Kevin not only details what he saw, what he reported on, but it's also a peek into the personal conflicts of a journalist trying to make sense of his profession.

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The story, which first appeared in The Guardian, says that Assange made the claims in an interview with John Pilger, a well-regarded journalist who is a personal friend of Assange.

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George Sarrinikolaou, a Greek-born journalist, is no less personal in his tale of rediscovering Athens.

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Mixed in with those topics Potter gets more personal, describing his life as a journalist, then a PR man in the health care industry, and later as a whistle blower.

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Meanwhile, the pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, was sentenced to prison after stealing the pope's personal correspondence and leaking the documents to a journalist.

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Last month, the Vatican gave Cardinal Julian Herranz a "pontifical mandate" to uncover the source of hundreds of personal letters and confidential documents given to Gianluigi Nuzzi, an Italian journalist and author of "Sua Santita, " a book that translates to "His Holiness" and includes the documents.

CNN: Vatican: Pope not resigning over alleged papers leak

Last month, the Vatican gave Cardinal Julian Herranz a "pontifical mandate" to uncover the source of hundreds of personal letters and confidential documents that have been released to Gianluigi Nuzzi, an Italian journalist and author of "Sua Santita, " a book that translates to "His Holiness" and includes the documents.

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John Markoff, The New York Times' technology journalist, even compared today's situation to the historic transition from the mainframe to the personal computer.

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