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- This, is about the truth.
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- [Narrator] Some
see a terrorist.
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- [Assange] The real
story of this material,
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is it that's it's war, it's
one damn thing after another.
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- [Narrator] Some
see a journalist.
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The media would have
you see an eccentric,
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weird and mysterious criminal.
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- In relation to my
Wikileaks work, it goes on.
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- We have to recognize
that we can no longer allow
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Assange and his colleagues.
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The latitude to use free
speech values against us.
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- [Narrator] This
is an unparalleled
look of the journey,
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of how one man and his
mission to empower the world
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with information
became the target
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of the most powerful
government in the world.
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- 10 days arbitrary detention
in Wandsworth prison
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in solitary, 18 months
house arrest in Norwich,
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Julian had to seek asylum.
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And was given asylum in
the Ecuadorian embassy
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and that was seven
and a half years.
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So 10 years of
arbitrary detention.
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- What is happening here today.
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- [Crowd] What is
happening here today
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- Is a culmination of dreams.
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- [Crowd] Is a
culmination of dreams.
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- [Narrator] From
coder to convict,
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this is the story
of Julia Assange.
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One man in his fight
for a fair trial,
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one man and his quest for truth.
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In his teenage years
living in Australia,
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Julian Assange found
himself in the center
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of a burgeoning
technology driven world.
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With an affinity to computers,
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Assange began experimenting
with coding and hacking.
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- What hacking is, is
having the attitude
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of playful cleverness.
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Doesn't matter just
what you're doing,
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you could be writing computer
programs, writing music,
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sneaking around on
the roof of a building
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where the authority say
people aren't supposed to go
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or sneaking around
abandoned subway tunnels.
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- Someone who is so
interested in things,
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that they don't need to
be pushed to investigate
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them rather thoroughly.
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- Well, hacker ethic is
a series of principles,
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that I think the hackers
that I have spoken to.
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No matter what generation
seem to implicitly share,
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it's based around I
guess a premise that,
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Your best off when you
get your hands on things,
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to change them.
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It's a very active philosophy
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and is also based around a
free flow of information.
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Information if not
free should be as
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freely disseminated as possible.
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In the spirit of sharing,
in the spirit of helping
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everyone else improve systems.
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- What is hacking all about?
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It's all about
whatever it's to do
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It's everything you ever
wanted a computer to be,
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It's making love,
it's being aggressive,
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it's stalking into the unknown
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and seizing the
unknown and kicking it.
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And finding out that is
exactly what you did intend.
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- It was only really after
I started talking to hackers
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from various time periods
that I realized they share
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this philosophy to
some degree in common.
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- [Narrator] The year is 1989.
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NASA are forced
to delay a launch
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after becoming the
victim of a hack.
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Wank worms against nuclear
killers infiltrated
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the NASA servers with
the first of its kind.
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A political message.
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You talk of times of peace for
all and then prepare for war.
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Investigations link
the hack to a group
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of anonymous Melbourne hackers.
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Though no one has
been found guilty.
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Julian was believed
to be involved.
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In 1993, Julian gave technical
advice on two occasions
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to an Australian police
child exploitation unit.
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Which in turn assisted them
with putting child abusers
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and pornographers behind bars.
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Fast forward to 2006.
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After becoming embroiled in
the mucky world of hacking.
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Assange saw the world
with a veil pulled back.
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Eye witness to the contradiction
between public statements
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and the truth that lay on
the servers in the back room,
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Assange looked to
change the status quo.
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Julian Assange founded a
news organization in 2006.
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Aimed to publishing information
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that is in the
public's interest.
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Built on the basis of not
knowing who the source is.
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A mission of speaking
truth to power.
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WikiLeaks became notorious in
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its first few years
of publishing.
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Whistleblowers soon started
anonymously sending Wikileaks
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sensitive and at times,
classified information
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from organizations
all over the globe.
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A blind eye could not be
turned to the abuses of power
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that were being exposed
year after year,
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by the newly founded news
publishing organization.
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Revealing Guantanamo
Bay procedures.
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Scientology documents.
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- With your help
we're gonna win,
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- [Narrator] Exposing
Sarah Palin's violation
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of public record laws
at the 2008 US election.
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Extrajudicial killings in Kenya.
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The membership list of
the hateful right wing
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British National Party,
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disclosing Barclays
Bank tax avoidance,
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the internet censorship lists,
revealed news of a serious
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nuclear accident in Iran
caused by a cyber attack,
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hinting that a Stuxnet computer
worm carried out the attack,
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a jointly built cyber
weapon by the United States
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and Israel governments.
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And the harmful dumping of
toxic substances in Africa,
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called the Minton report.
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Culminating in a debate still
present in the WikiLeaks saga.
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Lawyers for the commodities
giants Trafigura obtained
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a secret super injunction
against the guardian
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for further publishing the
contents of the Minton report.
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Bringing into question the
privileges guaranteeing
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free speech established under
the 1689 bill of rights,
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statutes that
Wikileaks also upholds.
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March 15th, 2010.
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[dramatic music]
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Wikileaks publishes
a 32 page report,
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on themselves
conducted in secret
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by the United States
Department of Defense.
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For exposing human rights
violations in Guantanamo Bay,
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the US equipment expenditure
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and the battle over the
Iraqi town of Fallujah.
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Discussed in the document
are ways in which
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the United States can deter
any current or former insiders
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or whistleblowers,
their security interests
and the methods
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for marginalizing the
Wikileaks organization.
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Julian was in view, but
what transpired next
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would put a target on his back.
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April 5th 2010.
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Julian Assange caught
the eye of most Americans
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when Wikileaks published
the collateral murder video.
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Sending tremors that could
be felt on Capitol Hill.
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Leaked by an anonymous
member of military personnel,
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the video shows the purported
murder of a dozen Iraqi men,
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amongst them two journalists,
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part of the Reuters news agency.
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On the 12th of July 2007,
having been unable to identify
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small arms fire in a Baghdad
suburb, the United states
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deployed two Apache
helicopters to investigate.
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Through the cross hairs, we see
the lead up to the incident.
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The supposed misidentification
of cameras as firearms,
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the subsequent firing
on unarmed civilians,
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including the targeting
of a truck coming
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to the aid of the wounded men.
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Two young girls were
also in the truck.
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- Some of the morning papers.
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So this is the Guardian
from this morning,
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putting pages about this topic,
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also concurrently in
Der Spiegel 17 pages,
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the New York Times, I'm not
sure how many International
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Herald Tribune and I believe
the telegraph also has it.
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- July 25th 2010.
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Nickname to the
Afghan war diary,
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WikiLeaks releases over 92,000
documents to The Guardian,
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The New York Times and German
publication Der Spiegel.
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Disclosing friendly fire and
civilian casualty incidents
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in the war in Afghanistan
between 2004 and 2009.
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The scale of which
can be compared
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to the 1970s Pentagon papers.
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- There's no doubt in my
mind, no doubt in my mind.
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We'll bring Al Queda
to justice,
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peace or no peace
in the Middle East.
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- We're familiar with groups
whose abuse we expose,
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attempting to criticize
the messenger to distract
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from the power of the message.
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We have tried hard to make sure
that this material does not
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put innocents at harm.
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- [Narrator] Four days later,
a 1.4 gigabyte insurance file
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was added to the page.
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Fearing that Assange or
Wikileaks were in danger,
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the decryption for the
insurance file would be released
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if either got in harm's way.
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- I'm often asked this question,
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what is the most single
damning revelation?
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What is the thing that
is easily capturable,
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the single event, the
single personality,
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the single mass killing.
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That is not the real
story of this material.
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The real story of this
material is that it's war.
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It's one damn thing
after another.
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It's clear that it will shape
an understanding of what
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the past six years
of war has been like.
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And that the cause of
the war needs to change
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the manner in which it needs
to change is not yet clear.
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- These documents are going to have to be poured
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through, analyzed and making sure that they then match up
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with the media reports and what ISAF has been telling us
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about civilian casualties.
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- It is the most
comprehensive history of a war
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to have ever been published
during the course of a war.
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- [Narrator] Intelligence
analyst Chelsea Manning,
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formally Bradley Manning was
arrested on May 27th 2010.
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By March of 2011, Manning was
charged with 22 violations.
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The most serious of which
was aiding the enemy,
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punishable by a death sentence.
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Concerns by the Obama
administration fueled
political debate
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on the basis of stolen
government property
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and the unredacted
disclosure of Afghans
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acting as informers potentially
putting lives at risk.
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WikiLeaks held back on
releasing all of the files
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in order to review
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and redact the sources
of the information.
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WikiLeaks in an attempt
to morph the method
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requested help from the
Pentagon and human rights groups
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to aid in redacting the names
that receive no assistance.
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- Right over here.
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- Why are we here?
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- [Narrator] The monumental
leak was surpassed by
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what the Pentagon described
as the largest leak
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of classified documents
in US military history,
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dubbed the Iraq war logs.
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The release made in October
2010, by Assange's Wikileaks
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disclosed just under 400,000.
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- [Assange] Because we
don't have much time,
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I won't speak for long.
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But,
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this disclosure,
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is about the truth.
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Philip Knightley, the great
investigative reporter
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an Australian, who for
the past 30 or 40 years,
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has made the UK his home said,
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that the first casualty
of war is the truth.
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But the attack on
the truth by war
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begins long before war starts
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and continues long
after a war ends.
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In our release of these
400,000 documents,
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about the Iraq war,
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the intimate detail of that
war from the US perspective.
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Iraq, as we can see,
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was a bloodbath on every corner
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of that country.
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They stated aims for
going into that war,
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of improving the human
rights situation,
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improving the rule of law.
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Did not eventuate.
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[dramatic music]
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- In any human disaster,
finding out who died
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and how they died is the
overriding public concern.
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For seven years on the public
does not have a full account
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of the terrible human cost
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of this ongoing Iraq
war to the Iraqi people.
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What we have instead, is anincomplete patchwork of stories,
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pictures and data gathered by different organizations
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for different purposes.
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Often published one day
and forgotten the next.
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- [Narrator] Other news
publishers ran with the story
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focusing on the claims that
the United States government
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had ignored torture reports
and the unreported concealment
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of 15,000 civilian deaths.
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Wikileaks was fast becoming one
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of the most dangerous websites.
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And the man behind
it was now the enemy
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of the most powerful
authority in the world.
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The United States government.
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Unearthed during the Manning
trial in December 2011,
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Manning had used IRC and
Java encrypted internet
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conferencing services to
contact an anonymous member
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of Wikileaks believed
to be Assange.
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Julian dismissed the allegations
as absolute nonsense.
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The United States began their
investigation of Assange
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and Wikileaks looking
to prosecute under
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the Espionage Act of 1917,
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for seeking out
classified information.
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On the contrary, no evidence
was found that Assange
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offered Manning any
direction in her leaks,
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raising serious questions
around press freedom
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and first amendment rights.
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During a visit to Sweden,
Assange became the subject
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of allegations that would hang
over him for years to come.
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Two women claimed to have been
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sexually assaulted by Assange.
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Questioning ensued only for
the case to be suddenly closed.
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Julian was allowed
to leave the country.
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One week later, the
investigation is reinstated.
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Looking to resolve the issue,
Assange asks to be interviewed
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before he leaves the country.
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But was told he may
leave without one.
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Some months on after
crossing the Swedish border,
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authorities issue an
Interpol arrest warrant,
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ordering the detention
of the man who'd exposed
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wrongdoings around the globe.
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The warrant was lowered
to suspicion of rape
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of rape of a lesser degree.
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Assange's legal team argued
that there was no such thing as
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a minor rape, and that the
allegations made do not need
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the European legal
definition of rape.
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Further efforts by Assange
to be questioned in Britain
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where he had been residing
for two months were denied.
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Assange's next battle to
fight an extradition hearing
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to be sent back to Sweden,
fearing a further extradition
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to the United States
where he faces possible
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life imprisonment or
the death penalty.
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[sirens blaring]
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December 7th 2010.
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Assange hands himself
in to British police.
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- They've verified his identity.
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They're satisfied that he is the real Julian Assange,
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and we're now ready
to go into the court.
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Many people believe Mr. Assange
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to be innocent, myself included.
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And many people believe that
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this prosecution is
politically motivated.
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[police officers shouting]
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- [Plato] I think he's
got a chance, yes.
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I fancy him, I do.
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I don't think it's
open and shut.
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At this point I'm not convinced
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that he has committed a crime
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in the United States.
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[crowd shouting]
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- Today, we learned for the
very first time information
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about the allegations
that are being made
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from Sweden about him.
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There are no charges,
still no charges.
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He's only wanted
for questioning.
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And we still haven't
seen the allegations.
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- [Mark] And people
have understood for
the very first time
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that there is
something wrong here.
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It's not in the
state of Denmark,
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it's in the state of Sweden,
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and I think people are starting
to stand up and be counted.
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We saw five very brave and
honorable people stand up today
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to be sure it is for him,
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four of them didn't
know who he was,
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but were prepared to do so.
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Because they believed
in his innocence,
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believed this to be wrong and
I think they are but the tip
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of an iceberg and I do
believe this will go viral.
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- Any journalist, who feels
anything about what we do,
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should be supporting him 100%.
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I think the charges
against him are outrageous.
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- [Reporter] Why?
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- [Reporter] What's
the next step.
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- Because if you look
at the case in Sweden,
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you know, as I've said the
chief prosecutor in Sweden
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throughout this case, in
effect declared it ridiculous.
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And it was brought back
only after the intervention
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of a senior right
wing politician.
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- [Reporter] Who was that sir?
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- That will do.
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- Finally, after two
hours, we've heard
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that the Swedes won't abide
by the umpires decision.
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They clearly will not
spare any expense,
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but to keep Mr. Assange in jail.
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This is really turning
into a show trial.
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[dramatic music]
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- [Crowd] Free Julian now.
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Free Julian now.
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[dramatic music]
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Free Julian now.
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- The fact that Julian
Assange was refused bail,
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was a gross injustice and
that has been corrected.
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- [John] Today in a limited way.
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- I think the attempt
is designed to discredit
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Assange, his
credibility, his morals,
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in order to discredit Wikileaks as an organization.
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But every organization is larger
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than a single person within it.
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And WikiLeaks will
survive whatever,
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so it was a foolish decision
to try and discredit him.
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- During my time in
solitary confinement,
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in the bottom of a
Victorian prison.
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I had time to reflect
on the conditions,
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of those people
around the world,
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also in solitary confinement,
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also on remand,
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in conditions that
are more difficult
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than those faced by me.
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I hope to continue
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my work and continue,
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to protest my innocence
in this matter,
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and to reveal as we get it,
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which we have not
yet the evidence
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from these
allegations, thank you.
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[dramatic music]
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- I don't have too many
fears about being extradited
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to Sweden there are
much bigger concerns
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about being extradited
to the United States.
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[dramatic music]
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Those who have been following
the case will have heard
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time and time again
repeated statements,
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that no evidence
needs to be presented,
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In this case by the prosecution.
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To extradite me no
evidence is needed
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under European arrest warrant.
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In relation to my
bail application,
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they said they did not need
to present any evidence.
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In Sweden, every single court
hearing has been in secret,
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and we still have not been
provided with the evidence.
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Either provided with
not a single page
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of information in
English whatsoever.
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- [Assange] Ambassadors were
tasked by Hillary Clinton
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to engage in espionage behavior.
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And that is not the first paper
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we have released
on that subject,
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more serious ones,
including tasking
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- [Assange] ambassadors
to steal the DNA
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of leaders of human rights
organizations in South America.
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Including stealing the DNA
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of members of the
UN Security Council
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and even Ban-Ki Moon.
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So that's a,
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a serious change.
