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The Arrest of Julian Assange and What It Means for WikiLeaks
As the world copes with online document dumps by WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has been jailed in England. Has he made the work of US diplomats harder than ever, or created a new standard of openness and accountability? Has he violated the law? Also, President Obama defends his tax-cut compromise, and the corruption charges that led the Senate today to remove a federal judge from office.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenAs the world copes with online document dumps by WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has been jailed in England. Has he made the work of American diplomats harder than ever, or created a new standard of openness and accountability? Has he violated the law? Also, President Obama defends his tax-cut compromise, and Thomas Porteous of New Orleans has become the eighth federal judge in history to be removed by the US Senate.
Banner image: The face of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen through a magnifying glass on December 6, 2010. Photo: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images
