strafford used to cover this topic extensively but has not run a single articles since 2006. wiki leaks says that this is because of the financial relationship between this and influential companies such as monsanto. >> we have no relationship with monsanto or any other company. >> why have you ignored such a big thing? >> essentially we don't know enough about it. it is a highly technical subject in which science is divided and there is nothing that we can say or add to it. we have had many issues that we do not discuss. we consign ourselves to issues in which we have something significant to say. when the issue first broke out we may have looked at it but we also don't discuss, you know, questions of this very much except as you mention it. >> but the ebola virus doesn't have the point of contention. >> i'm not sure that it has a geo-political importance. you've made up your mind on the subject. so we don't cover it because we don't cover issues that are technical. as for wiki leaks and what it claims, i really hope that you go to their website and read the e-mails because