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QUESTION: All right. And then the WikiLeaks people are saying --
MS. NULAND: I love stories ' the questions that start with 'the WikiLeaks people are saying.' (Laughter.)
QUESTION: Right. They are pointing out that the Secretary is going to be in Sweden coming up soon.
MS. NULAND: True.
QUESTION: And that it would be quote/unquote 'fanciful' not to imagine that the subject of Mr. Assange is raised by the Secretary with Swedish authorities, considering this is going to be apparently a couple of days after a decision is made on his extradition. I'm wondering, one, if that is correct, if it would ' or if ' is ' do you know if she has any intention to raise his case with Swedish authorities? And if she is, why would she? And then number two, since you have had this position are you aware of her ever bringing his ' this case up or even mentioning Mr. Assange's name in meetings with foreign officials?
MS. NULAND: No and no.
QUESTION: So ' okay. So it will not ' you can say, no, it's definitely not going to come up, it's not on her agenda as even the last or below last, i.e. if there's time I might ' at the end of the meeting, I might raise it? (Laughter.) I'm just trying to get a sense of where ' I mean, they seem to think that Mr. Assange is on the top of everyone's ' his name is on the tip of everyone's tongue and that it would be ridiculous to assume that she doesn't bring up this case. But I just want to get a sense from you of where he would be on the agenda in a meeting between Secretary Clinton and the Swedes.
MS. NULAND: To my knowledge, she does not plan to spend her valuable time in Sweden on that matter.
QUESTION: All right. Even mentioning it?
MS. NULAND: To my knowledge, it is not in her plans. We'll have to see what the actual day brings.
QUESTION: All right. And then the second part of your no, or the second no, to your knowledge, while you've been in this job, she has not ever raised his name with any foreign official?
MS. NULAND: Affirmatively raised it in terms of --
QUESTION: Yes. In terms of brought up his case specifically, not the Bradley Manning case, not --
MS. NULAND: Right. To my knowledge, she has not.
QUESTION: Okay.
MS. NULAND: Okay. Thanks, everybody. |
