Ray’s Comments on Julian Assange and Latest Developments at Supreme Court in London, Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV News 24 Program: ‘The DRUM’, 5/30/12 (5 minutes)
ABC apparently could not find anyone else on this side of the pond to stay up till midnight ET Wednesday, so, shortly after being asked, Ray decided to wing it with Skype. He welcomed the chance to include a few things needing saying, and to find out later (see URL below) that abc/tv lived up to its promise to give Ray 4 minutes (turned out to be 5).
This from Ray: “I suspected that I would have to label the remarks of our excellent ambassador in Australia something like disingenuous, for I was already aware of what he said. What I did not know is that I would be contradicting Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Foreign Minister Bob Carr, as well. I admit to some surprise that the Australians did not Wolf-Blitzerize that part of my remarks by dropping them on the cutting room floor, so to speak.”
Ray’s portion runs from the 2:55 to the 8:00 minute mark; the two minutes immediately following (up to the 10-minute mark) include interesting comments from an Australian Social Justice Lawyer.