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On Apr 9th at Kensington Town Hall, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took part in a debate on whistleblowing for the proposition. Other speakers for the proposition were Mehdi Hasan, senior editor for politics of the New Statesman, and Clayton Swisher, head of al-Jazeera's transparency unit.
Bob Ayers, former director of the information systems and security program at the US department of defence, David Richmond, former director for British defence and intelligence and member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Board, and Douglas Murray, author and commentator spoke for the opposition.
Assange, Hansen, Swisher, Ayers, Richmond and Murray debated the motion 'This house believes that whistleblowers make the world a safer place'.
Around 900 people, including many photographers and camera crews came to witness the debate, which was the first time Assange has been out in public speaking since Cablegate.
Jason Cowley introduced the debate and set out the rule that each speaker has seven minutes to make his case, during which the other side could offer points of information.
Here are a few pictures from the debate taken by the New Statesmen:
A view of the full panel:
Assange during the debate:
Douglas Murray during the debate:
Mehdi Hansen during the debate:
Audience:
Audience:
Click here to see more photos from the debate.
This is video of Assange at the beginning of the debate:
This is video of Assange during the NewStatesman/Frontline Club debate:
This is video of Mehdi Hasan during the NewStatesman/Frontline Club debate:
This is video of Douglas Murray during the NewStatesman/Frontline Club debate:
This is video of Julian Assange leaving the debate at the Frontline Club:
Audio from the Frontline Club/News Statesman whistleblower debate part 1 - NS editor Jason Cowley's introduction:
Audio from the Frontline Club/New Statesman whistleblower debate part 2 - Clayton Swisher:
Audio from the Frontline Club/New Statesman whistleblower debate part 3 - Sir David Richmond
Audio from the Frontline Club/New Statesman whistleblower debate part 4 - Julian Assange
Audio from the Frontline Club/New Statesman whistleblower debate part 5 - Bob Ayres
Audio from the Frontline Club/New Statesman whistleblower debate part 6 - Annie Machon
Audio from the Frontline Club/New Statesman whistleblower debate part 7 - Mehdi Hasan
Audio from the Frontline Club/New Statesman whistleblower debate part 8 - Douglas Murray
For a summary of the debate provided by the New Statesmen:
Part 1
Part 2
Click here for another summary of the debate provided by hallucigenia:
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