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I don't believe that has
always been the case.
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- Cause embassies have always
been a host for espionage.
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But diplomats have
not always been
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tasked to conduct espionage.
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That seems to be a change
and that seems to be
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representative of
a gradual shift
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to a lack of rule of law.
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- [Assange] In US institutions
that needs to be exposed
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and that we have been exposing.
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- And that other journalists
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have been helping us to expose,
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and which is something
that I believe
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that the US public
does not support,
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the Australian public
does not support,
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the British public
does not support,
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the Swedish public
does not support.
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We don't engage in
actual decisions.
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We have written policy
for our public decisions
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and that keeps us accountable
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and we think that is the
way forward in journalism.
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That all news organizations
should follow.
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- I think that has to do Julian,
because we are a bit late.
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- Okay.
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- [Reporter] One final question.
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- I'm under house
arrest sir, I gotta go.
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- [Narrator] With some
high profile celebrities
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and friends backing him.
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Julian was able to
pay the exorbitant
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bail price of 240,000 pounds.
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And was even offered sanctuary
by former Army officer
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and war correspondent
Vaughn Smith.
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- Well, I mean, there's a saying
about battlefield friendship.
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So it's the depth of the trench rather than the length
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of time you've
been living in it.
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And, if you've, you know, if you experience things
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with people you get
to know them well,
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and you don't necessarily have
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to have known them a long time.
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[reporters asking question]
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- I will speak
with you for hours.
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- [Assange] Very nice
to be free for Christmas
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and to smell the
fresh air of Norfolk.
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Solitary confinement in the
bottom of Victorian prison is
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a significant
experience in a way.
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It's an experience I'm
glad that I've had.
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I've never been in prison,
but I think it is important
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for every journalist actually
writing about serious matters
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to be in a prison,
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to understand what it is
like for people in prison,
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around the world.
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Clearing my name is not
the highest task I have,
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the highest task I have, is
to continue on with my work.
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We have also heard today
from one of my US lawyers,
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yet to be confirmed
but a serious matter
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that they may be a US indictment
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for espionage for me
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coming from a secret US
grand jury investigation.
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- [Narrator] The
backdrop for the world's
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most wanted house guest.
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The picturesque Norfolk Manor,
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that is
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Ellingham Hall.
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- Very nice to be
amongst good friends,
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you know fresh snow in
the English countryside,
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to have my first
Martini in a long time.
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So very good, of course
we have to understand
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that I am practically
under house arrest.
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But of course
personally it's a big
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improvement compared to being
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in the basement in
solitary confinement.
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Where has been many
calls by senior political
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figures in the United States,
including the elected ones
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in the Senate for my execution,
the kidnapping of my staff,
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the execution of the young
soldier Bradley Manning.
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This has been a very successful
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smear campaign so far.
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But I think it's
days are numbered
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and people are
starting to wonder
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is what is claimed really true
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and if it is true,
where's the evidence?
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- [Assange] For the past
five and a half months,
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we have been in a condition
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where a black box has
been applied to my life
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and on the outside
of that black box,
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has been written the word rape.
503
00:28:15,210 --> 00:28:16,798
That box is now,
504
00:28:18,041 --> 00:28:21,769
thanks to an open court
process being opened.
505
00:28:24,599 --> 00:28:28,189
And I hope over the next day,
506
00:28:28,223 --> 00:28:31,019
we will see that, that box
507
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,436
is in fact empty.
508
00:28:35,852 --> 00:28:39,614
And has nothing to
do with the words,
509
00:28:39,648 --> 00:28:41,443
that are on the outside of it.
510
00:28:43,756 --> 00:28:45,344
[thunder-clap]
511
00:28:45,378 --> 00:28:46,552
- I challenge you Marianne Ny.
512
00:28:46,586 --> 00:28:49,969
Marianne Ny, come to
London, come on Friday,
513
00:28:50,004 --> 00:28:53,076
subject yourself to
the cross examination
514
00:28:53,110 --> 00:28:55,147
by Jeffrey Robertson QC.
515
00:28:55,181 --> 00:28:58,598
- In relation to
my Wikileaks work,
516
00:28:58,633 --> 00:29:01,774
which of course is
a separate topic.
517
00:29:03,293 --> 00:29:07,193
It goes on it continues
every day we are publishing
518
00:29:07,228 --> 00:29:09,230
serious content around the world
519
00:29:09,264 --> 00:29:11,957
and especially about
the Middle East.
520
00:29:11,991 --> 00:29:14,200
And that gives me great heart,
521
00:29:15,684 --> 00:29:17,825
as does the ongoing
support of the world
522
00:29:17,859 --> 00:29:20,137
for my staff and our mission.
523
00:29:23,416 --> 00:29:26,454
- [Narrator] February
2011, marks the first loss
524
00:29:26,488 --> 00:29:29,457
in Assange's quest to
quash the extradition.
525
00:29:30,630 --> 00:29:33,081
- [Assange] What we
saw today at Belmarsh,
526
00:29:34,669 --> 00:29:36,775
was a rubber stamping process.
527
00:29:38,052 --> 00:29:40,502
That comes as no surprise,
528
00:29:42,125 --> 00:29:44,161
but is none the less wrong.
529
00:29:45,369 --> 00:29:47,406
- And that is releasing
footage of a helicopter
530
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,789
gunshot massacre of two
Reuters journalists.
531
00:29:50,823 --> 00:29:54,620
- A rubber stamping
process that is a result
532
00:29:55,897 --> 00:29:59,798
of a European arrest
warrant system run amok.
533
00:30:02,697 --> 00:30:07,702
There was no consideration
during this entire process
534
00:30:08,876 --> 00:30:11,188
as to the merits
of the allegations
535
00:30:12,949 --> 00:30:14,813
made against me
536
00:30:17,470 --> 00:30:19,921
No consideration or examination
537
00:30:21,164 --> 00:30:23,511
of even the complaints,
538
00:30:24,753 --> 00:30:25,927
made in Sweden.
539
00:30:28,309 --> 00:30:32,002
And of course we have always
known that we would appeal.
540
00:30:34,936 --> 00:30:38,077
We have always known,
that in all likelihood
541
00:30:39,941 --> 00:30:41,184
we would have to appeal.
542
00:30:42,979 --> 00:30:45,015
- Congratulations from an
Irish man, I hope you win.
543
00:30:45,050 --> 00:30:45,947
- Thank you.
544
00:30:45,982 --> 00:30:47,121
- I hope you win,
we're right behind you,
545
00:30:47,155 --> 00:30:49,295
I hope you win, congratulations.
546
00:30:51,228 --> 00:30:53,196
- I'll stand up for you.
547
00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:01,238
[soft music]
548
00:31:07,072 --> 00:31:09,384
- Today at Belmarsh court,
there's been miscarriage
549
00:31:09,419 --> 00:31:12,940
of justice an innocent
man has been sentenced,
550
00:31:12,974 --> 00:31:14,873
and these two
protestors are wanting
551
00:31:14,907 --> 00:31:16,150
to make a point about that.
552
00:31:20,982 --> 00:31:22,950
Julian Assange is innocent.
553
00:31:26,194 --> 00:31:28,024
He should not be extradited.
554
00:31:30,854 --> 00:31:32,683
- Manning's case, it's very clear the US government
555
00:31:32,718 --> 00:31:35,548
is trying to crack him open with his solitary confinement
556
00:31:35,583 --> 00:31:36,998
by causing emotional
devastation.
557
00:31:37,033 --> 00:31:39,380
I think they're trying to get him to issue a confession
558
00:31:39,414 --> 00:31:40,519
or a false confession.
559
00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:42,659
So they can link him
to Julian Assange.
560
00:31:45,558 --> 00:31:48,734
- [Assange] The new charges
are very interesting,
561
00:31:48,768 --> 00:31:52,496
you know, Mr Manning
has now spent
562
00:31:52,531 --> 00:31:55,189
10 months in
solitary confinement.
563
00:31:55,223 --> 00:31:58,778
First in Baghdad, then in
Kuwait, and now in Quantico,
564
00:31:58,813 --> 00:32:00,504
Virginia in the United States.
565
00:32:00,539 --> 00:32:03,922
Amnesty International has
condemned his treatment,
566
00:32:03,956 --> 00:32:07,097
and there are a number of
calls for inquiry into it.
567
00:32:07,132 --> 00:32:12,102
The charges themselves,
these 22 new charges,
568
00:32:13,069 --> 00:32:15,347
include a charge
which labels him
569
00:32:15,381 --> 00:32:17,728
as passing information
to an enemy.
570
00:32:18,902 --> 00:32:21,077
The naive reading of
the charges would have
571
00:32:21,111 --> 00:32:25,322
that enemy being Wikileaks
i.e the publisher.
572
00:32:25,357 --> 00:32:28,532
So the United States
appears to be setting
573
00:32:28,567 --> 00:32:31,604
up these charges
for two purposes.
574
00:32:31,639 --> 00:32:36,023
Number one, to provide
pressure on Bradley Manning,
575
00:32:36,057 --> 00:32:39,095
they're trying to use a
sledgehammer to crack a nut
576
00:32:39,129 --> 00:32:44,134
into confessing some kind of
relationship with Wikileaks.
577
00:32:45,308 --> 00:32:48,828
In order to embroil us
into an espionage case.
578
00:32:48,863 --> 00:32:52,971
The other purpose of these
charges is to spread across
579
00:32:53,005 --> 00:32:55,559
a spectrum of different
types of criminality.
580
00:32:57,044 --> 00:32:59,839
They've been trying to crack
Bradley Manning for months.
581
00:32:59,874 --> 00:33:02,152
By making his conditions
worse and worse.
582
00:33:02,187 --> 00:33:03,360
There's been a
number of complaints
583
00:33:03,395 --> 00:33:04,913
by his lawyers
about that matter.
584
00:33:04,948 --> 00:33:07,192
And Amnesty International
has complained about his
585
00:33:07,226 --> 00:33:10,609
treatment, Bradley
Manning is not speaking.
586
00:33:10,643 --> 00:33:13,681
And Bradley Manning is
exercising his right to silence
587
00:33:13,715 --> 00:33:16,822
and they're trying to
force him into a plea deal.
588
00:33:18,237 --> 00:33:21,447
And most legal commentators
believe that kind of plea deal
589
00:33:21,482 --> 00:33:25,520
would involve him in saying
something that would help
590
00:33:25,555 --> 00:33:29,662
the United States prosecute
this organization for espionage
591
00:33:29,697 --> 00:33:34,288
or some other criminal matter
that he could be embroiled in.
592
00:33:34,322 --> 00:33:37,049
So that is wrong.
593
00:33:37,084 --> 00:33:40,846
You know, the requirements given
by some of those charges is
594
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:45,747
that Wikileaks is the
enemy of the United States,
595
00:33:47,163 --> 00:33:48,957
that the publisher is the
enemy of the United States.
596
00:33:48,992 --> 00:33:52,892
And nothing in our four years
of publishing shows that
597
00:33:52,927 --> 00:33:55,067
that is in any way true.
598
00:33:55,102 --> 00:33:59,037
We publish from all
countries who come to us.
599
00:33:59,071 --> 00:34:01,039
We are not an enemy
of the United States,
600
00:34:01,073 --> 00:34:04,042
and it is an abuse
against Mr. Manning
601
00:34:04,076 --> 00:34:06,561
and an abuse against us
to suggest otherwise.
602
00:34:08,322 --> 00:34:09,875
- [Narrator] October 15th 2011.
603
00:34:11,359 --> 00:34:12,912
Assange was next seen at the
604
00:34:12,947 --> 00:34:15,846
anti capitalist
protest, occupy London.
605
00:34:15,881 --> 00:34:18,711
But nothing is straightforward
for the man who had published
606
00:34:18,746 --> 00:34:22,094
the largest leak of
classified material ever seen.
607
00:34:23,992 --> 00:34:26,133
- We're blocked from
speaking at the moment,
608
00:34:26,167 --> 00:34:29,619
but we'll try to
negotiate a way through.
609
00:34:29,653 --> 00:34:32,139
Wikileaks has been
most attacked,
610
00:34:32,173 --> 00:34:34,796
not by military organizations,
611
00:34:34,831 --> 00:34:36,108
or intelligence organizations,
612
00:34:36,143 --> 00:34:38,628
but actually
numerically by banks.
613
00:34:42,977 --> 00:34:46,463
This is an infamous tactic
614
00:34:46,498 --> 00:34:49,328
used by the MET called kettling.
615
00:34:49,363 --> 00:34:51,503
Which doesn't have an analogy
616
00:34:51,537 --> 00:34:53,746
in many other
democratic countries.
617
00:34:53,781 --> 00:34:57,267
It is to enclose the populate,
618
00:34:57,302 --> 00:35:02,307
enclose protesters in tight
small groups prior to any
619
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,104
sort of accusation
of violent activity.
620
00:35:07,519 --> 00:35:09,900
So in this particular
example, you see
621
00:35:11,350 --> 00:35:15,182
what is a entirely political
protest about the big banks.
622
00:35:16,286 --> 00:35:19,565
Being denied its ability
to express itself.
623
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,084
It's very important
in a democracy
624
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,845
that people see that
they have the numbers.
625
00:35:26,227 --> 00:35:28,160
They see that their
opinion is shared
626
00:35:28,195 --> 00:35:29,817
by other people
in the community.
627
00:35:29,851 --> 00:35:32,785
And this form of
kettling prevents
628
00:35:33,648 --> 00:35:35,063
people coming to a protest
629
00:35:35,098 --> 00:35:38,205
people in the community
seeing that their values
630
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,828
are actually a majority.
631
00:35:40,862 --> 00:35:43,865
So that's why it's anti
democratic process.
632
00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,834
While we can all understand
that certain actions need to be
633
00:35:46,868 --> 00:35:49,595
taken in response
to true violence.
634
00:35:49,630 --> 00:35:51,873
There is no hint
of violence at all.
635
00:35:51,908 --> 00:35:53,910
And I spoke to
police earlier today,
636
00:35:53,944 --> 00:35:57,016
they said it will all
be a completely calm.
637
00:35:57,051 --> 00:35:58,915
good day, good
weather, good people.
638
00:35:59,881 --> 00:36:02,470
[dogs barking]
639
00:36:06,612 --> 00:36:10,375
In 2007, I lived in Cairo,
640
00:36:10,409 --> 00:36:14,033
and I and my friends
in Cairo were all too,
641
00:36:14,068 --> 00:36:17,727
too well aware of the
behavior of the Mubarak regime
642
00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:20,212
with 20,000 political prisoners,
643
00:36:20,247 --> 00:36:23,491
it seemed impossible that
anything could change.
644
00:36:25,079 --> 00:36:28,772
But through courage,
determination and
professionalism,
645
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:33,708
we did see a change we saw
the end of the Mubarak regime.
646
00:36:35,020 --> 00:36:38,989
And while the situation
in the West is different
647
00:36:39,024 --> 00:36:41,268
in important respects
to that faced
648
00:36:41,302 --> 00:36:43,615
by people in the Arab Spring.
649
00:36:43,649 --> 00:36:45,996
There are also similarities.
650
00:36:46,031 --> 00:36:48,999
While ideas from the
Western enlightenment
651
00:36:49,034 --> 00:36:51,899
entered into the pan Arab states
652
00:36:51,933 --> 00:36:53,659
and gave those activists hope
653
00:36:53,694 --> 00:36:56,248
and technology allowed
them to organize better.
654
00:36:57,836 --> 00:37:01,702
We in the West have a lot to
learn also from the successes
655
00:37:01,736 --> 00:37:03,876
of people in the Arab Spring.
656
00:37:05,292 --> 00:37:07,984
Their determination and
professionalism in response
657
00:37:08,018 --> 00:37:11,229
to years of abuse and torture.
658
00:37:13,576 --> 00:37:17,131
Lead eventually to the
overthrow of Mubarak,
659
00:37:17,165 --> 00:37:21,031
and the overthrow of Ben
Ali and reforms in Morocco
660
00:37:21,066 --> 00:37:23,241
and throughout many
countries in the region.
661
00:37:24,897 --> 00:37:26,278
- [ Assange] What is
happening here today.
662
00:37:26,313 --> 00:37:28,280
- [Crowd] What is
happening here today.
663
00:37:28,315 --> 00:37:30,420
- [Assange] Is a
culmination of dreams.
664
00:37:30,455 --> 00:37:32,629
- [Crowd] Is a
culmination of dreams.
665
00:37:33,837 --> 00:37:36,495
- That many people,
all over the world.
666
00:37:36,530 --> 00:37:39,912
- [Crowd] That many
people all over the world.
667
00:37:39,947 --> 00:37:41,535
- Have worked towards.
668
00:37:41,569 --> 00:37:43,399
- [Crowd] Have worked towards.
669
00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:45,608
- From Cairo to London.
670
00:37:45,642 --> 00:37:47,368
- [Crowd] From Cairo to London.
671
00:37:47,403 --> 00:37:48,887
[crowd cheering]
672
00:37:48,921 --> 00:37:50,371
- [Assange] Wikileaks has
published the biggest leaks
673
00:37:50,406 --> 00:37:52,131
in journalistic history.
674
00:37:53,305 --> 00:37:56,135
This has triggered
aggressive retaliation
675
00:37:56,170 --> 00:37:57,551
from powerful groups.
676
00:37:58,759 --> 00:38:01,486
Since the seventh
of December 2010,
677
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,937
an arbitrary and unlawful
financial blockade.
678
00:38:04,972 --> 00:38:09,977
Imposed by the Bank of America,
Visa, MasterCard, PayPal,
679
00:38:11,496 --> 00:38:15,983
and Western Union has
destroyed 95% of our revenue.
680
00:38:17,985 --> 00:38:22,161
It came as part of the concerted
US based political attack
681
00:38:22,196 --> 00:38:26,442
that included vitriol by senior
right wing politicians in
682
00:38:26,476 --> 00:38:30,653
the United States and high level
calls for the assassination
683
00:38:30,687 --> 00:38:33,656
of Wikileaks staff
and myself personally.
684
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:47,463
- [Narrator] November 2011,
685
00:38:50,155 --> 00:38:53,745
Assange loses his appeal
against extradition.
686
00:38:53,779 --> 00:38:57,093
- I have not been charged
with any crime in any country.
687
00:38:59,233 --> 00:39:04,031
Despite this, the European
arrest warrant is so restrictive
688
00:39:04,065 --> 00:39:08,725
that it prevents UK courts
from considering the facts
689
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:13,316
of a case as judges have
made, clear here today.
690
00:39:16,215 --> 00:39:20,772
We will be considering our
next step in the days ahead.
691
00:39:20,806 --> 00:39:24,707
This afternoon, the parliament
of the United Kingdom
692
00:39:24,741 --> 00:39:29,401
is considering in depth
the matters that arise
693
00:39:29,436 --> 00:39:31,817
from various extradition cases
694
00:39:31,852 --> 00:39:34,786
in the United Kingdom,
including my own.
695
00:39:38,030 --> 00:39:40,067
Today, the High Court,
696
00:39:41,137 --> 00:39:42,241
has decided,
697
00:39:43,898 --> 00:39:47,350
that any issue that
arises from my own case
698
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,525
is of general public importance
699
00:39:49,559 --> 00:39:53,252
and maybe of assistance
to other cases
700
00:39:53,287 --> 00:39:55,703
and should be heard
by the Supreme Court.
701
00:39:57,153 --> 00:40:00,984
I think that is a correct
decision and I am thankful.
702
00:40:01,019 --> 00:40:03,539
The long struggle
for justice for me
703
00:40:03,573 --> 00:40:05,713
and others continues, thank you.
704
00:40:12,755 --> 00:40:13,963
- [Narrator] The
case is destined
705
00:40:13,997 --> 00:40:16,655
for the highest
court in the land.
706
00:40:16,690 --> 00:40:19,106
[soft music]
707
00:40:21,591 --> 00:40:22,834
Seven months on,
708
00:40:24,525 --> 00:40:27,873
the Supreme court upholds
the decision to extradite.
709
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:36,468
- [John] It makes the law to
me, seem rather shabby actually
710
00:40:36,503 --> 00:40:38,297
and I'm not talking about,
711
00:40:38,332 --> 00:40:41,439
simply because they
found against Assange.
712
00:40:41,473 --> 00:40:43,510
It is their arguments,
713
00:40:43,544 --> 00:40:47,928
which are not based on, MP's
understood the law to be
714
00:40:47,962 --> 00:40:52,173
when they passed this
extradition legislation in 2001.
715
00:40:55,591 --> 00:40:57,109
- [Narrator] June 2012.
716
00:40:58,835 --> 00:41:01,976
Fearing an extradition to
the United States from Sweden
717
00:41:02,011 --> 00:41:05,566
for his alleged
crimes of procuring
classified information,
718
00:41:05,601 --> 00:41:09,052
Mr. Assange breaches his bail
conditions by walking up the
719
00:41:09,087 --> 00:41:13,643
steps of the Ecuadorian
embassy taking refuge inside.
720
00:41:13,678 --> 00:41:16,197
Giving Assange assurance
he could not be detained
721
00:41:16,232 --> 00:41:19,891
by British police as long as
he doesn't set foot outside.
722
00:41:24,965 --> 00:41:29,417
- So,the situation we confront
today now is a stalemate.
723
00:41:30,384 --> 00:41:33,352
There is a confrontation,
724
00:41:33,387 --> 00:41:36,563
a confrontation which
is not of our choosing.
725
00:41:36,597 --> 00:41:39,117
Because the right
to claim asylum,
726
00:41:39,151 --> 00:41:43,328
is the right of any citizen anywhere in the world.
727
00:41:43,362 --> 00:41:45,951
- [Narrator] August 19th 2012
728
00:41:45,986 --> 00:41:49,058
Julian addresses his supporters
and the assembled media
729
00:41:49,092 --> 00:41:50,853
from the balcony of the embassy.
730
00:41:50,887 --> 00:41:53,959
With a message for the
American establishment.
731
00:41:53,994 --> 00:41:57,791
- The US administration war
of whistleblowers must end.
732
00:41:59,309 --> 00:42:03,072
I thank president
Correa for the courage
733
00:42:03,106 --> 00:42:05,246
he has shown in considering
734
00:42:05,281 --> 00:42:07,732
and in granting me
political asylum.
735
00:42:09,147 --> 00:42:13,738
On Wednesday night after a
threat was sent to this embassy
736
00:42:13,772 --> 00:42:17,086
and police descended
on this building,
737
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,468
you came out in the middle
of the night to watch over
738
00:42:22,609 --> 00:42:26,267
and you brought the
world's eyes with you.
739
00:42:27,406 --> 00:42:30,409
Inside this embassy after dark,
740
00:42:30,444 --> 00:42:35,035
I could hear teams of police
swarming up into the building
741
00:42:35,069 --> 00:42:37,624
through its internal
fire escape.
742
00:42:39,246 --> 00:42:41,628
But I knew there
would be witnesses.
743
00:42:42,663 --> 00:42:44,320
And that is because of you.
744
00:42:45,493 --> 00:42:47,357
There is unity in
the oppression.
745
00:42:48,220 --> 00:42:50,222
There must be absolute unity
746
00:42:50,257 --> 00:42:51,948
and determination
in the response.
747
00:42:53,432 --> 00:42:56,194
[crowd cheering]
748
00:42:57,333 --> 00:42:58,161
Thank you.
749
00:42:59,335 --> 00:43:02,096
[crowd cheering]
750
00:43:04,064 --> 00:43:06,514
[soft music]
751
00:43:10,622 --> 00:43:11,934
- [Vaughan] The Ecuadorians
are the only people,
752
00:43:11,968 --> 00:43:13,349
who have properly looked at,
753
00:43:14,592 --> 00:43:17,802
the idea that Julian
might be threatened.
754
00:43:17,836 --> 00:43:19,804
That his rights are
being threatened,
755
00:43:19,838 --> 00:43:22,047
that he's in danger,
physical danger,
756
00:43:23,048 --> 00:43:24,532
of being sent to America.
757
00:43:24,567 --> 00:43:28,088
- We will not allow a Mr. Assange safe passage out
758
00:43:28,122 --> 00:43:29,710
of the United Kingdom.
759
00:43:29,745 --> 00:43:32,057
- [Vaughan] We seem quite
incapable of appreciating
760
00:43:32,092 --> 00:43:35,267
and acknowledging that
in London Julian Assange
761
00:43:35,302 --> 00:43:36,614
has gone to the
Ecuadorian embassy
762
00:43:36,648 --> 00:43:38,546
and he has got political asylum.
763
00:43:38,581 --> 00:43:41,273
And I think that there's an
opportunity to reflect on that
764
00:43:41,308 --> 00:43:43,413
and if we are really the
tolerant people that we think
765
00:43:43,448 --> 00:43:44,967
we are, we should do that.
766
00:43:47,176 --> 00:43:48,833
- [Narrator] Six months
on from breaking bail
767
00:43:48,867 --> 00:43:50,835
with Christmas fast approaching,
768
00:43:50,869 --> 00:43:54,045
Assange addressed the crowds
from his window once more.
769
00:43:54,079 --> 00:43:56,841
[crowd cheering]
770
00:44:03,226 --> 00:44:04,365
- Good evening, London.
771
00:44:05,815 --> 00:44:08,611
[crowd cheering]
772
00:44:09,957 --> 00:44:12,201
What a sight for sore eyes.
773
00:44:14,237 --> 00:44:17,551
Six months ago, 185 days ago,
774
00:44:17,585 --> 00:44:20,312
I entered this building.
775
00:44:20,347 --> 00:44:24,800
It has become my home,
my office and my refuge.
776
00:44:25,939 --> 00:44:29,011
I came here in summer,
it is winter now.
777
00:44:30,702 --> 00:44:35,673
I have been sustained by your
solidarity, and I'm grateful
778
00:44:37,088 --> 00:44:39,711
for the efforts of people
all around the world.
779
00:44:39,746 --> 00:44:41,368
Supporting the
work of Wikileaks,
780
00:44:42,818 --> 00:44:46,614
supporting freedom of
speech, freedom of the press,
781
00:44:46,649 --> 00:44:49,169
essential elements
in any democracy.
782
00:44:50,342 --> 00:44:53,000
While my freedom is limited,
783
00:44:53,035 --> 00:44:56,935
at least I am still able to
communicate this Christmas,
784
00:44:56,970 --> 00:45:01,906
unlike the 232 journalists
who are in jail tonight.
785
00:45:01,940 --> 00:45:06,945
It is from the revelation of
truth that all else follows.
786
00:45:08,119 --> 00:45:09,914
Our buildings can
only be as tall
787
00:45:09,948 --> 00:45:11,467
as their bricks are strong.
788
00:45:12,882 --> 00:45:17,300
Our civilization is only as
strong as its ideas are true.
789
00:45:18,474 --> 00:45:20,787
When our buildings are
erected by the corrupt,
790
00:45:20,821 --> 00:45:23,168
when their cement
is cut with dirt,
791
00:45:23,203 --> 00:45:26,724
when pristine steel
is replaced by scrap.
792
00:45:26,758 --> 00:45:29,312
Our buildings are
not safe to live in.
793
00:45:30,797 --> 00:45:35,422
And when our media is corrupt,
when our academics are timid,
794
00:45:36,872 --> 00:45:40,220
when our history is filled
with half truths and lies,
795
00:45:40,254 --> 00:45:43,223
our civilization
will never be just,
796
00:45:43,257 --> 00:45:45,639
it will never reach to the sky.
797
00:45:47,330 --> 00:45:50,264
[orchestral music]
798
00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:56,823
- [Narrator] June 2013.
799
00:45:59,964 --> 00:46:01,379
- [Translator] So to sum up,
800
00:46:03,346 --> 00:46:06,660
we sense that granting
political asylum
801
00:46:07,523 --> 00:46:09,525
would be ineffective,
802
00:46:10,906 --> 00:46:14,633
if there were not the corresponding recognition
803
00:46:14,668 --> 00:46:17,533
of the guarantee of safe conduct
804
00:46:18,603 --> 00:46:21,571
in line with protection
of human rights.
805
00:46:23,021 --> 00:46:25,886
We discussed this issue with
the British foreign ministry
806
00:46:27,336 --> 00:46:31,581
which is also concerned about
the risk of the subsequent
807
00:46:31,616 --> 00:46:34,067
extradition which may
occur of Mr. Assange
808
00:46:34,101 --> 00:46:36,483
from Sweden to
the United States.
809
00:46:36,517 --> 00:46:38,588
And this is one of the
reasons why Ecuador
810
00:46:38,623 --> 00:46:40,418
has granted political asylum.
811
00:46:41,384 --> 00:46:44,422
Our concerns have worsened,
812
00:46:46,907 --> 00:46:49,185
particularly in light of
what has been occurring
813
00:46:49,220 --> 00:46:51,601
in the context of
Bradley Manning.
814
00:46:51,636 --> 00:46:53,880
And so together with the UK,
815
00:46:53,914 --> 00:46:57,780
we wish to explore the
possible mechanisms
816
00:46:59,023 --> 00:47:02,198
which we can use to
make sure that Sweden
817
00:47:02,233 --> 00:47:06,271
would not extradite Mr.
Assange, subsequently.
818
00:47:09,861 --> 00:47:11,345
- [Narrator] July 2014.
819
00:47:11,380 --> 00:47:14,107
Air around the embassy was
filled with disappointment
820
00:47:14,141 --> 00:47:16,661
as news surfaced that
Interpol arrest warrant
821
00:47:16,695 --> 00:47:18,180
would be upheld.
822
00:47:18,214 --> 00:47:21,735
Incarcerated inside the
embassy for over two years now,
823
00:47:21,769 --> 00:47:24,807
Assange's hope of freedom
was further diminishing.
824
00:47:24,842 --> 00:47:27,465
- The reality is Julian Assange
is a political prisoner.
825
00:47:27,499 --> 00:47:30,433
You know he's a
dissident in our country,
826
00:47:30,468 --> 00:47:31,883
and we're just not
really used to that.
827
00:47:31,918 --> 00:47:33,160
This wouldn't be happening,
828
00:47:33,195 --> 00:47:34,852
there wouldn't be these
police outside this embassy.
829
00:47:34,886 --> 00:47:36,715
If it wasn't Julian Assange,
if he wasn't a public person,
830
00:47:36,750 --> 00:47:38,062
nobody else would get this.
831
00:47:40,236 --> 00:47:42,169
- [Narrator] August 2014.
832
00:47:42,204 --> 00:47:44,482
Rumors emerge that
the WikiLeaks founder
833
00:47:44,516 --> 00:47:46,380
may need hospital treatment.
834
00:47:48,831 --> 00:47:53,318
- The native environment
in which any healthy person
835
00:47:54,526 --> 00:47:55,769
would find themselves,
836
00:47:57,115 --> 00:48:00,912
soon enough with
certain difficulties.
837
00:48:00,947 --> 00:48:03,881
[orchestral music]
838
00:48:09,714 --> 00:48:11,302
- [Narrator] March 2015.
