December 07, 2010

Breaking: Julian Assange Arrested in London
— Genghis

Updated and bumped: Assange denied bail by magistrate and jailed pending extradition hearing. Again, from CNN:

"London (CNN) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange handed himself over to police Tuesday, promptly appeared in court where he was denied bail, and left for jail in a police van. A judge will now decide whether to extradite him to Sweden to face questioning over allegations he had sexual relations with two women without their consent. He has not been charged with a crime."

"The judge at the City of Westminster Magistrate's Court ordered Assange jailed until December 14, despite several celebrities coming forward and offering to pay his surety, or bail. It was not immediately clear if the court would decide on that date whether to release him. The judge repeatedly said the case is "not about WikiLeaks," but about serious sexual offenses that allegedly occurred on three occasions with two women."

Maybe they're just funnin' with him. Still not sure if it's flaming skull-worthy, but getting closer. Original post below the fold.

(Almost flaming skull worthy. I'll leave that for others to decide)

It's on the allegations of rape and other sexual misconduct in Sweden, not anything involving WikiLeaks, but at least it's a start. From CNN:

"London (CNN) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Tuesday in London on a Swedish warrant, London's Metropolitan Police said. Assange was arrested at a London police station at 9:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. ET) and will appear at the City of Westminster Magistrate's Court later in the day, police said."
Original Post:

Swedish authorities had issued the warrant for Assange so they can talk to him about sex-crime allegations unrelated to WikiLeaks' recent disclosure of secret U.S. documents. Assange's British lawyer, Mark Stephens, said his client would fight extradition to Sweden, according to Britain's Press Association."

Of course he's playing up the "victim" card here and claiming this is all persecution for his brave stand for...well, whatever it is he thinks he's bravely standing for:

"Assange, a 39-year-old Australian, has said he has long feared retribution for his website's disclosures and has called the rape allegations against him a smear campaign."

Posted by: Genghis at 08:18 AM | Comments (100)
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1 arrested for not wearing a condom during sex, and for sabotaging a condom during sex

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 03:03 AM (H+LJc)

2 Ha.

Posted by: SurferDoc at December 07, 2010 03:04 AM (o3bYL)

3 It would be interesting to know how the grounding for spy charges against this lunatic will be prosecuted. Obama's Holden hasn't a clue how to responsibly perform his own duties in office, guaranteeing guilty verdicts that come out "not guilty" in civil court, already shot Obama's legal wad prosecuting Arizona for performing its constitutional duties of state. Obama's called the conservative American citizens "the enemy". Democrats in Congress call their Republican counterparts "terrorists". And now Obama references his inability to constitutionally govern due to political "warfare in Washington". With all the coming actual military warfare breaking out, this administration responds like ants with their hill kicked open by a perverted wiki-delinquent. I never had confidence in Obamarx.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 03:13 AM (H+LJc)

4

He's provided proof positive about what a bitch Hillary is.

Many Democrats  were in denial of that fact and they can't be now. If they discount the veracity of wikileaks, then Assranger  is harmless.

So far, I haven't seen anything that is particularly damaging either. Buncha gossipy insider smear stuff...very catty, very predictable. Also goes far to show the B+rry incompetance of the Administration but we knew that already.

big yawn

Posted by: torabora at December 07, 2010 03:26 AM (8ny/8)

5 Additional charges of not giving cuddles afterwards, with a felony charge of aggrevated not calling the next day.

Posted by: 141Driver at December 07, 2010 03:28 AM (DXa7u)

6 Assange is an enemy of the free world but the charges against him are ridiculous. Two scorned women are using ridiculously politically correct anti-male laws because they're embarrassed that they spread their legs for this twerp. There might as well be laws against being a slut. This will do nothing more than fan the indignation of the Loony Left, who will be able to characterize this as a set-up.

Posted by: William Wallace at December 07, 2010 03:28 AM (uEK3D)

7

You know, I don't think that Obama thought it would turn out this way.

His health control plan had to have initial costs but delayed benefits to get around some legislative rule.

