Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks

http://www.ted.com The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who's reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished -- and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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[karandex]

27 people are from white house and cia

[Alaric11]

Julian's hair is just amazing.

[samala51]

Great hair Julian

[C Brown]

Good for him..like George Carlin said..Don't believe anything your government tells you..EVER, well This young man has exposed them and George was right. I tip my hat to you (y)

[euglena viridans]

very informative....

[Ilios Ellas]

Please help promote this link wherever you can; if you believe in freedom of expression and freedom of the press.

Julian Assange for the Nobel prize for freedom of the press:

Please type (3w).avaaz.org/en/petition/Jul­ian_Assange_for_Nobel_prize_Fr­eedom_of_the_Press/

Lets see how "Noble" the Norwegians and their righteous Swede neighbors are or claim to be, since they offered Obama the Nobel peace prize!

[imRyRy]

Anyone else find Julian and Chris look very similar?

[Binoy Pv]

its now 33 people

[Suzy Le Concombre]

Here is a Change.org petition calling for action on Julian Assange if you are interested:

Google the following -

change.org/petitions/australia­n-government-seek-assurance-th­at-julian-assange-will-not-be-­extradited-to-the-usa