839
00:48:12,751 --> 00:48:15,168
After years of no progress
held up in confinement,
840
00:48:15,202 --> 00:48:16,652
Swedish prosecutors asked
841
00:48:16,686 --> 00:48:18,965
to interview Julian
inside the embassy.
842
00:48:22,106 --> 00:48:24,660
Only for it to be canceled
a few months later.
843
00:48:24,694 --> 00:48:27,766
According to the founder of
the whistleblowing publication.
844
00:48:30,079 --> 00:48:32,979
[Orchestral music]
845
00:48:37,845 --> 00:48:39,226
August 13th 2015.
846
00:48:41,504 --> 00:48:43,886
After the legal time
limit had passed,
847
00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:46,958
two of the three sexual
allegations were dropped,
848
00:48:46,993 --> 00:48:50,341
the more serious serious
rape allegation remains.
849
00:48:53,827 --> 00:48:56,899
From the moment Assange
strolled up the steps
850
00:48:56,934 --> 00:48:59,419
in June 2012 to October 2015.
851
00:48:59,453 --> 00:49:03,802
The United Kingdom have spent
in excess of 30 million pounds
852
00:49:03,837 --> 00:49:06,736
an expenditure somehow
rationalized by the government.
853
00:49:17,368 --> 00:49:21,199
A small victory came to Assange
in the form of recognition,
854
00:49:21,234 --> 00:49:23,063
having won UN backing.
855
00:49:26,135 --> 00:49:29,104
January 2016, a UN
Working Group panel
856
00:49:29,138 --> 00:49:31,969
on arbitrary detention
supports Assange.
857
00:49:34,695 --> 00:49:35,696
- [Melinda] Good
afternoon, everyone.
858
00:49:36,732 --> 00:49:37,836
So finally, we have the verdict
859
00:49:37,871 --> 00:49:39,700
of the United
Nations Working Group
860
00:49:39,735 --> 00:49:41,392
on arbitrary detention.
861
00:49:41,426 --> 00:49:44,982
And they issued a very detailedopinion which considers
862
00:49:45,016 --> 00:49:48,054
all arguments from Sweden and the United Kingdom.
863
00:49:49,262 --> 00:49:51,850
And this decision
dispels the myth,
864
00:49:51,885 --> 00:49:54,922
that Mr. Assange is either a fugitive from justice
865
00:49:54,957 --> 00:49:58,064
or that he could just
walk out of the embassy.
866
00:49:58,098 --> 00:50:01,136
It is a damning
indictment of the manner
867
00:50:01,170 --> 00:50:03,655
in which this case
has been handled.
868
00:50:04,863 --> 00:50:07,521
Further offense Mr.
Assange is a victim
869
00:50:07,556 --> 00:50:10,766
of a significant
miscarriage of justice,
870
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,630
that is attributable
to the action
871
00:50:12,664 --> 00:50:16,220
and inaction of both Sweden
and the United Kingdom.
872
00:50:17,704 --> 00:50:22,226
It further emphasize Julian's
continued willingness
873
00:50:22,260 --> 00:50:25,056
to cooperate with the
investigations in this case
874
00:50:25,091 --> 00:50:27,507
at all stages of the procedure.
875
00:50:30,993 --> 00:50:33,133
- [Philip] Will I
reject the finding
876
00:50:33,168 --> 00:50:34,410
of this working group?
877
00:50:34,445 --> 00:50:37,034
It's a group made up of
lay people not lawyers.
878
00:50:40,416 --> 00:50:43,661
And their conclusion
is flawed in law.
879
00:50:43,695 --> 00:50:46,905
Julian Assange is a
fugitive from justice.
880
00:50:46,940 --> 00:50:50,633
He's hiding from justice in the Ecuadorian embassy,
881
00:50:50,668 --> 00:50:53,498
he can come out onto the
pavement anytime he chooses.
882
00:50:53,533 --> 00:50:56,984
He's not being detained by us.
883
00:50:57,019 --> 00:51:01,299
But he will have to
face justice in Sweden,
884
00:51:01,334 --> 00:51:03,508
if he chooses to do so.
885
00:51:03,543 --> 00:51:06,511
And it's right that he should
not be able to escape justice.
886
00:51:06,546 --> 00:51:10,446
This is a, frankly,
a ridiculous finding
887
00:51:10,481 --> 00:51:12,862
by the Working Group
and we reject it.
888
00:51:12,897 --> 00:51:14,933
- [Melinda] I mean I'm very
concerned that they would turn
889
00:51:14,968 --> 00:51:17,384
the United Nations
decision as ridiculous.
890
00:51:17,419 --> 00:51:19,490
Well, the United
Kingdom is a member
891
00:51:19,524 --> 00:51:20,629
of the Security Council
892
00:51:20,663 --> 00:51:21,768
it's one of the founding members
893
00:51:21,802 --> 00:51:23,459
of the United Nations system.
894
00:51:23,494 --> 00:51:25,185
I would expect
that they will want
895
00:51:25,220 --> 00:51:28,395
to uphold the very system that they created.
896
00:51:28,430 --> 00:51:31,571
- What rights does
this government
897
00:51:33,435 --> 00:51:37,197
or the US government, or
the Swedish government have
898
00:51:38,336 --> 00:51:42,513
to deny my children
their father,
899
00:51:43,514 --> 00:51:46,103
for five and a half years?
900
00:51:46,137 --> 00:51:49,244
- [Crowd] Yes, shame
on our government.
901
00:51:54,283 --> 00:51:56,389
- [Narrator] May 2016.
902
00:51:56,423 --> 00:52:00,082
Photographs of a new arrival
inside the embassy appear
903
00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:01,877
given to him by his children.
904
00:52:01,911 --> 00:52:04,293
The Embassy cat gave a
much needed rest bite
905
00:52:04,328 --> 00:52:06,882
from the political storm
surrounding Assange.
906
00:52:21,207 --> 00:52:23,036
November 2016.
907
00:52:25,142 --> 00:52:29,146
Swedish authorities interview
Assange in the embassy,
908
00:52:29,180 --> 00:52:30,699
lasting two days.
909
00:52:39,639 --> 00:52:40,433
- [Crowd] Yes we can.
910
00:52:40,467 --> 00:52:41,261
Yes we can
911
00:52:41,296 --> 00:52:42,469
Yes we can.
912
00:52:42,504 --> 00:52:44,195
- Yes we can.
913
00:52:44,230 --> 00:52:46,577
- [Narrator] Outgoing US
President Barack Obama decides
914
00:52:46,611 --> 00:52:50,028
to free Wikileaks key
whistleblower Chelsea Manning,
915
00:52:50,063 --> 00:52:51,582
formerly Bradley Manning.
916
00:52:56,311 --> 00:52:58,313
January 19th.
917
00:52:58,347 --> 00:53:00,901
Assange stands by his
offer of extradition
918
00:53:00,936 --> 00:53:05,941
to the United States, provided
his rights are protected.
919
00:53:06,907 --> 00:53:08,185
- In 10 days,
920
00:53:09,324 --> 00:53:11,360
the world will
witness a hallmark
921
00:53:11,395 --> 00:53:13,086
of our motto.
922
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:14,294
[crowd boos]
923
00:53:14,329 --> 00:53:15,157
No, no.
924
00:53:16,883 --> 00:53:19,161
But a peaceful
transfer of power,
925
00:53:21,198 --> 00:53:24,235
from one freely elected
president to the next.
926
00:53:24,270 --> 00:53:26,858
[crowd cheers]
927
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:29,447
- What we gonna do?
928
00:53:29,482 --> 00:53:31,346
We're gonna make America
great again, you watch.
929
00:53:32,450 --> 00:53:33,900
[crowd cheers]
930
00:53:33,934 --> 00:53:37,110
I'm the messenger, I'm
just really the messenger.
931
00:53:37,144 --> 00:53:38,525
Although I've been a
very good messenger.
932
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:39,975
Let's face it, right.
933
00:53:40,009 --> 00:53:41,218
[crowd cheers]
934
00:53:41,252 --> 00:53:42,219
I've been a pretty
good messenger.
935
00:53:43,668 --> 00:53:44,876
- [Narrator] January 20th.
936
00:53:44,911 --> 00:53:47,016
Donald Trump wins
the presidency.
937
00:53:47,879 --> 00:53:49,433
In the lead up to the election,
938
00:53:49,467 --> 00:53:51,504
Assange is cut off
from the world,
939
00:53:51,538 --> 00:53:54,334
both physically and
technologically.
940
00:53:54,369 --> 00:53:56,405
Ecuador cut the
internet over fears
941
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,856
he may have been meddling
in the US elections.
942
00:54:01,307 --> 00:54:03,930
April 21 2017.
943
00:54:05,311 --> 00:54:08,555
The new Attorney General
Jeff Sessions sets his agenda
944
00:54:08,590 --> 00:54:12,041
declaring Assange's
arrest is a priority.
945
00:54:12,076 --> 00:54:13,388
- [Jeff] For the
Department of Justice
946
00:54:13,422 --> 00:54:16,183
does not discuss
ongoing investigations
947
00:54:16,218 --> 00:54:18,565
or confirm specific matters.
948
00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:20,981
It is important for
the American people
949
00:54:21,016 --> 00:54:22,776
and those who might
be thinking about
950
00:54:22,811 --> 00:54:26,297
leaking classified or
sensitive information.
951
00:54:26,332 --> 00:54:28,955
To know that criminals who would
952
00:54:28,989 --> 00:54:31,302
illegally use their access.
953
00:54:31,337 --> 00:54:33,994
To our most
sensitive information
954
00:54:34,029 --> 00:54:36,583
to endanger our
national security
955
00:54:36,618 --> 00:54:41,174
are in fact being investigated
and will be prosecuted.
956
00:54:41,208 --> 00:54:44,004
Since January, the department
has more than triple
957
00:54:44,039 --> 00:54:47,353
the number of active leak
investigations compared
958
00:54:47,387 --> 00:54:49,596
to the number of
pending at the end
959
00:54:49,631 --> 00:54:51,736
of the last administration.
960
00:54:55,015 --> 00:54:57,949
- [Mike] First to days like
today, where we call out those
961
00:54:57,984 --> 00:54:59,951
who grant a platform
to these leakers,
962
00:54:59,986 --> 00:55:02,402
and so called
transparency activists.
963
00:55:02,437 --> 00:55:04,991
We know the danger that Assange
and his not so merry band
964
00:55:05,025 --> 00:55:07,407
of brothers posted
democracies around the world.
965
00:55:07,442 --> 00:55:09,720
Ignorance or misplaced
idealism is no longer
966
00:55:09,754 --> 00:55:12,964
an acceptable excuse for
lionizing these demons.
967
00:55:14,414 --> 00:55:16,071
Second, there are steps that we have to take at home.
968
00:55:16,105 --> 00:55:17,244
In fact this is a process
969
00:55:17,279 --> 00:55:18,970
that we have already started.
970
00:55:19,005 --> 00:55:20,351
We've got to strengthen
our own systems,
971
00:55:20,386 --> 00:55:22,111
secure our own staff.
972
00:55:22,146 --> 00:55:24,182
We've got to prove our internal
mechanisms that help us.
973
00:55:24,217 --> 00:55:25,805
In our counter
intelligence mission.
974
00:55:25,839 --> 00:55:28,048
We need to be as clever and
innovative as the enemies
975
00:55:28,083 --> 00:55:30,223
we face because they
will not relent.
976
00:55:30,257 --> 00:55:32,570
And we will not either.
977
00:55:32,605 --> 00:55:35,021
Third, we have to recognize
that we can no longer
978
00:55:35,055 --> 00:55:37,679
allow Assange and his
colleagues the latitude
979
00:55:37,713 --> 00:55:40,302
to use free speech
values against us.
980
00:55:40,337 --> 00:55:41,786
To give them the
space to crush us
981
00:55:41,821 --> 00:55:43,788
with misappropriated
secrets is a perversion
982
00:55:43,823 --> 00:55:46,481
of what our great
constitution stands for.
983
00:55:46,515 --> 00:55:47,447
It ends now.
984
00:55:48,586 --> 00:55:50,519
- The persecution of
him is completely wrong.
985
00:55:50,554 --> 00:55:53,902
The threats against him
are completely wrong.
986
00:55:53,936 --> 00:55:55,559
They should be withdrawn.
987
00:55:55,593 --> 00:55:58,769
He should be freed, heshouldn't have to be imprisoned.
988
00:56:00,633 --> 00:56:03,152
- [Narrator] May 19th 2017.
989
00:56:03,187 --> 00:56:05,914
[crowd cheering]
990
00:56:12,576 --> 00:56:15,682
- [Assange] Today is
an important victory,
991
00:56:16,890 --> 00:56:17,719
to me,
992
00:56:19,686 --> 00:56:22,206
and for the UN
human right system.
993
00:56:25,727 --> 00:56:27,901
But it by no means, erases
994
00:56:30,076 --> 00:56:33,769
seven years of detention
without charge.
995
00:56:34,908 --> 00:56:35,806
In prison,
996
00:56:36,945 --> 00:56:38,291
under house arrest,
997
00:56:39,810 --> 00:56:42,122
and almost five years here,
998
00:56:42,157 --> 00:56:44,987
in this embassy
without sunlight.
999
00:56:48,301 --> 00:56:51,097
Seven years without charge,
1000
00:56:51,131 --> 00:56:54,721
why my children
grew up without me.
1001
00:56:56,274 --> 00:56:59,174
That is not something
that I can forgive.
1002
00:57:00,347 --> 00:57:03,627
It is not something
that I can forget.
1003
00:57:03,661 --> 00:57:08,217
But let us understand, while
today was an important victory
1004
00:57:09,874 --> 00:57:14,879
and an important vindication,
the road is far from over.
1005
00:57:16,363 --> 00:57:19,746
The war, the proper
war is just commencing.
1006
00:57:21,507 --> 00:57:25,200
The UK has said it will
arrest me regardless.
1007
00:57:28,237 --> 00:57:31,102
Though the United States
CIA director Pompeo
1008
00:57:32,897 --> 00:57:36,280
and the US Attorney
General, have said that,
1009
00:57:36,314 --> 00:57:40,387
I and other Wikileaks
staff have no rights.
1010
00:57:40,422 --> 00:57:42,355
We have no first
amendment rights,
1011
00:57:42,389 --> 00:57:44,530
and then my arrest
and the arrest
1012
00:57:44,564 --> 00:57:47,602
of our other stuff
is a priority.
1013
00:57:47,636 --> 00:57:48,879
That's not acceptable.
1014
00:57:49,983 --> 00:57:52,848
WikiLeaks will continue
its publications.
1015
00:57:54,056 --> 00:57:57,301
The United Kingdom,
the European Union,
1016
00:57:57,335 --> 00:58:01,650
is a party to the 1951
convention on refugees.
1017
00:58:05,136 --> 00:58:09,416
It states that it adheres
to the right for all people
1018
00:58:09,451 --> 00:58:14,076
to seek asylum, to receive
asylum and to enjoy asylum.
1019
00:58:16,009 --> 00:58:18,391
I have that right, you
know, political case,
1020
00:58:18,425 --> 00:58:19,806
we all have that right.
1021
00:58:21,463 --> 00:58:25,018
So, the claim by the United
Kingdom indeed has a right
1022
00:58:25,053 --> 00:58:28,056
to arrest me for seeking asylum.
1023
00:58:29,333 --> 00:58:32,578
In a case where there
have been no charges,
1024
00:58:32,612 --> 00:58:35,546
which has now been dismissed,
is simply untenable.
1025
00:58:35,581 --> 00:58:40,102
The UK refuses to confirm
or deny at this stage,
1026
00:58:40,137 --> 00:58:42,691
whether a US extradition warrant
1027
00:58:42,726 --> 00:58:46,557
is already in the UK territory.
