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onawah

12th July 2022, 05:00

The Film About Julian Assange--Craig Murray
Consortium News
July 11, 2022
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/07/11/craig-murray-the-film-about-julian-assange/?fbclid=IwAR3CXE4HacvlmTF0G5_-ZYyTEMl92Zm8Z1RaftjNVeVF_gsO4VjR3NmXVWI
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"Away from the Tory Babel over who will be the top “world-leading” sociopath, I just spent two evenings in the company of decent people. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian’s father and brother, were in Glasgow and Edinburgh for the screening of Ithaka, the documentary that follows the fight by Julian Assange’s family to have him freed. I was moderating the Q & A.

The odd pub may also have been visited.

Ithaka is heart-rending, and it has an important message in rehumanizing Julian after over a decade of concerted (I use that word advisedly) propaganda aimed at dehumanizing him.

[Related: WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Assange Family Struggle’]

The sheer baseness of the extraordinary lies told by the mainstream media about his personal hygiene — leaving toilets unflushed and even smearing Embassy walls with excrement — is something straight out of Joseph Goebbels’ playbook.

The cold calculation behind Assange’s treatment in his last months in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, when he was denied access to wash and shave, in order to produce the apparent monster for the photos of his arrest, is a true example of evil unfolding.

Two days before his expulsion I telephoned the embassy and spoke to the first secretary (a call I recorded). I explained that if, as we understood, Julian were no longer welcome, they only had to say so and he would leave voluntarily to the police station. Instead, we had that calculated piece of theater.

Presentation aside, it also enabled them to retain all of Julian’s possessions, including all his legal papers covered by client-attorney privilege relating to his defence.

As we heard in the extradition hearing, all of those papers were taken to Quito and then given to the C.I.A. This was admitted by counsel for the U.S. government who claimed that “Chinese walls” — a direct quote — within the U.S. government prevented the C.I.A. from passing any of that information to the Justice Department, which is running the case.

If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. But the fact is that it is the U.S. government that is applying for extradition and the U.S. government has stolen the legal papers of the other party in the case. In any other case this would lead to the case being kicked out immediately.

If you add that together with the fact that the extradition treaty specifically bars political extradition, that the U.S. government’s key witness is a convicted fraudster and pedophile who was paid for his evidence (which he has since denounced), and that no journalist in the U.S. has ever been charged with espionage before, you begin to start to understand the depth of state depravity that has kept Julian in the U.K.’s strongest security prison for four birthdays.

Pompeo Calls on Patel

I found this curious. Mike Pompeo, former U.S. secretary of state, who oversaw the plot to kidnap or potentially assassinate Julian in the Ecuadorian embassy, called on U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel on June 30, just after she signed Julian’s extradition order and also just after Pompeo had been summoned by a Spanish court to give evidence on the plot.

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That photo is more unusual than might be immediately realized. With a Democrat in the White House, it is extremely rare for a senior British cabinet minister, acting in an official capacity, openly to flaunt friendship with senior Republicans from the defeated administration and to hold official meetings with them.

Pompeo is now a private citizen. He could quite naturally be meeting Patel as a friend in her home — but officially, at the Home Office? This is really not done, or if exceptionally needed, it is done quietly.

What did they discuss in the Home Office?

Here is something else downright peculiar. According to The Wall Street Journal, Priti Patel asked the U.S. government to give her public congratulations for agreeing the extradition of Julian Assange:

“After Ms. Patel’s ruling on June 17, for example, a U.K. official asked the U.S. Embassy in London if officials there or at the Justice Department could release a statement welcoming Ms. Patel’s ruling, adding that she would appreciate such a show of support, according to people familiar with the request.”

The Justice Department declined to issue such a statement.

There is a very strange smell surrounding this extradition.

The film Ithaka is not a dissection of the legal issues, nor an in-depth recounting of the Assange case. It rather focuses on the devastating effect of his cruel imprisonment on his family, both his wife and children, and on his father John Shipton.

[Related: WATCH: CN Covers Assange Movie Premiere in Sydney]

John’s personal crusade to save his son is the main focus. The insight into the fundamentals of the case — that the man who did most to expose war crimes is the man locked up and tortured, not the people who committed the war crimes — mostly come from interviews with Professor Nils Melzer, then U.N. special rapporteur on torture.

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Do go see the film — which has had excellent reviews from mainstream film critics. Chairing the Q&A sessions afterwards I have been struck by the number of tear-stained eyes when the lights go up and the audience mood shifts from sorrow to anger fairly quickly. It is a remarkable film.

Let me give my own insights. As a technical bit of film-making, it is edited down from what must have been thousands of hours of footage. During the various stages of extradition hearings, I was personally miked up every single day for the film for a total of over five weeks. Tens of hours of conversation between John and myself were recorded, not one second of which made it into the film.

That is absolutely not a complaint, you see more than enough of me. It is merely an illustration of the remarkable editing down on this film. Over a thousand hours were left on the cutting room floor to get down to just two in the film.

That of course gives the director, Ben Lawrence, and his editor massive ability to shape the narrative by selection. Ben has chosen to illustrate the bleakness of Julian’s isolation by emphasising the loneliness of John and Stella’s quest. I am sure that is artistically valid and it presents a real truth – nobody can truly share the despair of the family, and in the long dark night of the soul they are alone.

But I do wish to assure you that the families are surrounded and supported by a group of really loving and caring people, very much more involved than I am. They are not foregrounded in the film for reasons of narrative selection, but they exist and they know they have the eternal gratitude of Julian and his whole family and many of the rest of us.

I would further add that John Shipton’s eclectic mind and deeply philosophical nature are brought out wonderfully, but his immense charm and also his great pleasure in social company perhaps do not come across on the screen. Ben has focused on the more angular bits of John’s nature.

None of that in any way detracts from the experience of a superb film by Ben Lawrence, produced by Julian’s quieter but very talented brother Gabriel. Undoubtedly the public perception has already been turning in Julian’s favour. Don’t just go see the film: take somebody who might have their eyes opened to the truth.

Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was British ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010. His coverage is entirely dependent on reader support. Subscriptions to keep this blog going are gratefully received.

This article is from CraigMurray.org.uk."

onawah

27th August 2022, 22:21

Mike Pompeo & CIA Sued for Spying on Americans Who Visited Julian Assange in Embassy in U.K.
330,010 views Aug 16, 2022
9.6K
Democracy Now!
1.11M subscribers

"Lawyers and journalists sued the CIA and former CIA Director Mike Pompeo Monday for spying on them while they met Julian Assange when he was living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had political asylum.
The lawsuit is being filed as Britain prepares to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for violating the Espionage Act by publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We speak with the lead attorney in the case, Richard Roth, who details how a private security company stationed at the London Embassy unknowingly sent images from Assange's visitors' cellphones and laptops as well as streamed video from inside meetings to American intelligence.
He says the offenses breach a range of client privileges and could sway a U.S. judge to dismiss the case if Assange is successfully extradited. "

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norman

21st September 2022, 16:46

Russian Dossier and Daniel J. Jones (https://thefederalist.com/2018/02/20/is-a-former-feinstein-staffer-running-fusion-gpss-post-election-russia-dossier-operation/)

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From the upcoming documentary Enjoy The Show. Tore Says requested this clip go public today as the work of the John Durham investigation continues to reveal crimes and even treason against President Donald Trump.

TRANSCRIPT

As per the phony Russia Dossier, why is no one talking about Adam Walton? His texts revealed how Hollywood was right in the middle of it.

This lawyer has the point-of-contact between Congress Hollywood and Christopher Steele. In fact, another movie produced about that point-of-contact in Congress, who also had a foundation/company funding it, Daniel J Jones.

Daniel J Jones is Dianne Feinstein’s staffer and the man who drafted the CIA torture documents.

From a text message conversation between the United States senator from Virginia, Mark Warner and Hollywood lawyer, Adam Waldman:

February 16, 2017 at 10 49 PM, Senator Mark says, “Have had important call about your message. Will have to answer tomorrow.”

Adam responds eight minutes later, “Thank you. Standing by. Just want to underscore my opinion and the reason I got involved. This guy is going to do something catastrophic for the Dems, Obama, CIA and National Security. I hope someone will consider getting him to the US to ameliorate the damage.”

Who are they talking about?

Two months later, on April 10, 2017 Adam Waldman sends a text to Senator Warner:

“Hi. Steele would like to get a bipartisan letter from the committee; Assange. I convinced him to make serious and important concessions and I am discussing those with DOJ; Deripaska willing to testify to Congress but interested in state of play with Manafort. I will be with him next Tuesday for a week. I’m bringing Ben Stiller for the day of Hill and Administration meetings on Refugee issues in May. Would you like me to bring him by your office?”

Senator Mark Warner responds: “Sure.”

In other words, these texts were talking about how damaging Assange was to the Democrats, to Obama and to the CIA and how it was very important that they bring him to the United States. And for some reason, Christopher Steele was in the middle of all of it.

Lawyer, Adam Waldman replies over four hours later:

“Mark, call me anytime you want to discuss the above. Three, I am glad to communicate or try to accomplish whatever you want to do.”

Eight days later, on April 18 2017, Senator Warner replies:

“Been off the grid for a few days. Need to catch up with you this week on phone.”

This is treason. Treason against the People of the United States. Not only that, the film Actors Guild, Ben Stiller, an Envoy to the UN involved in Steele discussions with people on the Hill.

Well, in one of the episodes in this docuseries, you’ll find out exactly what went on with Assange.

So for all of you out there advocating for Assange not come to the US and not be freed, as you understood from that text, it’s Obama, the CIA and the Democrats that have the problem with Assange, not the People.

Contributed by Alexandra Bruce

onawah

27th September 2022, 03:05

CIA Being SUED Over Assange Spying, Minneapolis Nurses Strike Enters Week 7
1,133 views 9/25/22
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Status Coup News
128K subscribers

"Jordan Chariton (@JordanChariton on Twitter) goes over the News that the CIA is now being SUED for surveilling people, and Snowden becoming a Russian citizen.

Following that, will be an interview Kim Brown did with Alexis Petrakis, a Nurse about the ongoing Worker movement. Then an interview Jordan did with a retired Railroad Worker, Mark Burrows."

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Also posted here: https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?115452-News-compilations-Epoch-Times-NTD-WeAreChange-etc.&p=1520001&viewfull=1#post1520001

Billy

5th October 2022, 19:42

A plea to the people for Jullian Assange, from George Galloway :bowing:

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Billy

9th October 2022, 15:49

Scott Ritter speaks out for Julian Assange in the USA.

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onawah

9th October 2022, 16:51

Julian Assange’s supporters form human chain around UK Parliament
18,278 views Streamed live on Oct 8, 2022
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Zabby
28.7K subscribers

"Live from London on Saturday, October 8, as Julian Assange's supporters form a human chain around the UK Parliament, demanding the Wikileaks founder’s freedom. His wife Stella is expected to be among the protesters. The Don’t Extradite Assange campaign announced that they would need 5,000 people to form the chain, stretching in front of the Houses of Parliament, over Westminster Bridge, along the bank of the Thames and back over Lambeth Bridge. Assange is wanted by United States authorities on 18 charges, including espionage, over the publication of thousands of documents relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He faces a 175-year prison sentence if found guilty. Former home secretary Priti Patel approved his extradition in June, although his lawyers are awaiting the outcome of an appeal in the High Court. Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison since 2019, when police removed him from the Ecuadorian embassy in London following a seven-year standoff. Source - Ruptly"

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gini

9th October 2022, 21:13

Did Trump Nearly Pardon Julian Assange?-8/10/22-b9-aROGWuyA

Ravenlocke

31st October 2022, 17:29

Just saw this,

https://twitter.com/bratat22/status/1586923709566111744
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gini

10th December 2022, 16:27

Warmongers CONFRONTED By Journalist At National Press Club Event .dec 9, 2022
During a recent symposium at the National Press Club about the prosecution of Julian Assange, The Grayzone reporter Max Blumenthal asked DC attorney and Assange critic Mark Zaid whether prosecutors should really be depending on testimony from an admitted pedophile and liar like Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson, who has since recanted his allegations, to convict Assange.

Jimmy plays a video of the interaction and then he and Max discuss the weaselly way Zaid attempts to dodge the question and suggests that Assange will get a fair trial in the U.S.----EWAV4rK7u9Q
Read Max's work at The Grayzone here: http://thegrayzone.

onawah

27th January 2023, 05:25

Julian Assange and the war on whistleblowers w/Kevin Gosztola
The Chris Hedges Report
The Real News Network
648K subscribers
268,671 views
Premiered Jan 20, 2023

"13 years ago WikiLeaks pulled back the curtain on a host of documented US government crimes. This year, Julian Assange is expected to stand trial. His case is emblematic of how far the US government will go to hide the truth.

