to disclose national defence information. for years, the us said the release of files around the iraq and afghanistan was endangered lives. wikileaks claims to have published more than 10 million documents in what the us government described as one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states. he and his lawyers have claimed that the case against him is politically motivated. i spoke to nomia iqbal. nomia, you have been following this. following this. tell us about the agreement. following this. tell us about the agreement. it following this. tell us about the agreement. it is - the agreement. it is interesting. although he has been injail in the uk since 2019, the actual story ofjulian assange has been running for more than a decade, hasn t it? his wikileaks website rose to prominence in 2010. you mentioned this breach that the americans said was the largest of its kind in us military history. wikileaks released more than 90,0
control of the issue. i think in a weird way, i think trump may have done the media a favor because it s definitely time to rethink the white house correspondence dinner. i agree with you, i think drip by drip this campaign against the media is real threat to american democracy. i think april 29th would be a great day for the media to take steps to call attention to what s going on here instead of a glitzy dinner with the red carpet, i would love to see a candle light vigil for the journalists around the world who have lost their lives or been in prison on behalf of press freedom. i d like to see a teach in about how serious some of the threats to the first amendment that are going on right now are. i think this should be day to celebrate the first amendment with or without donald trump. let me make one more point before we go to break. breitbart is getting an interview with trump. fox and friends having an interview with the president in
we are getting word that congresswoman gabby giffords will attend the launch of the space shuttle endeavour next month. her husband is astronaut mark kelly. a spokesperson for giffords says she will be there. doctors treating her will hold a news conference tomorrow to detail her progress. wolf, our very own wolf blitzer, you ll be heading off to receive a very special honor this evening, and well, since you re not going to talk about it, i will. the radio television digit at news foundation will honor him with the first amendment award this year for broadcast journalists who have worked on behalf of press freedom. you ll be joining an impressive list of past winners, including david brinkley and water cronkite. i will be there, and i m looking forward to it. it s a black-tie dinner, i ve been working on my speech.