...but Assange is also a journalist...with the initial scoop...not the source of the leak, remember?
11.15pm: The New York Times has responded to Senator Joe Lieberman, from Robert Mackey's top-notch WikiLeaks live blog:
A spokeswoman for The New York Times has responded to a suggestion by Sen. Joe Lieberman on Tuesday that the news organization, and others that published American diplomatic cables obtained and distributed by WikiLeaks, might be subject to criminal investigation.
"We believe that our decision to publish was responsible journalism, legal, and important to a democratic society," Danielle Rhoades Ha, the communications director of The Times Company, said.
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