We will only return the material to Julian if and when he can prove the he can store the material securely and handle it carefully and responsible.

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Serlin believes that employees should understand where the material comes from and how to handle it.

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Others suggest that rather than a control device, the material might be useful to get a handle on population numbers.

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And, since the garment is custom-made, it can be custom-designed, with any combination of material, colours and styles the manufacturer can handle.

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Assange, on the other hand, said in an interview with me last November that WikiLeaks has stopped receiving submissions because the site has too much material for its publishing resources to handle.

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