Kevin Gosztola is the managing editor of Shadowproof, where he writes The Dissenter. He is the author of Truth and Consequences: The U.S. vs. Bradley Manning.

The Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!

Watch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET: https://therealnews.com/chris-hedges-...

Listen to episode podcasts and find bonus content at The Chris Hedges Report Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/ "

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Dennis Leahy

30th January 2023, 19:30

Every time I read Julian Assange's name, or see his likeness, it makes me just about cry. Every time I think about the man that got Assange imprisoned - Donald Trump - I just about vomit. If Trump wins in '24, he will have the opportunity to kill Assange, just like Hillary wanted, but in any case, Trump was the lackey in charge of the globalists agenda to silence Assange and Wikileaks, and if he is chosen again to the Oval Office, he will continue to serve his master's agenda and make sure that Julian Assange remains silenced.

edit, to add:
It makes no difference who the next US throne-sitter is - whoever is given the US presidency will continue to silence Assange, furthering the globalist agenda. So there, you can clear your conscience, Trump supporters, because any US president is going to follow the Elite Global Controllers' agenda and support the Global Corporate Network that is enmeshed with the US Federal government. But don't continue to fool yourself that the man who got Julian Assange imprisoned and tortured for revealing the truth about the Elite and their financial and war crimes is a good man, anti-globalist, or actually supports citizens or the environment that we all live in.

Flowerpunkchip

12th February 2023, 17:31

In London yesterday.
Night Carnival for Assange

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norman

18th March 2023, 07:21

A combination of RFK Jr and Julian's father has to be a worthy posting in this thread, but I have not listened to more than 5 minutes of this myself.

RFK Jr The Defender Podcast - Julian Assange and WikiLeaks with Julian's Father John Shipton (https://podbay.fm/p/rfk-jr-podcast/e/1679093977)
30 minutes Posted Mar 17, 2023

SHOW NOTES
Julian Assange's father, John Shipton, discusses Assange, whistleblowing, and censorship with RFK Jr.

To learn more, watch their documentary film, Ithaka: https://ithaka.movie/ (https://ithaka.movie/)

Ewan

18th March 2023, 11:13

onawah

19th March 2023, 03:25

Julian Assange’s family tells Tucker why the DOJ wants to keep him behind bars
Fox News
10.4M subscribers
282,966 views Mar 17, 2023

"John and Gabriel Shipton, the father and brother of Julian Assange, speak out about his detainment and share the story behind their documentary ‘Ithaka’ on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’ "

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ExomatrixTV

19th March 2023, 22:15

Why Is Tucker The Only One???

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Julian Assange is the most effective and, from the establishment’s perspective, dangerous journalist of his generation. And his imprisonment reflects the threat he represents – yet few mainstream media outlets have rallied to Assange’s defense. One notable exception: Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who recently spoke with Assange’s father and brother about the case and the likelihood that the award-winning journalist will be freed. Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Tucker’s willingness to buck the corporate media trend and address the Assange case.

Julian Assange’s Family Tells Tucker Why The DOJ Wants To Keep Him Behind Bars

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John and Gabriel Shipton, the father and brother of Julian Assange, speak out about his detainment and share the story behind their documentary ‘Ithaka’ on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’

Tintin

23rd March 2023, 13:40

Al-Jazeera Fault Lines short documentary - 20 years on from the invasion of Iraq, @AJFaultLines looks at the case of Julian Assange who gave us an unprecedented insight into the war, including the infamous 'Collateral Murder' release.

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ExomatrixTV

3rd April 2023, 18:45

MTG Calls For ACQUITTAL Of Julian Assange After Rashida Tlaib Rouses BIPARTISAN PUSH For Release:

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Batya Ungar-Sargon and Robby Soave discuss House efforts to have WikiLeaks' Julian Assange's charges dropped.

Rizotto

5th April 2023, 22:29

Amazing!!!

Congress Calls For Assange’s Freedom!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6uPzGHod9o

Rizotto

6th April 2023, 22:03

Excellent idea!

https://www.rt.com/russia/574314-duma-assange-gershkovich-swap/

April 6, 2023

Russian MP suggests swapping WSJ reporter for Assange
Evan Gershkovich and the WikiLeaks publisher are both facing espionage charges

If Moscow decides on a prisoner swap involving Evan Gershkovich, it should ask for Julian Assange’s release from a British dungeon, Russian State Duma Deputy Sergey Obuhkov said on Friday.

Obuhkov, a Russian Communist Party MP, told reporters that some members of the Duma have already proposed offering political asylum to former US President Donald Trump and trading him for Gershkovich.

“I say, let’s exchange him for Assange instead,” Obukhov told RIA Novosti.

Russian authorities detained Gershkovich in Ekaterinburg on March 30, saying they caught him “red-handed” in an act of espionage. A Lefortovo court has ordered the Moscow bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal to remain in custody for two months. He is appealing the decision and will face the judges again on April 18.

Earlier this week, the district attorney in New York had the 45th US president arrested on charges of improper business bookkeeping, supposedly related to “hush money” paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels, which they allege somehow improperly influenced the 2016 presidential election. Trump has denounced the charges as a politically motivated “witch hunt.”

Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison in south London since April 2019, after Ecuador canceled his asylum under pressure from the US. He had spent almost seven years in the embassy of the Latin American country, seeking refuge from trumped-up Swedish charges he called a front for US persecution.

After his arrest, Washington unsealed a years-old indictment charging the WikiLeaks publisher under the Espionage Act. He is wanted for the 2010 publication of the notorious 'Collateral Murder' video showing the US military killing civilians, as well as other US classified documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. If extradited and convicted, Assange faces up to 175 years behind bars.

Russia and the US last swapped prisoners in December, with Moscow releasing convicted drug smuggler and basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange for businessman Viktor Bout. Washington has faced criticism for not requesting the release of Paul Whelan, a retired US Marine serving a sentence in Russia for espionage.

Ravenlocke

7th April 2023, 00:21

https://twitter.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1643686588805787648

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onawah

16th April 2023, 20:16

Assange: The Truth They've Been Hiding from You
Naomi Brockwell: NBTV
193K subscribers
134,339 views Apr 14, 2023

"Julian Assange, creator of Wikileaks, is an activist who has dedicated his life to exposing the lies and corruption of some of the most powerful governments on earth. He’s been honored with countless prestigious journalism awards, yet he languishes in prison under horrendous conditions, vilified as an enemy of the state. It’s hard for the average person to know what to think about Assange, because for over a decade his actions have been shrouded in a fog of conflicting narratives and media portrayals -- That is by design.

In this video we’ll expose 6 lies about Assange that have been deliberately used to distract us from what is one of the most important precedent-setting cases for freedom of speech of our generation. If there’s one thing you should take away from this, it’s that most of what you think you know about Assange is false.

00:00 Intro
03:03 Recap of Assange’s Case
05:40 Lie #1: Unredacted Document Dump
09:19 Lie #2: People Were Hurt
10:49 Lie #3: Hacked into Government Computers
16:10 Lie #4: Not a Real Journalist
16:48 Lie #5: “He’ll Be Safe”
17:55 Lie #6: Reasons for Leaving the Embassy
20:50 Assange is a Political Prisoner
21:44 Journalism is in Jeopardy
22:46 What Can You Do?

This case represents a critical juncture for the future of press freedom. It doesn’t matter whether you like Assange or not, or whether you’ve bought into the mainstream narratives against him. You should be very worried about the fate of journalism around the world.

It is time to recognize the stakes at hand and demand an end to this ordeal. Free Assange, and in doing so, protect the future of press freedom.

Special thanks to Assange's Father and Brother, John and Gabriel Shipton, for their fight.

Watch the Ithaka film here: https://ithaka.movie/

Brought to you by NBTV team members: Lee Rennie, Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval and Naomi Brockwell"

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Kryztian

4th May 2023, 01:03

https://i.imgur.com/sH7oS0E.jpg

gini

4th May 2023, 07:17

PROTESTERS DEMAND FREEDOM FOR WIKILEAKS' JULIAN ASSANGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY.--4/4/23--1 min-/DcHOV9MDyl0Y/

ExomatrixTV

5th May 2023, 17:43

Biden Administration CONFRONTED About Julian Assange!

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Wednesday was International Press Freedom Day, and the Biden administration celebrated by pretending to care about press freedom while keeping the most important journalist of his generation imprisoned for reporting that embarrassed the United States government. Medea Benjamin and CODEPINK celebrated by confronting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Washington Post imperialism cheerleader David Ignatius on stage about their duplicity over Assange. Guest host Aaron Maté and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the poignancy of the CODEPINK action on Press Freedom Day.

ExomatrixTV

7th May 2023, 15:01

Free Assange Now!!!:

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back up video (https://rumble.com/v2m1i8e-free-assange-now-jason-bermas-reality-rants-rvm-network.html)

Tintin

24th May 2023, 18:42

Ithaka - The Movie

A very sensitive, poignant and beautifully presented look at John Shipton (Julian's father) and Stella Assange's determined efforts to seek justice for Julian.

John Shipton comes over as a very modest, thoughtful and quietly articulate man as well. One of the main takeaways here is the toll that it takes, on all, but especially evident in many of the scenes with John and Stella.

Who knows what will happen from here but the fight goes on. There are some grounds for optimism but very understandably there are moments in this film where these are in short supply :flower:

For those interested who reside in the UK the film is currently accessible via ITV and free to view for another 3-4 days.

When it becomes more widely freely available I'll attempt to secure a copy for the library.

For now, the link to view: https://www.itv.com/watch/ithaka-the-fight-to-free-assange/10a4619

Tintin

7th June 2023, 07:39

Finally, after a long period of inaccessibility the WikiLeaks website appears to be up and running again :muscle: There is a mirror site here (https://wikileaks.jcvignoli.com/index.php?text=KYIV&submit=Search) that I've been using, but it's great to have the original back in action:

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onawah

13th June 2023, 19:40

Setback for Julian Assange: Extradition Appeal Denied, What's Next for the Wikileaks Founder?
Kim Iversen
536K subscribers
2,549 views Jun 12, 2023

"Misty Winston is the host of Action 4 Assange Vigils and The Misty Winston Show. Find her interview with Gabriel Shipton here: https://tntradio.live/popup-player/
https://mistywinston.substack.com/p/g... "

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gini

26th June 2023, 02:17

VkTI9A-kKd4---26/6/23--4 min-STELLA ASSANGE TALKS TO LORD DOOM FREE JULIAN ASSANGE NOW AND FOR EVER

Uzkad8u7H9w----5 min.JUNE 2023, LONDON: US journalist Matt Taibbi addresses the June 24 #FreeAssange rally in London's Parliament Square from atop the Fourth Chair of Italian sculptor Davide Dormino's Anything to Say? statue.

Flowerpunkchip

26th June 2023, 14:14

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gini

30th June 2023, 13:59

'ANYTHING TO SAY' AND THE RALLY FOR JULIAN ASSANGE - PARLIAMENT SQUARE, LONDON/bJNeyCGc4vXZ/----June 24 2023, the sculpture 'Anything to Say' by Italian artist Davide Dormino that shows Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange standing on chairs inviting you to speak out, is at Parliament Square in London. Today is the rally for the release of publicist and journalist Julian Assange.

In this report Djamila and Rico first visit the prison Belmarsh where they meet Sean, who's talks about the legal system in England, and what goes on in institutions like these, where he's spent most of his life.

Then at the demonstration many speakers standing on the empty chair next to the whistleblowers, explain what is at stake and where the defence for Julian stands. Interviews with Davide Dormino and Stella Assange, music by David Rovics who sings 'Behind These Prison Walls'.

chapters:
0:02:14 introduction
0:06)44 Sean, interview outside Belmarsh
0:11:39 John Reese, DEA Campaign
0:13:40 John McDonnell, Labour MP
0:15:20 Davide Dormino, Anything to Say artist
0:19:59 Stella Assange
0:24:55 Shabbir Lakha, Stop the War coalition
0:28:14 Kristinn Hrafnsson, Wikileaks
0:38:39 David Rovics, Behind These Prison Walls

grapevine

8th July 2023, 10:37

Assange SUING the CIA?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYshgen6hm4&ab_channel=Redacted
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are suing the US Central Intelligence Agency and its former director Mike Pompeo for recording their conversations with Assange and copying data from their devices. Two journalists have also joined this case. Redacted correspondent Dan Cohen spoke with one of the lawyers, Richard Roth. He is here to tell us about it.

Flowerpunkchip

21st July 2023, 23:31

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I know the lady who is interviewed in the video.
She did a good job and explaining as to what is happening.

