Every War in the past 50 Years is a Result of Media Lies

If you want a vision of the future, imagine Washington-back ed Google Glasses strapped onto vacant human faces - forever.

You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.

Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers.

I always believed that WikiLeaks as a concept would perform a global role, and to some degree it was clear that it was doing that as far back as 2007 when it changed the result of the Kenyan general election.

During the period of house arrest, I had an electronic manacle around my leg for 24 hours a day, and for someone who has tried to give others liberty all their adult life, that is absolutely intolerable.

My motivation for 20 years, for 10 years with WikiLeaks, has been to publish true information that is otherwise unsayable. So we're not in competition, if you like.