Reply #17: reading is your friend [View All]

[DisgustipatedinCA]

From your own link:

WikiLeaks asked CNN and the Wall Street Journal to sign confidentiality agreements that would have entitled WikiLeaks to a payment of around $100,000 if the partner broke the embargo, according to people briefed on the agreement who asked not to be named because they weren't authorized to disclose the information publicly. The agreement also stipulated that WikiLeaks could enforce the terms of the agreement in a court of WikiLeaks' choosing.

This is just contract language. Assange said, in effect, CNN & WSJ, if you lie to me and release this prematurely, it will cost you $100K. That's not financial compensation, and you're either careless with your reading or disingenuous. Which is it?