Julian Assange Talks Chelsea Manning and the Media in Rare Interview
In the buildup to Julian Assange's run for the Australian senate, VICE was invited to the Ecuadorian embassy in London for a rare in-person interview. Our visit coincided with the conviction of Chelsea (then Bradley) Manning, the young US Army private whose alleged espionage put WikiLeaks on the map. Assange spoke to us about political payback, his plans for freeing the most famous whistle-blower in history, and why the world needs a WikiLeaks political party.
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Thank you Mr. Assange! You are doing the FREE WORLD a great deal of service!
Update from the future. Chelsea Manning has been freed, fines paid, and funds established to get her back on her feet.
@lanahartman8105
3 жыл бұрын
and now sadly she is in custody again...
@tigressnsnow
3 жыл бұрын
@@lanahartman8105 Really? When? She tried to commit suicide 3x and was released last year 2020.
@OGPatriot03
2 жыл бұрын
Bradley* He/Him. Get it right.
@coreycox2345
2 жыл бұрын
@@tigressnsnow Sad.
Bless Julian. He must be free!
I love how he says America uses Australia as an unsinkable aircraft carrier.
@davidsalcido383
5 жыл бұрын
Viridian “AmeriKKKa’s Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier?!”
@jiveassturkey8849
4 жыл бұрын
Fuck yeah we do! The USS Australia is the flagship of our fleet!
@candicem9344
3 жыл бұрын
Australia is US lapdog and puppet
Assange is great! God bless him and protect him always! and God bless the ecuatorian president for giving him refuge. God bless!
If I lived in Australia I would totally vote for him!
Assange for PM!
Julian Assange is a TRUE HERO; love him so much. Marry me Julian
@stale_.
10 жыл бұрын
Mandy Hamilton you'd be the first girl with serious asperger's i've seen yet. you gotta be trollin.....
@ItsNikoHIMself
5 жыл бұрын
I support him. Download everything of Wikileaks and reupload it. Censorship is now. 1939 is now.
@positiveapproach8689
5 жыл бұрын
@Bob 1 Rape allegations were dropped few times, there are evidences that the only allegations that the women involved wanted to file were related to STI but police persuaded them to change their declarations. The case itself was dropped at least twice by Swedish prosecutors as luck of evidences.Very fishy case ….also your determination to denigrate this person is quite fishy.... He created that website so brave whistle-blowers can almost safely and without fear of severe prosecution can whistle blow the crimes.
@elfonero1492
4 жыл бұрын
@Bob 1 rape accusations were clearly defamations why he may be a narcissistic i think you never know what mean
@wat6816
3 жыл бұрын
Bob, I sincerely hope you will at some point understand who Assange is and what he stands for.
FREE ASSANGE!
Finally, I've been waiting for this. \[T]/
Great interview - I will be voting for Julian Assange !!!
• I want Australian political legal sheep to step up and protect and represent this Australian citizen. You have been silent and invisible in this process. • Julian Assange is a reporter of political transparency. Either you stand with him or you will be seen in history as American partners of criminality and culpability. To stand by and not take action in supporting his case is a disgraceful act of cowardism. Assange is innocent. • Assange disclosed the video of innocent men and children injured and killed by trigger happy American helicopter pilots laughing as they gunned down townfolk. • Assange disclosed the truth about Hilary Clinton and the needless massacre at Bengazii. • And...Assange disclosed who, when, what, where and why members of past and present White House Administration also, the American and European military industrial complex are promoting and advancing war efforts for their own financial gains. Power, Money Greed. The American citizen's tax base has funded projects both military and personal resulting in profiteering...stealing directly from the American people. This is why they what to extrdict any jail (kill) Julian Assange. He is the man who knew too much and came to tell the world the truth. This is why they concocted a false rape charge against Assange. Both women said it was the police who propagated this lie. The FBI used, as their 'credible' main witness, a known pedophile with a criminal background who was given immunity, if he testified against Assange. The Icelandic witness has since withdrawn his testimony stating that he had lied. There is no case! And still, the Australian powers that be, has abandoned the greatest Australian their country has ever known. They have left him too die in the UK Belmarsh prison, or worse, sent to America. Assange is a Nobel Peace Prize Awardee for journalistic excellence and as a exemplary world citizen. And Australia sits mysteriously incapacitated to defend their native son. WHY?
