+Miscellany | 316 days ago

Julian Assange, Far Less Than Priceless

By Michael Scherer

This week in London, an attorney for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been making the case against extradition for his client to Sweden to face potential charges of rape and molestation. Here is how Assange’s own lawyer summarized one of the incidents in court: “They fell asleep and she woke up by his penetrating her. She immediately asked if he was wearing anything. He answered: ‘You.’ She said: ‘You better not have HIV.’ He said: ‘Of course not.’ “

Keep that description in mind as you watch this video, which has been put out to raise money for, among other things, Assange’s legal defense:

+Uncategorized | 521 days ago

Lunch Break: SNL’s Take on TIME’s Person of the Year

By Jay Newton-Small

To be fair, we did have have an excellent cover of Julian Assange the week before.

+Uncategorized | 541 days ago

Re: The Full Julian Assange Interview

By Michael Scherer

I find this passage from the TIME interview the most interesting: One of the unintended consequences is the opposite effect, which is what we’ve seen with the Department of Defense, and even the State Department, here in the U.S., of trying to make secrets more impenetrable rather than less and trying to take precautions against [...]

+Uncategorized | 542 days ago

Julian Assange: Hillary Clinton “Should Resign”

By Adam Sorensen

TIME Managing Editor Rick Stengel interviewed WikiLeaks’s founder today via Skype and, among other things, Assange said he thought Secretary of State Clinton should step down “if it can be shown that she was responsible for ordering U.S. diplomatic figures to engage in espionage in the United Nations.” You can read the story here and [...]

+White House | 662 days ago

Should The U.S. Kidnap WikiLeak’s Founder Julian Assange?

By Michael Scherer

I guess those who care about international press freedom can take comfort in the fact that Marc Thiessen no longer works for the government. On the Washington Post website, the former Bush Administration speechwriter and harsh interrogation booster, offers his view of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. In short, Thiessen calls for the U.S. [...]