His attempts to deliver it would lead to a brand-new political movement.

And his nemesis is an effeminate little left-wing weasel who has some bizarre ethos about releasing all information in the world.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 07, 2010 03:35 AM (BvBKY)

8

6 Assange is an enemy of the free world but the charges against him are ridiculous. Two scorned women are using ridiculously politically correct anti-male laws because they're embarrassed that they spread their legs for this twerp.

Poetic justice, I think.  This is the world he would give to the rest of us.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 07, 2010 03:37 AM (BvBKY)

9 The Brits will not allow him to die in custody, so he most likely did this to gain cheap (for him) protection.

Posted by: BigGator5 at December 07, 2010 03:38 AM (XQgW6)

10 So, why hasn't an American CIA agent gone in and shot this asshole in the head at point-blank yet?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 07, 2010 03:45 AM (TpXEI)

11 Good point, Amish Dude.

Posted by: William Wallace at December 07, 2010 03:48 AM (uEK3D)

12 11- Oh noess!! A reichwinger is advocating violence!!!!

Posted by: Concern Troll at December 07, 2010 03:49 AM (elJA3)

13 The Brits will not allow him to die in custody, so he most likely did this to gain cheap (for him) protection.

This is, I think, the thing. He knows that as long as he's in custody, he won't be killed. Of course if some "fellow prisoner" happened to slip him a shiv, well, that'd just be a damn shame, now, wouldn't it?

Posted by: Farmer Joe at December 07, 2010 03:53 AM (ZGhSU)

14 We can testify that the Brits would never allow anything to happen to someone in their custody.

Posted by: Napoleon Bonaparte & Rudolf Hess at December 07, 2010 04:00 AM (elJA3)

15 The problem is not that Assange didn't wear a condom, it's that his daddy didn't wear a condom.

Posted by: Mike at December 07, 2010 04:21 AM (8XDXc)

16 It galls me that all this effort has gone into getting this guy, not when he originally put our soldiers and their allies in mortal danger, but because he's embarrassing some Democrats.  The Dems sure have their priorities in order.  It's all about them, as always.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 07, 2010 04:26 AM (bvfVF)

17 Will Assranger leak B+rry's college records? Will he leak the birf certificate? Will he leak Hillary's luv letters to Huma?

Posted by: torabora at December 07, 2010 04:29 AM (8ny/8)

18 Seems cooked up to me. I can't believe this guy has sex with women. Were they women-women or just "women"?

Posted by: dagny at December 07, 2010 04:48 AM (a4kWg)

19 So assuming the charges are true, what was his thinking?  Nobody's going to WILLINGLY bear my diseased crotchfruit, so if I want a squalling little albino fucktrophy to carry on my ignominious name I'll have to cheat my way into the deal?

Posted by: apotheosis at December 07, 2010 04:50 AM (xWk3U)

20 Quit using the word "rape" about this. We all know what rape is, and this wasn't it, no matter what the Swedes say. It was essentially an etiquette violation. And Julian? As Don Juan Matus might have said (but didn't), "A warrior keeps it in his pants."

Posted by: Jeffrey Quick at December 07, 2010 05:21 AM (g9neE)

21 Seems cooked up to me. I can't believe this guy has sex with women. Were they women-women or just "women"?

Posted by: dagny at December 07, 2010 08:48 AM (a4kWg)

 

They're probably the kind of women who have adam's apples and get 5 o'clock shadow

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 07, 2010 05:22 AM (1Jaio)

22 diseased crotchfruit I'll be stealing that line, thankyouverymuch.

Posted by: joncelli© at December 07, 2010 05:49 AM (RD7QR)

23 I'm just amazed that he got any without paying for it. 

I mean, he makes Jack Black look like a sexy beast.....yeccch!

Posted by: bigpinkfluffybunny at December 07, 2010 06:04 AM (1Ialr)

24 I've got no problem calling this rape. It's what Assange and his ultraliberal pals would call it -- especially if a Republican was the accused. He wants a PC Utopia, fine, he gets judged by the standards of a PC Utopia.