1028
00:58:46,592 --> 00:58:49,318
How can it be that a journalist
1029
00:58:49,353 --> 00:58:51,769
and publisher
operating from Europe.
1030
00:58:53,460 --> 00:58:57,499
I can be extradited
to the United States.
1031
00:58:57,534 --> 00:58:58,914
We don't operate in
the United States,
1032
00:58:58,949 --> 00:59:00,640
We don't publish from
the United States.
1033
00:59:00,675 --> 00:59:04,161
So that's a threat to all
journalists around the world,
1034
00:59:04,195 --> 00:59:05,818
wherever they operate.
1035
00:59:07,854 --> 00:59:10,581
That if they expose
serious abuses occurring
1036
00:59:10,616 --> 00:59:12,687
in the national security domain,
1037
00:59:12,721 --> 00:59:15,103
there's a threat
to extradite them
1038
00:59:18,416 --> 00:59:20,867
or indict their organization
and all their stuff.
1039
00:59:21,834 --> 00:59:23,836
Okay, that's it. Thanks, guys.
1040
00:59:23,870 --> 00:59:27,598
[reporters asking questions]
1041
00:59:38,402 --> 00:59:41,129
[crowd chanting in
foreign language]
1042
00:59:41,163 --> 00:59:42,786
- [Narrator] With one
obstacle out of the way,
1043
00:59:42,820 --> 00:59:45,271
another was just
coming into view.
1044
00:59:45,305 --> 00:59:48,205
[crowd chanting in
foreign language]
1045
00:59:48,239 --> 00:59:51,760
[foreign language]
1046
00:59:51,795 --> 00:59:54,073
- [Narrator] With
Lenin Moreno in power,
1047
00:59:54,107 --> 00:59:56,316
who knew the fate
of Julian Assange.
1048
01:00:02,806 --> 01:00:05,498
In the midst of the
unrest in Catalonia,
1049
01:00:05,532 --> 01:00:08,087
Assange tweets his
support for independence
1050
01:00:08,121 --> 01:00:10,089
and accuses Madrid
of repression.
1051
01:00:11,297 --> 01:00:14,058
Having been warned by
the new president Moreno
1052
01:00:14,093 --> 01:00:16,682
not to interfere
in allied politics.
1053
01:00:16,716 --> 01:00:20,789
Life inside the embassy was
becoming increasingly strained.
1054
01:00:23,343 --> 01:00:26,070
[dramatic music]
1055
01:00:30,281 --> 01:00:33,560
- Still bereft of sunlight
and cut off from the world.
1056
01:00:33,595 --> 01:00:37,806
Assange spent summer of 2018
in silence as noisy accusations
1057
01:00:37,841 --> 01:00:40,637
of his ties to Russia's
involvement in the 2016
1058
01:00:40,671 --> 01:00:42,846
US election were
being constructed.
1059
01:00:44,606 --> 01:00:46,815
March 2018.
1060
01:00:46,850 --> 01:00:49,784
For the second time time
Assange's internet access
1061
01:00:49,818 --> 01:00:51,924
and communications are cut off.
1062
01:00:51,958 --> 01:00:54,720
Barring any connection
to the outside world.
1063
01:01:00,242 --> 01:01:02,003
October 2018.
1064
01:01:04,039 --> 01:01:06,352
Assange launches a legal case,
1065
01:01:06,386 --> 01:01:09,735
accusing the newly formed
government headed by Moreno
1066
01:01:09,769 --> 01:01:13,877
of violating his fundamental
rights and freedoms.
1067
01:01:13,911 --> 01:01:16,673
Having had new rules
imposed on him,
1068
01:01:16,707 --> 01:01:19,710
designed to force him
out of the embassy.
1069
01:01:19,745 --> 01:01:24,266
Ruling a week later that legal
action cannot move forward.
1070
01:01:24,301 --> 01:01:26,890
With his rights in
doubt Julian remained
1071
01:01:26,924 --> 01:01:28,788
at the embassy,
awaiting his fate.
1072
01:01:32,550 --> 01:01:35,070
January 2019.
1073
01:01:35,105 --> 01:01:37,694
- [Ciaron] So my
relationship with Julian,
1074
01:01:38,833 --> 01:01:40,420
our friendship
goes back to 2000.
1075
01:01:40,455 --> 01:01:42,215
We were active in
Australia in the peace
1076
01:01:42,250 --> 01:01:43,596
and justice movement.
1077
01:01:43,630 --> 01:01:44,804
I was in prison in
the United States
1078
01:01:44,839 --> 01:01:47,151
for a year in the early 90s.
1079
01:01:47,186 --> 01:01:50,223
For disabling a B-52 bomber with three other people,
1080
01:01:50,258 --> 01:01:51,431
Catholic pacifists.
1081
01:01:52,639 --> 01:01:54,400
And, at that point Julian was 17
1082
01:01:54,434 --> 01:01:57,437
and had released
out the wank worm.
1083
01:01:57,472 --> 01:01:59,681
That's when as an activists
field he was arrested
1084
01:01:59,716 --> 01:02:01,718
and charged with 36
offenses for hacking.
1085
01:02:02,891 --> 01:02:04,893
Now he grew up and
moved on from activism
1086
01:02:04,928 --> 01:02:07,068
and he started
Wikileaks in 2006.
1087
01:02:07,102 --> 01:02:11,417
After being a single father
raising a child from 17 to 34.
1088
01:02:12,867 --> 01:02:16,180
130 days ago, I came here
feeling that his extraction
1089
01:02:16,215 --> 01:02:19,149
from this building was
inevitable and imminent.
1090
01:02:19,183 --> 01:02:21,496
And I've been here 130 days.
1091
01:02:22,669 --> 01:02:23,705
The only thing the
British are offering
1092
01:02:23,740 --> 01:02:24,948
for the breach of bail.
1093
01:02:24,982 --> 01:02:26,777
Usually bail is indicted
if you've been charged
1094
01:02:26,812 --> 01:02:28,710
with something,
you get out before.
1095
01:02:28,745 --> 01:02:30,298
But he hasn't been
charged with anything.
1096
01:02:30,332 --> 01:02:33,059
The Swedes finished
their investigation
1097
01:02:33,094 --> 01:02:34,854
and didn't charge him.
1098
01:02:34,889 --> 01:02:37,926
So it's just the substitutes
to do what the Americans want.
1099
01:02:38,893 --> 01:02:40,066
Which is what the Australians do
1100
01:02:40,101 --> 01:02:42,206
and the Irish do so
don't feel bad about it.
1101
01:02:42,241 --> 01:02:45,727
I mean, it's an empire, you
know, when the Americans
1102
01:02:45,762 --> 01:02:47,764
say jump the British, the
Irish, the Australians.
1103
01:02:47,798 --> 01:02:50,111
Go, high do you want us to jump?
1104
01:02:50,145 --> 01:02:51,422
Who do you want us to land on?
1105
01:02:51,457 --> 01:02:53,148
And how hard do you
want us to land on them?
1106
01:02:53,183 --> 01:02:54,080
Yeah, it's tragic,
1107
01:02:55,323 --> 01:02:56,565
it's like a slow
motion crucifixion.
1108
01:03:06,886 --> 01:03:08,577
- [Narrator] April 2019.
1109
01:03:08,612 --> 01:03:11,822
With ties becoming strained
between the WikiLeaks founder
1110
01:03:11,857 --> 01:03:15,170
and the new government, it
became increasingly more likely
1111
01:03:15,205 --> 01:03:17,483
Assange would be extradited.
1112
01:03:17,517 --> 01:03:20,589
Subsequently looking at
spending the rest of his life
1113
01:03:20,624 --> 01:03:22,488
rotting in solitary confinement
1114
01:03:22,522 --> 01:03:24,593
in the United
States prison cell.
1115
01:03:27,769 --> 01:03:28,805
It's April 10th,
1116
01:03:29,978 --> 01:03:31,462
and these days my
solidarity with Julian
1117
01:03:31,497 --> 01:03:34,155
being here 24 hours,
seven days a week.
1118
01:03:34,189 --> 01:03:36,640
But I was at the first
court appearance of Julian,
1119
01:03:36,674 --> 01:03:38,884
when he walked in voluntarily
to Kennedy Township
1120
01:03:38,918 --> 01:03:41,438
police station
December 7th 2010.
1121
01:03:43,302 --> 01:03:46,408
[reporters shouting]
1122
01:03:46,443 --> 01:03:48,790
Well different people have
different entry points.
1123
01:03:48,825 --> 01:03:50,757
I'm a bit dyslexic,
I'm not very techy.
1124
01:03:51,897 --> 01:03:53,864
My entry point as an
anti-war activist.
1125
01:03:53,899 --> 01:03:56,177
I'm part of Pacifist
Catholic Worker Movement
1126
01:03:56,211 --> 01:03:58,179
has been going since the 30s.
1127
01:03:58,213 --> 01:04:01,768
People were jailed in World
War two for anti conscription.
1128
01:04:01,803 --> 01:04:03,978
We were the first people to
burn draft cards publicly
1129
01:04:04,012 --> 01:04:06,049
in the early part
of the Vietnam War.
1130
01:04:06,083 --> 01:04:08,499
And then two priests
Daniel and Philip Berrigan
1131
01:04:08,534 --> 01:04:10,363
led the Draft Board
Raid Movement.
1132
01:04:10,398 --> 01:04:12,952
Where people, nuns and
priests and laity would break
1133
01:04:12,987 --> 01:04:14,920
into draft boards, and
destroy draft files.
1134
01:04:14,954 --> 01:04:17,543
And it's kind of interesting because Dan and Phil were on
1135
01:04:17,577 --> 01:04:20,132
the front page of
Time magazine in 1968.
1136
01:04:20,166 --> 01:04:21,961
Julian was in 2010.
1137
01:04:21,996 --> 01:04:23,687
And then Hoover and
Nixon had a meeting
1138
01:04:23,721 --> 01:04:25,344
about how to marginalize them.
1139
01:04:25,378 --> 01:04:27,967
And I'm sure similar meetings
have happened without Julian
1140
01:04:28,002 --> 01:04:29,348
and they were quite successful.
1141
01:04:29,382 --> 01:04:32,247
In both instances, of
radicalizing any support
1142
01:04:32,282 --> 01:04:33,179
and marginalizing.
1143
01:04:34,629 --> 01:04:36,389
Some of my prison conditions
in different places have been
1144
01:04:36,424 --> 01:04:37,943
worse and some have been better.
1145
01:04:37,977 --> 01:04:40,635
The most significant
part of it being worse
1146
01:04:40,669 --> 01:04:42,257
is this is sensory deprivation.
1147
01:04:42,292 --> 01:04:44,501
There's no change
in heat or cold,
1148
01:04:44,535 --> 01:04:46,917
no ability to see
more than five meters.
1149
01:04:46,952 --> 01:04:48,988
No healthcare access.
1150
01:04:49,023 --> 01:04:53,096
So it's changed for four or
five different ambassadors,
1151
01:04:53,130 --> 01:04:54,442
since he went in there.
1152
01:04:55,961 --> 01:04:57,307
And they sacked the ambassador
1153
01:04:57,341 --> 01:04:58,929
and half the staff in December.
1154
01:04:58,964 --> 01:05:02,277
Probably because they thought
that he was too sympathetic
1155
01:05:02,312 --> 01:05:04,486
and then just made the
environment much more toxic.
1156
01:05:04,521 --> 01:05:07,006
Like there's a live feed to
Quito from in that building.
1157
01:05:07,041 --> 01:05:08,905
There's more and more cameras.
1158
01:05:08,939 --> 01:05:12,218
That's what we hear from John
Pilger and others who visited.
1159
01:05:12,253 --> 01:05:14,151
So they're trying
to push him out
1160
01:05:14,186 --> 01:05:15,325
and they're having difficulties
1161
01:05:15,359 --> 01:05:17,223
cause he's an
Ecuadorian citizen.
1162
01:05:18,707 --> 01:05:20,951
So leak happened last week
from within the government
1163
01:05:20,986 --> 01:05:23,298
that he had hours or days left.
1164
01:05:23,333 --> 01:05:24,575
If that leak had not happened,
1165
01:05:24,610 --> 01:05:26,577
he'd probably be gone by now.
1166
01:05:26,612 --> 01:05:30,167
But on Friday 40 Media
turned up and now that's just
1167
01:05:30,202 --> 01:05:34,344
a lot of them going,
from roughly doing 24/7.
1168
01:05:36,311 --> 01:05:38,969
[soft music]
1169
01:05:39,004 --> 01:05:41,834
He won't surrender, he'll
be dragged out eventually
1170
01:05:41,868 --> 01:05:44,285
and he'll be put in prison here.
1171
01:05:44,319 --> 01:05:46,943
Facing extradition
he'll fight that.
1172
01:05:46,977 --> 01:05:48,599
What I hope to do is
move there and try
1173
01:05:48,634 --> 01:05:51,016
and get a support group
going around the prison,
1174
01:05:52,534 --> 01:05:54,019
And because as a
former prisoner, I
know the significance
1175
01:05:54,053 --> 01:05:55,261
of solidarity basically.
1176
01:06:00,025 --> 01:06:02,372
They've set up protocols
hoping he'll break them.
1177
01:06:02,406 --> 01:06:06,479
I believe that one of them is
he can't come to the window.
1178
01:06:06,514 --> 01:06:09,517
You know, so he's only
ever spoken four times,
1179
01:06:09,551 --> 01:06:10,414
from the balcony.
1180
01:06:11,553 --> 01:06:12,830
Yeah, so there's good
people everywhere.
1181
01:06:12,865 --> 01:06:15,143
And that was my
feeling in prison too.
1182
01:06:15,178 --> 01:06:16,834
But it is a bit like
prison in the sense
1183
01:06:16,869 --> 01:06:18,940
that I'm restricted
to certain area.
1184
01:06:18,975 --> 01:06:20,907
But you find good
people everywhere.
1185
01:06:20,942 --> 01:06:22,875
And you find threats
everywhere too.
1186
01:06:24,325 --> 01:06:27,707
Apparently Wikileaks
have found one [laughs]
1187
01:06:27,742 --> 01:06:32,126
So yeah, there's news that
they've been infiltrated,
1188
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:33,748
or something like that.
1189
01:06:33,782 --> 01:06:35,853
- [Narrator] April 10th 2019
1190
01:06:37,165 --> 01:06:39,512
News emerges of an
extensive spying campaign
1191
01:06:39,547 --> 01:06:41,238
orchestrated on Assange.
1192
01:06:42,929 --> 01:06:45,311
- Let me just begin with
telling you the basics.
1193
01:06:47,831 --> 01:06:50,868
The new and unexpected thing that just came into light
1194
01:06:50,903 --> 01:06:52,353
in the last few days.
1195
01:06:52,387 --> 01:06:56,874
Is that Wikileaks uncovered an extensive spying operation
1196
01:06:58,221 --> 01:07:00,602
against Julian Assange within
the Ecuadorian embassy.
1197
01:07:04,089 --> 01:07:09,059
It entails a total invasion
of privacy of Mr. Assange.
1198
01:07:10,198 --> 01:07:11,510
- [Kristinn] What we
have established is that
1199
01:07:11,544 --> 01:07:14,754
security cameras
were used to monitor
1200
01:07:14,789 --> 01:07:19,069
his every move, his every
meeting with visitors.
1201
01:07:20,105 --> 01:07:22,072
- One thing is absolutely clear,
1202
01:07:23,418 --> 01:07:24,799
with the new government,
1203
01:07:24,833 --> 01:07:26,904
Ecuador is not protecting Julian anymore.
