US war on whistleblowers must end - Assange

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Julian Assange made his first public appearance in two months, ever since he took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Addressing the hundreds of people gathered outside the embassy, Assange thanked them for their support, claiming it was their resolve and presence that stopped British police storming the building.

"The United States must pledge before the world will not pursue journalists for shining light on the secret crimes of the powerful. The US administration’s war against whistleblowers must end."

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To allow Assange to avoid arrest by stepping outside the embassy, a balcony door on an upper floor was removed, leading up to his first public appearance since seeking refuge in the diplomatic mission two months ago.

Speaking behind the condor of the Ecuadorean coat of arms on the white balcony railing of the embassy, Assange thanked Correa and Ecuador's diplomats, whom he praised for standing up against oppression.

"The sun came up on a different world and a courageous Latin American nation took a stand for justice," Assange, with cropped hair indicating a recent cut, said from the balcony.

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We could use a brief tutorial

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From one of our experts, such as Glinda.

I can tell you that HTML code is what you need. If you look beneath a comment or post, you will see a list of "Allowed HTML tags" under the filtered HTML. In that list, you will see codes with "<>" marks around instructions. Use "i" for italics, "b" for bold, for example. In front of the text you want to format, place the command you want, then at the end of the text, turn off the formatting by using the same command with a "/" in front, as in "/i". All these commands are contained with the "<>" marks. This is HTML 101. There are other commands for the other tasks you mention. Of course, with full HTML, more commands are available.

I expect the real experts will give you a more complete response.

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"the secret crimes of the powerful"

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Pinter:

The United States supported and in many cases engendered every right wing military dictatorship in the world after the end of the Second World War. I refer to Indonesia, Greece, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Haiti, Turkey, the Philippines, Guatemala, El Salvador, and, of course, Chile. The horror the United States inflicted upon Chile in 1973 can never be purged and can never be forgiven.

Hundreds of thousands of deaths took place throughout these countries. Did they take place? And are they in all cases attributable to US foreign policy? The answer is yes they did take place and they are attributable to American foreign policy. But you wouldn't know it.

It never happened. Nothing ever happened. Even while it was happening it wasn't happening. It didn't matter. It was of no interest. The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them. You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It's a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis.

I put to you that the United States is without doubt the greatest show on the road. Brutal, indifferent, scornful and ruthless it may be but it is also very clever. As a salesman it is out on its own and its most saleable commodity is self love. It's a winner. ...

It will take a lot more Assanges if we are to start to document the behavior of our own country. It is impossible to imagine the U.S. backing any pledges to respect journalists and journalism.

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