Julian Assange leaving?

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Catfish

How very funny.
But then i guess it is in the best free, law-abiding and democratic tradition, of the British Empire

Hey, we respected Belgiums neutrality, did you?

[Catfish]

^ Hey we wanted, but they did not let us
go through

Anyway after reading a lot of history stuff i do not believe in a german exclusive responsibility any more.

When this german minister asked his french colleague after the end of WW1, what the world would say about this war a hundred years in the future, the answer was "They will never say that France invaded Belgium".
What a clever man, he knew exactly what the propaganda had been about

While of course the german minister meant Italy, and the British Empire

[Skybird]

It gets reported currently, with referring to an article in the WP and Wikileaks as main source, that the US have secretly sued Assange and tried to hide it in a bid to arrest him or letting him getting arrested and then handed over, if he leaves the embassay in London.

It seems his "paranoia" is fully justified from all beginning on.

The weaseling in America now, trying to explain this as a warrant that "by accident" has a wrong name (Assange's name) on it, is an exercise in self-ridiculing.

[Skybird]

Finally a link without subscription needed. The BBC picks it up:


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46232609

[Catfish]

What is he accused of?
We know how good friend Saudi-Arabia handles this, or Turkey. So the West is no better.

Sure, after Trump and his fake media there is a lot that has changed in tone, action and respecting international law. And mankind will probably never go back again, after this new low.
So could it be there are indeed some values left in the EU, at least in comparison.

[Skybird]

The Swedes, in a changed way, still want get hands on him. The British said they will arrest him if he leaves the embassy, formally accusing him of having violated conditions of probation in 2010. Both reasons of theirs are all too obvious strawman claims. In any case, no matter promises and claims, will result in him ending up in US custody. They would even arrest him and hand him to the Americans if he would have parked his car in a forbidden place.

The whole plot about rape and abuse in sweden was a staged one, with dubious witnesses and and most suspect circumstances, and that tells probably all the important point there is to know about all this. We discussed this and I made my arguments back then, and I have never had any reason in those years to change and "correct" my original views of all this.

[u crank]

Oh oh. This could present a real dilemma for the left wing media who cheer on Robert Mueller's Russian collusion investigation and demand that he be protected.

Mueller could end up being both the good guy and the bad guy. Can't wait to see how that is spun.

WikiLeaks and Assange loom large in the investigation of Russian influence on the election.

The website released unflattering Hillary Clinton campaign emails beginning Oct. 7, 2016, just weeks before the presidential election.

Mueller, who's directing a federal inquiry into election meddling, in July charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with conspiring to hack Democratic National Committee computers in an effort to disrupt the 2016 election. The indictment referred to WikiLeaks as “Organization 1,” and described its role in receiving and disseminating the emails, without addressing whether Assange knew the material came from the Russians.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ssange-n937036