The US Justice Department has been building a criminal case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for years. There has been some evidence that there are charges secretly filed against him, pending the possibility of the US getting ahold of him.
On Wednesday, WikiLeaks has launched a lawsuit to try to force the Trump
Administration to disclose any secret charges that have been filed
against Assange. WikiLeaks is petitioning the Inter-American Commission
of Human Rights to help with contesting extradition to the United
States.
From the moment the first WikiLeaks revelations started becoming
embarrassing to US officials, top officials began to rail against the
group in general and Assange in particular. Concern Assange would be
extradited to the US, and potentially executed, was a big reason why he
sought asylum in Ecuador.
Assange has been in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for years. There is
interest in him leaving the embassy, but only with assurances on what
would happen to him if he did. Knowing what he is actually being
secretly charged with would be a big step in figuring that out.
Didn’t they already have a hearing about this a while back?
The best defense for Assange would include revelations of the US role in instigating the sex charges in Sweden. It is a classic CIA smear tactic, and was transparent, but needs full exposure of who from the US made the contacts and what they said and did.
I agree 100%, Mark, the best defense for Assange would include revelations of the US role in instigating the sex charges in Sweden, which are, of course, bogus. Any charges the US brings against him MUST NEVER be secret .. that’s a violation of the Constitution.
No wonder, Wikileaks is suing to unseal these secret US charges. If the US is going to press charges against Assange, those charges have to be transparent, NEVER secret. This is just a CIA smear tactic, pure and simple.