The Verge: Speaking via Skype before an audience of thousands at South by Southwest, Julian Assange made the case for a new golden age of national security reporting, conducted largely by Americans in exile. “National security reporters are a new kind of refugee,” Assange said, then ran down a list of American reporters and activists who have left US borders in order to continue their work, including Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Wikileaks’ Sarah Harrison, and Tor researcher Jacob Appelbaum.