I also think the super-scary "insurance file" is a bluff. He and his pals don't have the self-control to keep anything really juicy under wraps. All he can do is spill the names of informants -- at which point whatever shreds of moral credibility he might have had go out the window and he can be shipped off to Gitmo to universal applause.

I have another question:  why haven't the Internet domain servers been instructed to reassign "Wikileaks.org" to some Japanese porn site?

Posted by: Trimegistus at December 07, 2010 06:24 AM (Z+rhq)

25

 

is his long lost twin bother, Bill Maher, going to be there with him?

Family should stick together.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at December 07, 2010 06:30 AM (0fzsA)

26 Damnit! I want my flaming skull!
The pudding...it's not the same without the flaming skull!



Posted by: The Brickmuppet at December 07, 2010 06:34 AM (EJaOX)

27

JULIAN ASSANGE!!! BEND OVER!!

Come on, it'll be like jail. I'll make your anus Wikileak.

Posted by: Rapist-Face Ewok at December 07, 2010 07:48 AM (GgXZc)

28 Remember Pearl Harbor!

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at December 07, 2010 08:20 AM (OdjhZ)

29 I once pissed on Jane Fonda's face (o.k. more than once), I won't go without a fight though if Interpol comes for me.

Posted by: The Highland Pipes at December 07, 2010 08:22 AM (G/Shp)

30 thankfully for him, sex without a condom isn't illegal in british jails

Posted by: Ben at December 07, 2010 08:23 AM (wuv1c)

31 Wanted by Interpol because of his condom usage, or lack thereof. Man, you thought Sharia was tough...

Posted by: t-bird at December 07, 2010 08:24 AM (FcR7P)

32 Time's Person of the Year, baby. I think he wanted to get locked up so he'd have a better chance at some rough rump rodeo while he's in the slammer.

Posted by: cali grump at December 07, 2010 08:24 AM (hL0k8)

33 Julian shor iz a purty name.  Youse gots a purty mouf.

Posted by: Bubba Ian (Julian's new best friend) at December 07, 2010 08:25 AM (wOGfT)

34

Patently unjust. Orange just isn't his color.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 07, 2010 08:27 AM (pLTLS)

35 So is there now a requirement that leftwing heroes have to be sexual predators? Clinton, Assange, etc...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 07, 2010 08:28 AM (7BU4a)

36 And we have a new frontrunner in the Barack Obama Peace Prize category...

Posted by: Nobel Prize committee at December 07, 2010 08:28 AM (FcR7P)

37 Isn't Sweden the place you want to get extradited to. It's easy street there.

Posted by: cayman at December 07, 2010 08:29 AM (wPkwi)

38 Time magizine: For Americans who love America in a way that always ends in a reduction of prestige, deaths of troops, and defeat in war.

Posted by: Ben at December 07, 2010 08:29 AM (wuv1c)

39 Voluntarily surrendered, "promptly appeared in court where he was denied bail, and left for jail in a police van.   He has not been charged with a crime."

For how long will he be held without bail without charges could become a matter of habeas corpus concern, using a villain like Assange to effect imprisonment without a trial. We'll see about the Euroweenies dealing with a cyber terrorist, likely playing musical chairs with his location from England to Sweden, etc. Assange will trump a Jesus complex before it's over. And the American euro-copycats will institute international practice to enhance the abuses of power that DHS already has to practice reverse discrimination, prosecuting conservative and respectable US citizens (State of AZ) rather than prosecuting 9/11 terrorists in military tribunal.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 08:30 AM (H+LJc)

40 Yeah, I don't see how  Assange's arrest is remotely flaming-skull-worthy unless it has to do with his espionage.

Posted by: Waterhouse at December 07, 2010 08:30 AM (+dsUz)

41 Nobel prize where art thou?  This guy is like a 21st century Ghandi.

Posted by: Jack's androgynous confusion at December 07, 2010 08:30 AM (F/4zf)

42 Let's have the names of those "celebrities" who tried to bail his ass out as well, please.

Posted by: apotheosis at December 07, 2010 08:31 AM (xWk3U)

43 So, why hasn't an American CIA agent gone in and shot this asshole in the head at point-blank yet?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 07, 2010 07:45 AM (TpXEI)

Dude, I've got 13 PowerPoint presentations and an all day diversity meeting scheduled for this week. Like I have time to deal with National Security threats.

