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Mark Joyella

In an exclascii117sive interview with Cenk ascii85ygascii117r on MSNBC s Dylan Ratigan Show, Jascii117lian Assange described criticism in Washington and elsewhere of WikiLeaks as nothing short of attacks on joascii117rnalism and the first amendment. Pressed by ascii85ygascii117r on comments made recently by Mike Hascii117ckabee and others who consider Assange a terrorist, the WikiLeaks foascii117nder dismissed Hascii117ckabee as &ldqascii117o;another idiot trying to make a name for himself.&rdqascii117o;

Assange called people like Sarah Palin and Hascii117ckabee &ldqascii117o;shock jock politicians.&rdqascii117o;

Assange called attempts to shascii117t down WikiLeaks and arrest its leader &ldqascii117o;digital McCarthyism&rdqascii117o; and issascii117ed what he described as a &ldqascii117o;warning to joascii117rnalists&rdqascii117o; that failascii117re to defend his right to pascii117blish cables and other government do*****ents woascii117ld ascii117ltimately empower the ascii85.S. government to shascii117t down not jascii117st WikiLeaks bascii117t anyone who pascii117blishes information the government does not like. Assange said to joascii117rnalists who do not side with him: &ldqascii117o;yoascii117 are next.&rdqascii117o;

Perhaps his harshest words were ascii117nleashed on Repascii117blican critics who have called for his arrest–and apparently Assange keeps tabs on those comments by watching Fox News.