Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder arrested in London

[zorgon]

Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder arrested in London

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Assange took refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.

At Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday he was found guilty of failing to surrender to the court.

He now faces US federal conspiracy charges related to one of the largest ever leaks of government secrets.

The UK will decide whether to extradite Assange, in response to allegations by the Department for Justice that he conspired with former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to download classified databases.

He faces up to five years in US prison if convicted on the charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.

Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson said they would be fighting the extradition request. She said it set a "dangerous precedent" where any journalist could face US charges for "publishing truthful information about the United States".

She said she had visited Assange in the police cells where he thanked supporters and said: "I told you so."

Assange had predicted that he would face extradition to the US if he left the embassy

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47891737?

[zorgon]

After his arrest, the 47-year-old Australian national was initially taken to a central London police station before appearing in court.

Dressed in a black suit and black polo shirt, he waved to the public gallery and gave a thumbs up. He pleaded not guilty to the 2012 charge of failing to surrender to the court.

Finding him guilty of that charge, District Judge Michael Snow said Assange's behaviour was "the behaviour of a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest".

He sent him to Southwark Crown Court for sentencing, where he faces up to 12 months in prison.

The court also heard that during his arrest at the embassy he had to be restrained and shouted: "This is unlawful, I am not leaving."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47891737?

[zorgon]

Why does the US government want to extradite Assange?

Assange set up Wikileaks in 2006 with the aim of obtaining and publishing confidential documents and images.

The organisation hit the headlines four years later when it released footage of US soldiers killing civilians from a helicopter in Iraq.

Former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was arrested in 2010 for disclosing more than 700,000 confidential documents, videos and diplomatic cables to the anti-secrecy website.

She said she only did so to spark debates about foreign policy, but US officials said the leak put lives at risk.

She was found guilty by a court martial in 2013 of charges including espionage. However, her jail sentence was later commuted.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47891737?

[zorgon]

What are the US charges against him?

The indictment against Assange, issued last year in the state of Virginia, alleges that he conspired in 2010 with Manning to access classified information on Department of Defense computers. He faces up to five years in jail.

Manning downloaded four databases from US departments and agencies between January and May 2010, the indictment says. This information, much of which was classified, was provided to Wikileaks.

The US Justice Department described it as "one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States".

Cracking a password stored on the computers, the indictment alleges, would have allowed Manning to log on to them in such a way as to make it harder for investigators to determine the source of the disclosures. It is unclear whether the password was actually broken.

Correspondents say the narrowness of the charge seems intended to avoid falling foul of the US Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of freedom of the press.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47891737?

[zorgon]

Julian Assange outside the embassy in 2017

Why did the Ecuadorian embassy stop protecting him?

The Wikileaks co-founder had been in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012, after seeking asylum there to avoid extradition to Sweden on a rape allegation.

The investigation into the alleged rape, which he denied, was later dropped because he had evaded the arrest warrant. The Swedish Prosecution Authority has said it is now considering whether to resume the inquiry before the statute of limitations runs out in August 2020.

Scotland Yard said it was invited into the embassy on Thursday by the ambassador, following the Ecuadorian government's withdrawal of asylum.

Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno said the country had "reached its limit on the behaviour of Mr Assange".

Mr Moreno said: "The most recent incident occurred in January 2019, when Wikileaks leaked Vatican documents.

"This and other publications have confirmed the world's suspicion that Mr Assange is still linked to WikiLeaks and therefore involved in interfering in internal affairs of other states."

His accusations against Assange also included blocking security cameras at the embassy, accessing security files and confronting guards.

Mr Moreno said the British government had confirmed in writing that Assange "would not be extradited to a country where he could face torture or the death penalty".

The arrest comes a day after Wikileaks said it had uncovered an extensive spying operation against its co-founder at the Ecuadorian embassy.

There has been a long-running dispute between the Ecuadorian authorities and Assange about what he was and was not allowed to do in the embassy.

Ecuador court throws out Assange lawsuit
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said that over the years they had removed his access to the internet and accused him of engaging in political activities - which is not allowed when claiming asylum.

He said: "Precisely what has happened in the embassy is not clear - there has been claim and counter claim."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47891737?

[petrus4]

I always knew that they would get him in the end.  He will be taken to America, and then the psychopaths will torture him to death.  They will not do it because of the rape charge, the resisting arrest charge, or for any other reason.  They will do it simply because he dared to challenge them.

[zorgon]

[zorgon]

John Miranda
November 13, 2017 ·
THE MAN IN THE EMBASSY TELLS ALL

Julian Assange reached out to Donald Trump Jr., providing him with a link that stated three things:

1) SETH RICH WAS WIKILEAKS SOURCE
2) JOHN PODESTA HAD HIM MURDERED
3) JOHN PODESTA WAS A PEDOPHILE

Here is the link that was sent from Assange to Donald Trump Jr: http://wlsearch.tk/

This is simply monumental, yes Assange wanted Hillary to lose, he was aware that she literally wanted him killed with a drone strike. This is a proven fact that cannot be dismissed or laughed off. So, he had motivation to reach out to someone in the Trump campaign with the information he was sitting upon. We have suspected all along that Seth Rich was the source for Wikileaks, now we have that confirmed.