Posted by: Some CIA Agent at December 07, 2010 08:31 AM (7BU4a)

44 Assange anal retentive weepy leak.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 08:32 AM (H+LJc)

45

I think the most effective sanction is cutting off his fundraising account.  Either Visa or the Swiss or both did that.

 

 

Posted by: ace at December 07, 2010 08:32 AM (nj1bB)

46 Does anyone know what the average penalty in Sweden for not wearing a condom is?

Posted by: Vic at December 07, 2010 08:33 AM (e4sSD)

47 At this point, what difference does it make?  Obama and crew have shown no interest or willingness to shut this guy down.  They have played any damage that he has cause as inconsequential.  Why the hell don't they just roll with that attitude at this point?  Hell, they've practically acted as if he has been doing them a favor, for crying out loud.  And anyway, he's made Barry and crew out to be a rogues gallery of incompentent assholes which in reality only proves the point that we've known all along.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at December 07, 2010 08:33 AM (RkRxq)

48 the average penalty in Sweden for not wearing a condom

1st offense, vasectomy
2nd offense, removal of testicle.
3rd strike you're out castration.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 08:37 AM (H+LJc)

49 The insurance file thing makes no sense.  It is wikileaks.  There is nothing they will not leak.  It is just a question of when.  The worst that happens is it all comes out at once... 
Posted by: s☺mej☼e
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The point of the insurance file is that (potentially) millions of people have already downloaded the whole file and are just waiting for the key.

If someone shuts down wikileaks at this point, all Assange has to do is have one of his minions publish the key somewhere on the internet (which would go viral in 12 seconds) and everyone would have access to the files they already have on their desktops.

Posted by: ChiTown-Jerry at December 07, 2010 08:37 AM (f9c2L)

50 OH ... NO Don't Take him ALIVE!

Posted by: Rodney Dangerfield at December 07, 2010 08:38 AM (+Wvn3)

51 does anyone have an English copy of this 'seven point revenge' manifesto of the one accuser? oh how I'd love to read that

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 07, 2010 08:39 AM (pLTLS)

52 he's made Barry and crew out to be a rogues gallery of incompetent assholes which in reality only proves the point that we've known all along.


But for outing security locations, personnel and human informative sources, it would only be a matter of embarrassment.

Here's a c-theory to bust: Assange only leaked embarrassments, not security breaches.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 08:39 AM (H+LJc)

53

Does anyone know what the average penalty in Sweden for not wearing a condom is?

Being born a Scandi?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 07, 2010 08:40 AM (pLTLS)

54 54 does anyone have an English copy of this 'seven point revenge' manifesto of the one accuser? oh how I'd love to read that.

Is this it?

/From Current dot com.  It was translated from Swedish to English by Google. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 07, 2010 08:42 AM (9hSKh)

55 taking hum out won't do any more than killing osama.

Posted by: parisparamus at December 07, 2010 08:42 AM (arMI9)

56 How can England hold this guy without bond?  Or, is that part of their new conversion to Sharia law?

Posted by: ChiTown-Jerry at December 07, 2010 08:42 AM (f9c2L)

57 No flaming skull?  No pudding cup?  Given what he was arrested for, a pudding cup seems appropriate.

Posted by: Ghost of John Brown at December 07, 2010 08:43 AM (S1WFd)

58 LeakyWick leads to the end of Wikileaks?

(I stole it from Jim Treacher)

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at December 07, 2010 08:43 AM (2PTT7)

59 does anyone have an English copy of this 'seven point revenge' manifesto of the one accuser? oh how I'd love to read that

Here's something. Not all in English, and I'm not sure about the source, but fun reading.