Fantastic interview, thank you again Vice for being one of the few media outlets with real, quality content.
@codysimpsonfreak11
3 жыл бұрын
This didn’t age well
@BertoBeats
3 жыл бұрын
@@codysimpsonfreak11 How? Julian, Chelsea, Snowden are all still heroic whistleblowers. And are all still horrifically mistreated by governments and by all mainstream media. EDIT: You're probably referring to Vice making quality content. Yeah, true. Vice sucks ass now, they've become of a parody of themselves.
@codysimpsonfreak11
3 жыл бұрын
@@BertoBeats Yeah mate , I was talking about vice which used to be pretty great . I agree and i hope trump pardons them , Have a good one !
Interviewer looks completely out of his depth. Seems unable to make eye contact with Assange.
@buttonsg1
10 жыл бұрын
true, but fortunately h doesnt talk very much and lets assagne do what he is good at
@captainhd9741
3 жыл бұрын
Actually that might be under the request of Julian Assange as Julian has aspergers and it is more comfortable for a person who is on the spectrum to avoid prolonged eye contact. Second possibility is that the interviewer himself has aspergers in which case he might not like prolonged eye contact with Julian Assange. By the way your comment is 6 years ago but now to update you Julian is under trial and this is the 15th day I think. Check out channel called Richard Medhurst for an EXCELLENT coverage and commentary of what is happening day by day.
@markusmuller6173
3 жыл бұрын
Ideas for Improvements kzread.info/head/PL7tB6qL0r-AZdWMgi4E-TBMPiOuf9GLZt
We do need JULIAN ASSANGE🌱🍁☘️🌺🌷🌻 A SO VERY🗽 STRONG🌹🏪🕍 Wikileaks Political PARTY ! 🌹🏪🕍💒🗽⛩️.
why does julian assange whisper very loudly
@SecondDestiny27
7 жыл бұрын
One of the many things that makes him the sexiest man on Earth. I could listen to his voice 24/7.
@bigcity420
5 жыл бұрын
@@SecondDestiny27 Russian
2:30 The desire for authority is much higher than the desire for morality.
He is so right on the mark! Thank you Julian!! TRUTHLIVES . ORG
Free the truthers and whistleblowers ✊ Jail the war criminals ✊
Thank you Vice!
When one comes across an individual far more intelligent and assertive then our selves, we tend to downplay our own personality and behave submissive. This is only human behavior present in all of us; please do not be so judgmental so quickly.
12:05 If you have a choice of someone who knows the system, knows how to play it, do you elect them even though they're an insider? Or do you elect someone who's an outsider to the system and not contaminated by it?
Well said!
QUESTION !!!!!! how can they hold someone in jail because refuses to lie ???? So how is that contempt of court. By rights she should not testify against Julian but should be his defense witness. BY LAW - A witness can, at any time, refuse to answer a question by claiming protection under the Fifth Amendment. The person testifying is the defendant in a criminal case: This is an extension of the protection under the Fifth Amendment. Criminal defendants can never be forced to testify. ANOTHER FACE OF CORRUPTION !!!
This needs to go viral.
Yes vice in Australia is amazing! takes long enough to get anything here
Hero!
New video eery day!
Julian Assange is a legend. Take notes, people.
Thank you for your very brave and noble service Julian. Long live!! -The Good Ppl of the USA
@bigcity420
5 жыл бұрын
See how brave he was coming out today. That's bravery?. You would think he was going to be shot right then and there. Coward is what you have here...
Free speech now ✊
You people try to go what he went through without getting twice as tired. Despite his voice, the man has strong nerves and is a legend.
Thanks for the complement I am sure your a really nice person
this guy has a very relaxing voice!
I can hear it just fine.
Free Assange
I urge Australian voters to vote for this man in the Senate in the upcoming election.
Brave man! Yeeeeep!
His voice is so calming, and kinda sexy. Also free Chelsea Manning.
