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Assange: ‘We Have to Survive This Leak’

Three weeks before WikiLeaks and several media outlets began publishing a massive trove of U.S. diplomatic cables, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expressed fear that the content of the cables was too explosive for his organization to withstand. “We have

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Assange stood firm. He wanted the Times to publish a retraction of its profile or publish a prominently placed opinion piece from him to counter the negative article. But the Times, contacted by phone during the meeting, refused. Editor-in-Chief Keller said only that Assange was free to write a letter to the editor about his complaints. Assange, however, also wanted assurances that the Times would never publish an unflattering piece about him again.