Posted by: Bomber at December 07, 2010 08:44 AM (qzoN5)

60 Not Interpol. Onterpol. He forgot to put ter condom on ter pole.

Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at December 07, 2010 08:45 AM (b5lnz)

61

Hmm, will there be anyone from our DOJ with a warrant for his arrest?

Oh, and...

a squalling little albino fucktrophy

I am so stealing that.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 07, 2010 08:47 AM (b6qrg)

62 What the Hell? The got Capone on tax evasion, now they get Asswedge on rubber tampering? That's kinda funny.

Posted by: maddogg at December 07, 2010 08:47 AM (OlN4e)

63 Just saw the headline on a PBS video (didn't watch) that said, liberal divisions emerge over tax cuts.  This headline speaks volumes in my way of thinking.  Liberals cannot live with people with lots of money being able to keep it.  It infuriates them that there are rich people (excepting themselves, of course).  In their minds, people who work for their money have no business keeping it.  They absolutely hate with an all consuming fire, a significant portion of our society.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at December 07, 2010 08:48 AM (RkRxq)

64 Asswedge is a victim of his own retarded philosophy and hypocrisy. I hope Bubba doesn't wear a rubber either.

Posted by: maddogg at December 07, 2010 08:50 AM (OlN4e)

65 65 What the Hell? The got Capone on tax evasion, now they get Asswedge on rubber tampering? That's kinda funny.

Hopefully it'll come with a stiff sentence. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 07, 2010 08:50 AM (9hSKh)

66 The PtB just showed this little prick, "We own your ass and we can pull the string anytime we want."

Posted by: SurferDoc at December 07, 2010 08:50 AM (o3bYL)

67

Think what you will of Assange's Wikileaks actions, but this rape prosecution is a withchunt.  They are serioulsy denying bail for acts of consensual sex that are not criminal in this country. 

Where are the defenders of liberty in the face of oppressive government. 

What if dude had spilled anti-communist anti-liberal bullshit?  Woudl everyone here be all for his persecution by any and all means necessary.

In fact, here is the perfect question:  What fate would we want to see for the climate gate hackers that possibly truly could have saved the world with the data they leaked. 

Would AoSHQ be all for some bullshit trumped up charge just to get the bastard?  Would libertarians and conservatives start demanding prosecution for free speech then? 

I think the rape charges and the actions of Wikileaks need to be separated.  If dude broke the law with the condom crap, then he shoudl pay the price for that.  But I am not in favoro of a concerted worldwide effort to get this guy by any means necessary.

    

Posted by: California Red at December 07, 2010 08:52 AM (smPb6)

68 He's finally found his calling. Won't he make some gorilla a perfect prison bitch? I mean, he already looks like one.

Posted by: maddogg at December 07, 2010 08:53 AM (OlN4e)

69 That's so new rich. "Compassion" and "proportion" before exposing the reality of no end to his vengeance.

Assange and Obama detest each other because they ARE each other's twin.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 08:54 AM (H+LJc)

70 The revenge manifesto is euroweenie nonsense. "ensure that your victim will suffer the same way as he made you suffer." Please, sissy ass Euros, here's how it works here: 1. Get mad 2. Get even. 3. Get more than even. 4. Get way, way, way more than even. Disproportionate response is the phrase to keep in mind. 5. Leave their smoldering corpse as a reminder to anyone else stupid enough to want to mess with you. 6. Crack open a beer. 7. Smile and enjoy.

Posted by: cali grump at December 07, 2010 08:54 AM (hL0k8)

71 acts of consensual sex that are not criminal

it wasn't rape-rape

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 08:55 AM (H+LJc)

72

I think the rape charges and the actions of Wikileaks need to be separated.  If dude broke the law with the condom crap, then he shoudl pay the price for that.  But I am not in favoro of a concerted worldwide effort to get this guy by any means necessary.

