Assange Champions Role of Wikileaks, WordPress for Free Press During Call with Whistleblowers

Two of Bradley Manning's most vocal supporters participated in a call with reporters today to champion the rights of journalists and the public to a free and open press as closing arguments wound down in the Wikileaks case of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort Meade.

Two of Bradley Manning‘s most vocal supporters participated in a call with reporters today to champion the rights of journalists and the public to a free and open press as closing arguments wound down in the Wikileaks case of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort Meade.

Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who shared more than 7,000 pages of classified material that became known as the Pentagon Papers, joined Assange’s lawyer Barry Pollack to put the Manning case, the Edward Snowden situation and what they describe as the Obama Administration’s attack on journalism in perspective, repeating the calls made a few weeks ago.

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