Innocent Warrior

23rd July 2023, 08:11

Sorry about the attack type words and general bad attitude but I feel very strongly about issues and then to be consistently attacked on the basis that I don't always conform the consensus and I'm somehow not meant to be here leaves me perplexed. So I apologize to the forum and I now out with grace.

I looked back at your comments in this thread and the sentiments you and others expressed. In IMO, the direction you took and to which others responded misses what is now the most important point of all. I'm talking about our humanity. Julian has spent 11 years in confinement without charge. It's time for our humanity to come to the forefront and for us to have a heart as human beings who have compassion for the torture Julian has sustained. I don't give a sh*t about whether or not he's controlled opposition. That's an argument I might have listened to and participated in many, many years ago. But not now. Julian is a human being and if we can't find our heart in his situation, we are worse than any controlled opposition could ever be. And I'm not even talking about the lack of justice here.

Thanks for this, refreshing.

Speaking generally here, not to anyone in particular. Cynicism is the mark of an injured person but a critical eye is necessary, but too often people lack empathy and nuance, not just for people like Julian but also when observing deep state actors. They therefore miss the effect of the actions of people such as Julian on certain players, like the heads of the CIA after the release of the emails and Vault 7 and their reaction to the mere mention of his name, this stuff isn't even subtle.

Who is Epstein (I don't believe for a second he's dead), really? Most people have no clue, not even close, but he was exposed enough through the emails. They were forced to put on a show, that must have been quite the upset for them, losing the island operation like that, and the rest of it.

I don't have any heroes here anymore but what does a man have to do, accomplish, and endure before his character has been made clear?

Flowerpunkchip

23rd July 2023, 11:27

What I can tell you is that Julian is in jail. And I saw him in court years ago. He was not well. Some of the people I was with were weeping. He looked so frail. And this is before he had his mini stroke in another court case a year or so later.
And as Andre said, I too don't give a **** if he is or was controlled opposition.
I'm sure the CIA wanted to recruit him but my belief is that he turned them down if he was approached.
But all this talk is not of my interest right now. Right now, I want him out of jail. He still hasn't been properly charged AFAIK.
And yes, he is in Belmarsh. A few friends know his wife. I have spoken to Julian's father. Not all these people are actors etc. It makes my blood boil when people say he's not in the jail. We have seen Stella and the kids go to jail to visit Julian. You can go to Belmarsh yourselves to check.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VD24Jmyqyk
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You can see Stella coming into the shot to visit with the kids half way through this video.
Are they state actors? Is Julian's father a state actor and lying to my face. I don't think so.

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palehorse

27th July 2023, 11:30

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/medium-4-1024x536.jpg

The third mixed media piece in my online art exhibition about the way Assange’s image is being methodically erased from the collective consciousness, “The Disappearing Of Julian Assange: The Archibalds“.

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Sorry, here is the source: https://caitlinjohnstone.com/20a23/03/17/the-disappearing-of-julian-assange-the-archibalds/

This is not my art!

Kryztian

14th August 2023, 21:25

US hints at Assange plea deal
The WikiLeaks founder continues to fight extradition to the United States to face espionage charges
https://www.rt.com/news/581273-us-julian-assange-plea-deal/

Caroline Kennedy, the United States’ ambassador to Australia, has indicated that the US Justice Department may consider seeking a plea deal with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that could downgrade charges against him and allow for a to return to his homeland.

Assange, 52, faces a potential life sentence in a US prison on espionage charges linked to the 2010 release on his WikiLeaks platform of highly sensitive US Army intelligence information provided to him by former analyst Chelsea Manning.

But speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald in comments published on Sunday, Kennedy said that a diplomatic remedy to the long-running Assange saga might be forthcoming, telling the newspaper, “There absolutely could be a resolution.”

When asked if the United States could arrange for a plea deal involving Assange, Kennedy said that this was “up to the Justice Department.”

While there has been no official comment on the issue from the relevant US authorities, a plea deal could theoretically be sought, which would see Australian native Assange agreeing to plead guilty to lesser charges in return for being permitted to return home to serve any remaining prison time.

ssange has been held in London’s Belmarsh Prison since 2019 as he fights extradition to the United States. Previously, Assange had been granted political asylum by Ecuador’s embassy in London since 2012, before his arrest seven years later.

“Caroline Kennedy wouldn’t be saying these things if they didn’t want a way out,” Assange’s brother, Gabriel Shipton, told the Sydney Morning Herald. “The Americans want this off their plate.”

According to international law expert Donald Rothwell, the terms of any Assange plea deal would likely require him to first travel to the United States to formally admit guilt in court proceedings.

“Everything we know about Julian Assange suggests this would be a significant sticking point for him,” Rothwell told the newspaper. “It’s not possible to strike a plea deal outside the relevant jurisdiction except in the most exceptional circumstances.”

However, a successful plea deal would likely require authorization from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said last month that Assange’s actions “risked very serious harm to our national security, to the benefit of our adversaries, and put named human sources at grave risk of physical harm, grave risk of detention.”

https://www.rt.com/news/581273-us-julian-assange-plea-deal/

Kryztian

29th August 2023, 21:13

Glenn Greenwald interviews the father of Julian Assange. Both, especially Greenwald, seem optimistic that Assange will be out of prison soon. The continued persecution of Assange by the Biden Administration has become such a liability to the Biden Administration, especially since his Assange's release is a popular cause in Australia, and since the U.S. wants to improve their relationship with Australia and open military bases there .

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Tintin

3rd September 2023, 09:45

Craig Murray in interview with Randy Credico recorded September 1st, while Craig prepares to travel to the US. The interview starts at around 16:00 minutes in. He's as eloquent as ever and provides an update on the current legal state of affairs surrounding Julian's plight.

Live on the Fly has a charming old school quality to it as well. The program also includes musical breaks, and Craig comes in just after Supertramp's 'Logical Song'. Roger Waters joins the show at around 33:00 minutes in too.

Here's a neat text summary of one of the main takeaways from Craig's segment:

"There have been noises made by the U.S. ambassador to Australia saying that a plea deal is possible. And that's what the Australian Government have been pushing for as a way to solve it.

What I can tell you is that there have been no official approaches from the American government indicating any willingness to soften or ameliorate their position. The position of the Biden administration still seems to be that they wish to persecute and destroy Julian and lock him up for life for publishing the truth about war crimes, and for publishing. We should never forget Julian is the publisher.

Julian is not a whistleblower. The whistleblower was Chelsea manning. Julian is just a publisher, just as The Guardian and The New York Times and The Washington Post were publishers of the same information.

So there's no evidence of any sincerity on behalf of the U.S. government in these noises we've been hearing. It seems to be to placate public opinion in Australia, which is over 80% in favor of dropping the charges and allowing Julian to go home to his native country...

The American ambassador has made comments about, oh well, a plea deal might be possible, but this is just rubbish. This is just talk in the air. There's been no kind of approach or indication from the Justice Department or anything like that at all. It's just not true. It's a false statement, in order to placate public opinion in Australia."

WBAI Radio Archives: Live on the Fly - September 1st 2023

https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/2023-09-01_15-00_02-00_Live-on-the-Fly_Randy_Credico_w_Craig_Murray.mp3

gini

20th September 2023, 12:28

W_z59vOV1ls-FREE ASSANGE Movement HEATS UP As Australian Lawmakers Gather IN DC For Release Of Wikileaks Founder

The Hill
18 hours ago WASHINGTON
Brother of Julian Assange, Gabriel Shipton, weighs in on the support his brother is receiving from Australian politicians.

gini

27th September 2023, 04:38

RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR JULIAN ASSANGE RALLY IN BRUSSELS - 23 SEPTEMBER 2023--17 min--Rally in Brussels in support for Julian Assange and demanding his immediate release. Among the speakers were MEP Clare Daly and independent journalist John Y. Jones. In this report also interviews with MEP Mick Wallace and whistleblower on the European commission Roelie Post. Speakers on stage were alternated with musical performances. /wmr4Cew5SFM0/

/Vmx1acB8egSW/--- -7 min-Interview with Mick Wallace, Member of the European Parliament for Ireland, at the 'Raise Your Voice for Julian Assange and Sing him Free! Rally' Place de l'Albertine in Brussels, September 23 2023.

In this video part of the speech Wallace gave on stage, followed by interview afterwards.

mountain_jim

2nd November 2023, 17:46

copied here

https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1720088664318021681?s=20

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gini

4th November 2023, 20:44

D19C8dEXdIU--16 min-Briahna Joy Gray, Robby Soave, Jessica Burbank and Spencer Brown react Tucker Carlson's visit to see Julian Assange in Belmarsh Prison in London. Originally aired November 2, 2023

Rizotto

10th November 2023, 12:50

Let's hope and pray that this unjust prosecution comes to an end now.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20231110/us-congress-members-call-for-biden-to-drop-us-extradition-request-against-assange-1114857853.html

US Congress Members Call for Biden to Drop US Extradition Request Against Assange

November 10, 2023

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Sixteen Democratic and Republican members of US Congress have called for US President Joe Biden to withdraw the extradition request by the United States against Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a document published by Assange's wife, Stella Assange, showed Thursday.

As Members of Congress deeply committed to the principles of free speech and freedom of the press, we write to strongly encourage your Administration to withdraw the U.S. extradition request currently pending against Australian publisher Julian Assange and halt all prosecutorial proceedings against him as soon as possible," the document, published by Stella Assange on X (formerly known as Twitter), read.

The Members of Congress, namely James McGovern, Thomas Massie, Rashida Tlaib, Eric Burlison, Ilhan Omar, Paul Gosar, Ayanna Pressley, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Pramila Jayapal, Matthew Rosendale, Greg Casar, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, Jesus Garcia, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Senator Rand Paul, said in the document that "deep concerns about this case have been repeatedly expressed by international media outlets, human right and press freedom advocates, and Members of Congress, among others."

They added that "it is the duty of journalists to seek out sources, including documentary evidence, in order to report to the public on the activities of government."
"The United States must not pursue an unnecessary prosecution that risks criminalizing common journalistic practices and thus chilling the work of the press. We urge you to ensure that this case be brought to a close in as timely a manner as possible," the document read.

Since April 2019, Assange has been held in London's high-security Belmarsh prison while he faces prosecution in the United States under the Espionage Act. If convicted, the WikiLeaks founder could face 175 years in prison. In December 2022, he appealed to the European Court of Human Rights to fight his extradition.

WikiLeaks was founded by Assange in 2006 but rose to prominence in 2010 when it began publishing large-scale leaks of classified government information, including from the US.

gini

16th November 2023, 17:22

Massie, the Squad JOIN FORCES To DEMAND Biden Drop Charges Against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange -16/11/23---8 min- aE5YhIYS7-4

Lunesoleil

16th November 2023, 19:30

I noticed that Julian Assage was born 5 days of the same year as Elon Musk and obviously he would not have had the same chances. You could say that luck could change in that favor. I see more support than real liberation through actions that have never been abandoned, but is that enough to tip the scales to the right side...

:Avalon:

mountain_jim

16th November 2023, 19:57

as retweeted by the Project Avalon Forum (https://twitter.com/AvalonForum)

https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1725091648382669088?s=20

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grapevine

15th December 2023, 17:45

NEW BREAKTHROUGH in Julian Assange case! Could be devastating for CIA | Redacted w Clayton Morris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khlmWvX5TA8&ab_channel=Redacted
31.04 - 56.15

Julian Assange is first up on this Redacted video and fingers crossed this latest development has a positive effect on the JA case, although we won't hold our breath, But why hasn't it been reported in the mainstream press? :(

gini

23rd December 2023, 02:52

f3MmelMe9eI--6 min-23 dec 2023 #TuckerCarlson #JulianAssange #Belmarsh
Watch the full mini-doc here: https://bit.ly/3v5x01Y

Tucker visits Julian Assange at the infamous Belmarsh prison.

ExomatrixTV

23rd December 2023, 14:20

Tucker Carlson - Julian Assange

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source (https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1738328708052611148)

Flashback War Industry Insights:

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gini

24th December 2023, 11:04

CUHtK3mXAIU. --15 min--24 dec 2023 #redacted #claytonmorris #natalimorris
A judge in New York ruled that a case against the CIA for spying on associates of Julian Assange can go forward. This means that the CIA will have to defend itself for spying on lawyers who met with Julian Assange while he was in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The CIA tried to have this case dismissed and the judge ruled that there is “sufficient allegations that the CIA…violated [the plaintiffs’] reasonable expectation of privacy.” This is the first time the government will be held to account for all the spying it's done. Edward Snowden would be thrilled but apparently he and assange are not friends.

gini

30th December 2023, 20:38

JRqWpkT6xbY--32 min-30 dec 2023 #TheJimmyDoreShow
Richard Roth is the lead attorney suing the CIA and former CIA head Mike Pompeo for spying on journalists and lawyers for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while he was living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. A judge recently ruled that the lawsuit can go forward, rejecting the CIA’s contention that copying data from the visitors’ electronic devices was perfectly aboveboard.

