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In an era when powerful institutions demonize decent people and the mainstream media joins in, piling on the abuse legal proceedings have become another Kafka-esque weapon of coercion. Few cases are more troubling than the persecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as John Pilger describes.
The case of Julian Assange represents the most dangerous and concerted attack on journalism and freedom of the press in over a century, says Tony Greenstein
Empire unmasked Print edition : December 31, 2010 T+ T- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a news conference in London on October 23. He was arrested on December 7 after a Swedish court issued a warrant against him on a molestation charge. Photo: Lennart Preiss / AP U.S. President Barack Obama. The disclosure of documents "has resulted in damage to our national security", said the administration. Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP THE WIKILEAKS HOME page as viewed in Washington on December 3. The White House ordered government agencies to block employees from accessing WikiLeaks from official comp...
The WikiLeaks cables expose the duplicity in American diplomacy and send shudders across world capitals.