michl: to some, he's a principled champion of free spee, to others, he's an irresponsible anarchist.ge has sparked fierce debate about the p power of information, over the right to know and the right keep secrets. julian: police descended on this building-- scott shane: i suppose very flawed personalities often are, you know, sort of the engineers of history, and i think julian assange is one. p. j. crowley: i don't see julian assange as this great crusader of transparency. i see him as a reckless narcissist. julian: seven years of dettion-- alan rusbridger: he's quixotic, charming, brilliant, intolerable, maverick, difficult, impossible, narcissistic, entrepreneurial, vindictive. i mean, you know, we could go on all night, and he's all those things, and that's, in a way, why we're here talking about him. he's a very interesting man. julian: as wikileaks stands under threat-- michael: julian assange harnessed the technology of the digital age and challenged the supremacy of governments. scott: he created, invented this mechanism by which people could be given a voice, and not just a