Assange mocks Obama via video at U.N. event

Gerald · 09-27-12, 08:38 PM

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(Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking via a choppy video feed from his virtual house arrest in London, lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday for supporting freedom of speech in the Middle East while simultaneously "persecuting" his organization for leaking diplomatic cables.

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Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy since June to avoid extradition, made the comments at a packed event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Assange mocked Obama for defending free speech in the Arab world in an address to the United Nations on Tuesday, pointing to his own experience as evidence that Obama has "done more to criminalize free speech than any other U.S. president.""It must have come as a surprise to the Egyptian teenagers who washed American teargas out of their eyes (during the Arab Spring) to hear that the U.S. supported change in the Middle East," Assange said.

"It's time for President Obama to keep his word ... and for the U.S. to cease its persecution of WikiLeaks," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...88Q03V20120927

A real joker he is, paranoid also because he thinks he will be extradited from Sweden to the U.S.

Note: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:17am EDT

eddie · 09-27-12, 11:52 PM

You know what Assange needs- for someone to bust him in the mouth!!

Cybermat47 · 09-28-12, 12:46 AM

Can't they just arrest him?

Herr-Berbunch · 09-28-12, 02:03 AM

Assange is quiet, Vendor disappears from Subsim - Vendor comes back, Assange makes a comeback too.

Coincidence?

BossMark · 09-28-12, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Can't they just arrest him?

And when he does get nicked, maybe he should fall down some stairs

Jimbuna · 09-28-12, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Assange is quiet, Vendor disappears from Subsim - Vendor comes back, Assange makes a comeback too.

Coincidence?

Your not the first one to suggest thet...and I'm not referring to myself

Jimbuna · 09-28-12, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by eddie

You know what Assange needs- for someone to bust him in the mouth!!

I think he's doing a pretty good job on himself already....taunting a government that is already after you can only strengthen said governments resolve.

Gerald · 09-28-12, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Assange is quiet, Vendor disappears from Subsim - Vendor comes back, Assange makes a comeback too.

Coincidence?

You, seem to have a common weakness for tame speculation about what is right and wrong in a regular thread posted, there are quite a lot anyway, in terms of speculation, I'm hardly blind

Herr-Berbunch · 09-28-12, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Your not the first one to suggest thet...and I'm not referring to myself

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Originally Posted by Vendor

You, seem to have a common weakness for tame speculation about what is right and wrong in a regular thread posted, there are quite a lot anyway, in terms of speculation, I'm hardly blind

No, I think it was me that mentioned it before. Right and wrongs have nothing to do with it, I'm just teasing.

Gerald · 09-28-12, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

No, I think it was me that mentioned it before. Right and wrongs have nothing to do with it, I'm just teasing.

As always,

AVGWarhawk · 09-28-12, 02:13 PM

Is this guy even relevant?

Gerald · 09-28-12, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Is this guy even relevant?

He makes his own media profile of himself, and seeks attention.

AVGWarhawk · 09-28-12, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

He makes his own media profile of himself, and seeks attention.

He is therefore a Lindsey Lohan apparently.

Gerald · 09-28-12, 02:46 PM

I prefer her in front of Assange ... of course

Gargamel · 09-28-12, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

I prefer her in front of Assange ... of course

Ok that's a creepy visual.

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