re: #149 Gus

FPF board members Poitras & Greenwald:

smh.com.au

Julian Assange has accused Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney of losing objectivity and perspective in making a new film on WikiLeaks.

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Mr Assange refused to be interviewed for the documentary. Instead, WikiLeaks has co-operated with a film by Oscar-nominated Laura Poitras, which is due out later this year.

nytimes.com

Their discussion turned to the question of coming back to the United States. Greenwald said, half-jokingly, that if he was arrested, WikiLeaks would become the new traffic cop for publishing N.S.A. documents. “I would just say: ‘O.K., let me introduce you to my friend Julian Assange, who’s going to take my place. Have fun dealing with him.’ “

Poitras prodded him: “So you’re going back to the States?”

He laughed and pointed out that unfortunately, the government does not always take the smartest course of action. “If they were smart,” he said, “I would do it.”