"A Big Deal": Julian Assange's Release Welcomed by Australian Senator After Grassroots Campaign
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6NSR3)
We speak with Australian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, a prominent supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who says the publisher's case is a big deal" in the country that cut across political divisions. It's taken a really big campaign, a really big grassroots campaign by thousands of people in Australia - indeed, millions of people around the world - to bring this to the attention of politicians." Assange landed in Australia Wednesday after pleading guilty to a single charge of violating the U.S. Espionage Act, allowing him to avoid further prison time after years of legal jeopardy.