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reply to DayWalkerz

"Hero" or "dangerous troublemaker"?

1) Wikileaks.org continues to receive many submissions and is not on the verge of closing,

2) Wikileaks.org is not in possession of a large number of US diplomatic cables (if it were, the cables would have been published),

3) He believes that there are legitimate reasons to keep some information, such as a patients medical records, secret.

»blogs.forbes.com/firewall/2010/0···-oxford/

»designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/j···ero.html

»www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/07/16/···losures/

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Assange said the organization gets material from whistle-blowers in a variety of ways -- including via postal mail -- vets it, releases it to the public and then defends itself against "the regular political or legal attack."

He said the organization rarely knows the identity of the source of the leak. "If we find out at some stage, we destroy that information as soon as possible," he said.

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Assange denied reports that WikiLeaks had received hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. cables in addition to the Iraq video. He said the site would have released the cables if it had received them.

Assange said some information, including a patient's medical records, should legitimately be kept secret. But he said WikiLeaks's practice of revealing information from whistle-blowers follows the traditions of journalism. The fact that governments and organizations spend money to keep this information secret, Assange said, is a good indication that releasing the information can achieve reform.

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Thank you for posting the quotations and the additional links.