The Assange legacy: A war against whistleblowers | Centre Stage shorts

“Assange should go down in history as one of the most consequential figures of this era in terms of taking on [the US].” Jeremy Scahill, an investigative journalist, talks about why the jailing of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange serves as a threat today against anyone considering becoming a whistleblower. Scahill talks to Al Jazeera’s @phillavelle about why governments have been targeting investigative reporting. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #JulianAssange #WikiLeaks #Journalism #Whistleblower #InvestigativeReporter #CentreStage #AlJazeeraEnglish