Keller said Assange decided to cut NYT out of the release of the stash of US diplomatic cables but the Guardian turned them over anyway. Ahead of the release, the NYT held a meeting at the State Department with "unsmiling" officials from the White House, State Department, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, FBI and Pentagon, he said. Keller also said he would oppose any attempt to prosecute Assange on First Amendment grounds. Within hours of going online, Keller's article drew condemnation from WikiLeaks. "NYTimes does another self-serving smear. Facts wrong, top to bottom. Dark day for US journalism," WikiLeaks said in a Twitter message. AFP |