Wikileaks' Julian Assange speaks to an event today held to coincide with a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly
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Wikileaks editor Julian Assange lashed out at the U.S. government today, saying it took "arbitrary and excessive action" against the document-leaking Web site and a U.S. soldier suspected of being its source of classified files.
"It is time for the U.S. to cease its persecution of Wikileaks, to cease its persecution of our people, and to cease its persecution of our alleged sources," Assange said during an event convened by Ecuador to coincide with a a United Nations diplomatic summit this week.
Assange, who remains holed up in Ecuador's London embassy in an effort to avoid an extradition order, denounced the U.S. military's pre-trial treatment of suspected Wiki-leaker Bradley Manning. The Army wants, Assange said, "to break him, to force him to testify against WikiLeaks and me" before Manning's court martial, which is set ... [Read more]
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