Watch Jimmy’s interview with Roth about the case and the outrageous CIA overreach in the Assange case.

Rizotto

31st December 2023, 09:40

"Journalists are specifically targeted"

Abby Martin Speech on Julian Assange at National Press Club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafy7yYuAfA

bojancan

1st January 2024, 22:56

FREE ASSANGE: Wikileaks Founder's Lawyer on WHAT'S NEXT

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Kryztian

3rd January 2024, 19:01

https://i.imgur.com/2qy3jrv.jpg
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1742380259700330921

gini

6th January 2024, 05:28

fV8XcWoLvg8--19 min--
6 jan 2024
Deborah Hrbek is an entertainment and media lawyer at the Manhattan law firm, Hrbek Kunstler. She has provided legal support to WikiLeaks on media law matters since 2015, and she has visited Julian Assange on numerous occasions. Deborah is one of the American plaintiffs currently suing the CIA for the violation of her constitutional rights during some of these visits. To support Julian Assange and the Americans suing the CIA, visit: https://assangedefense.org/

gini

9th January 2024, 05:38

lWBgKpGVJV0--9/1/23--10 min

Flowerpunkchip

14th January 2024, 05:39

Last night at our London Piccadilly Circus vigil.
it's a shame he cut off the Clare Daly speech.
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ExomatrixTV

17th January 2024, 19:26

RFK Jr. (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?120744-Robert-F.-Kennedy-jr.-May-Run-for-Presidency-Challenging-Joe-Biden-2024) on Assange (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?101183-Current-Wikileaks-and-Assange-News-Releases):

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“Of course I would declassify them. This is a 60-year-old murder . . . Why is the CIA still hiding material on my uncle’s death?”

“I would put a statue of Snowden in Washington. What Snowden released nobody in our country knew about. That the intelligence agencies were mining all of our data and spying on Americans . . . Assange (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?101183-Current-Wikileaks-and-Assange-News-Releases) I’m going to pardon on Day 1.”

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gini

22nd January 2024, 06:22

TB7yv57b17c--28 min--21 jan 2024 #TheJimmyDoreShow
'International lawyer and political activist Stella Assange has been working since 2011 to free her now husband Julian Assange from prosecution on charges of espionage, imprisonment in England and extradition to the United States for trial.

Guest host Russell Dobular and Due Dissidence’s Keaton Weiss speak with Stella Assange about Julian’s condition, their wedding day and the last ditch efforts to save him from prosecution in the United States. '

Vicus

3rd February 2024, 14:30

Related to Assange ...

CIA staffer behind Wikileaks' US hacking revelations gets 40 years

RT
Fri, 02 Feb 2024

A former CIA software engineer who allegedly gave a massive trove of classified information to WikiLeaks has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by a New York judge.

Schulte, 35, was the source behind the so-called Vault 7 release by WikiLeaks in 2017, which revealed the methods used by the CIA to hack smartphones and other devices. The bombshell report exposed how the US spied on foreign governments, terrorism suspects, and other targets. The release also reportedly triggered a secret CIA plot to kidnap or assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Comment: Indeed, this was the leak that drove the deep state psychos over the edge, and committed them to abducting Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Prior to his arrest in 2018, Schulte had helped create the hacking tools that he later revealed to WikiLeaks. The CIA tactics included efforts to turn so-called smart TVs - televisions with online connectivity - into listening devices. Prosecutors claimed he was behind "the most damaging disclosures of classified information in American history."

Julian Assange, who has been jailed in London since 2019 while fighting extradition to the US, faces up to 175 years in prison on 17 US espionage charges.

https://www.sott.net/article/488477-CIA-staffer-behind-Wikileaks-US-hacking-revelations-gets-40-years

gini

16th February 2024, 02:01

Cm9uOVl5kSo 60 min--13/2/24--
'Hidden wife Stella Assange is petrified that her husband WikiLeaks founder and free speech martyr Julian Assange (Free Assange) - is about to go the same way of Jeffrey Epstein. Currently held in Belmarsh Prison in London after a stint in the Ecuadorian Embassy, his last ever appeal against extradition to the US is coming up at the Royal Court of Justice on the 20th and 21st February 2024, and she believes the CIA will finish him off. Stella married Julian Assange in a maximum-security wedding ceremony like no other. They had kids together in secret. Meanwhile the Australian Government (PM Anthony Albanese) voted to urge the UK and US to allow Assange to return to Australia.'

In recent news, artist Andrei Molodkin to destroy Picasso, Rembrandt and Warhol masterpieces if Julian Assange dies in prison. He has gathered 16 works of art - which he estimates are collectively worth more than $45m - in a 29-tonne safe with an "extremely corrosive" substance.

Stella Assange's admired heretic is: Wilfred Burchett. See her in other interviews, such as her video with Jordan B. Peterson.

#julianassange #wikileaks #freeassange

Follow Stella on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stellaassan...
Follow Stella on X:

/ stella_assange

Chapters:
0:00:00 Stella Assange Highlights
0:01:30 The most important publisher of our times
0:03:30 WikiLeaks Stepped Up After NYT Said NO
0:07:25 How Julian Leaked
0:09:00 What the Pentagon is Hiding
0:11:30 How Stella Met Her Husband Julian
0:14:30 The Secret Assassination Plot on Julian
0:16:50 The Swedish Case Against Him
0:19:30 Persecuted for his Publishing
0:20:51 Julian Assange’s FINAL Appeal
0:23:30 Likely Extradition
0:26:30 What Will Happen to Julian Assange in the US
0:29:30 Reporters Are Petrified
0:31:30 Criminal Spying Activities of the CIA
0:34:30 This is Really Scary
0:38:30 How Stella FEELS
0:42:30 What it is Like for Julian in Prison
0:45:30 Kafkaesque Cruel Prison
0:48:30 He Will Lose His Life
0:51:30 What We Can All Do
0:54:30 What If He Isn’t Extradited?
0:56:40 A Heretic Stella Admires

bojancan

17th February 2024, 01:54

Imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to find out next week whether he has exhausted opportunities to avoid extradition to the United States, where he faces life in prison for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A two-day hearing before the British High Court of Justice is scheduled to take place in London on Tuesday and Wednesday. He has been held in London's infamous Belmarsh Prison since 2019 awaiting his possible extradition.

Jennifer Robinson, an Australian human rights attorney and legal adviser to Assange and WikiLeaks, discusses public and governmental support for Assange in Australia, where an "unprecedented" parliamentary resolution was passed Wednesday calling for Assange's release.
Robinson calls the charges against Assange a "dangerous precedent for free speech" and says, "It's time that the United States respects our special relationship and listens to the calls of the Australian people and our Parliament and our government and drops this case."

Australian Parliament Calls for U.S. to Drop Case Against Julian Assange Ahead of U.K. Court Hearing
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MPs in Australia have voted to urge Britain and the US to allow the Australian whistleblower Julian Assange to return home.

The High Court in London is due to issue a ruling next week on an appeal by the WikiLeaks founder against extradition to the US.
He's wanted there to face espionage charges for publishing hundreds of thousands of leaked documents about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Geoffrey Robertson is a Human Rights Barrister and Former Legal Adviser to Julian Assange.
He says that the US position on Assange continuing to serve time is meant to deter others.

'Bring Assange Home': Australia calls for return not extradition
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BMJ

17th February 2024, 02:04

Imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to find out next week whether he has exhausted opportunities to avoid extradition to the United States, where he faces life in prison for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A two-day hearing before the British High Court of Justice is scheduled to take place in London on Tuesday and Wednesday. He has been held in London's infamous Belmarsh Prison since 2019 awaiting his possible extradition.

Jennifer Robinson, an Australian human rights attorney and legal adviser to Assange and WikiLeaks, discusses public and governmental support for Assange in Australia, where an "unprecedented" parliamentary resolution was passed Wednesday calling for Assange's release.
Robinson calls the charges against Assange a "dangerous precedent for free speech" and says, "It's time that the United States respects our special relationship and listens to the calls of the Australian people and our Parliament and our government and drops this case."

Australian Parliament Calls for U.S. to Drop Case Against Julian Assange Ahead of U.K. Court Hearing
9ZawZ_QdQJs

After allowing Julian to suffer in Belmarsh prison for years without concern for his well being now that Julian could go to the US and spill the beans on all he knows the Australian government is suddenly interested in supporting him, or is it a case of bring him home and silence him once and for all.

bojancan

17th February 2024, 02:10

Imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to find out next week whether he has exhausted opportunities to avoid extradition to the United States, where he faces life in prison for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A two-day hearing before the British High Court of Justice is scheduled to take place in London on Tuesday and Wednesday. He has been held in London's infamous Belmarsh Prison since 2019 awaiting his possible extradition.

Jennifer Robinson, an Australian human rights attorney and legal adviser to Assange and WikiLeaks, discusses public and governmental support for Assange in Australia, where an "unprecedented" parliamentary resolution was passed Wednesday calling for Assange's release.
Robinson calls the charges against Assange a "dangerous precedent for free speech" and says, "It's time that the United States respects our special relationship and listens to the calls of the Australian people and our Parliament and our government and drops this case."

Australian Parliament Calls for U.S. to Drop Case Against Julian Assange Ahead of U.K. Court Hearing
9ZawZ_QdQJs

After allowing Julian to suffer in Belmarsh prison for years without concern for his well being now that Julian could go to the US and spill the beans on all he knows the Australian government is suddenly interested in supporting him, or is it a case of bring him home and silence him once and for all.

I do not agree with your stance BMJ... I am seeing positively, that people of AU sincerely want him to get him home... more dangerous for Julian is US!!! Period!

gini

18th February 2024, 08:57

DAY X. Scheduled for 19 Feb 2024
'Join us on Monday 19 Feb 2024 at 8:30am GMT | 7:30pm AEDT | 3:30am EST streaming only on our YouTube channels: @StellaAssange and @AssangeDefense
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DAY X

Get ready to protest!
The UK High Court has confirmed that a public hearing will take place on Tuesday 20 February and Wednesday 21 February 2024.

The two-day hearing may be the final chance for Julian Assange to prevent his extradition to the United States. If extradited, Julian faces a sentence of 175 years for exposing war crimes committed by the United States in the Afghan and Iraq wars.

Join us outside the courts and together, let’s demand that Julian Assange is free

Place: Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Time: 8.30am
Date: Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st February -BMmRLkUwAeE
Be Part of our 2 day Livestream. Send videos of your local DAY X protests to our dedicated Telegram channel. Join now here: https://t.me/dayxliveaction

Day X is Here. It’s time to mobilise! Gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London on 20th-21st February at 8:30am and demand Julian's freedom! For more info www.StellaAssange.com. '

-17/2/24--/CeXKq2pIexQR/

gini

19th February 2024, 02:20

Day X is the new public hearing date for Julian Assange. This could be the last chance to stop his Extradition to the United States where he faces a 175 year sentence. An effective death sentence.

Join us at the Royal Courts of Justice in London at 8:30am Tuesday, Wednesday, 20-21 February 2024. If you can't make it to London check out www.StellaAssange.com and https://assangedefense.org/events/ for participating locations.

Please support our fight to free Julian Assange:

Legal costs: http://crowdjustice.com/case/assangea...

UK Campaigning costs:
http://crowdfunder.co.uk/p/free-assange

USA: https://assangedefense.org/donate/

EU-wide: http://wauland.de/en/donate/moral-cou... (select Julian Assange)

Australia: http://action.assangecampaign.org.au/...

--1 min--m9J6Q_SAbFo --Julian Assange court case on 20th/ 21st February. John Shipton, Julian's Dad, on what the court case is about, and the ongoing incarceration of his son. Will European Court of Human Rights free Julian? Vote in Australian Parliament to free Assange. War with Russia being talked up by NATO. A forum about Assange in Sydney on 9th March. --24 min-- -/ILDx5Ksaqg9E/ -Julian Assang's father John Shipton on US furthering CHAOS and how the deep state works. Drop the Charges on Assange says Amnesty. 'Drop the Charges,' Says Amnesty Ahead of Key Julian Assange Hearing - "The risk to publishers and investigative journalists around the world hangs in the balance. Should Julian Assange be sent to the U.S. and prosecuted there, global media freedoms will be on trial, too."

