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talkpolitics..Pissed off the new regime in Ecuador and they invited the police in to the Embassy to take the chap away.
Now we have to work out if we should extradite him to the US or not. For a change, Jeremy Corbyn has come out with an opinion with which I agree; which is against extradition. I think maybe we should allow Julian to escape to Moscow after serving what amounts to a seven-year self-imposed sentence, but what do I know? Maybe we should fine him for his contempt of court and skipping bail, but he's already done his time, so to speak. If the lasses involved in the case don't want to bring charges any longer then contempt of court is basically our only point of contention with the chap.
And we all know what he did anyway. We were there when the strategically-timed releases happened. Among other things. Assange has defended himself using very questionable tactics but has been targeted by some folk (if nation-states can be considered to be people, much like companies) using equally questionable tactics.
I did think that after all the assistance that Julian gave the Trump campaign he would be safe from prosecution in the States. But maybe not. Trump's memory is so full of lacunae that I'd not really want to extradite anyone there ATM; it all depends who he has delegated the job to, I suppose. And I don't think, structurally speaking, Uncle Vlad would be pleased if the Donald threw Julian under a bus. Wikileaks may be a busted flush now, but it still has a brand name despite (or maybe because of) being a contested space between various agencies leaking this and that; alongside whistleblowers and folk trying to let other people know of bad things happeningTM.
Assange may find life as an asset rather trying, but there you go.
We haven't put Cameron in the Tower, despite his manifest fubars. Here's hoping we don't put Assange on a plane to Washington.
Can I has a "Free Association" tag, or maybe a "making-it-up-as-I-go-along" one? It is Friday after all.
Now we have to work out if we should extradite him to the US or not. For a change, Jeremy Corbyn has come out with an opinion with which I agree; which is against extradition. I think maybe we should allow Julian to escape to Moscow after serving what amounts to a seven-year self-imposed sentence, but what do I know? Maybe we should fine him for his contempt of court and skipping bail, but he's already done his time, so to speak. If the lasses involved in the case don't want to bring charges any longer then contempt of court is basically our only point of contention with the chap.
And we all know what he did anyway. We were there when the strategically-timed releases happened. Among other things. Assange has defended himself using very questionable tactics but has been targeted by some folk (if nation-states can be considered to be people, much like companies) using equally questionable tactics.
I did think that after all the assistance that Julian gave the Trump campaign he would be safe from prosecution in the States. But maybe not. Trump's memory is so full of lacunae that I'd not really want to extradite anyone there ATM; it all depends who he has delegated the job to, I suppose. And I don't think, structurally speaking, Uncle Vlad would be pleased if the Donald threw Julian under a bus. Wikileaks may be a busted flush now, but it still has a brand name despite (or maybe because of) being a contested space between various agencies leaking this and that; alongside whistleblowers and folk trying to let other people know of bad things happeningTM.
Assange may find life as an asset rather trying, but there you go.
We haven't put Cameron in the Tower, despite his manifest fubars. Here's hoping we don't put Assange on a plane to Washington.
Can I has a "Free Association" tag, or maybe a "making-it-up-as-I-go-along" one? It is Friday after all.
