Assange to UN: 'It is time for the US to cease its persecution of WikiLeaks'

[joshcryer]

169. I have no requirement for redaction or a thorough "read through."

It's nice if it's done but I am not going to argue against the free dissemination of information even while I can accept the repercussions of such a thing. Regardless it's been 2 years since the Moscow files were announced and it's no coincidence that they were swept under the rug and Assange wound up getting a gig on RT. I find it inconceivable that someone can go from being threatened by Russia to being on their state TV network. That only happens if a deal was made.

Wikileaks had a lot of potential but because 1) they tried to sell the cables and 2) they aren't releasing everything and 3) Manning didn't get much from Wikileaks by way of donations ($15k of the promised $100k) I'm not very pleased with how it handles things.

Funny how you look at Wikileaks and you think, "Well dang, here's a transparent and open organization, maybe things will improve for the world." Then Wikileaks starts doing the covering up of crap that you wouldn't have ever expected in a million years. I was shocked. I was duped.