Big High Court demo Tue 20th & Wed 21st Feb 24 to Free Julian Assange - Day X is here: The last chance in the British courts to stop Julian Assange’s extradition - The UK High Court has confirmed that a public hearing will take place on Tuesday 20 February and Wednesday 21 February 2024. The two-day hearing may be the final chance for Julian Assange to prevent his extradition to the United States. If extradited, Julian faces a sentence of 175 years for exposing war crimes committed by the United States in the Afghan and Iraq wars. Many have already agreed to come and show their support. Expect to hear from Apsana Begum, Tim Dawson, John Hendy, Richard Burgon, Peter Oborne, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Zarah Sultana, Chris Hedges, Andrew Wilkie, Tariq Ali, Rebecca Vincent, Ben Westwood, Sabrina Tucci, Clare Daley, Mick Wallace, Chip Gibbons and more.'

Ravenlocke

19th February 2024, 02:26

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1759249730964447478

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Eric J (Viking)

19th February 2024, 10:27

THE TRUST FALL: JULIAN ASSANGE Documentary - OFFICIAL TRAILER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4RtNreT6qw?si=_ve5BVIUKLXrcK1g

gini

19th February 2024, 10:30

gini

19th February 2024, 16:01

If you agree, sign this petition now to pardon Julian Assange
-1 min--/iO1vWf6-g3U/-Please SIGN THIS PETITION for the immediate pardon and release of Julian Assange, the publisher and activist who founded WikiLeaks and is now in jail facing life imprisonment and extradition. He’s a heroic whistleblower who stood up for democracy and against the surveillance state. It’s time we stood up for Julian Assange the way he stood up for us.

If you agree, sign this petition now to pardon Julian Assange:
➡️ https://www.kennedy24.com/assange

ExomatrixTV

19th February 2024, 17:03

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20th February 2024, 01:45

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gini

20th February 2024, 07:13

IwIzZiC454s--Watch live: Julian Assange in court as he fights extradition to the US

Mari

20th February 2024, 18:51

ExomatrixTV

20th February 2024, 20:39

BREAKING! Julian Assange Day 1 wraps with STUNNING testimony | Redacted w Natali and Clayton Morris:

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The defense rested their case in day one of Julian Assange's extradition appeals hearing. We're diving deep into the latest details with journalists Glenn Greenwald and Taylor Hudak. We're also looking at stunning details about a landmark lawsuit in California that's exposing what the government knows about fluoride poisoning.

sign this petition now to pardon Julian Assange:
➡️ kennedy24.com/assange (https://www.kennedy24.com/assange)

bojancan

20th February 2024, 23:10

Trump... he should pardon him, while he was president! He hired criminal Pompeo instead!!!Bad!!!!
There are a lot of videos about Julian these moments... some here....

Julian Assange’s Brother: ‘Heartbreaking’ To See Him In Prison ‘For Telling The Truth’
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Who is Julian Assange and why does the United States want him so badly? | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
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Julian Assange supporters protest outside extradition hearing in London
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ExomatrixTV

21st February 2024, 18:44

Today Could Change HISTORY! Julian Assange Hearing LIVE - Day 2:

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mountain_jim

21st February 2024, 22:39

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https://x.com/catturd2/status/1760432285621342462?s=20

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Ep. 76 As they lecture us endlessly about human rights in other countries, the Biden administration is trying to kill journalist Julian Assange for the crime of embarrassing the CIA. His wife Stella joins us from his extradition hearing.

Tintin

22nd February 2024, 11:31

Craig Murray's report from the Old Bailey, yesterday, which he had to type up in a hurry before returning to court.

Source: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/02/assange-final-appeal-your-man-in-the-public-gallery/

Assange Final Appeal – Your Man in the Public Gallery

By Craig Murray, February 21st 2024

Avalon library link
(https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/Extradition%20hearing%20-%20Old%20Bailey%20%28February%202024%29/2024-02-21_Assange_Final_Appeal_Your_Man_in_the_Public_Gallery_by_Craig_Murray.pdf)

https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/Extradition%20hearing%20-%20Old%20Bailey%20%28February%202024%29/2024-02-21_Assange_Final_Appeal_Your_Man_in_the_Public_Gallery_by_Craig_Murray.pdf

gini

22nd February 2024, 17:34

Everything is about to change for Julian Assange | Hearing Day 2 | Redacted with Clayton Morris
rQurK4AHgLg--7 min---22/2/24-The prosecution in the Julian Assange case presented their argument that the Wikileaks founder should be extradited to the U.S. where he will die in a supermax prison. Independent Journalist Taylor Hudak joins us from the courthouse for the very latest.

gini

23rd February 2024, 00:24

pKvJrLCgTIk--9 min---23/2/24--Clare Daly, Mick Wallace SPIT FIRE at Day X Protest

gini

23rd February 2024, 01:39

Assange High Court Hearing Day 2: Richard Medhurst Report from Inside the Court Ty9ZceG-W5I --1.21 min -- 23/2/24--Richard Medhurst reports from the Royal Courts of Justice in London on the Julian Assange case, after attending the High Court hearings in person. Assange is seeking permission to appeal the 2021 ruling of the lower court: a decision that only blocked his extradition to the United States on health grounds (later overturned by US appeal), while agreeing with political and espionage charges against the WikiLeaks founder that criminalize journalism. Richard Medhurst has reported on Julian Assange's extradition case since 2020.

ExomatrixTV

24th February 2024, 01:35

Father of Julian Assange, John Shipton & Maria Zeee on Infowars: Free Assange Now!:

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ExomatrixTV

24th February 2024, 01:56

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24th February 2024, 04:56

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bojancan

25th February 2024, 02:09

Needer democrats or republicans would do good for Julan... Trump could pardon him when he was a president! But, he is no-good human being!!!... He once sad.. Assange is a criminal!
Both side on a political arena are not worthy to listen and believe that some good will come for Assange, if he will be sent to US... Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere...

Ex-Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger on Julian Assange Extradition Case
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When a whistleblower reveals violations of international law... there should be ironclad protection for them!! Especially when the USA is involved!!!

US has been out of control for decades... and no one, not even their own journalists, holds US accountable.
Assange should be freed and compensated for the years he's spent in prison... and with severely restricted movement!
I hope it goes without saying, that all whistleblowers... all of them at every level.. should be protected from prison and persecution!

NOT TRUMP EVER!!! NOT BIDEN!

How Western media chooses who they champion and vilify | The Listening Post
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bojancan

25th February 2024, 18:04

Freddy Gray speaks to philosopher Slavoj Zizek ahead of what we understand will be Julian Assange’s final court appeal against extradition back to the US. The WikiLeaks founder has been wanted by the US authorities after he leaked tens of thousands of highly sensitive documents. Freddy and Slavoj discuss the parallels between Assange and Navalny, whether the West is beginning to behave more like the Soviet Union than we ever have, and if WikiLeaks was behind the election of Donald Trump.

Does the state fear the truth? – Slavoj Zizek on the scandalous treatment of Assange | SpectatorTV
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bojancan

26th February 2024, 03:04

Kevin Gosztola, author of the book "Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange," picks apart Jaffer's spiteful and ill-informed remarks, like "Julian Assange isn't a real journalist. He never has been. He's been a hacker his whole life," and, "The idea that this prosecution would undermine any journalist’s rights, it just makes no sense to me."

Former Bush Administration Official Defends Prosecuting Assange
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Tintin

26th February 2024, 09:45

""This is in essence a very simple case indeed: a very simple case in terms of English law. This is a political case brought by the United States against a journalist for carrying on the work of journalism. That's all it is...If it's understood in that way then of course an extradition is impossible." - Alexander Mercouris

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And all the rest is (deliberate) obfuscation, indeed.

A Consortium News recording from February 22nd, and probably the best 50 minute summary of the whole sorry state of affairs summed up quite brilliantly by Alexander Mercouris.

ASSANGE'S LAST STAND? - Chris Hedges & Alexander Mercouris

https://avalonlibrary.net/Tintin/Various_%28of_interest%29/2024-02-22_Assange_Last_Stand_Chris_Hedges_%2B_Alexander_Mercouris_-_CN_Live_S6E4.mp4

Tintin

26th February 2024, 10:12

Craig Murray's report from the Royal Courts of Justice, yesterday, which he had to type up in a hurry before returning to court.

Source: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/02/assange-final-appeal-your-man-in-the-public-gallery/

Assange Final Appeal – Your Man in the Public Gallery

By Craig Murray, February 21st 2024

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"For the first time in the five years of these extradition hearings, I felt that the judges were genuinely listening and engaged. It was obvious that they had been briefed by the security services beforehand, that the only issue in this case was the placing at risk of US informants whose names had been revealed. It was also plain that they had read very little of the documentation, as they continually asked for references and seemed unacquainted with many basic facts of the case.

But as the day went on, they had discovered that there was very much more to be considered, and they looked like they were considering it.

You may think this strange, but they also both came over as rather nice people. They were unfailingly polite, and it did not seem a pretence. They both found the odd moment amusing that was natural to be amusing, and engaged sympathetically with the defence team throughout. Of course, I do not pretend that any of that is more powerful than the Establishment desire to see Julian crushed, and I am well aware they both have truly Deep State backgrounds. But I left encouraged."

Here's the final completed version expanded from the original submission:

Library link: https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/Extradition%20hearing%20-%20Old%20Bailey%20%28February%202024%29/2024-02-21_Assange_Final_Appeal_Your_Man_in_the_Public_Gallery_by_Craig_Murray.pdf

https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/Extradition%20hearing%20-%20Old%20Bailey%20%28February%202024%29/2024-02-21_Assange_Final_Appeal_Your_Man_in_the_Public_Gallery_by_Craig_Murray.pdf

norman

29th February 2024, 09:05

The Australian Parliament has passed a motion calling the US and UK to allow Wikileaks' Julian Assange to return to Australia.

https://t.me/rightonradio/20727
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ExomatrixTV

1st March 2024, 03:41

Unprecedented: Why the Julian Assange Case Threatens Press Freedom:

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ExomatrixTV

1st March 2024, 16:30

The US Wants To Criminalize Publishing War Crimes:

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Kevin Gosztola is the author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange from Censored Press and Seven Stories Press. He publishes The Dissenter Newsletter at thedissenter.org (https://thedissenter.org) and has spent the past 10-15 years reporting on Assange, WikiLeaks, the war on whistleblowers, press freedom, and government secrecy.

Ravenlocke

1st March 2024, 21:26

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gini

3rd March 2024, 14:57

5zB6RfHgg7c--1.33 min--Premiered 18 hours ago #freeAssangenow #JulianAssange #itstartswiththetruth
Assange Defense and Stella Assange present a new monthly webinar series, "Start with the Truth".

The topic for March is, "So, what now?", an overview of Julian Assange's case and recent public hearing on the 20-21 February.

Our panelists this month are:

Marjorie Cohn, a Professor of Law Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and past president of the National Lawyers Guild. She is Dean of the People's Academy of International Law and a member of the National Advisory Board of Assange Defense. She is co-host of the nationally broadcast Law and Disorder radio show and writes a regular column for Truthout.

Kevin Gosztola, the author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange from Censored Press and Seven Stories Press. He publishes The Dissenter Newsletter at TheDissenter.org and has spent the past 10-15 years reporting on Assange, WikiLeaks, the war on whistleblowers, press freedom, and government secrecy, and he was one of the few American reporters to cover the court-martial against Pfc. Chelsea Manning—the source of the documents which Assange has been criminalized for publishing.

Stephen Rohde, a constitutional scholar, lecturer, and writer, having practiced constitutional law for almost 50 years. He has represented a wide array of clients in free speech cases and has vindicated First Amendment rights in state and federal appellate courts. He is a past president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, a founder and Chair of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, past President of the ACLU of Southern California, Past Chair of Bend the Arc: a Jewish Partnership for Justice, and is on the board of Death Penalty Focus. He is the author of two books American Words of Freedom: The Words That Define Our Nation and Freedom of Assembly and co-author of Foundations of Freedom: A Living History of Our Bill of Rights. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Truthout American Prospect, Truthdig and Ms. Magazine and is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books and Los Angeles Lawyer magazine. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia Law School.

This month's priority action is for you to call your reps and urge them to sign on to H.Res 934.
Find your rep:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
Read more about H.Res 934:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...

For phone scripts and more information go to:

www.StellaAssange.com
www.AssangeDefense.org

This is a monthly webinar. Pop your comments and suggestions into the comments for any future topics you want us to cover.

Look out for "Start with the Truth" on the first Saturday of every month 8pm GMT | 3pm EST | Noon PST on

/ @stellaassange
and

/ @assangedefense .

bojancan

3rd March 2024, 18:00

This video is from 2022.. Interesting one, regarding on Assange.... and Trump!!! He is talking out of both sides of his mouth... as always... and saying nothing and knows and means nothing!!!

If they extradite Assange in US... I expect that there is only one among the candidates... who would pardon him... also Snowden... and that s RFKj... He already said that!

