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Assange: Pentagon Attempts To Quash Coverage With "Espionage" Charges

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of classified files related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that created an international firestorm, reporter Hastings noted.

"But soon after he began releasing the diplomatic cables, which were widely credited with helping to spark the Arab Spring, he was detained and imprisoned after spending a week with two female supporters in Stockholm, entangling him in a yearlong legal battle to win his own freedom," Hastings wrote.

Assange told Hastings of his respect for the democratic values of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson but said "the U.S. military-industrial complex and the majority of politicians in Congress have betrayed those values."

Assange founded WikiLeaks, dubbed the first "stateless news organization," in 2006.  The Assange interview appeared in the February 2nd issue of "Rolling Stone."   #

(Sherwood Ross formerly reported for major dailies and currently does radio commentary for "New American Dream" and directs the Anti-War News Service.)

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