@the1youlovetohate633
7 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I agree with you. His voice sounds like the Australian version of Andy Biersack.
@coreycox2345
7 жыл бұрын
Fan club? Sounds like he has a cold here.
Very intelligent point, my good sir. Please tell me more.
Julian Assange will be remembered as a great human mind. Hopefully the lessons we're learning in the modern age will help us get past these draconian systems.
Bravo Julian! Tu as parfaitement raison!
Hero hero hero. It takes guts!!
Assange's gaze burns so fiery the interviewer didn't have the balls to look him in the eyes most of the time.
This guys are awesome!!
HERO
Depressing to see the amount of people focused on the way his voice sounds or his lack of sun tan he's speaking about issues that have global significance and that's really your best & most useful output
He doesn't croak so much usually. In his speeches he speaks clearly.
Vice where are you now ? Being part of all this man fight for many years ...
@doomguy584
2 жыл бұрын
They are bought and paid actors now
i love you
Just commenting to keep this video afloat...
You've come a long way, mendax.
Very smart
No. I think you just cranked up the volume setting on the video, that's what I had to do.
I like the number of videos VICE has.
HERO HERO HERO
Free Julian now ✊
Good on Assange for having the patience to put up with this guy,
Unexpected asmr
Can someone please explain to me what he meant when he said that Hugh Jackman was a military asset. I listened to it 3 times and just cant follow his train of thought on that.
Hero.
Agreed!
as a hungarian i can tell u that the fact that we ended up just at the wrong end of the iron curtain was an unspeakably deep tragedy for us. we wanted to be part of the west but couldn't. now look where austria got in the last 60-70 and where hungary did. only because politicians arbitrarily draw the line between us who used to be one country before (Austria-Hungary). my point is everyone wanted to surrender to the US not the Russians and it shows the US was seen as a 'heaven' at the time.
its the acoustics of the room, and recording. pls try harder to listen, he is a great man
anyone else notice the free anakata sign in the background?
aw. Feel bad for him
#FreeAssange
Old Soul...... What planet r u from? Who knew u would speak Truth to Power
use speakers/headphones, and make sure your computer isn't muted.
It's been about 1 year and 1 and a half months now. And yeah, that is horrible.
Well this video proved a couple of things. The Ecuadorian embassy doesn't have a sunbed or a gym in there
why isnt this an hour long?
the interviewer is so humbled and intimidated lel
Incredibly short, too short.
I've gotta say the idea of payback has made me question whether my vote should go this way ...
Who is Anakata? Or what is?
Lest we forget
it would also help if the guy from Vice attached a mic on his chest, or anywhere near him
Media Sources are mute.
Amen !! the Politics e the most dangerous matter !!
always maintain eye contact
"The desire for authority is much higher than the desire for morality"
It'd be so much better if it's subtitled
Whoa.. Someone needs to take their meds..
And Bloom.
You need to subtitle this video...even KZread's caption is having problems hearing him. :-P
how?
WOW, I guess vice actually did some good stuff back in the day.
"regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published.."-constitution UCMJ: 894. Art. 94. Mutiny or sedition "..REFUSES..to..do his duty or creates..violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny..failure to supress of reporty mutiny..shall be punished..as..court martial.." it is a felony to attempt to use the classification system to hide a crime or protect the powerful from embarrassment. Such material remains unclassified after being stamped
If the truth shall be told, so as to be understood, it will be believed.....
The difficulty in his case, is that the proper channels were part of the system covering up the wrongdoing, and he TRIED to go through them, and was blocked. I think Assange very correctly characterises the situation here when he talks about America's desire for ruthless power being greater than it's desire to be seen as righteous.
i agree. As a veteran, i had access to SIPRnet computer system for my job and had to sign a privacy act statement before i was allowed into the classified computer room. If i where to compromise the information within i would be seriously screwed. So i think Mister Mannings punishment is fair, but he should have go through the proper channels to get this information published correctly.
Free Bradley Manning!
So have you looked it up yet?
#FREEASSANGE
Having said that I do recognise that Assange is a power for good.
The interviewer looks so tense.
Julian assange is a hero
What dos ingage mean?
For mighty good reasons, too.