Trump Explains Why He Didn't Pardon Snowden & Assange | The Kyle Kulinski Show
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ExomatrixTV

3rd March 2024, 18:46

ASSANGE'S LAST STAND? - Chris Hedges, Craig Murray & Alexander Mercouris:

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ExomatrixTV

5th March 2024, 20:16

A Thank you and An Update from Stella Assange:

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Start with the Truth with Kevin Gosztola, Marjorie Cohn and Stephen Rohde:

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AssangeDefense.org (https://AssangeDefense.org) and Stella Assange present a new monthly webinar series, "Start with the Truth".

The topic for March is, "So, what now?", an overview of Julian Assange's case and recent public hearing on the 20-21 February.

Our panelists this month are:

Marjorie Cohn, a Professor of Law Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and past president of the National Lawyers Guild. She is Dean of the People's Academy of International Law and a member of the National Advisory Board of Assange Defense. She is co-host of the nationally broadcast Law and Disorder radio show and writes a regular column for Truthout.

Kevin Gosztola, the author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange from Censored Press and Seven Stories Press. He publishes The Dissenter Newsletter at TheDissenter.org and has spent the past 10-15 years reporting on Assange, WikiLeaks, the war on whistleblowers, press freedom, and government secrecy, and he was one of the few American reporters to cover the court-martial against Pfc. Chelsea Manning—the source of the documents which Assange has been criminalized for publishing. Check out his Youtube channel @Kevin_Gosztola

Stephen Rohde, a constitutional scholar, lecturer, and writer, having practiced constitutional law for almost 50 years. He has represented a wide array of clients in free speech cases and has vindicated First Amendment rights in state and federal appellate courts. He is a past president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, a founder and Chair of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, past President of the ACLU of Southern California, Past Chair of Bend the Arc: a Jewish Partnership for Justice, and is on the board of Death Penalty Focus. He is the author of two books American Words of Freedom: The Words That Define Our Nation and Freedom of Assembly and co-author of Foundations of Freedom: A Living History of Our Bill of Rights. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Truthout American Prospect, Truthdig and Ms. Magazine and is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books and Los Angeles Lawyer magazine. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia Law School.

Ravenlocke

21st March 2024, 18:36

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What’s the plea deal the US is reportedly offering Assange?

According to The Wall Street Journal, the US government is contemplating offering a plea deal to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Insiders revealed that the Justice Department might dismiss the 17 charges under the Espionage Act if Assange agreed to plead guilty to a lesser offense of mishandling classified information, which is only a misdemeanor.

Assange could potentially accept this plea deal from his current location at London's HM Prison Belmarsh, where he has been detained since April 2019.

The plea bargain would bring an end to the legal battle the whistleblower has been engaged in over his extradition to the US. In addition, any time spent in prison in London would be considered time served, potentially resulting in Assange being released shortly after the deal is finalized.

In response, one of Assange’s defense attorneys, Barry Pollack, said in a statement: “It is inappropriate for Mr. Assange’s lawyers to comment while his case is before the UK High Court other than to say we have been given no indication that the Department of Justice intends to resolve the case and the United States is continuing with as much determination as ever to seek his extradition on all 18 charges, exposing him to 175 years in prison.”

Britain’s High Court is expected to decide shortly whether to grant Assange a further right to appeal his extradition.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1770797771257184724

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gini

26th March 2024, 03:11

‘INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING’: JULIAN ASSANGE’S US EXTRADITION WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO HIS DEATH'
/-vTK-Jj2ltc/-2.min --25/3/24-Julian Assange’s brother Gabriel Shipton says the possibility of his brother being extradited to the US is “incredibly frightening” because it would most likely lead to his death.

“I’m very, very nervous about the decision coming down,” Mr Shipton told Sky News Australia.

“I think we’re pretty confident that Julian will be given leave to appeal and an appeal hearing date set down the track.

“But they could always rule against him, and that is incredibly frightening.

“Julian being put on a plane to the United States where expert witness testimony has found that him being extradited would likely lead to his death.

“So it’s a very, very frightening scenario if the judges rule against him today.”

gini

26th March 2024, 13:01

HsP5oHmHu_E--3 min---26 Mar 2024 #JulianAssange #Wikileaks #BBCNews
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange faces a further wait to see whether he can appeal against his extradition to the US.

Assange has been in a UK prison since 2019 and is wanted by the US for disclosing secret military files in 2010 and 2011.

In 2021, the UK High Court ruled that he should be extradited to the US, dismissing claims that his poor mental health meant he might take his own life in a US jail.

He is now facing a further wait to find out whether he can bring an appeal against his extradition to the US, the UK High Court has ruled.
g0O-mW5wwEA. --17 min---Watch live here: Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, and her legal team to hold a news conference. Speakers include: Kristinn Hrafnsson, Editor in chief, WikiLeaks // Jennifer Robinson, Legal Counsel, WikiLeaks // Rebecca Vincent, reporters without borders

mountain_jim

26th March 2024, 16:17

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1772616380195414495?s=20

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald
UK Court hands Assange a partial victory in the Biden DOJ's attempt to extradite him.

US must provide explicit assurances that Assange 1) can raise a 1st Am defense, 2) will have the same rights as US citizens and 3) will never face the death penalty.

Deadline is April 16.

Richard Medhurst
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BREAKING: Julian Assange has been granted limited leave to appeal by the High Court.

I have just been given the ruling and will provide more information below

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1772616758924345471?s=20

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald
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In the meantime, Assange remains in Belmarsh, the high security UK prison where he has been held for 5 years.

Every press freedom and civil liberties group in the West has urged Biden DOJ to drop this prosecution as a grave threat to press freedom:

mountain_jim

26th March 2024, 16:20

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1772617689548067002?s=20

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The goal is not to bring Assange to the US.

Biden WH doesn't want the sideshow of a trial; daily protests; discovery into CIA; Assange on the stand; Biden as the first-ever president to imprison a publisher.

They want to kill Assange through conviction-free imprisonment.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 26, 2024

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1772618089957368038?s=20

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald
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The Obama DOJ tried to imprison Assange but concluded they couldn't without destroying press freedoms.

Mike Pompeo -- Trump's worst mistake -- vowed as CIA Director in 2017 to destroy Assange and WL and that, with the Biden DOJ, is who caused all this:

https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1772641595751297339?s=20

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Tucker Carlson

@TuckerCarlson
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The fact that any of this is even in question is shocking. Biden is actually considering the death penalty for journalism? Yes, he is. Where are all the “liberals” at CNN, NBC News and the Washington Post? Totally shameful.

bojancan

27th March 2024, 19:44

The British High Court in London has put the extradition of Julian Assange on hold until the United States provides assurances that he would get a fair trial in the U.S. without facing the death penalty. If those assurances are not met, Assange will be granted the right to a full appeal hearing. Speaking outside the court Tuesday, Stella Assange called for the Biden administration to “drop this shameful case” against her husband. “Julian should never have been imprisoned for a single day,” she said. We speak with MP Jeremy Corbyn, who led the U.K. Labour Party from 2015 to 2020 and who has been calling for all charges against Assange to be dropped. “The pressure needs to now go on to the Biden administration,” Corbyn says. “If Julian goes down for this, every serious journalist around the world is going to be slightly more cautious about exposing war crimes, about exposing corporate greed.”/Democracy Now/

British MP Jeremy Corbyn at U.K. Court as Assange Extradition Delayed
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https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1772617689548067002?s=20

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The goal is not to bring Assange to the US.

Biden WH doesn't want the sideshow of a trial; daily protests; discovery into CIA; Assange on the stand; Biden as the first-ever president to imprison a publisher.

They want to kill Assange through conviction-free imprisonment.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 26, 2024

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1772618089957368038?s=20

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Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald
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The Obama DOJ tried to imprison Assange but concluded they couldn't without destroying press freedoms.

Mike Pompeo -- Trump's worst mistake -- vowed as CIA Director in 2017 to destroy Assange and WL and that, with the Biden DOJ, is who caused all this:

https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1772641595751297339?s=20

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Tucker Carlson

@TuckerCarlson
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The fact that any of this is even in question is shocking. Biden is actually considering the death penalty for journalism? Yes, he is. Where are all the “liberals” at CNN, NBC News and the Washington Post? Totally shameful.

Where is Donald???? He said that he will be charged... why he is so numb now???? Why Trump do not say a word???? He is the same as Biden... just another side... the same coin!!!!

gini

31st March 2024, 15:08

WRclCZmZjF4--16 min--
31 Mar 2024
Assange appeal, British court seeks U.S. assurances

ExomatrixTV

2nd April 2024, 14:36

The Trust Fall: Julian Assange Documentary - Official Trailer:

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ExomatrixTV

2nd April 2024, 15:07

Jason Bermas Reviewing THE TRUST FALL : Julian Assange

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Synopsis

Despite being detained, silenced and hidden from public view in maximum security Belmarsh Prison, multi-award-winning Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange has become one of the loudest voices for free speech of our times. He has also risked everything to bring truth to light.

The disclosures of WikiLeaks and Assange from 2010 onwards ignited a firestorm of controversy and a relentless ongoing pursuit by the most powerful Empire on the planet.

‘THE TRUST FALL: JULIAN ASSANGE’ examines the meaning and significance of the insights that WikiLeaks shared with the world, the resulting behaviour of the governments involved, the extraordinary personal risk taken by Assange, and the wider fundamental issues around press freedom that affect all of us and our right to know.

Filmed over two years on three continents and in ten cities, the film features an array of luminaries including Daniel Ellsberg, John Pilger, Tariq Ali and Chris Hedges, with the insights of experts including Jennifer Robinson, Jill Stein, Stefania Maurizi and Nils Melzer, in addition to reflections of Assange’s family including Stella Assange, John Shipton and Gabriel Shipton.

Examining the motives of this peace activist and innovator, this astounding, shocking and inspiring film invites viewers to embark on a journey of understanding, where the circumstances are unprecedented, and the destination unexpected.

thetrustfall.org (https://www.thetrustfall.org)

ExomatrixTV

4th April 2024, 17:57

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gini

11th April 2024, 03:40

'Julian Assange has been metaphorically nailed to the cross for the crime of journalism.'
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Ravenlocke

11th April 2024, 16:34

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Ravenlocke

16th April 2024, 22:00

https://x.com/Consortiumnews/status/1780333267926860157

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https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/16/us-issues-assurances-assange/

US Issues Assurances on Assange

UPDATED WITH TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE: The U.S. Tuesday filed assurances on the death penalty and the 1st Amendment, the latter of which Stella Assange called a “non-assurance.”

The United States Embassy on Tuesday filed two assurances with the British Foreign Office, saying it would not seek the death penalty against imprisoned WikiLeaks‘ publisher Julian Assange and would allow Assange “the ability to raise and seek to reply upon at trial … the rights and protections given under the First Amendment,” according to the U.S. diplomatic note.

Assange’s wife Stella Assange said the note “makes no undertaking to withdraw the prosecution’s previous assertion that Julian has no First Amendment rights because he is not a U.S citizen. Instead,” she said, “the US has limited itself to blatant weasel words claiming that Julian can ‘seek to raise’ the First Amendment if extradited.”

The note issues an empty statement, namely, that Assange can try to raise the First Amendment at trial, but the U.S. Department of Justice can’t guarantee he would get it, which is precisely what it must do under British extradition law based on the European Convention on Human Rights.

The U.S. is legally restricted to assure a free speech guarantee to Assange equivalent to Article 10 of the European Convention, which the British court is bound to follow. but without that assurance, Assange should be freed according to a British Crown Prosecution Service comment on extraditions.

In USAID v. Alliance for Open Society, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that non-U.S. citizens outside the U.S. don’t possess constitutional rights. Both former C.I.A. Director Mike Pompeo and Gordon Kromberg, Assange’s U.S. prosecutor, have said Assange does not have First Amendment protection.

Because of the separation of powers in the United States, the executive branch’s Justice Department can’t guarantee to the British courts what the U.S. judicial branch decides about the rights of a non-U.S. citizen in court, said Marjorie Cohn, law professor and former president of the National Lawyers’ Guild.

“Let’s assume that … the Biden administration, does give assurances that he would be able to raise the First Amendment and that the [High] Court found that those were significant assurances,” Cohn told Consortium News‘ webcast CN Live! last month.

“That really doesn’t mean anything, because one of the things that the British courts don’t understand is the U.S. doctrine of separation of powers,” she said.

“The prosecutors can give all the assurances they want, but the judiciary, another [one] .. of these three branches of government in the U.S., doesn’t have to abide by the executive branch claim or assurance,” Cohn said.

In other words, whether Assange can rely on the First Amendment in his defense in a U.S. court is up to that court not Kromberg or the Department of Justice, which issued the assurance on Tuesday.

