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Is being quizzed on breaching asylum
Is being quizzed on breaching asylum
Julian Assange arrested in Ecuadorian Embassy
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Good day for the UK! You guys needed this.
Arrested inside?
Ecuadorian Ambassador invited the Met Police in after revoking his asylum apparently.
Killjoys.
Hope the prick gets what's owed to him.
Indeed. About time he gets his comeuppance.
No need to extradite him to the US, just make him pay the equivalent rent for his 7-year stay in Knightsbridge. Guy will break.
I don't really feel sorry for him, he seems to have been taking full advantage of the Ecuadorian hospitality for too long.
Got this on BBC News now and it's nice to see something that isn't fecking Brexit or Trump.
What exactly is he guilty of?
He would probably have been a free man by now if he didn't go to that embassy.
Not sure about that, wouldn't imagine the Americans treating him fairly.
I admired what Assange and Wikileaks did to expose BNP Members, Trafigura dumping waste in Africa,
Guantanamo Bay procedures . But this personal beef towards Hillary fell right into Putin's lap and undermines a lot that he as done in the past.
Guantanamo Bay procedures . But this personal beef towards Hillary fell right into Putin's lap and undermines a lot that he as done in the past.
I'm not 100% sure the Swedes would have extradited him.
Be interesting now to see if his rumoured "dead man's switch" is real. I've found it hard to feel sorry for the guy particularly since he shamelessly exploited the Seth Rich murder and subsequent conspiracy theories to deflect from the likely Russian source of the DNC emails.
Sexual assault amongst other things.
Wow, I missed the trial.
A criminal who hurt America. I want to see him one in US custody (after this administration is gone).
So did Assange
There hasn't been one yet, he's only just been arrested.
I thought the charges were dropped?
The prick never made court.
Charges were dropped.
And he won't be trialed for sexual assault.
Actually, dunno what the Britain will charge him? Hopefully a fine will be enough.
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They were, he has now been arrested for breaching bail conditions related to that case. I don't like the guy but this has always been about the US getting at him for exposing war crimes and for that reason I think this is a very dangerous precedent.
I agree.
Leaving the sexual assault allegations aside why does everyone seem to hate him?
"During the war..."
Because he’s very likely a Russian asset and they’ve been fecking with our democratic process.
And he comes across as a man driven by ego.
Because he claims to be the bastion of freedom of information when in reality he just leaks whatever suits his agenda and keeps the rest buried from public view.
You do realize that he is effectively a pawn of the Kremlin now? His organization played a key part in getting Trump elected, which they did by disseminating info hacked by the Russians. They seemed like willing participants too, when an organization like that should aim to expose flaws on all sides. He might have stood for something several years ago (whistleblowing shady acts by governments is a noble cause) but he has lost credibility in a lot of people's eyes by now.
He tried to influence the 2016 election in coordination with Russia.
I'd say a large proportion don't like the fact that he via Wikileaks helped Trump get elected. I'd suspect that if the shoe had've been on the other foot and he released hacked RNC emails to sink Trump he would be hailed as a hero by many who now despise him. Personally, as I mentioned above, I disliked how he used the Seth Rich murder to obscure the source of the hacked DNC emails.
I see.
So initially he was probably doing wikileaks to expose the US governments crimes or whatever you want to call them but then Russia got in on the act and now anything he does is for their benefit rather than just exposing the US?
I have had very little interest in this so I could be taking it up wrong or is that the gist?