Der Spiegel). But comments and op-eds at "Der Spiegel" and "Le Monde" differ quite significantly from those at the NYT in particular.

On a different note, how about these two tweets by David House, Bradley Manning's only allowed visitor, together with Jane Hamsher:

Visited Bradley this weekend; his conditions are still intolerable, but we talked at length about Egypt & Tunisia.

Bradley is in a shocked state due to solitary confinement, but his mood and mind soared when I mentioned the democratic uprisings in Egypt.

omg... Isn't this guy's 15 minutes months of fame over yet?

>> ^Payback:

omg... Isn't this guy's 15 minutes months of fame over yet?


Yeah, that's how I feel. Yes, Wikileaks had a hand in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolts, but now that these events have become so sweepingly real, the drama surrounding this man (and his ego/image) seems so insignificant. Hopefully, this will work to his favor. I still hope he makes it through okay. If only because I think he has done and hopefully will continue to do his best work behind the scenes.