Julian Assange, Live from London

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 8, 2015

When WikiLeaks released 2,325,961 top-secret State Department cables in 2010, the website, and its leader Julian Assange, became polarizing symbols around the world. Were they crusaders for freedom and transparency in the face of pervasive government secrecy, or were they reckless hackers who endangered U.S. National Security? 

The release of these cables revealed for the first time what the US really thought about national leaders, friendly dictators and supposed allies. The Wikileaks files also uncovered the dark truths of national policies, human rights violations, covert operations and cover-ups. Julian Assange joins us to us from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to discuss about a new printed copy of The Wikileaks Files.

Assange also addressed Hillary Clinton's email troubles. 

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