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The Extradition of Julian Assange
Now I know this topic will split a lot of @realDonaldTrump supporters (inc me) but I think this needs addressing....
"Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange shot to fame in 2010 with a series of revelations that shook the world. 10 years later
Now I know this topic will split a lot of @realDonaldTrump supporters (inc me) but I think this needs addressing....
"Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange shot to fame in 2010 with a series of revelations that shook the world. 10 years later
(1) Assange faces up to 175 years imprisonment pending an extradition hearing this September.
Whatever the outcome of his case, the political implications for whistle-blowing, journalism, and indeed democracy itself may depend on the fate of Julian Assange.
Whatever the outcome of his case, the political implications for whistle-blowing, journalism, and indeed democracy itself may depend on the fate of Julian Assange.
(2) The Wiki-leaks documents exposed the way the US, as the world’s sole superpower, really conducted its wars – something that the military and political establishments saw as a blow to their credibility and legitimacy.
There were some devastating revelations, the helicopter
There were some devastating revelations, the helicopter
(3) video among them, but many of the secrets uncovered weren’t particularly significant or indeed very secret.
In themselves they don’t explain the degree of rage Wiki-leaks provoked in the US government and its allies. This was a response to Assange’s assault on their monopoly
In themselves they don’t explain the degree of rage Wiki-leaks provoked in the US government and its allies. This was a response to Assange’s assault on their monopoly
(4) control of sensitive state information, which they saw as an essential prop to their authority.
Making such information public, as Assange and Wiki-leaks had done, weaponized freedom of expression: if disclosures of this kind went unpunished and became the norm, it would
Making such information public, as Assange and Wiki-leaks had done, weaponized freedom of expression: if disclosures of this kind went unpunished and became the norm, it would
(5) radically shift the balance of power between government and society – and especially the media – in favor of the latter.
It is the US government’s determination to defend its ongoing monopoly, rather than the supposed damage done by the release of the secrets themselves,
It is the US government’s determination to defend its ongoing monopoly, rather than the supposed damage done by the release of the secrets themselves,
(6) that has motivated it to pursue Assange and to seek to discredit both him and Wiki-leaks.
“The Don’t Extradite Assange campaign joins calls by the UN for Assange’s immediate release from prison to avoid the risk of contracting Covid 19, along with all other political
“The Don’t Extradite Assange campaign joins calls by the UN for Assange’s immediate release from prison to avoid the risk of contracting Covid 19, along with all other political
(7) prisoners around the world. Julian Assange’s pre-existing health problems make him particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.
He is a remand prisoner kept in jail despite the fact that he is not serving a sentence, and he poses no threat whatsoever to the public.”
He is a remand prisoner kept in jail despite the fact that he is not serving a sentence, and he poses no threat whatsoever to the public.”
(8) @POTUS when questioned about the #Assange case and the imminent extradition said, "I think it's disgraceful, I think there should be a death penalty or something."
Strong words there from the Boss Man.....
Whats your take on this subject ?
Didn't Assange effectively birth
Strong words there from the Boss Man.....
Whats your take on this subject ?
Didn't Assange effectively birth
(9) the movement we find ourselves in today ?
*Scientology
*Bilderberg Group Meeting Reports
*9/11 pager messages
*Baghdad airstrike video's
*DNC email leak
*Podesta emails
Among a whole host of other information.
Should he be extradited or exonerated ?
[Eyes] to [See]
![(9) the movement we find ourselves in today ?*Scientology*Bilderberg Group Meeting Reports*9/11 pager messages*Baghdad airstrike video's*DNC email leak*Podesta emailsAmong a whole host of other information.Should he be extradited or exonerated ? [Eyes] to [See]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eajt6fMX0AIGH_M.jpg "(9) the movement we find ourselves in today ?*Scientology*Bilderberg Group Meeting Reports*9/11 pager messages*Baghdad airstrike video's*DNC email leak*Podesta emailsAmong a whole host of other information.Should he be extradited or exonerated ? [Eyes] to [See]")
*Scientology
*Bilderberg Group Meeting Reports
*9/11 pager messages
*Baghdad airstrike video's
*DNC email leak
*Podesta emails
Among a whole host of other information.
Should he be extradited or exonerated ?
[Eyes] to [See]
