Julian Assange emerged today in Brussels European Parliament debate engaging the panel http://bit.ly/ahSnaF opponent on Hearings (Self) Censorship and Freedom of Expression in Europe, a professor of libel and defamation laws from England, and later on he posed and gave interview to Guardian saying that “US gov public statements have all been reasonable. But some statements made in private are a bit more questionable,” . “Politically it would be a great error for them to act. I feel perfectly safe … but I have been advised by my lawyers not to travel to the US during this period.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/21/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-breaks-cover and here Assange panel debate performance http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/listening-to-wikileaks-julian-assange-at-the-european-parliament/ Rarely does a lobbyist listen to someone and feel utterly impressed, no strings or cautious thoughts attached…But today, just for a few minutes, I felt like “not all was lost”…that some sense would come out of the ongoing debates on how to “handle the Internet” if someone with the eloquence, brains and proven delivery record of Julius Assange could be invited to speak in a place such as the European Parliament, in the context of the ALDE organised debate on (Self) Censorship and Freedom of Expression in Europe.
