Julian Assange, editor of WikiLeaks says PM Manmohan Singh is trying to mislead the country by challenging the authenticity of US cables suggesting some MPs were bribed during a 2008 Parliament trust vote.
It is incorrect to say thatall these cables are mere opinions by US diplomats, that is not true, Assange told to NDTV.
*These are official correspondence of ambassadors, sent in their official capacity They report what they say are facts, and they also present opinions. It is important to keep these two different, he said.
*In the case of the Indiancable which is causing such a outcry about bribery, it is very hard to understand why any US embassy official would lie to Washington.
The comments I have been hearing from Manmohan Singh, seems to me, like a deliberate attempt to mislead the public by suggesting thatgovernments around the world do not accept the material and it is not verified absolutely false!
There is no doubt these are bonafide reports sent by American ambassador to Washington and these should be seen in that context. That does not mean every fact in them are correct, he said.