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Mats Gehlin (police officer): To begin with, I would like you to tell us about how you got to know Julian and when you met him for the first time.
Donald Bostrom: I met Julian for the first time this spring the spring of 2010, that is. I don't recall exactly which month, but it was in connection with his being interviewed for Aftonbladet by a journalist named Johannes Wahlstrm. I then learnt via Johannes and Aftonbladet that Julian would be coming to Sweden and I was asked if I wanted to participate in a meeting_.
So, Julian had a rather important presentation in Sweden through an important assignment an interview in Aftonbladet. That was possibly what made him decide to travel to Sweden at that time. He was also thinking about Sweden in any event, due to the freedom of expression and the press, the laws that exist_. I was asked if I wanted to participate in a meeting in connection with his visit here_ with Julian and some journalists. Of course I said yes. I and many others were curious and interested in what this was all about.
So we had a meeting with him, a number of journalists who had received the same invitation. What is happening now is that there is a journalistic co-operation around WikiLeaks. The most recent media that have become known are Der Spiegel, The Guardian in London and the New York Times_. Other newspapers and TV stations are also involved. And in Sweden this was some sort of embryo which could develop into something similar. There were a number of journalists from various workplaces, including media organizations like Swedish Public Television and Aftonbladet, who were also involved in those discussions. So, of course it was extremely interesting.
Then Julian went abroad again...
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Donald Bostrom: Yes, in the spring.
Matt Gehlin (police officer): Yes, all right.
Donald Bostrom: And the second time was also before summer.
Matt Gehlin (police officer): And the third time, that was when he was to give the presentation?
Donald Bostrom: Just so. He had been invited by Broderskapet and, in connection with that, Anna Ardin had called me. I had not met her before, but we soon got on quite well. It was because there was enormous interest from the media, and she wondered if she could pass all the media inquiries on to me in the event that there were a great many_.
So when they called her, which is part of being the organization that invites, she often passed them along to me. |
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