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RE: A Retrospective Look At The Work WikiLeaks Made Possible As Assange Remains Silenced
We owe so much to Wikileaks that it's hard to fathom. It's particularly hard to fathom why anyone who claims to care about free speech and liberty would not be appalled by the unjust containment of Julian Assange.
But I consider it a good sign how hard the establishment is fighting to silence him and the revelations made through Wikileaks... They are showing their fear of what an informed populace can do to disrupt the business as usual of the Deep State.
Agreed! It really is difficult to comprehend the positive impact they've had. I wanted to write this to hopefully emphasize how important it is to keep loudly defending Assange and Wikileaks. :)
And please remove the flags on my comments, that is nothing short of denying free speech. I am a Assange supporter and I have just as much right as anybody else to share my view/opinions on the matter.
He's not there because of free speech, he's there because he skipped out on bail. Those charges in Sweden were probably a bogus cover to jail him because of his free speech but we will never know because the charges have been dropped. There's no arrest warrant in the US for him, he's done nothing illegal, printing something someone gave you is not illegal unless you were the one who stole them. They would have to have pretty compelling evidence of a crime to get a warrant for his arrest, a warrant could be issued as a person of interest in a crime but unless he confesses or they have solid proof he hacked into any US systems there's nothing there that can hold him. He should just come out and do his little bit for bail jumping and take his chances that the US doesn't have what it needs to actually extradite him. Even if they do, like I said, unless he confesses or has substantial evidence they can't hold him. I think he fears for his life more than for arrest, the Clintons have a long list of people who have died after crossing their path.
No, there were never any charges in Sweden, and the investigation was dropped years later than it should have been thanks to pressure from the UK government in 2013.
That is absolutely untrue, there is a maximal probability that a secret indictment exists against him. In the wake of Vault 7's publication, Reuters reported: "Federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia, have expanded a long-running grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks to include the leak of Central Intelligence Agency documents to the website, a source familiar with the inquiry said.U.S. officials have confirmed that Alexandria-based prosecutors have been conducting a federal grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks and its sources. Some court documents on elements of the inquiry have been made public."
During the ten-hour #ReconnectJulian vigil, CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou confirmed the extremely high likelihood that secret charges await Assange in the United States, specifying that such charges would likely be filed in the Eastern District Court of Virginia, which he said is known as “the Espionage court.” Kiriakou explained that this was because no national security defendant had ever won a case there, and that it is the home of the Central Intelligence Agency. He said: “[Assange] couldn’t possibly get a fair trial in the Eastern District of Virginia.”
Caitlin Johnstone did a fantastic job summing this issue of the military efforts to destroy Assange, and I will leave you with her words on the matter:
Chelsea Manning wasn't tortured, not in the true sense of torture, please go view my comment on that thread to Caitlin. This isn't a third world country that throws people in a dungeon.
Believe me nothing like a arrest warrant for Assange would be a secret here anymore with all the leaking. It's appalling to say the least. People have lost all confidence in the intelligence community here. They can investigate and assemble all they want but it doesn't mean they are going to come up with connections....maybe that's what Assange is afraid of, that they did, but if he knows there is no way they could he has nothing to fear by threats that, in my opinion, are made to coerce him into self containment. You have to admit if you don't have strong enough evidence against someone there's no better way to jail them then if they opt to kept themselves contained. Like I said in a prior comment people here have voting power and any move against Assange is going to be met with that voting power and the politicians know that. Furthermore, in my personal opinion he'd better off to come out under the Trump administration then to wait and take a chance with another democratic administration in the future, those people are so angry that Hillary lost they still can't get over it and would be more than likely to apply extreme amount of pressure to hang Assange anyway they could find.