WikiLeaks founder defends website in online session – CNN.com
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange continued Friday to defend the website’s posting of confidential U.S. documents, saying that no one in its four-year publishing history has been harmed as a result of material it put online.
“During that time there has been no credible allegation, even by (organizations) like the Pentagon, that even a single person has come to harm as a result of our activities,” Assange said in written answers to readers’ questions posted on the website of the British newspaper The Guardian.
“This is despite much-attempted manipulation and spin trying to lead people to a counter-factual conclusion,” Assange said. “We do not expect any change in this regard.”
Assange’s whereabouts have been undisclosed since WikiLeaks began publishing 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables earlier this week. He is wanted by authorities in Sweden on unrelated allegations of sex crimes, including rape.
Assange has denied the accusations, calling them a smear campaign. He has said he has long feared retribution for his website’s disclosures.
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