That John Podesta had him killed we have all suspected as well. That John Podesta is a PEDOPHILE is as blatant as the damn sun coming up tomorrow.

End of story. Fact.

John Miranda

BREAKING: Wiki sent Don Jr a link that currently claims Seth Rich was their leaker, John Podesta had him murdered & Podesta is a pedo‼️🍕

Liz Crokin

Link to Donald Trump Jr tweet that contains the entire conversation / contact between himself and Wikileaks: https://twitter.com/donaldjtrumpjr/status/930228239494209536

[zorgon]

The missing tweet

[ArMaP]

The missing tweet

Missing? 

[zorgon]

Missing? 

Yes in the article I posted above the link to the tweet has been removed  ergo "missing"  You might have know that had you tried the link

http://wlsearch.tk/ Sorry, the website wlsearch.tk cannot be found

[ArMaP]

Yes in the article I posted above the link to the tweet has been removed  ergo "missing"

The twit is there, on Twiter, as it should.

You might have know that had you tried the link

That only shows that that site is not working. That site is not Twiter.

[zorgon]

The twit is there, on Twiter, as it should.

You are getting annoying the link was NOT active in my post... i found it and added the missing piece  Geez  come on Armap  you are better than this   

That only shows that that site is not working. That site is not Twiter.

So you agree that the link IN THE POST was MISSING the actual tweet?

[zorgon]

Okay now back to ACTUAL news

WATCH: Collateral Murder
Kit Knightly

With yesterdays arrest of Julian Assange, we thought it important to remember WHY he was in the Empire's crosshairs. The video Collateral Murder (below) is WikiLeaks' most famous, most shocking release. Footage of US military personnel murdering civilians and journalists and laughing about it.

This is the shortened version, the full unedited footage can be found here, with notes transcripts and accompanying memos and press-releases available here.

Wikileaks has obtained and decrypted this previously unreleased video footage from a US Apache helicopter in 2007. It shows Reuters journalist Namir Noor-Eldeen, driver Saeed Chmagh, and several others as the Apache shoots and kills them in a public square in Eastern Baghdad. They are apparently assumed to be insurgents. After the initial shooting, an unarmed group of adults and children in a minivan arrives on the scene and attempts to transport the wounded. They are fired upon as well. The official statement on this incident initially listed all adults as insurgents and claimed the US military did not know how the deaths occurred.

As shocking as the footage is, it is only a microcosm of the horrors inflicted on Iraq (and other countries of the Middle East), in the name of "freedom and democracy". Realising the truth, that our leaders have no values, and our much vaunted armed forces can be peopled by violent psychopaths, is an important journey for everyone. A journey that Julian Assange, and WikiLeaks, started for a lot of people.

His reward for that service has been public ridicule, a deprivation of his rights, and now an illegal arrest. Chelsea Manning, who leaked the footage, was held in solitary confinement for years, and was recently arrested again, for refusing to testify against Assange and WikiLeaks. (UPDATE: It is now evident that Assange was handed over as a result of a dirty backdoor deal).

As of April 13th 2019, the people who started that war are not in prison, they are not ostracised or shunned or punished in any way. They are free to make speeches about Brexit, or be branded "adorable" because they hand out candy to other war criminals and their wives.

The criminals run free, the victims are unavenged, and the brave who speak out are savagely silenced.

https://off-guardian.org/2019/04/13/watch-collateral-murder/

Okay so the one guy is carrying his ca,era and the other is carrying a tripod... those were the 'weapons'. When the guy in the copter says "He's got an RPG, look closely... looks like the front end of a huge telephoto lens and the way he is holding it while kneeling bears that up

Here is the video from YouTube

sunshinepress
Published on Apr 3, 2010
Wikileaks has obtained and decrypted this previously unreleased video footage from a US Apache helicopter in 2007. It shows Reuters journalist Namir Noor-Eldeen, driver Saeed Chmagh, and several others as the Apache shoots and kills them in a public square in Eastern Baghdad. They are apparently assumed to be insurgents. After the initial shooting, an unarmed group of adults and children in a minivan arrives on the scene and attempts to transport the wounded. They are fired upon as well. The official statement on this incident initially listed all adults as insurgents and claimed the US military did not know how the deaths ocurred. Wikileaks released this video with transcripts and a package of supporting documents on April 5th 2010 on http://collateralmurder.com

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[karl 12]

Thought this was an interesting programme on Assange and some of his highly  questionable 'connections' - also some intriguing claims made about an Australian child drug cult and the fact that he's quoting Dr. Ewen Cameron as his own words.




Who knows, maybe everyone is being played and it's just yet another alphabet agency pantomime.