I am very grateful for the public support I received from a number of people in connection with the Saturday night contretemps to which I responded at length on Monday. I especially appreciate the backing of my friend Eli Lake, not just because he was among the most perspicacious journalists in reporting on Russiagate and the Mueller probe but because defending me got him into a couple of tussles of his own -- nothing he couldn’t handle but I’m sorry he had to make the effort.

In that connection, one subject that arose was the case of Julian Assange. I wanted

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