The Ecuadorian government is allowing the United States to confiscate the possessions of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from their embassy in London, which was his home for seven years, after seeking asylum in 2012. Assange is currently serving 50 weeks in an English prison on charges of skipping bail.
WikiLeaks’ editor in chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson said Assange had been expecting his arrest for a few weeks, due to a deteriorating relationship with the Ecuadorian government, so he took the time to scrub his computers of any compromising material.
Hrafnsson worries the US could plant something, “If anything surfaces, I can assure you it would’ve been planted,” he said in an interview with the Associated Press. “Julian isn’t a novice when it comes to security and securing his information. We expected this to happen and protections have been in place for a very long time.”
The US is seeking extradition of Assange on a conspiracy charge, the confiscation of his possessions may help build the case or add new charges.
Ecuador’s decision to expel Assange from their embassy came shortly after the IMF approved a $4.2 Billion loan for the country.
A Swedish prosecutor is also seeking the extradition of Assange over a rape allegation from 2010. The investigation was reopened last week.
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning was jailed again on Thursday for refusing to testify before a grand jury, in what prosecutors hope will turn into a trial against Julian Assange.
As Assange and Manning are being jailed and punished for their hand in exposing US war crimes, President Trump has pardoned a former Army Ranger who was convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner in 2008, and it’s been reported he may be preparing to pardon more servicemen accused of war crimes this coming Memorial Day.
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“As Assange and Manning are being jailed and punished for their hand in exposing US war crimes, President Trump has pardoned a former Army Ranger who was convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner in 2008, and it’s been reported he may be preparing to pardon more servicemen accused of war crimes this coming Memorial Day.”
Hitler, whatever – Cruel, Dangerous etc., etc., but was NOT HYPOCRATE Like Criminal Murderers or Financial Terrorists along with their Liberal Fascist Supporters all over the world.
The truth is becoming clearer. Equal justice is another myth. There is a version for those connected to the State. There is another “justice” for those that expose the State’s malevolence.
“Planting false evidence on Assange’s computers?” – you bet! A final tally will show that Assange had a hand in the 9-11 bombing; single-handily loading voter boxes to defeat Hillary; and any other crime one can imagine.
In coordination with Putin, no doubt. All madness all the time.
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”
CIA Director William Casey under Reagan.
Pardon the war criminals but punish those who expose war crimes? That could be the blanket statement for this day and age… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4d6a4520159b9d47027c28a2b3a889dc1c95dd61008d8ca89f9e4432b431d038.jpg
Habeas corpus and the rule of law sure took a nosedive after 9/11 in the USA. Secret trials, incarceration without charges, torture, and extrajudicial murder? Looks like full-on fascism to me. Now we have The Leader issuing edicts and pardoning war criminals. What’s next, concentration camps for political dissidents? Oh, wait; we’re already doing that!
Since we’ve also lost pose comitatus I’d say the droning of US dissidents right here at home will be the next faze.
Simply wow.
Simply wow.
I wonder if they sent the embassy cat he had to a black prison site to be tortured just for good measure ? Sounds about par for their course.