1204
01:07:28,941 --> 01:07:30,874
It's not protecting
him as it should,
1205
01:07:32,186 --> 01:07:34,809
since it granted him
political asylum.
1206
01:07:36,121 --> 01:07:38,468
Quite the contrary,
1207
01:07:38,502 --> 01:07:40,953
the government is
making everything
1208
01:07:40,987 --> 01:07:43,473
possible to end the asylum.
1209
01:07:45,164 --> 01:07:48,926
- [Fidel] And the only reason,
why it hasn't happened yet,
1210
01:07:50,445 --> 01:07:52,965
is because the
international shame,
1211
01:07:56,002 --> 01:08:00,421
the historic shame, that
will be entitled to Ecuador.
1212
01:08:04,218 --> 01:08:08,360
We know since January
that there was a request
1213
01:08:08,394 --> 01:08:11,915
by the US government to Ecuador,
1214
01:08:11,949 --> 01:08:15,677
to allow the
interrogation of diplomats
1215
01:08:15,712 --> 01:08:18,611
that worked in the
Ecuadorian embassy,
1216
01:08:18,646 --> 01:08:21,131
in relations to an
ongoing investigation,
1217
01:08:21,166 --> 01:08:22,374
criminal investigation,
1218
01:08:24,376 --> 01:08:25,894
and to WikiLeaks
and Julian Assange.
1219
01:08:27,172 --> 01:08:29,967
And we know that the Ecuadorian
government did comply.
1220
01:08:31,383 --> 01:08:34,110
We also know that there
was a request to hand over
1221
01:08:34,144 --> 01:08:39,115
visitors logs from the embassy
and video recordings from
1222
01:08:40,254 --> 01:08:42,048
within the security
cameras in the embassy.
1223
01:08:42,083 --> 01:08:45,604
So we assume that this material,
this extensive material
1224
01:08:47,019 --> 01:08:48,296
that has been gathered
has been handed over
1225
01:08:48,331 --> 01:08:49,746
to the Trump administration.
1226
01:08:50,574 --> 01:08:51,782
- [Fidel] Let's remember
that Julian Assange
1227
01:08:51,817 --> 01:08:53,163
is not serving any sentence.
1228
01:08:54,268 --> 01:08:55,683
He doesn't have any charges.
1229
01:08:57,202 --> 01:08:58,755
He is a political refugee.
1230
01:08:59,928 --> 01:09:02,517
Political refugees
do not lose rights,
1231
01:09:04,001 --> 01:09:07,004
on the contrary, they should
have their rights protected.
1232
01:09:08,178 --> 01:09:11,768
What we have here is
a clearly human rights
1233
01:09:11,802 --> 01:09:13,563
violation of a journalist.
1234
01:09:15,081 --> 01:09:17,567
- The Moreno government in
Ecuador has been all too willing
1235
01:09:19,016 --> 01:09:23,952
to help out by pushing Julian
Assange out of the embassy.
1236
01:09:25,471 --> 01:09:29,234
This attempt to have this
done has been escalating
1237
01:09:29,268 --> 01:09:31,995
in the last few
weeks and even days.
1238
01:09:33,928 --> 01:09:36,862
And even last week,
we heard that he was,
1239
01:09:36,896 --> 01:09:40,452
from very reliable sources
on Friday to this race
1240
01:09:40,486 --> 01:09:43,627
that was imminent that
he would be evicted
1241
01:09:43,662 --> 01:09:45,664
from the embassy and arrested.
1242
01:09:47,113 --> 01:09:50,910
On learning Moreno's orders,
the president of Equador.
1243
01:09:50,945 --> 01:09:54,569
The only reason why this
was averted, in our opinion,
1244
01:09:54,604 --> 01:09:56,675
is the fact that we
learned about it.
1245
01:09:56,709 --> 01:10:00,679
And we were able to
publish that information.
1246
01:10:00,713 --> 01:10:01,852
That was the only reason why
1247
01:10:01,887 --> 01:10:04,545
that was stopped
probably temporarily.
1248
01:10:15,418 --> 01:10:18,214
- [Ciaron] When I came here
138 days ago, whatever it was,
1249
01:10:18,248 --> 01:10:20,699
I expected him to be
lifted that night.
1250
01:10:20,733 --> 01:10:23,978
So they've obviously backed
off because of the leak.
1251
01:10:24,012 --> 01:10:26,912
The more observing that's
going on, but more presence
1252
01:10:26,946 --> 01:10:29,811
the safer it is to Julian
so it's good at the moment.
1253
01:10:29,846 --> 01:10:32,435
There seems to be about five people here which is good
1254
01:10:32,469 --> 01:10:34,575
because often it's just me.
1255
01:10:34,609 --> 01:10:37,405
That red car there that's probably embassy police.
1256
01:10:37,440 --> 01:10:41,167
- [Ciaron] They're armed and
they do a circuit every hour
1257
01:10:41,202 --> 01:10:44,861
but they've been back about
four times in past hour now.
1258
01:10:44,895 --> 01:10:47,208
Two nights ago a van pulled
up right in front of me,
1259
01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:50,625
another guy, cop got
out a machine gun
1260
01:10:50,660 --> 01:10:52,869
and part of this is just
to stress him out mentally
1261
01:10:52,903 --> 01:10:56,010
you know, it's the kind
of low intensity conflict
1262
01:10:56,044 --> 01:10:57,045
on his mental health.
1263
01:10:58,461 --> 01:11:01,118
- [Ciaron] I would think
this Lenin Marino who seems
1264
01:11:01,153 --> 01:11:03,949
to be keen to turn Ecuador
back into a US colony
1265
01:11:03,983 --> 01:11:05,640
and you know, the
history of South America
1266
01:11:05,675 --> 01:11:07,780
and United States
post World War Two.
1267
01:11:07,815 --> 01:11:10,300
Is the US toppling democratic
government after democratic
1268
01:11:10,335 --> 01:11:12,613
government and putting
military juntas in.
1269
01:11:12,647 --> 01:11:14,304
- [Ciaron] It's a
toxic hostile staff now
1270
01:11:14,339 --> 01:11:16,099
compared to what preceded it.
1271
01:11:16,133 --> 01:11:17,549
Like he was invited in,
1272
01:11:19,551 --> 01:11:21,104
by the president Correa who now,
1273
01:11:21,138 --> 01:11:22,933
has an arrest warrant
issued on him.
1274
01:11:24,901 --> 01:11:26,523
The president who
invited him in,
1275
01:11:28,663 --> 01:11:31,425
is now at large trying
to get asylum in Belgium.
1276
01:11:31,459 --> 01:11:34,324
So this place has gone
from a sanctuary to a trap.
1277
01:11:35,567 --> 01:11:38,880
And the Special
Branch are here 24/7.
1278
01:11:38,915 --> 01:11:43,299
And they're probably
number 18, that's my guess.
1279
01:11:45,024 --> 01:11:47,268
And there is no where to
do a run up from here.
1280
01:11:49,132 --> 01:11:52,135
- [Crowd] Free,
free Julian Assange.
1281
01:11:53,688 --> 01:11:57,313
- Well, what does it mean
to journalism you know like,
1282
01:11:57,347 --> 01:11:59,211
Chomsky calls
mainstream journalists,
1283
01:11:59,245 --> 01:12:00,661
the demographers of power,
1284
01:12:00,695 --> 01:12:04,389
which is this real, journalism
is questioning the story
1285
01:12:04,423 --> 01:12:06,356
behind the story and yeah.
1286
01:12:06,391 --> 01:12:08,496
The lack of transparency
just leads to corruption.
1287
01:12:08,531 --> 01:12:11,361
Everything can become corrupt
Christianity, communism,
1288
01:12:11,396 --> 01:12:14,709
capitalism, democracy, feminism.
1289
01:12:15,883 --> 01:12:17,954
So you've got to
have transparency
1290
01:12:19,058 --> 01:12:20,646
and power to be held to account.
1291
01:12:21,820 --> 01:12:23,166
It's the death of
free expression.
1292
01:12:34,971 --> 01:12:37,214
He's very resolute and
he's very convinced
1293
01:12:37,249 --> 01:12:39,009
with the significance
of his work.
1294
01:12:39,044 --> 01:12:42,530
And, but obviously is starved
of intellectual stimulation
1295
01:12:42,565 --> 01:12:43,566
which he thrives on.
1296
01:12:46,638 --> 01:12:48,847
No one could argue that he
could be a multimillionaire
1297
01:12:48,881 --> 01:12:51,056
poolside Silicon Valley.
1298
01:12:51,090 --> 01:12:54,231
And he's decided to you
know, give the gifts
1299
01:12:54,266 --> 01:12:57,165
I believe God gave
him to expose the rich
1300
01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:59,547
and powerful wage
constant war on the poor.
1301
01:13:01,618 --> 01:13:03,620
And, you know, that's
pretty impressive.
1302
01:13:05,657 --> 01:13:08,176
It's very similar to the
story of John the baptist
1303
01:13:08,211 --> 01:13:11,041
in that sense that you
had a collaborator King,
1304
01:13:11,076 --> 01:13:15,977
a Jewish King Herod, who
wanted to appease the empire,
1305
01:13:16,978 --> 01:13:18,428
Roman happens to
be American now,
1306
01:13:18,463 --> 01:13:20,326
and delivered the
head of a prophet.
1307
01:13:20,361 --> 01:13:22,052
And what is a prophet?
1308
01:13:22,087 --> 01:13:23,847
A prophet doesn't necessarily
have to be a really nice guy.
1309
01:13:23,882 --> 01:13:24,572
That's a saint.
1310
01:13:25,746 --> 01:13:28,334
A prophet is someone who
speaks truth to power.
1311
01:13:28,369 --> 01:13:31,268
And as Oscar Wilde who used
to live in this building said,
1312
01:13:32,649 --> 01:13:34,927
If you tell people the truth,
and don't make them laugh,
1313
01:13:34,962 --> 01:13:36,584
they'll wanna kill you.
1314
01:13:36,619 --> 01:13:38,621
So Julian probably
needs a gag rider.
1315
01:13:56,466 --> 01:13:59,055
- [Narrator] April 11th 2019.
1316
01:14:03,266 --> 01:14:04,957
In the early hours
of the morning,
1317
01:14:04,992 --> 01:14:06,925
to avoid any commotion
on the wealthy
1318
01:14:06,959 --> 01:14:08,409
streets of Knightsbridge.
1319
01:14:11,757 --> 01:14:14,484
A frail and weaker
Assange is carried down
1320
01:14:14,519 --> 01:14:18,177
the very steps he walked
up over seven years ago.
1321
01:14:18,212 --> 01:14:20,594
After the Ecuadorian
government saw fit
1322
01:14:20,628 --> 01:14:22,872
to invite the British
police inside.
1323
01:14:27,497 --> 01:14:30,742
[crowd shouting]
1324
01:14:30,776 --> 01:14:32,260
Seen on Ruptly.
1325
01:14:39,923 --> 01:14:43,962
Media campaigns to discredit
the infamous publisher evolved
1326
01:14:43,996 --> 01:14:46,999
leaked videos from inside
the Ecuadorian embassy
1327
01:14:47,034 --> 01:14:49,450
and comments made by
Merino's embassy staff
1328
01:14:49,485 --> 01:14:50,969
on his personal hygiene,
1329
01:14:51,003 --> 01:14:52,764
gave the government
enough ammunition
1330
01:14:52,798 --> 01:14:54,973
to rid themselves of Assange.
1331
01:14:55,007 --> 01:14:57,769
Handing him over to
the British police.
1332
01:14:57,803 --> 01:15:01,462
A stark contrast to
the government that
provided his asylum.
1333
01:15:03,947 --> 01:15:07,123
- Those allegations
are a smear campaign,
1334
01:15:08,331 --> 01:15:11,334
smoking screen made
by the government.
1335
01:15:11,368 --> 01:15:13,060
In order to cover,
1336
01:15:14,337 --> 01:15:15,752
the fundamental thing.
1337
01:15:15,787 --> 01:15:19,135
The fundamental thing
here is that Ecuador
1338
01:15:20,343 --> 01:15:23,760
has handed over a
political refugee,
1339
01:15:23,795 --> 01:15:26,936
to his persecutors.
1340
01:15:26,970 --> 01:15:30,871
Ecuador has breached
every single legislation
1341
01:15:30,905 --> 01:15:34,012
on political asylum
and refugee there is.
1342
01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:38,568
So that's in a sense a crime,
1343
01:15:38,603 --> 01:15:40,052
and in order to cover that
1344
01:15:40,087 --> 01:15:43,987
they need to bring their
attention to something else.
1345
01:15:44,022 --> 01:15:46,990
It's outrageous, it's
absolutely outrageous.
1346
01:15:47,025 --> 01:15:49,130
It was basically a kidnapping,
1347
01:15:50,615 --> 01:15:54,653
he didn't walk out by his own
will, outside of the embassy.
1348
01:15:55,896 --> 01:15:58,174
He was dragged by force,
1349
01:16:01,349 --> 01:16:04,905
he refuse and he
was right to refuse.
1350
01:16:07,804 --> 01:16:10,048
He became Ecuadorian
during this time.
1351
01:16:11,636 --> 01:16:12,671
That was his embassy.
1352
01:16:13,845 --> 01:16:16,330
According to the
Ecuadorian constitution,
1353
01:16:16,364 --> 01:16:19,575
no Ecuadorian could
be extradited ever.
1354
01:16:22,267 --> 01:16:23,751
- Good day, well look at that.
1355
01:16:26,892 --> 01:16:28,100
- Another last one.
1356
01:16:28,135 --> 01:16:30,033
- [Alan] Can I say we are very grateful to the ambassador
1357
01:16:30,068 --> 01:16:32,242
and to president Moreno.
1358
01:16:32,277 --> 01:16:34,486
For bringing this
to a conclusion,
1359
01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:36,937
I think everyone is pleased that
1360
01:16:36,971 --> 01:16:38,455
this has finally come to an end.
1361
01:16:38,490 --> 01:16:41,079
And I think it will signal
ever improving relations
1362
01:16:41,113 --> 01:16:43,668
between the United
Kingdom and Ecuador,
1363
01:16:43,702 --> 01:16:45,842
and we look forward to such.
1364
01:16:45,877 --> 01:16:48,258
Increased activities
over the years ahead.
1365
01:16:48,293 --> 01:16:50,295
So thank you once
again ambassador.
1366
01:16:50,329 --> 01:16:51,158
Thank you.
1367
01:17:01,168 --> 01:17:03,549
- [Narrator] Meanwhile,
in the United States,
1368
01:17:03,584 --> 01:17:07,208
the indictment showing
Julian's charges is unsealed,
1369
01:17:07,243 --> 01:17:10,660
revealing the charge
to be a conspiracy
1370
01:17:10,695 --> 01:17:13,111
to commit computer intrusion.
1371
01:17:13,145 --> 01:17:15,596
No new information is disclosed.
1372
01:17:15,631 --> 01:17:18,116
- Now you have all probably
heard about the indictment
1373
01:17:18,150 --> 01:17:19,704
and the nature of
the indictments.
1374
01:17:19,738 --> 01:17:21,533
Which I think are very revealing
1375
01:17:21,567 --> 01:17:24,053
about the nature of
this entire case.
1376
01:17:24,087 --> 01:17:28,126
It is based, 17 as
was pointed out,
1377
01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:31,163
by the indictments
on the Espionage Act,
1378
01:17:33,787 --> 01:17:36,617
which is an archaic
legal framework
1379
01:17:36,652 --> 01:17:39,482
from the World War One period,
1380
01:17:39,516 --> 01:17:42,968
and has never in its
102 years history
1381
01:17:43,003 --> 01:17:46,316
been used against the publisher
1382
01:17:46,351 --> 01:17:48,180
and the journalists,
never before.
