Friday, October 2, 2015

Did State Plant Questions With '60 Minutes' For Its Wikileaks Interview?

By Becket Adams, Oct 01, 2015 Washington Examiner

State Department officials appear to have colluded with CBS News' "60 Minutes" in 2011 to plant specific interview questions for Julian Assange, the leader of a hacker group that is responsible for illegally obtaining and publishing thousands of classified U.S. intelligence cables.

The revelation that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's team worked with CBS News came this week after State Department officials released a batch of Democratic frontrunner's work emails.

"Madame Secretary, a very quick update. I just received confirmation from 60 Minutes that a piece on Julian Assange will air Sunday night," former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip Crowley wrote in a 2011 email.

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