Your right, of course. I would personally prefer to throw his ass in a pit with starving wolves. Much better than arresting him for clipping the bubble off of a rubber.

Posted by: maddogg at December 07, 2010 08:55 AM (OlN4e)

73
Here's a c-theory to bust: Assange only leaked embarrassments, not security breaches.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 07, 2010 12:39 PM (H+LJc)

The point I thought that I was making is that the Obama administration has shown this to be unimportant as something which must be dealt with.  That point, imo, still holds.  They have acted as if the lives and the secrets that this asshole has exposed are at most, inconsequential.  I still don't see much interest coming from the administration.  Strong condemnation from Hillary doesn't really impress too many people anymore since they could just loop that tape every other day for the next subsequent groin kick that the U.S. takes from those who hate us.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at December 07, 2010 08:56 AM (RkRxq)

74 The fucked up thing is, this whole "rape" charge DOES seem totally bogus and cooked up.

Posted by: James at December 07, 2010 08:58 AM (Nljcu)

75

Posted by: California Red at December 07, 2010 12:52 PM (smPb6)

Sweden is the most enlightened country in the world and if their laws are not our laws, it's only because we haven't evolved properly yet.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 07, 2010 08:59 AM (BvBKY)

76

If wikileaks uses a .org site, then someone should set up a site wikileaks.com and have a faux 404 page saying something like this:

This page has been terminated. Please stay where you are. We know who you are, we know where you are, and if you run we will find you.

Then have the sound of a door creaking or a gun safety being released about a minute after the page loads, after the reader has a moment to read and reflect on the message.

Posted by: Grey Fox at December 07, 2010 09:00 AM (u4D3B)

77 What will they charge him with next, not wearing a cockring? And will they allow him to plea bargain?

Posted by: Fritz at December 07, 2010 09:00 AM (GwPRU)

78 So the guy gets arrested for leaking. From his wee-wee. Incredible.

Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at December 07, 2010 09:01 AM (b5lnz)

79 "77 The fucked up thing is, this whole "rape" charge DOES seem totally bogus and cooked up." You know how OJ is doing time in Nevada but not for killing his wife? Or how Al Pacino got the Oscar for "Scent of a Woman" instead of for "The Godfather"? Same thing.

Posted by: cali grump at December 07, 2010 09:05 AM (hL0k8)

80 I still find it hard to believe he's accused of having sex with women. Only way it makes sense is if they are pre-surgery.

Posted by: Retread at December 07, 2010 09:07 AM (AkM8L)

81 Agree with an earlier poster.

This is simply a way for scared little Jules to stay alive. You'll have to pry his ass out of that cell with a crowbar.  He's dead meat walkin out on the street.

Posted by: sifty at December 07, 2010 09:10 AM (MoA1d)

82 Maybe he should have checked the laws of the country he was "not-raping" in?

Posted by: SurferDoc at December 07, 2010 09:17 AM (o3bYL)

83 He's dead meat walkin out on the street.

Posted by: sifty at December 07, 2010 01:10 PM (MoA1d)

Here is your salad with Polonium dressing, Mr. Assange.

Posted by: British jailer with a vaguely Russian accent at December 07, 2010 09:21 AM (BvBKY)

84 I'm a good keeper's son
I don't want to hurt no one.
Still I crossed Obama back in Aragon
Don't take me alive.
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night.
Still I crossed Hill'ry back in Aragon
Don't take me alive.

Heh. Steely Dan is teh awesome. I'd nominate "Third World Man" or "The Royal Scam" for a more on-point POV song about Mister Leaker. (Miser Dribbler now?) Still, I suppose "Don't Take Me Alive" is a good representation of this guy's ego.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 07, 2010 09:22 AM (beW+t)

85 Check it out Bill Maher and Assange look very similar

Posted by: BFD at December 07, 2010 09:29 AM (huR71)

86

38 So is there now a requirement that leftwing heroes have to be sexual predators? Clinton, Assange, etc...

You forgot Al Bore!