1383
01:17:48,215 --> 01:17:51,494
- What is now going on is that
1384
01:17:51,528 --> 01:17:55,118
the United States is
of course furious.
1385
01:17:55,153 --> 01:17:57,534
It's the first elephant in the room breaking everything.
1386
01:17:57,569 --> 01:18:00,710
It's furious, and it's violating
1387
01:18:00,745 --> 01:18:02,160
a lot of fundamental rights.
1388
01:18:03,886 --> 01:18:06,233
- [Kristinn] This is
a watershed moment
1389
01:18:06,267 --> 01:18:08,131
for the preservation
of journalism
1390
01:18:08,166 --> 01:18:10,755
This is about press freedom.
1391
01:18:11,894 --> 01:18:14,620
The Assange case and
his extradition request
1392
01:18:14,655 --> 01:18:17,278
and this case is more than just
1393
01:18:17,313 --> 01:18:22,214
something pertains to one
person, or one organization.
1394
01:18:22,249 --> 01:18:26,080
This is about the future of
press freedom in our part
1395
01:18:26,115 --> 01:18:28,876
of the world where we have
been rather privileged
1396
01:18:28,911 --> 01:18:32,293
with relatively good standing.
1397
01:18:32,328 --> 01:18:34,192
It is a crackdown
on press freedom,
1398
01:18:35,849 --> 01:18:36,712
nothing less.
1399
01:18:39,404 --> 01:18:43,926
Publishing of documents,
of videos of the killing
1400
01:18:43,960 --> 01:18:47,861
of innocent civilians,
exposure of war crimes.
1401
01:18:47,895 --> 01:18:51,761
This is journalism,
it's called conspiracy.
1402
01:18:51,796 --> 01:18:54,660
It's conspiracy to
commit journalism.
1403
01:18:54,695 --> 01:18:57,422
- [Geoffrey] I have faith in
the British justice system.
1404
01:18:57,456 --> 01:19:01,115
And I think he will argue
1405
01:19:01,150 --> 01:19:04,774
that this is a breach of his
right to freedom of speech
1406
01:19:04,809 --> 01:19:08,398
which we uphold to an extent.
1407
01:19:08,433 --> 01:19:13,265
To throw him to the American wolves who are determined
1408
01:19:13,300 --> 01:19:16,061
to jail him for a long time.
1409
01:19:16,096 --> 01:19:20,479
So, yes, I've got
faith that the British
1410
01:19:20,514 --> 01:19:23,897
justice system may prevent that.
1411
01:19:23,931 --> 01:19:27,832
As to the American justice
system, ending up in the
1412
01:19:27,866 --> 01:19:29,868
Supreme Court in a few years,
1413
01:19:29,903 --> 01:19:34,908
with the majority of Trump
appointees, I'm not so sure.
1414
01:19:41,500 --> 01:19:46,333
- May 1st 2019,
Southwark Crown Court.
1415
01:19:46,367 --> 01:19:48,922
Assange is handed a
50 week jail sentence,
1416
01:19:48,956 --> 01:19:50,130
for breaching bail.
1417
01:19:51,683 --> 01:19:54,410
[crowd shouting]
1418
01:19:55,756 --> 01:19:58,586
- [Kristinn] To get a
sentence only two weeks short
1419
01:19:58,621 --> 01:20:01,727
of the maximum
sentence, is an outrage.
1420
01:20:02,901 --> 01:20:05,939
It's almost double the
sentencing guideline.
1421
01:20:07,906 --> 01:20:10,426
And may I point out
just into comparison,
1422
01:20:11,634 --> 01:20:13,463
that the so called
speedboat killer.
1423
01:20:14,844 --> 01:20:18,952
Got six months for not
showing up in court,
1424
01:20:18,986 --> 01:20:20,988
to hear his sentencing
for manslaughter.
1425
01:20:23,888 --> 01:20:28,409
But the fight continues
tomorrow is the big fight,
1426
01:20:28,444 --> 01:20:31,240
the start of a big and
the most important fight.
1427
01:20:31,274 --> 01:20:33,863
The fight against the
extradition of Julian Assange
1428
01:20:33,898 --> 01:20:34,968
to the United States.
1429
01:20:37,177 --> 01:20:38,385
What is at stake there?
1430
01:20:39,904 --> 01:20:42,044
Could be a question
of life and death,
1431
01:20:42,078 --> 01:20:42,907
for Mr. Assange.
1432
01:20:46,151 --> 01:20:50,086
It is also a question
of life and death,
1433
01:20:51,812 --> 01:20:54,332
for a major
journalistic principle.
1434
01:20:56,161 --> 01:20:58,784
- [Narrator] May 2nd 2019.
1435
01:20:58,819 --> 01:21:01,787
Assange appears via a video
link in one of the smallest
1436
01:21:01,822 --> 01:21:04,307
court rooms at
Wesminster Magistrates.
1437
01:21:04,342 --> 01:21:06,862
With the session only
lasting 10 minutes,
1438
01:21:06,896 --> 01:21:09,450
a new procedural
hearing date is set.
1439
01:21:11,211 --> 01:21:14,352
This is a matter of life
and death for Assange.
1440
01:21:18,943 --> 01:21:19,978
May 7th 2019.
1441
01:21:21,635 --> 01:21:24,327
Visitors of Julian approach
the assembled media
1442
01:21:24,362 --> 01:21:26,536
outside Belmarsh prison.
1443
01:21:26,571 --> 01:21:28,780
- I think I speak for both
of us that we are quite
1444
01:21:28,814 --> 01:21:33,302
emotional after this first
social visit that Julian's
1445
01:21:33,336 --> 01:21:36,753
allowed after being
in here for a month.
1446
01:21:36,788 --> 01:21:39,377
- Obviously, it's been
very difficult to see
1447
01:21:40,965 --> 01:21:44,658
Julian here and to make our way through the prison
1448
01:21:44,692 --> 01:21:48,144
to get to him was quite
shocking and difficult.
1449
01:21:49,663 --> 01:21:52,977
He does not deserve to be in a super max prison.
1450
01:21:53,011 --> 01:21:55,565
He has never committed
a violent act.
1451
01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:57,015
He's an innocent person.
1452
01:21:57,050 --> 01:22:00,467
You know justice will
depend on public support.
1453
01:22:02,676 --> 01:22:05,886
- I guess he lost about
20 pounds, at least.
1454
01:22:07,853 --> 01:22:10,132
- The visiting hours
are very, very precious.
1455
01:22:10,166 --> 01:22:11,305
Sorry I'm really upset.
1456
01:22:15,275 --> 01:22:18,864
Julian is a gentle, intellectual
1457
01:22:18,899 --> 01:22:21,384
in a maximum security prison,
1458
01:22:21,419 --> 01:22:23,835
it's just very
moving to see Julian
1459
01:22:25,354 --> 01:22:29,082
particularly in those
circumstances coming
out of sick bay
1460
01:22:29,116 --> 01:22:33,569
and having lost 10 kilograms
weight considerable terms.
1461
01:22:33,603 --> 01:22:34,570
When loosing weight
1462
01:22:36,261 --> 01:22:38,539
and being a little ill
1463
01:22:40,196 --> 01:22:41,715
is a big challenge.
1464
01:22:41,749 --> 01:22:44,235
But fighting spirit is there and he's still bossy.
1465
01:22:46,823 --> 01:22:49,723
- [Narrator] May 23rd 2019.
1466
01:22:49,757 --> 01:22:53,244
Assange is accused of 17
new charges brought forward
1467
01:22:53,278 --> 01:22:55,246
by the justice department.
1468
01:22:55,280 --> 01:22:58,904
The indictment states that
Mr. Assange had repeatedly
1469
01:22:58,939 --> 01:23:02,218
encouraged sources with access
to classified information,
1470
01:23:02,253 --> 01:23:05,739
to steal and provide it
to Wikileaks to disclose.
1471
01:23:05,773 --> 01:23:07,327
No evidence was shown.
1472
01:23:14,230 --> 01:23:16,715
May 30th 2019.
1473
01:23:18,407 --> 01:23:20,996
News is released that
Assange is too ill
1474
01:23:21,030 --> 01:23:22,204
to attend the hearing.
1475
01:23:23,446 --> 01:23:25,828
Resurfacing rumors
of his poor health,
1476
01:23:25,862 --> 01:23:28,141
even signs of
psychological torture.
1477
01:23:29,038 --> 01:23:31,454
[soft music]
1478
01:24:02,451 --> 01:24:04,556
The complicated
extradition process,
1479
01:24:04,591 --> 01:24:07,283
which involves both Sweden
and the United States
1480
01:24:07,318 --> 01:24:10,562
and deals with press freedom
and national security issues,
1481
01:24:10,597 --> 01:24:13,772
is expected to last for
months or years to come.
1482
01:24:16,982 --> 01:24:18,639
June 11th 2019.
1483
01:24:21,194 --> 01:24:24,266
United States submit
an extradition request.
1484
01:24:24,300 --> 01:24:27,338
Sajid Javid confirms
and signs the request,
1485
01:24:27,372 --> 01:24:30,410
setting up the
extradition case in 2020,
1486
01:24:30,444 --> 01:24:33,620
the very case he fears most.
1487
01:24:33,654 --> 01:24:35,553
- [Geoffrey] Because
of the cruelty
1488
01:24:35,587 --> 01:24:37,072
of the British government.
1489
01:24:37,106 --> 01:24:40,454
He hasn't been allowed even to go to a hospital for a day,
1490
01:24:40,489 --> 01:24:44,286
to get his chest scanned, he has a bad chest condition
1491
01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:47,185
according to specialist doctors.
1492
01:24:47,220 --> 01:24:49,394
And so that has
not been allowed,
1493
01:24:49,429 --> 01:24:52,639
maybe allowed in a
British prison hospital.
1494
01:24:52,673 --> 01:24:57,092
But the conditions in an
American super max prison
1495
01:24:57,126 --> 01:24:59,887
are quite horrific
and his freedom
1496
01:24:59,922 --> 01:25:03,236
and his spirit may
well be broken.
1497
01:25:03,270 --> 01:25:07,205
He has a strong spirit, a
spirit which is determined
1498
01:25:07,240 --> 01:25:11,244
to publish whatever he comes
across or is sent to him,
1499
01:25:11,278 --> 01:25:13,142
which is of public interest.
1500
01:25:13,177 --> 01:25:17,422
And remember that history
books are now being informed
1501
01:25:17,457 --> 01:25:21,599
by WikiLeaks revelations
hardly a week goes by
1502
01:25:21,633 --> 01:25:26,638
without the news based on
some Wikileaks revelation.
1503
01:25:28,088 --> 01:25:31,195
So he's sacrificed a lot
for his belief in freedom
1504
01:25:31,229 --> 01:25:34,681
of speech and the issue
will be whether our judges
1505
01:25:34,715 --> 01:25:39,375
and perhaps eventually American
judges have the same relief,
1506
01:25:39,410 --> 01:25:41,274
or whether they're hypocrites.
1507
01:25:41,308 --> 01:25:44,622
- This deep disparity with the
US is about to be laid bare
1508
01:25:44,656 --> 01:25:47,935
when the courts decide whether the WikiLeaks publisher
1509
01:25:47,970 --> 01:25:51,801
Julian Assange will beextradited to the US on charges
1510
01:25:51,836 --> 01:25:55,633
of espionage for
exposing war crimes,
1511
01:25:55,667 --> 01:25:59,982
the murder of civilians
and large scale corruption.
1512
01:26:00,016 --> 01:26:03,848
Will the prime minister agree
with the parliamentary report
1513
01:26:03,882 --> 01:26:07,092
that's going to the Council of
Europe that this extradition
1514
01:26:07,127 --> 01:26:11,580
should be opposed and
the rights of journalists
1515
01:26:11,614 --> 01:26:15,894
and whistleblowers are held
for the good of all of us?
1516
01:26:17,241 --> 01:26:18,656
- Prime minister.
1517
01:26:18,690 --> 01:26:21,141
- Mr. Speaker, I'm not gonna
comment on any individual case.
1518
01:26:21,176 --> 01:26:23,385
But it is obvious that the rights of journalists
1519
01:26:23,419 --> 01:26:25,249
and whistleblowers
should be upheld
1520
01:26:25,283 --> 01:26:28,252
and this government will clearly continue to do that.
1521
01:26:28,286 --> 01:26:29,770
[crowd chanting]
1522
01:26:29,805 --> 01:26:32,877
- [Narrator] February 24 2020.
1523
01:26:32,911 --> 01:26:35,811
Crowds gather at
Woolwich crime court
1524
01:26:35,845 --> 01:26:38,262
in support of the
brave publisher.
1525
01:26:38,296 --> 01:26:42,197
- From the angel of democracy and nobody knows more
1526
01:26:42,231 --> 01:26:45,959
about democracy than Julian Assange, it's not a crime,
1527
01:26:45,993 --> 01:26:47,512
to publish American war crimes,
1528
01:26:47,547 --> 01:26:49,894
it's in the interests democracy.
1529
01:26:51,344 --> 01:26:54,139
[crowd chanting]
1530
01:26:59,835 --> 01:27:04,322
- Robert Gates, ex secretary of defense before congress
1531
01:27:04,357 --> 01:27:06,980
in a testimony said
that, it's awkward
1532
01:27:07,014 --> 01:27:11,018
embarrassing, that
no damage was done.
1533
01:27:11,053 --> 01:27:15,885
I'll note that the prosecutor
didn't err give one example
1534
01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:18,233
of a broken fingernail.
1535
01:27:18,267 --> 01:27:20,994
Just he said that
sources were in danger,
1536
01:27:21,028 --> 01:27:22,685
that's simply not true.
1537
01:27:25,274 --> 01:27:28,346
- Thank you, as john said it's
only a 10 minute break now.
1538
01:27:28,381 --> 01:27:30,072
So it's gonna be short.
1539
01:27:30,106 --> 01:27:35,111
But what was presented here was an overwhelming evidence
1540
01:27:36,285 --> 01:27:38,598
of how politicized the
entire process has been.
1541
01:27:40,047 --> 01:27:43,913
As the channels are presented, very compelling evidence
1542
01:27:43,948 --> 01:27:47,296
of how it was decided under
Obama not to prosecute
1543
01:27:47,331 --> 01:27:50,092
because of the impossibility
1544
01:27:50,126 --> 01:27:52,819
of singling out one publisher,
1545
01:27:52,853 --> 01:27:54,993
WikiLeaks, one
journalist Julian Assange
1546
01:27:56,374 --> 01:27:59,481
and not going after all
those who were actually part
1547
01:27:59,515 --> 01:28:02,794
of that project the
New York Times problem
1548
01:28:02,829 --> 01:28:04,244
as as it was called.
1549
01:28:05,625 --> 01:28:09,698
It was laid out here how then
after Trump came to power,
1550
01:28:09,732 --> 01:28:13,460
every avenue was
sought to actually go
after Julian Assange.
1551
01:28:13,495 --> 01:28:16,670
That is apparent from
1552
01:28:16,705 --> 01:28:19,570
quote from Jeff Sessions,
the Attorney General,
1553
01:28:19,604 --> 01:28:22,193
from Mike Pompeo in 2017
1554
01:28:22,227 --> 01:28:25,334
when he started to
depicting Wikileaks
1555
01:28:25,369 --> 01:28:27,750
as a hostile
intelligence service,
1556
01:28:29,027 --> 01:28:31,444
and of course by this
amazing revelation
1557
01:28:32,479 --> 01:28:34,239
that congressman
Dana Rohrabacher
1558
01:28:34,274 --> 01:28:36,552
made an offer to Julian Assange
1559
01:28:36,587 --> 01:28:41,385
that if he would reveal his
source of the 2016 DNC leaks.
