The West Has Political Prisoners.

The Internet, Our Greatest Tool Of Emancipation, Has Been Transformed Into The Most Dangerous Facilitator Of Totalitarianism We Have Ever Seen. The Internet Is A Threat To Human Civilization.

The Most Important Publication Of Wikileaks Is That It Has Published More Than 10 Million Documents. The Most Important Single Collection Of Material We Have Published Is The Us Diplomatic Cable Series. We Started With 251,000 In 2011, But Are Up To 3 Million Now And Have More Coming.

A Great Number Of Those Working For Liberal Causes Are Not Only Shy But Borderline Collusive. They Want Change To Happen Nicely, And It Won't. They Want Decency To Come About Without Anybody Suffering Or Being Embarrassed, And It Won't. And Most Of All They Want To Give Many Of The Enemies Of Open Government The Benefit Of The Doubt, And I Don't. It's Not Just A Difference Of Approach, It's A Complete Schism In Our Respective Philosophy. You Can't Go About Disclosure In The Hope That It Won't Spoil Anybody's Dinner.

I Don't Like The Word Transparency; Cold Dead Glass Is Transparent. I Prefer Education Or Understanding, Which Are More Human.

Wikileaks Is Really A Litmus Test For Those People Who Walk The Talk In The Media. How Much Will They Really Follow Their Protestations To Be Brave Publishers, And How Much Do They Really Want To Lick The Boots Of Power? Well, You Can Tell By Their Engagement With Us And What They Do.