Under the guise of a phenomenon called security, anti-democratic acts designed to instill fear are being committed, argues Stuart Rees.
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The persecution of Julian Assange is the conquest of us all: of our independence, our self respect, our intellect, our compassion, our politics, our culture, writes John Pilger.
In a July 2010 interview with WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, TED.com鈥檚 Chris Anderson said WikiLeaks had released in just a few years more classified state and military documents than every other media outlet combined.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a worry isn鈥檛 it,鈥 Assange said. 鈥淭hat the rest of the world鈥檚 media is doing such a bad job that a little group of activists is able to reveal more of that sort of information than the rest of the world鈥檚 media.鈥