“The United States has issued a non-assurance in relation to the First Amendment,” said Stella Assange.

Assange’s legal team now has the right to challenge the credibility and validity of the U.S. assurances filed on Tuesday. The U.S. would then have a right to reply to Assange’s legal submissions to the court, which will hold a hearing on May 20 to determine whether or not to accept the U.S. assurances.

If the court does, Assange can be put on a plane to the U.S. theoretically that day. If not Assange would be granted a full appeal against the Home Office’s 2022 order to extradite him. Assange is wanted in the U.S. on 17 charges under the 1917 Espionage Act and one on conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. He faces up to 175 years in a U.S. dungeon.

“The diplomatic note does nothing to relieve our family’s extreme distress about his future — his grim expectation of spending the rest of his life in isolation in US prison for publishing award-winning journalism,” Stella Assange said.

Here is a facsimile of the Diplomatic Note the U.S. sent the U.K. on Tuesday:

In its 66-page ruling on March 26, the two High Court judges wrote Kromberg wouldn’t have said Assange would be without First Amendment rights at trial “unless that was a tenable argument that the prosecution was entitled to deploy with a real prospect of success.”

“If such an argument were to succeed it would (at least arguably) cause the applicant [Assange] prejudice on the grounds of his non-US citizenship (and hence, on the grounds of his nationality),” the judges said. They added:

“The applicant wishes to argue, at any trial in the United States, that his actions were protected by the First Amendment. He contends that if he is given First Amendment rights, the prosecution will be stopped. The First Amendment is therefore of central importance to his defence to the extradition charge.”

This is the statement Stella Assange put out on X Tuesday at 11:36 am EDT:

“The United States has issued a non-assurance in relation to the First Amendment, and a standard assurance in relation to the death penalty. It makes no undertaking to withdraw the prosecution’s previous assertion that Julian has no First Amendment rights because he is not a U.S citizen. Instead, the US has limited itself to blatant weasel words claiming that Julian can ‘seek to raise’ the First Amendment if extradited. The diplomatic note does nothing to relieve our family’s extreme distress about his future — his grim expectation of spending the rest of his life in isolation in US prison for publishing award-winning journalism. The Biden Administration must drop this dangerous prosecution before it is too late.”

Developing story. Please come back for updates.

Joe Lauria is editor-in-chief of Consortium News and a former U.N. correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and other newspapers, including The Montreal Gazette, the London Daily Mail and The Star of Johannesburg. He was an investigative reporter for the Sunday Times of London, a financial reporter for Bloomberg News and began his professional work as a 19-year old stringer for The New York Times. He is the author of two books, A Political Odyssey, with Sen. Mike Gravel, foreword by Daniel Ellsberg; and How I Lost By Hillary Clinton, foreword by Julian Assange. He can be reached at joelauria@consortiumnews.com and followed on Twitter @unjoe

Ravenlocke

16th April 2024, 22:03

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BREAKING:

“The United States has issued a non-assurance in relation to the First Amendment, and a standard assurance in relation to the death penalty. It makes no undertaking to withdraw the prosecution's previous assertion that Julian has no First Amendment rights because he is not a U.S citizen. Instead, the US has limited itself to blatant weasel words claiming that Julian can "seek to raise" the First Amendment if extradited. The diplomatic note does nothing to relieve our family's extreme distress about his future -- his grim expectation of spending the rest of his life in isolation in US prison for publishing award-winning journalism. The Biden Administration must drop this dangerous prosecution before it is too late.”

https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1780258878237667377

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https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1780300477575381172

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bojancan

22nd April 2024, 23:48

Julian Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton weighs in on Assange's possible extradition to the U.S. Originally aired April 17, 2024.

JULIAN ASSANGE FREE? Pressure BUILDS On Biden For Extradition: Exclusive Interview
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grapevine

14th May 2024, 22:12

INTERVIEW: The conspiracy to silence Julian Assange

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz7Yvbr4fvw&ab_channel=GeorgeGallowayMP (10:08)
"We wanted to make a film not just about what has occurred to Julian Assange, but how to solve it, says Kym Staton, director of The Trust Fall"
The appeal is due to take place on Monday 20th May, following which it's expected that JA will spend yet another 6 months in solitary in Belmarsh Prison. What a terrible ordeal.

gini

20th May 2024, 09:47

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Started streaming 4 hours ago #FreeAssangeNOW #LetHimGoJoe #MAYDAYMAYDAY
Join us as we bring you live coverage from outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the day of Julian Assange's final UK appeal hearing. With interviews and speeches from key figures who have shown their unrelenting support for Julian's freedom.

Bill Ryan

20th May 2024, 12:20

GOOD breaking news: the court has just ruled that Assange will NOT be extradited to the US today, and is entitled to yet another appeal — which may take months or longer.

ExomatrixTV

20th May 2024, 13:55

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Mari

21st May 2024, 19:10

The judges just kicking the can down the road, hoping in the meantime that this man will die in prison, so saving them the effort in doing anything humanitarian.

bojancan

23rd May 2024, 23:55

Yes, we are living in the world.. where thiefs rule the world... and one, who exposes the people under the masks... are sent to jail

Julian Assange's Lawyer Speaks On Winning UK High Court Appeal | 10 News First

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Flowerpunkchip

24th May 2024, 00:44

If you're in London, feel free to join the vigils Julian Assange.
Every Saturday between 4pm to 6pm at the Eros Statue Piccadilly Circus
Every Wednesday between 3pm to 5pm at Australia House Australian Embassy

Bill Ryan

25th June 2024, 01:13

Wow, this seems to have really happened. :heart: My own emphases in red.

https://bbc.com/news/articles/crgggyvp0j9o

Julian Assange freed in US plea deal

After a years-long legal saga, Wikileaks says that founder Julian Assange has left the UK after reaching a deal with US authorities that will see him plead guilty to criminal charges and go free.

Assange, 52, was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.

For years, the US has argued that the Wikileaks files - which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - endangered lives.

He has spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he has been fighting extradition to the US.

According to CBS, the BBC's US partner, Assange will spend no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK.

Assange will return to Australia, according to a letter from the justice department.

On X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Wikileaks said that Assange left Belmarsh prison earlier on Tuesday after 1,901 days in a small cell.

He was then "released and Stanstead airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK" to return to Australia, the statement said.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1805391265489731716
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ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 01:37

BREAKING: Julian Assange Strikes Plea Deal, TIME SERVED. To Be Released Soon:

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ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 01:41

Julian Assange Is Free:

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ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 01:43

First footage of Julian Assange since plea released by WikiLeaks:

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Breaking: Julian Assange Is Free:

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arwen

25th June 2024, 01:47

Here is a video clip of him signing the paper and then boarding the plane, from his wife, Stella Assange:

https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1805393089819033890
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Text:

Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW
@Stella_Assange
Julian is free!!!!

Words cannot express our immense gratitude to YOU- yes YOU, who have all mobilised for years and years to make this come true. THANK YOU. tHANK YOU. THANK YOU.

Follow @WikiLeaks
for more info soon…

ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 01:57

'Grateful my son's ordeal is coming to an end': Julian Assange's mother:

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Julian Assange's mother Christine has released a statement saying she is "grateful" her son's ordeal is "coming to an end". WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to enter a plea deal with the Biden administration that would allow him to immediately return to Australia. Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell reveals a statement from Christine Assange following her son's release. ‘This shows the importance and power of quiet diplomacy. 'I am grateful for those, unseen hard-working people who put Julian's welfare first. 'The past 14 years has obviously taken a toll.'

Julian Assange leaves ‘legacy’ with creation of WikiLeaks:

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‘Bring Julian Assange Home’ Campaigner Antony Loewenstein says WikiLeaks (https://wikileaks.org/-News-.html) has released more “vital documents” about the way the world works than “any other organisation”.

Mr Loewenstein told Sky News Australia that the “legacy” of Julian Assange through WikiLeaks is “clear”.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to enter a plea deal with the Biden administration that would allow him to avoid prison in the United States, according to newly filed federal court documents.

Under the new terms, the Justice Department will seek a 62-month sentence, which is equal to the amount of time Assange has already served in prison in London while fighting his extradition to the US.

wikileaks.org/-News-.html (https://wikileaks.org/-News-.html) :heart:

ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 03:38

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Tintin

25th June 2024, 06:29

jaybee

25th June 2024, 08:50

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Such a relief - it brings me to tears - thank god Julian is out of that prison and with his wife Stella and their kids -

What US and UK governments and courts have put Julian through beggars belief -

I hope he can recover from the whole horrible experience and find personal happiness and peace - I think he will -

again....what a relief.....that this day has finally come

Rizotto

25th June 2024, 09:42

grapevine

25th June 2024, 09:48

I echo all the above and imagine he will have accumulated a lot of PTSD trauma and baggage in the last 7 years and need a LOT of counselling. I wonder too whether part of the deal is for Julian and Wikileaks is to stfu effective immediately?

Fantastic news though! I hope all our love, thoughts and prayers sustain him in the days to come . . .
:heart::heart2::heart::heart2::heart::heart2:

Tintin

25th June 2024, 09:48

Update from Stella, here, posted about a quarter of an hour ago:

Source: https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1805532957496820061

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All eyes on Flight VJ199. Please follow the live flight tracker over the next 24h.Julian Assange’s flight VJ199 landed in Bangkok and will soon take off again and fly into US airspace where he will appear before a US judge. Please follow #AssangeJet, we need all eyes on his flight in case something goes wrong.

Flight tracker link: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VJT199#flightPageActivityLog

Tintin

25th June 2024, 10:10

This is wonderful news! But I'm keeping fingers crossed until Wednesday... until Assange truly arrives in Australia... Apparently his first destination is USA-controlled Mariana Island where the plea deal will officially be taking place with Assange personally attending. Strange procedural requirement, isn't it? This has better not be a trap.

A very understandable concern :flower:

However, this time around I do actually think he'll reach Australia (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?101183-Current-Wikileaks-and-Assange-News-Releases&p=1619414&viewfull=1#post1619414). Fingers crossed here too though :sun:

Tintin

25th June 2024, 10:29

Here for the record are recorded statements from both Stella Assange and Kristin Hrafnsson filmed last week before Julian's release from, and outside of, HMP Belmarsh.

Kristin states: "..if you are viewing this then Julian will have been released." (slightly paraphrased)

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Vicus

25th June 2024, 10:29

Memory...

From my memory..., short before all the bogus acusations about "rape" from 2 womans(honey trap)(at least one of them "disappeared"
after that, and then fron some journalist "founded" again in Israhell...it was a meeting in Asange house with a group from
high ranking people from Google...

According to the article Asange dont wanted to have anything to do with them...(probably about the coming internet control)

And then...sh1t happens!

Vicus extra comment:

At that time I wasnt nowhere in internet and as lone wolf "conspiracy theorist"dint knew with whom can I share such infos.
Therefor no need to save links... but today maybe some of you was/is weiser...

Tintin

25th June 2024, 11:02

A first look at the filing in the US Mariana Islands US overseas territory. Shown here 2 of 4 pages. When I can find a full PDF of the filing I'll archive it:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/Julian_Assange_released_from_HMP_Belmarsh_June_24th_2024/Case_1_24-cr-00014_Document_1_Filed_06-25-24-page_1_of_4.jfif
https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/Julian_Assange_released_from_HMP_Belmarsh_June_24th_2024/Case_1_24-cr-00014_Document_1_Filed_06-25-24-page_3_of_4.jfif

grapevine

25th June 2024, 11:51

Being picky here, but as Chelsea Manning was Bradley at the time, does this cast any doubt on the validity of the document? The reason I ask is that you may recall Gerry Adams, a former member of Sinn Fein, got off once because the warrant for his arrest named him as Gerard Adams.

mountain_jim

25th June 2024, 14:20

At risk of offending some forum members, I am including this here...

This is well worth watching, presages and pretty much describes the genesis planning of the Q operation and related background activities attempt to prevent Clinton/Obama from gaining control in 2016 and beyond.

(Clear which side deep-stater Pence is on - he is out crying foul about the release of Assange.)

https://x.com/KAGdrogo/status/1805433401056674115

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@KAGdrogo
👀 Now that Assange is free, recall that Steve Pieczenik practically described the Q operation a year before they ever posted and said Trump’s Presidency is a counterinsurgency with Julian Assange/Wikileaks against the deep state crime syndicate

(rest of post (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?100318-The-Qanon-posts-and-associated-US-political-analysis&p=1619441&viewfull=1#post1619441) in Q thread)

update with this video from youtube

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mountain_jim

25th June 2024, 14:31

https://x.com/TPV_John/status/1805483500835061883

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Mike Pence
@Mike_Pence
Julian Assange endangered the lives of our troops in a time of war and should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The Biden administration’s plea deal with Assange is a miscarriage of justice and dishonors the service and sacrifice of the men and women of our Armed Forces and their families. There should be no plea deals to avoid prison for anyone that endangers the security of our military or the national security of the United States. Ever. https://nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna158695

The Patriot Voice
@TPV_John
Oh really, Mike?

