'Times' Editor: The impact of Assange and WikiLeaks | Fresh Air

New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller explains why the paper decided to publish the classified dispatches and cables from WikiLeaks, the effect those documents had in Tunisia and Egypt, and why he came to regard WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as indifferent to the people whose lives were at risk.
On June 26, 2024, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stepped foot on home soil in Australia after a 14-year legal battle came to a close. He had pleaded guilty to one charge of violating U.S. espionage laws. In exchange, U.S. District Judge Ramona Manglona sentenced Assange to time served, noting how long he already spent incarcerated in a high-security prison in London.⁠
This interview originally aired February 1, 2011.
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This was originally aired 2011.

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Bill Keller and Alan Rusbridger turned their backs on Assange after benefitting greatly from his work, continued to smear him and distance themselves from him until recently when they had to admit they as publishers were just as much at risk as Julian and Wikileaks.