1560
01:28:43,318 --> 01:28:47,183
They would bring back the
message to Donald Trump
1561
01:28:47,218 --> 01:28:50,463
and secure leniency or pardon.
1562
01:28:50,497 --> 01:28:52,534
Of course that offer was denied.
1563
01:28:52,568 --> 01:28:54,018
There was no doubt about it.
1564
01:28:55,330 --> 01:28:58,263
That congressman Rohrabacher
and his colleague
1565
01:28:58,298 --> 01:29:02,682
at that meeting, were
saying that they were acting
1566
01:29:02,716 --> 01:29:05,823
under instruction
by full knowledge
1567
01:29:05,857 --> 01:29:08,757
of President Trump
in making that offer.
1568
01:29:10,206 --> 01:29:14,556
That is extraordinary only
when that offer was declined
1569
01:29:14,590 --> 01:29:18,111
the process of formulating
the indictments,
1570
01:29:18,145 --> 01:29:20,562
of getting the hands
on Julian Assange
1571
01:29:20,596 --> 01:29:24,013
started in full earnest and
we know how that all ended.
1572
01:29:25,221 --> 01:29:28,570
What was, of course,
astonishing to hear
1573
01:29:30,019 --> 01:29:32,850
that we will hear more
of his the revelation
1574
01:29:32,884 --> 01:29:37,061
that the security company the
private security company hired
1575
01:29:37,095 --> 01:29:39,512
to look after the
interests of Julian
1576
01:29:40,582 --> 01:29:42,894
was again hired rehired
1577
01:29:44,517 --> 01:29:47,002
by the funder of Donald Trump,
1578
01:29:48,348 --> 01:29:53,111
Las Vegas casino magnate
Sheldon Adelson to spy on Julian
1579
01:29:54,527 --> 01:29:56,045
and evidence will be produced
1580
01:29:56,080 --> 01:30:00,015
by whistleblowers from that
company who will anonymously
1581
01:30:00,049 --> 01:30:04,364
bear witness in this court,
how they spied on everything,
1582
01:30:04,399 --> 01:30:06,711
and tell you exactly who
they were working for,
1583
01:30:07,885 --> 01:30:09,818
it was US intelligence
it's the dark side.
1584
01:30:09,852 --> 01:30:12,855
They said internally
in between themselves.
1585
01:30:12,890 --> 01:30:15,513
They were spying on the
legally privileged conversation
1586
01:30:15,548 --> 01:30:17,653
between Julian and his lawyers.
1587
01:30:17,688 --> 01:30:21,761
And everything, almost in real
time, was transported back
1588
01:30:21,795 --> 01:30:23,728
to intelligence
agency in the US.
1589
01:30:25,523 --> 01:30:29,872
There was even discussions
among the staff in the embassy
1590
01:30:31,598 --> 01:30:35,222
that more extreme measures
would be possibly be taken.
1591
01:30:35,257 --> 01:30:39,019
Apart from this
spying on Julian,
1592
01:30:39,054 --> 01:30:42,437
namely kidnapping or poisoning.
1593
01:30:44,887 --> 01:30:47,338
[soft music]
1594
01:30:52,826 --> 01:30:55,380
- [Narrator] February 25th 2020.
1595
01:30:56,727 --> 01:30:59,454
[crowd shouting]
1596
01:31:01,456 --> 01:31:02,767
News breaks of the inhumane care
1597
01:31:02,802 --> 01:31:05,011
the founder of
Wikileaks is receiving.
1598
01:31:24,444 --> 01:31:27,620
February 26th 2020.
1599
01:31:27,654 --> 01:31:29,311
Sitting in a bulletproof box,
1600
01:31:29,345 --> 01:31:32,487
unable to be properly
engaged in the proceedings.
1601
01:31:32,521 --> 01:31:34,247
Assange's lawyer
revealed to the court
1602
01:31:34,281 --> 01:31:36,387
that he is now on medication,
1603
01:31:36,421 --> 01:31:39,183
fueling further rumors
of his weakening health.
1604
01:31:40,115 --> 01:31:42,876
[crowd chanting]
1605
01:31:56,821 --> 01:31:59,755
February 27th 2020.
1606
01:31:59,790 --> 01:32:02,240
[soft music]
1607
01:32:14,011 --> 01:32:16,841
- [Craig] The main
stream media came here
1608
01:32:16,876 --> 01:32:19,775
for the opening statement
of the prosecution.
1609
01:32:19,810 --> 01:32:23,123
Yeah, they copy and paste
it from the prosecution
1610
01:32:23,158 --> 01:32:25,194
thing saying Mr. Assange
is a common criminal
1611
01:32:25,229 --> 01:32:28,370
and then they all went homeeven before the defense started.
1612
01:32:28,404 --> 01:32:31,304
So I'm afraid that,
1613
01:32:31,338 --> 01:32:32,754
but that simply tells us
1614
01:32:32,788 --> 01:32:34,169
what we already knew about
the main stream media.
1615
01:32:34,203 --> 01:32:35,308
Anyway, thank you.
1616
01:32:40,865 --> 01:32:43,385
- It's not a fair hearing,
it's not a fair hearing.
1617
01:32:43,419 --> 01:32:45,629
If one side is more
armed than the other.
1618
01:32:45,663 --> 01:32:48,839
If one side can go back and forth with their lawyers
1619
01:32:48,873 --> 01:32:51,255
and discuss the route
that they need to take
1620
01:32:51,289 --> 01:32:54,603
or point out the things might be factually incorrect.
1621
01:32:54,638 --> 01:32:56,812
It will have an
equally chilling effect
1622
01:32:56,847 --> 01:32:58,780
on both whistleblowers
and publishers.
1623
01:32:58,814 --> 01:33:00,540
Because it sets
the precedent that,
1624
01:33:00,575 --> 01:33:02,473
it doesn't matter where
you are reporting from,
1625
01:33:02,507 --> 01:33:05,925
it doesn't matter who
gives you the documents,
1626
01:33:05,959 --> 01:33:07,512
none of that matters.
1627
01:33:07,547 --> 01:33:10,964
If you do something that
another state doesn't like,
1628
01:33:10,999 --> 01:33:13,208
they can reach out that
extra territorial arm
1629
01:33:13,242 --> 01:33:14,554
and pluck you from that country
1630
01:33:14,589 --> 01:33:16,452
and throw you into
a hole in theirs.
1631
01:33:16,487 --> 01:33:19,663
So in this case, we
have an Australian
1632
01:33:19,697 --> 01:33:22,389
publisher in Europe
and the United Kingdom
1633
01:33:22,424 --> 01:33:25,254
being sought by
the United States.
1634
01:33:25,289 --> 01:33:30,294
Where he is looking down the
barrel of 175 years in prison.
1635
01:33:31,502 --> 01:33:32,883
They've already stated
that they'll keep him
1636
01:33:32,917 --> 01:33:36,403
under what they call SAM's
Special Administrative Measures.
1637
01:33:36,438 --> 01:33:39,061
We understand how the United
States government works
1638
01:33:39,096 --> 01:33:41,685
with their terminology,
they talk about.
1639
01:33:41,719 --> 01:33:44,619
Enhanced interrogation
techniques,
1640
01:33:44,653 --> 01:33:47,829
which is a synonym for torture.
1641
01:33:47,863 --> 01:33:52,523
SAM's is a synonym for solitary
confinement in isolation.
1642
01:33:52,557 --> 01:33:55,043
He wouldn't be allowed
to speak to his family.
1643
01:33:55,077 --> 01:33:56,769
He'd only be allowed
to speak to his lawyer
1644
01:33:56,803 --> 01:33:59,495
and his lawyer wouldn't be
allowed to convey anything
1645
01:33:59,530 --> 01:34:00,945
that he said to the public
1646
01:34:00,980 --> 01:34:04,777
without his lawyer themselves
being thrown into prison.
1647
01:34:08,608 --> 01:34:11,646
- John Shipton, Julian Assange's his father here,
1648
01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:14,303
outside Belmarsh
with the supporters.
1649
01:34:15,822 --> 01:34:17,168
This is the fourth day.
1650
01:34:18,342 --> 01:34:21,794
The story continues
to unfold as some sort
1651
01:34:21,828 --> 01:34:23,623
of fraud upon the court,
1652
01:34:23,658 --> 01:34:28,317
by the Department of Justice
in the United States,
1653
01:34:28,352 --> 01:34:31,976
because they have, all of
their evidence has been proved
1654
01:34:32,011 --> 01:34:34,669
to be, as our barrister says,
1655
01:34:34,703 --> 01:34:38,224
lies, lies and more
lies, the extraordinary.
1656
01:34:40,847 --> 01:34:44,506
This abrogation of
Julian's human rights
1657
01:34:44,540 --> 01:34:49,131
started 10 years ago, with
10 days arbitrary detention
1658
01:34:49,166 --> 01:34:51,893
in Wandsworth
prison in solitary.
1659
01:34:51,927 --> 01:34:56,621
Then after that 18 months
house arrest in Norridge,
1660
01:34:56,656 --> 01:35:00,211
after that Julian
had to seek asylum
1661
01:35:00,246 --> 01:35:03,525
and was given asylum in
the Ecuadorian embassy.
1662
01:35:03,559 --> 01:35:06,666
And that was seven and a half
years of arbitrary detention.
1663
01:35:06,701 --> 01:35:08,254
- Can you hear me?
1664
01:35:08,288 --> 01:35:09,738
- [Crowd] Yeah.
1665
01:35:09,773 --> 01:35:13,638
- [John] Now, after the
United Kingdom contravened
1666
01:35:13,673 --> 01:35:17,746
its own conventions
to arrest Julian
1667
01:35:17,781 --> 01:35:22,751
without the revocation of the
asylum that has given him.
1668
01:35:24,132 --> 01:35:26,341
They arrested him and charged
him with skipping bail,
1669
01:35:26,375 --> 01:35:29,689
and has been in Belmarsh
maximum security prison
1670
01:35:29,724 --> 01:35:32,036
for about 10 months now.
1671
01:35:32,071 --> 01:35:36,247
So 10 years of
arbitrary detention,
you don't have to take
1672
01:35:36,282 --> 01:35:39,009
my word for there's
a Working Group,
1673
01:35:39,043 --> 01:35:42,495
the United Nations Working
Group on Arbitrary Detention,
1674
01:35:42,529 --> 01:35:45,947
their determination,
there's this secondary
1675
01:35:45,981 --> 01:35:49,502
they're reporting
in February 2018,
1676
01:35:49,536 --> 01:35:52,125
from the Working Group
on arbitrary detention.
1677
01:35:52,160 --> 01:35:56,509
There's Nils Melzer of the
UN rapporteur on torture.
1678
01:35:56,543 --> 01:35:58,235
His conclusions that Julian
1679
01:35:58,269 --> 01:36:00,755
had been psychologically
tortured,
1680
01:36:00,789 --> 01:36:02,446
deliberately smeared,
1681
01:36:03,965 --> 01:36:05,380
mobbed.
1682
01:36:05,414 --> 01:36:09,625
There's also the United
Nations rapporteur on privacy,
1683
01:36:09,660 --> 01:36:13,319
his determination
that Julian's privacy
1684
01:36:13,353 --> 01:36:15,079
had been stolen from him.
1685
01:36:15,114 --> 01:36:18,565
There's the illegal
surveillance by UC global
1686
01:36:18,600 --> 01:36:20,188
on behalf of the CIA,
1687
01:36:21,396 --> 01:36:24,295
the list just goes on and on.
1688
01:36:24,330 --> 01:36:27,160
You know, I just take
each day as it comes
1689
01:36:27,195 --> 01:36:29,300
and do what I can to
ensure that Julian
1690
01:36:29,335 --> 01:36:32,510
comes home to his
family, that's all.
1691
01:36:36,376 --> 01:36:37,792
- [Narrator] Court
proceedings are adjourned
1692
01:36:37,826 --> 01:36:40,691
with three weeks of evidence
scheduled on May 18th.
1693
01:36:42,900 --> 01:36:44,868
- [Crowd] Free Julian Assange.
1694
01:36:44,902 --> 01:36:46,386
Free Julian Assange.
1695
01:36:46,421 --> 01:36:48,078
Free Julian Assange.
1696
01:36:50,149 --> 01:36:51,978
Free Julian Assange.
1697
01:36:52,013 --> 01:36:54,429
[soft music]
1698
01:37:26,564 --> 01:37:28,428
- [Narator] Julian Assange
the enemy of America
1699
01:37:28,463 --> 01:37:32,156
for nearly 15 years
lies in Belmarsh prison
1700
01:37:32,191 --> 01:37:33,778
awaiting his fate.
1701
01:37:33,813 --> 01:37:35,988
Fate that will have
grave implications
1702
01:37:36,022 --> 01:37:38,162
across the media driven world,
1703
01:37:38,197 --> 01:37:40,302
from whistleblowers
to journalists.
1704
01:37:41,752 --> 01:37:44,859
Fate that will change the way
stories can be investigated.
1705
01:37:46,515 --> 01:37:50,174
Fate that will be decided
in the months to come.
1706
01:37:51,555 --> 01:37:54,834
From coder to convict, Assange
has brought information
1707
01:37:54,869 --> 01:37:56,698
and injustices to
light that would
1708
01:37:56,732 --> 01:37:59,114
otherwise be stored
and forgotten.
1709
01:37:59,149 --> 01:38:01,772
Whether you support
or shun his methods.
1710
01:38:01,806 --> 01:38:04,982
Undoubtedly his revolutionary
publishing has changed
1711
01:38:05,017 --> 01:38:07,536
the way journalism is conducted.
1712
01:38:07,571 --> 01:38:09,745
Holding governments
that act in our name
1713
01:38:09,780 --> 01:38:11,782
to a definitive account.
1714
01:38:11,816 --> 01:38:12,956
With ailing health
1715
01:38:12,990 --> 01:38:15,751
and the Coronavirus
pandemic in full swing.
1716
01:38:15,786 --> 01:38:17,753
Doctors expressed
fear that Assange
1717
01:38:17,788 --> 01:38:20,895
may not see the
light of day, again.
1718
01:38:25,175 --> 01:38:26,901
- I think it's important
to remember at this time,
1719
01:38:26,935 --> 01:38:28,937
that as we go back
out into the world,
1720
01:38:28,972 --> 01:38:31,112
we leave these happy headlands,
1721
01:38:31,146 --> 01:38:34,425
this this open face setting
with all these happy hills.
1722
01:38:34,460 --> 01:38:36,048
We remember that the
world of tomorrow,
1723
01:38:36,082 --> 01:38:37,670
is not gonna be like the past.
1724
01:38:39,051 --> 01:38:41,536
And the networks we move into
are going to be threatened
1725
01:38:41,570 --> 01:38:44,470
by the KGB, the
CIA, Sears, Roebuck
1726
01:38:45,333 --> 01:38:48,508
and any number of strange,
1727
01:38:48,543 --> 01:38:53,548
ostensibly honest, suspicious
entities whose very nature
1728
01:38:54,963 --> 01:38:56,482
and motivations must be
very carefully scrutinized.
1729
01:38:56,516 --> 01:39:00,348
So it's upto the entire
public to defend itself
1730
01:39:00,382 --> 01:39:03,454
to look to the extension
of freedom of privacy,
1731
01:39:03,489 --> 01:39:06,561
freedom of information,
freedom of association
1732
01:39:06,595 --> 01:39:08,597
and all the things that
have made America great
1733
01:39:08,632 --> 01:39:11,911
in this strange new
and dark network world.
1734
01:39:11,946 --> 01:39:14,327
[soft music]
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