In other words, he blew the whistle on some seriously deadly behaviour. He also did not endear himself to the US Democrats by publishing information suggesting the party was biased against Bernie Sanders, in the run-up to the party’s 2016 Convention. He was also critical of combover crybaby Donald Trump. But Trump was later to speak highly of WikiLeaks.
As the BBC has reported, “On the campaign trail, Trump heaped praise on Wikileaks, saying at one rally that ‘Wikileaks is like a treasure trove,’ and ‘Boy, I love reading Wikileaks,’ at another”. So would he cut Assange some slack? Er, no: “But in 2019, when asked about the prosecution of Assange, Trump said: ‘I know nothing really about him. That’s not my deal in life.’”
If Assange thought Trump might look favourably upon him, he was sorely mistaken. For Trump, everything is transactional: if Assange, or anyone else, is no longer any use to him, does not confer any benefit upon him, then they are simply discarded. He’ll get nothing out of Trump. And, as Wikileaks was behind the leaking of Hillary Clinton’s private emails, he’ll get nothing out of Joe Biden either. The current President has been silent on the matter.
Some will point to Assange’s behaviour being, shall we say, challenging. He can be a right royal pain in the neck. But that is not a criminal offence: were it so, most of the Parliamentary Conservative party, along with their lobby group pals, and most of their press hangers-on, would now have been banged up.
Countries that might have given Assange asylum are most likely frightened of the USA turning on them - whoever is in the White House. And now there is the issue of his health suffering as a result of his imprisonment. Ominously, the BBC report now tells “Julian Assange's lawyer says the Wikileaks founder is not in court today as he is unwell”. How unwell is then spelled out.
“Assange's wife Stella [told the BBC] that he would not survive being extradited from the UK to the US as he is physically and mentally extremely weak … [his brother] said his health was in 'a very delicate position' and he was ‘going through immense amounts of suffering’ at Belmarsh Prison, where he has been since 2019”. Years of confinement take their toll.
So why continue with the extradition? After all, the WikiLeaks trove “are said to have originated from former US soldier Chelsea Manning. Back in 2013, Manning was court martialled and sentenced to 35 years in prison for charges relating to this leak. But this sentence was later commuted by then US President Barack Obama after she'd already served four years in prison”.
So Trump spoke with forked tongue. Again. Looking at the case now, there seems no point in continuing the pursuit of Assange, especially given Chelsea Manning has been free for some years. Being a difficult SOB is no excuse for imprisoning someone in a maximum security jail. So why not just free him and have done with it? Ah well. They have to make an example of someone.
That’s how the same They keeps everyone else in line. Sad but true.
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Ah yes....Pompeo, an appropriate Mafia don lookalike. Especially appropriate given CIA subcontracts with said murderous drug dealing hoods at home and abroad.
Meanwhile, a wooden BBC "News" bot actually said of Assange, "You may remember him". That's the Assange whose journalism has exposed BritYank corporate "news" bots for the gang of yellow cowards they all are.
Also meanwhile, ol' Sleepy Joe and Orange Face continue as before. A seedy sideshow, a soap opera of everything wrong and evil in what Spengler at the beginning of the 20th century described as The Decline of the West.
Vintage stuff, Anonymous!
I'm thinking of nominating you as a new addition to the Gogglebox family.
And there was me thinking Spengler peaked with the design of the proton pack.
As usual I have nothing to say about anything except Mrs Miggins Pie Shoppe.
I want a room with Burlington Binky.
17:07, no that's wrong. It was Spangles fruities with the new pack, but your confusion is understandable.
Top quality as ever, BBBc. You have nothing to fear from your imitatrix.
"Oh poor Navalny! Imprisoned of false charges and then killed by Putin for daring opposing him. Putin is a MONSTER!!!!" Trumpets the MSM. Assange? "Nah... we're good. I mean, we did sold lots of copies thanks to wikileaks... but nah... Oh look, Harry said something! SQUIRREL!!!"
Craig Murray is posting detailed reports on Julian Assange's extradition hearing on his blog, more or less as it happens.
The Assange case is a prime example of why this country has become a disgusting client state of US fascist insanity. If Assange ends up in a notorious American gulag the responsibility lies entirely with our craven political and corporate media class. It will be murder.
And all because the man told the truth.
But weren't the Hilary leaks obtained via Russian hacks? That would make Assange a client of Putin, would it not? He has been conspicuously uncritical of Russia and China.
The harsh, brutal truth is Europe is dependent on America for security as Europeans won't spend money to defend themselves, with Germany and wealthy Norway being especially decadent.
Also, Trump is an isolationist, so why are people on the left against him winning? Trump would likely have the rather positive effect of reducing US influence in the world, which he has little interest in.
Assange's source was Chelsea Manning, ex US military.
Julian reposted what Manning sent him.
We've been here before, but oddly nothing happened to that well known Trot and fervent Opus Dei fan Peter Kilfoyle.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jan/10/uk.iraq
www.medialens.org/2024/elite-fear-of-the-public-ukraine-gaza-and-assange/
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/02/assange-final-appeal-your-man-in-the-public-gallery/
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