 


Posted by: Tipper at December 07, 2010 09:30 AM (mQMnK)

87

Are we really going to have to sit through another fucking Presidential Conference/Address/News Conference?   

Why is Obama convinced that what we need is just a little more Obama?

Posted by: garrett at December 07, 2010 09:35 AM (XyX1Y)

88 If they can get Mickey Rourke in a prison in Monaco, they can surely get Julian. heh

But until then, Julian will be treated like a queen in a posh jail surrounded by guards.


Posted by: sifty at December 07, 2010 09:53 AM (MoA1d)

89

Now that the Brits are holding him, can't we put an extradition claim on him as well?

Posted by: Iblis at December 07, 2010 10:19 AM (9221z)

90

Think what you will of Assange's Wikileaks actions, but this rape prosecution is a withchunt.  They are serioulsy denying bail for acts of consensual sex that are not criminal in this country. 

Where are the defenders of liberty in the face of oppressive government. 

I certainly don't think that what Assange did (the condom thing, not the leaking thing) should be a crime, but hey - I'm not gonna tell the Swedes how to run their country, and the leftards are always going on about how superior socialist Europe is to America, so let 'em eat it.

Posted by: Farmer Joe at December 07, 2010 10:28 AM (z4es9)

91 Dikileaks.

Posted by: Pawn at December 07, 2010 10:38 AM (IvZnY)

92 I certainly don't think that what Assange did (the condom thing, not the leaking thing) should be a crime, but hey

From what I could tell on researching this this "crime" amounts to what in the U.S. would be classified as a misdemeanor. It carries a 700 dollar fine only.

Posted by: Vic at December 07, 2010 10:46 AM (e4sSD)

93

#89, I want my CHAKRA RELEASED!!!!

Posted by: Rapist-Face Ewok at December 07, 2010 11:29 AM (QUuUE)

94 Wasn't it funny that none of these bad things - paypal cutoff, Visa cutoff, banks closing his accounts, arrested, etc - UNTIL Julie threatened to release a bunch of BANKING files?

Posted by: emdfl at December 07, 2010 12:15 PM (2HunZ)

95 Everything Wikileaks has done is dumb in one way or another, but the "insurance file" is possibly the dumbest.

Blackmail only works if you can STOP the harm from happening - the file is out in the wild, they can't recall it. It will eventually be cracked. The threat has no meaning as the damage is already accomplished.

Then again, I'm not surprised that these people have never thought seriously about incentives.

They're vandals, their motto should be "doing harm with no constructive end in sight." Or "breaking eggs but no omelet in sight."

Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at December 07, 2010 01:52 PM (bxiXv)

96 Definitely not flaming skull material. Wait until he's shot while escaping.

Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at December 07, 2010 02:18 PM (VPlpE)

97 If any of you clones ever have a chance to see steely dan live, take it. They have put together an awesome band and tour every summer. John Herrington is the best guitarist working today...

Posted by: Uncle Jed at December 07, 2010 03:07 PM (wisXM)

98 It strikes me that we could take care of a lot of problems if certain parties could just let it be known to the muzzie inmates of whatever jail he's in that he jizzed all over a mohammud cartoon at the, ahem, climax of the no-rubber fun...

Posted by: RightThinker at December 07, 2010 04:19 PM (KmHbv)

99

Let's have the names of those "celebrities" who tried to bail his ass out as well, please.

My thought , as well.

Posted by: Gem at December 07, 2010 05:31 PM (zw+pb)

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I'm wondering how our gubberment could be so incompetant to even let this shit happen to them (us). We had the Walker espionage, Pollard, and others to learn from and yet this shit happens largely because of a single PFC? WTF?

If Assranger and company can get inside our OODA loop who's to say that the Chicom's/Iranians/Putin etc are not already penetrated deep into our security apparatus?

This is a symptom of a problem as well as a problem. The castrati would be baying for Bush's blood by now if he were Prez...why is B+rry getting a pass when he is an accountable recipient of this foul deed?

Posted by: torabora at December 08, 2010 05:09 AM (mgH1T)

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