In one of his first public events since being held under house arrest, WikiLeaks Editor-In-Chief Julian Assange appeared in London Saturday [2 Jul 2011] for a conversation with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj \u017di\u017eek, moderated by Democracy Now!\u2019s Amy Goodman. They discussed the impact of WikiLeaks on world politics, the release of the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, and Cablegate \u2014 the largest trove of classified U.S. government records in history.<\/p>\n
Assange was wearing an ankle monitor under his boot and Saturday\u2019s event concluded shortly after 6 p.m. so he could return to his bail address by his curfew. The discussion was sponsored by the Frontline Club, founded in part to remember journalists killed on the front lines of war.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom being inside the center of the storm, I have learned not just about the structure of government, not just about how power flows in many governments around the world that we\u2019ve dealt with, but rather how history is shaped and distorted by the media<\/em>.\u201d — Julian Assange.<\/p>\n