By and large the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is after all a form of communication.
If journalism is good it is controversial by its nature.
We get information in the mail the regular postal mail encrypted or not...
In my role as Wikileaks editor I've been involved in fighting off many legal...
Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule...
I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation...