Last week, Megyn Kelly broadcast an interview with Julian Assange in which the WikiLeaks founder threatened to release damaging information about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and explained why he isn't releasing anything negative about Republican nominee Donald Trump. On Saturday night's Greg Gutfeld Show, the host posed this question about Assange to his panel of entertainers and writers: "Is he really concerned about the future of America or is he just doing this for his own sick satisfaction? And since when do we have the right to look at other people's secret stuff?... When is hacking okay? When it's someone you don't like, like Hillary?"
These are some serious questions, and the panel split, 3-2, in Assange's favor, with Gutfeld evening the score. Gutfeld's show isn't Fox News Sunday or Meet the Press — his panel was an odd mix of novelist and literary critic Walter Kirn, former National Security Council staffer Gillian Turner, professional wrestler Tyrus (George Muchoch, formerly Brodus Clay), National Review writer Katherine Timpf, and Jeff Dye, a stand-up comedian and reality TV personality, who hosted the MTV show Numbnuts — but their discussion is animated and pretty interesting, and it touches on many of the issues of privacy and security that don't always have clear answers. You can watch below. Peter Weber
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