Assange to go!

[hominid]

I hope he gets his day in court... and his years in prison.

That much is VERY obvious...

I hope you don't find yourself on the wrong side of the intelligence services, I doubt you would though as you need both a spine and the courage to do what you think is right rather than just be one of the sheeple..

 

[stockhausen]

Haven't Sweden now dropped the extradition attempt because the years intervening would make trial and conviction difficult. . . .

I believe that they have.
I believe that the British Government is due to make a decision on extradition next month.

 

[Holst1981]

I believe that they have.
I believe that the British Government is due to make a decision on extradition next month.

We should swap him for Anne Sacoolas

 

[StriderX]

We should swap him for Anne Sacoolas

Lol. You want the UK to swap an Australian citizen (that we already said we would accept the extradition) for the US to send over an American citizen who's husband was/is a 'diplomat'?

Likely a non-starter. Though... we could try to keep him as leverage.

 

[hominid]

who's husband was/is a 'diplomat'?

Neither she, Sacoolas, or her husband were/are diplomats. They are INTELLEGENCE personnel that conned the UK by invoking diplomatic privilege(with the help of the UK gov), to get out of the UK fast. They worked in a 'RAF' base that is actually an American base that conducts drone strikes as far as I can find out.

And the US never gives up anyone, not even for our darling Andrew.

 

[StriderX]

Neither she, Sacoolas, or her husband were/are diplomats. They are INTELLEGENCE personnel that conned the UK by invoking diplomatic privilege(with the help of the UK gov), to get out of the UK fast. They worked in a 'RAF' base that is actually an American base that conducts drone strikes as far as I can find out.

And the US never gives up anyone, not even for our darling Andrew.

Which is why i put it in apostrophes.

Spies and diplomats are usually one in the same.

 

[hominid]

Which is why i put it in apostrophes.

Spies and diplomats are usually one in the same.

Fair enough on the first point, I just wanted it to be clear.

For the second point, they can be one and the same but not all are of course. She, Sacoolas, was not a spy but she was definitely Intellegence service, her husband probably is/was a spy, but as far as I can tell he ISN'T a diplomat. She has been classified as untouchable by both the UK and US else they wouldn't has whisked her off back the US under a false 'diplomatic immunity' pass - unless something big happens she won't be coming back.

 

[StriderX]

I just use spy colloquially to describe anyone working for agencies, suppose it's incorrect and lazy, but eh.

 

[stockhausen]

A lawyer for Julian Assange has alleged that President Donald Trump offered to pardon the Wikileaks founder, if he said Russia was not involved in leaking emails during the 2016 US election. The offer is said to have been conveyed by the former Republican Congressman, Dana Rohrabacher.
. . .
Assange has previously denied receiving the material from the Kremlin, although Russian intelligence officials have been indicted in the US for the leak. (LINK)

Assange who hid in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 in order to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex offence allegations, which he has always denied and which were subsequently dropped should certainly not be extradited to the USA. Whether he should have been sent to Sweden is another matter.

 

[hominid]

It's sad that this guy is having his trial and no-one has anything to say.. It's all by design though as you are not meant to hear about what is going to be the biggest injustice in recent UK history(and there are a lot).

Sad times..

 

[Sankari]

* Assange's lawyer applies for bail
* bail is denied
* Assange's lawyer suddenly decides Assange has a 'heart condition' that necessitates his release

Another month, another **** poor excuse to escape justice.

 

[stockhausen]

Heart condition?
Assange?
Yup, I can believe that

On the positive side, according to Trump, everything in the USA is gonna be just dandy - perhaps Assange would be better off over there

 

[Surveyor]

Assange 'secretly fathered two children' in Ecuadorean embassy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52262075

More fun than smearing stuff on the walls.

 

[RxR]

On the positive side, according to Trump, everything in the USA is gonna be just dandy - perhaps Assange would be better off over there

It appears to have elements of a contest over who gets to canonize him as a martyr / saint. Early efforts have been inconclusive. A to-end-of-life jail sentence or worse in the US would certainly succeed where previous efforts have failed. That outcome will be a foreign agitprop coup for those who seek to weaken Western institutions.

 

[Sankari]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52262075
More fun than smearing stuff on the walls.

So all the sob stories Wikileaks has been spinning about his alleged isolation and lack of human contact from outside during his time in the embassy are... a gigantic load of ********. Nice to know.

 

[Hagar]

Wait for 'a right to a family life in the UK' plea incoming.

 

[BowdonUK]

So all the sob stories Wikileaks has been spinning about his alleged isolation and lack of human contact from outside during his time in the embassy are... a gigantic load of ********. Nice to know.

What does Australia say about him? Isn't he an Australian citizen?

I don't think I've heard the Australian government comment on him.

 

[ezekial]

So all the sob stories Wikileaks has been spinning about his alleged isolation and lack of human contact from outside during his time in the embassy are... a gigantic load of ********. Nice to know.

I would feel sad if I were his family

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Wait for 'a right to a family life in the UK' plea incoming.

Not going to happen for a white bloke named Julian.

 

[Sankari]

Recently released photo of Assange suffering the unbearable torments of total isolation without any external contact during his time in the Ecuadorean embassy: