I find it telling that the one actually interesting and critical question from an actual diplomat, about to what extent he feels his leaks are undermining the diplomatic process, is the one question he refuses to answer.

Given that Assange wants to bring down secretive government, it's pretty obvious he wants to undermine diplomacy.

If that was the case, then why doesn't he have balls to admit it?

When hasn't he?

In the CNN interview that was linked to above.

I hadn't actually read that Q&A - very interesting and a reasonable point in his answer to the figurehead question (although I would suggest that Wikileaks could simply lower its profile and become an anonymising conduit, thus negating the need for verified comms with the public at all).

Keeping with my 'The Matrix' / Philip K. Dick geek fantasy rant though, check out the last few sentences from his interview:

"History will win. The world will be elevated to a better place. Will we survive? That depends on you."

Love the drama!

Oh, sorry, I didn't realise you were referring to Manning. My apologies.

No worries, I wasn't clear.