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Chomsky, Walker and Ellsberg Defend Julian Assange

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Sorry, I couldn't hear.

Well, Julian Assange has, as you said, met the responsibilities of the journalist and the most

effective and courageous fashion. He has released information to the public that the public

should know, journalists, scholars are making extensive use of the information that he provided,

something that all of us should know. Those in power have their own reasons to suppress facts

that display to the general public what they're doing. The essence of a free, democratic society

is that the public should know, understand, and be of critical awareness and analysis of what

their elected leaders are doing.

The highest mission of journalists is to fulfill that responsibility that Julian Assange has done so,

with great merit and courage. We should stress that this effort that he's been punished brutally

for years for having the cheek that carried out this crucial mission of journalism at the highest

level is now being threatened with extremely severe punishment by a government that wants to

silence the revelations of its actions. What will happen at the trial and afterwards will depend

very significantly on public actions and reactions.

The public uproar over this criminal prosecution is sure to have an impact on how it will

eventuate. And not only is Julian Assange's fate at risk in this sordid affair, but so is that of

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