FED:Assange passport must be guaranteed: Brown

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2010
FED:Assange passport must be guaranteed: Brown

Greens leader BOB BROWN says he has written to Foreign Minister KEVIN RUDD asking that
WikiLeaks founder JULIAN ASSANGE be allowed to return to Australia "free of persecution".

Senator BROWN says Mr ASSANGE is obviously under intense pressure for simply disseminating
documents that any self-respecting newspaper .. including The Times of London and The
Australian .. would print if they were given access to the documents.

Meantime .. he's described as "interesting" the latest revelation that Mr RUDD .. while
prime minister .. said the war in Afghanistan "scares the hell" out of him.

Senator BROWN says Australian troops are only in Afghanistan because of ties with the
United States.

Mr RUDD's comments were revealed in US cables released by WikiLeaks and published by Fairfax.

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KEYWORD: WIKILEAKS BROWN (CANBERRA)

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