Scripting News: Does Assange have an agenda?

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Does Julian Assange have an agenda? We've heard the question so many times, usually asked by American media, whose agendas we are intimately familiar with. My answer, on reflection, is yes, I think he has one, and he has said what it is. And it's not what the big media people insinuate that it is, although that's not usually made very clear. If they think he has an inappropriate agenda, perhaps they should say specifically what they think it is, and back it up.   
In this [last] Sunday's interview on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft asked if he is an activist. Assange said: "We are free press activists. It's not about saving the whales. It's about giving people the information they need to support whaling or not support whaling. Why? That is the raw ingredients that is needed to make a just and civil society. And without that you're just sailing in the dark." -- Dave Winer in Scripting News. Related articlesAssange on 60 Minutes: 'We Have All These Banks Squirming, Thinking Maybe It's Them' (crooksandliars.com)Julian Assange on '60 Minutes' (theawl.com)WikiLeaks Founder Assange Tells 60 Minutes: "Our Values Are Those Of The U.S. Revolution" (techcrunch.com)Julian Assange and the Real Failure of WikiLeaks (esquire.com)