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Julian Assange: You asked how I knew Anna. To come to Sweden, it was necessary for me to get diplomatic support in order to leave England due to the security situation between my organization and the Pentagon. Political contacts in Sweden therefore suggested that I be invited by the Christian Democrats to give a presentation. A formal invitation would be sent to (inaudible) and England, so that I would have a secure journey from England to Sweden. And I understood that Anna Ardin was press secretary for Broderskapet within the Christian Democrats.
Mats Gehlin (police officer): A correction: It is not the Christian Democrats, but rather the Social Democratic
(inaudible).
Gun von Krusenstjerna (interpreter): Sorry, sorry, I apologize for giving the wrong party.
Mats Gehlin (police officer): Yes.
Gun von Krusenstjerna (interpreter): Excuse me, sorry. The Social Democrats.
Julian Assange: She was contacted by Peter [WEIDERUD ] I don't remember his last name. I believe he is the chair of Broderskapet, and a good man. Anna offered me her flat, and was also involved in organizing the press conference last Friday.
Mats Gehlin (police officer): And on what date did you come to Sweden?_
Julian Assange: I'm not sure. Perhaps the 12th between the 10th and the 12th. |
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Then nothing more became of it. Then Julian travelled abroad again, and there was that collaboration with Der Spiegel, the New York Times and The Guardian._
Much the same media reviewed some material, and we began to discuss the possibility of doing a similar project in Sweden with some other material.
Aftonbladet, Swedish Public TV and other journalists were involved in those discussions. It never got started no documents to dig into, no research has got started, not yet. But it is still in the air. After this storm [i.e. the sex allegations] has settled down, perhaps it will be resumed, perhaps not. I have met Julian on three occasions when he has been in Sweden and we have discussed these matters, many others and myself.
Matt Gehlin (police officer): So the first time was in the spring?
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?
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[Anna Ardin calls Donald Bostrom, and asks him to hand media inquiries for the August 14 seminar.]
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.
Matt Gehlin (police officer): O.K.
Donald Bostrom: And I mentioned that I have more media experience than she I know many of the journalists who were calling her. So I said I could do it, without realizing what a tremendous amount of time it would consume. And so I believe that many people thought that I was some sort of media co-ordinator for WikiLeaks, but that was not the case._
I merely helped out helped Anna and Broderskapet to get organized for the conference [laughs]._
I have known, or have been familiar with Peter Weiderud for years. We ran into each other in international contexts. I am mainly a foreign correspondent._
Peter Weiderud is chair of Broderskapet and is also very engaged in international issues; so we have sometimes met in the Swedish parliament and so on.
But when this event was to take place, Anna was assigned to act as press secretary. It was then that she rang me and asked is [sic] she might pass the media inquiries on to me [laughs]. I told her that she could. And then a rather big circus started to build around this seminar, there was a lot of interest. And then another circus began a week later when Anna and the other woman went to you lot. At that point my telephone number was already known to the world media, so it was time for the next storm._ |
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