You mean Julian Assange EXPOSED WAR CRIMES and the entire surveillance apparatus that was being weaponized against US citizens. He also KNOWS who killed Seth Rich, and helped put a huge spotlight on Pizzagate.

There is ONLY ONE reason you would consider those things to be “endangering to national security”.

WHAT do you have to hide, Mike?

I’m going to say this now…If you are questioning the release of Julian in anyway, I’m going to automatically assume you are a BAD actor and or possibly complicit in some form of TREASON OR SEDITION.

@Mike_Pence BETRAYED @realDonaldTrump and the entire United States on January 6, 2021.

I think he fits the bill nicely.

Mike Pence may be the single biggest piece of **** in a deep state filled to the brim with ****.

That is quite an accomplishment.

https://x.com/catturd2/status/1805582613408571495

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ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 15:13

Julian Assange Is A Free Man:

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ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 16:23

BREAKING: JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE, what does it really mean? With Neil Oliver:

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 16:23

Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 16:26

https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1805539379924132110

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 16:30

Text:
As Julian #Assange is freed, watch for reaction from PACE's
@sunnago
, a former top UN official and others at today's timely
@PACE_LegalHR
hearing - full details below.

We'll be posting video of the hearing on our YouTube channel here as soon as it's out:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZVFge1e41bYEAyDVkiK8tEwrm9yu1oBQ

https://x.com/PACE_LegalHR/status/1805534185396093096

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 16:44

Text:
‘I am happy for Julian, but this is not a victory’: Scott Ritter
@RealScottRitter
on #Assange’s prosecution deal “The #UnitedStates arrested a publisher for the crime of publishing information. We have a constitutional right in #America to do this. …
The only reason he’s out is because he pled guilty.”

https://x.com/cheguwera/status/1805615964714651959

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 16:49

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1805617505274089694

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 16:52

I just came across the following..

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URGENT: Emergency appeal for donations to cover massive USD 520,000 debt for jet.

Julian’s travel to freedom comes at a massive cost: Julian will owe USD 520,000 which he is obligated to pay back to the Australian government for charter Flight VJ199. He was not permitted to fly commercial airlines or routes to Saipan and onward to Australia. Any contribution big or small is much appreciated.

#AssangeJet

Donations:
https://crowdfunder.co.uk/p/free-julian-assange?utm_source=freeassange.org&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=pledge&utm_campaign=Free%20Julian%20Assange

https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1805573781303308326

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Assange was not permitted to fly on commercial airlines to the island of Saipan and then to Australia, according to his wife, Stella.

She also announced a fundraising campaign to cover the travel costs for the WikiLeaks founder. According to her, the charter flight will cost $520,000, which must be paid to the Australian authorities.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1805602901915586605

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 16:55

Text:
'People should understand cynicism of Biden releasing Assange for political advantage'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange left the maximum security prison in London on June 24 after agreeing to a plea-bargain deal on one espionage charge in a US court to bring an end to his years-long legal drama.

Australian citizen Assange was charged with 18 offenses, carrying a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison, for publishing inconvenient truths about the US' invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Human rights activists and investigative journalists reflected on the development to Sputnik.

◾️ Lucy Komisar, investigative journalist based in New York: "I was very pleased and happy to learn that Julian Assange will be free after more than a decade of imprisonment in the UK, both the years when he was forced to find safety in the Ecuadorian Embassy and then in the harsh conditions of Belmarsh prison.”

“I think Assange is being released now by Joe Biden in the hopes it might improve his standing with progressives and win him a few more votes,” Komisar said. “People concerned about Assange will understand the cynicism of Biden keeping him locked up until he thought he might get some advantage by releasing him.”

◾️ Craig Murray, former British diplomat: "I don't think Joe Biden wanted Julian to arrive in the middle of an election campaign. To be seen to be attacking freedom of speech, to be attacking constitutional rights is not a good look for the United States president whose election campaign is already in a lot of trouble over his support for genocide in Gaza."

◾️ Taylor Hudak, independent investigative journalist: "The prosecution should have never happened in the first place. Mr. Assange should have never spent one day in jail for the so-called crime of journalism. WikiLeaks has never published a false document. It is unfortunate that Mr. Assange had to plead guilty to any charge."

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1805594457489731715

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 16:58

Text:
Biden's Assange plea deal ‘ploy’ could spell goodbye to free speech for future journalists, whistleblowers

The plea deal for Julian Assange that allowed him to walk out of a UK prison “raises some serious concerns regarding the effects on the free press and the circumstances surrounding this agreement,” Andy Vermaut, Editor-in-Chief for Belgian Indegazette told Sputnik.

Details of the plea bargain are yet to be released, but it may require Assange to compromise or “give up some basic rights […] such as free speech, mobility, or ongoing monitoring, which can be regarded as concessions that erode the principles of press freedom,” said the human rights activist.

Andy Vermaut suggested several factors may have fed into Assange’s release:

1️⃣ “There may be geopolitical factors involved, "The US may be trying to prevent further deterioration of diplomatic relations and regain its position as a protector of the freedom of the press,” speculated the activist.

2️⃣ "The Biden administration could be using this deal as a strategy to divert attention from other political issues or to woo certain voters before the presidential debate,” Vermaut said, in a nod at the looming Biden-Trump standoff.

3️⃣ The whistleblower’s extended period of detention had elicited concerns from human rights groups, which “could have called for his release.”

If this is a ploy by the Biden administration, it may appeal to liberal voters and those who support civil liberties. But this could be counterproductive if it is perceived as a calculated move rather than a move towards the principle of justice, said the pundit.

If Assange is forced to agree to such things, it might end up “paving the way for future journalists and whistleblowers to be prosecuted,” Vermaut concluded.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1805596651546902670

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ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 16:59

ASSANGE IS FREE - Wikileaks Founder Reaches Plea Deal with U.S.:

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bojancan

25th June 2024, 16:59

Julian Assange’s Brother Gabriel Shipton on End of Legal Saga
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Vicus

25th June 2024, 17:03

[QUOTE=mountain_jim;1619442]At risk of offending some forum members, I am including this here...

Now that Assange is free, recall that Steve Pieczenik practically described the Q operation a year before they ever posted and said Trump’s Presidency is a counterinsurgency with Julian Assange/Wikileaks against the deep state crime syndicate

Sorry about my confusion, in the warp speed from news/info/missinfo/propaganda/etc we live on, that uper quote seams to me like from another life...

If that QUOTE should be true, then why Trump dint pardon Assange?

Maybe I miss something...

norman

25th June 2024, 17:11

It was too soon to give Assange his voice back if they were going to run a fake Biden for 4 years to scare the country and the world into waking up.

IMO

If that QUOTE should be true, then why Trump dint pardon Assange?

Maybe I miss something...

Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 17:11

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 17:57

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bojancan

25th June 2024, 18:11

Interesting talk... we are all FOR ASSANGE... I will be happy to see his reuniting with family, his kids...

JULIAN ASSANGE FREED
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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 18:12

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thepainterdoug

25th June 2024, 18:26

A good time for me to post my Julien Assange portrait 9x12 oil, from my art series "Those who blew the Whistle" , 100 portraits of whistleblowers.

norman

25th June 2024, 18:29

It won't be long before he's the Prime Minister of Oz ?

But not before a Tucker interview.

Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 18:30

Text:
🧵: No list of 'journalists' complicit in Julian Assange's torture and persecution by the Empire could be complete without Carole Cadwalladr. Her rap sheet is extensive as it is shameful, so we'll focus on the worst example, published in April 2017...

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 18:33

Translated text:
Speaking of Wikileaks, we remember when they revealed Israel's approval of Hamas taking over Gaza, as it made it easier for Israel to completely overrun Gaza.
Which we received over half a year from now.

https://x.com/FredricMorenius/status/1805591502216642807

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ExomatrixTV

25th June 2024, 19:25

Plea Deal Reached In Assange Case!

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US authorities have agreed to drop their demand for Julian Assange to be extradited from the UK after reaching a plea deal with the WikiLeaks founder. In return for pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information, Assange will be sentenced to time served, 62 months - the time he has already spent in a British prison.

Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the welcome news that Assange has been freed, even if he was compelled to plead guilty to a crime he did not commit.

Rizotto

25th June 2024, 20:21

What? Almost $600,000 cost for a one-way charter flight that Assange is forced to take for the plea deal gimmick? I don't know what a charter flight halfway across the planet normally costs, but it can't be that much. Perhaps some of you know?

It's more like the deep state is still trying to ruin Assange. Sounds like money laundering for the benefit of the Biden crime family and the DNC campaigns.

Lunesoleil

25th June 2024, 20:53

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norman

25th June 2024, 21:11

Julian Assange arriving in Bangkok, Thailand

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Sirus

25th June 2024, 21:16

May he live the rest of his days in peace with his family.

norman

25th June 2024, 21:38

Judge Napolitano - Matt Hoh: Assange To Be Set FREE (https://podbay.fm/p/judging-freedom/e/1719338406)
25 minutes - Posted Jun 25, 2024

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onawah

25th June 2024, 21:46

grapevine

25th June 2024, 22:08

Michael Walker speaks to Yanis Varoufakis about his friend, Julian Assange

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXfsPL9dpDQ&ab_channel=NovaraMedia
A very interesting discussion with Yanis V who said that Julian Assange had received 3 offers in all, the first of which was a full pardon from the Trump Aministration while he was in the Ecuador Embassy, in return for revealing the sources of the Clinton emails, which he refused to do.

The 2nd offer was about 8-9 months ago which involved him being flown to Virginia and sentenced to 5 years and then released to go back to Australia. Again he refused.

You will note that Varoufakis is clearly unhappy with the "settlement".

Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 22:20

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Ravenlocke

25th June 2024, 22:25

Text:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at the courthouse on the US-owned island of Saipan, where he is expected to partially plead guilty and be released.

"Julian Assange has arrived on US territory at Saipan Island to formalize the plea deal that should never have had to happen," the organization wrote on its X social media account.

Assange's hearing will be held Wednesday on Saipan, the largest island in the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated Pacific territory administered by Washington.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1805725818452074872

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jaybee

25th June 2024, 22:36

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A very interesting discussion with Yanis V who said that Julian Assange had received 3 offers in all, the first of which was a full pardon from the Trump Aministration while he was in the Ecuador Embassy, in return for revealing the sources of the Clinton emails, which he refused to do.

The 2nd offer was about 8-9 months ago which involved him being flown to Virginia and sentenced to 5 years and then released to go back to Australia. Again he refused.

You will note that Varoufakis is clearly unhappy with the "settlement".

re the 'first offer'..... from the Trump Administration - it's a bloody shame the proviso of specifically revealing the source of the Clinton Emails was included - because Julian all but spelled out the actual name - by inference - due to the policy of Wikileaks never revealing it's sources... poor Seth Rich - 'they' got rid of him so the Russia Russia Russia psyop against Trump could be played out - :( -

onawah

25th June 2024, 23:49

SCARY PRECEDENT SET: Assange Freed BUT Totalitarian Tentacles Now Reach WORLDWIDE!
WeAreChange
864K subscribers
Jun 25, 2024

"This report breaks down the freeing of Julian Assange while recapping how those in power wanted him taken out, as well as delving into the bigger plot now unfolding."
(Starting at 9 minutes 50 seconds into the video)

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RatRodRob...RRR

25th June 2024, 23:52

It is so encouraging to hear that Assange is free. I fully expected that he would die in prison, which would have been so heartbreaking.
And I expected to see him emaciated and barely able to move, but he's in surprising good form considering his long ordeal.
Hopefully anymore over the top expenses will be paid for by his supporters, so he can finish out his days in relative peace and ease.
God Bless him!

This news actually made me tear up, i still cant believe this untill he steps foot on Aussie soil.
Its goin to be rough for the Assange family, he is a broken man, PTSD is a real consequence, it wont be all happy smiles and joy, i just pray (im not even religeous) he readjusts to his new life and finds peace for himself and his family.
Please let this bloke get home all the way to Australia and his family.

RRR

Kryztian

26th June 2024, 00:14

Photos of Julian Assange in Saipan, Mariana Islands, United States

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Ravenlocke

26th June 2024, 01:05

Text:

❗️ A US judge has accepted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's plea deal after he pled guilty to one charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified information relating to the national defense of the United States, the Guardian reported.

The United States will next take steps to immediately overturn remaining charges against Assange in the Eastern District of Virginia, the report said.

"I believe the First Amendment and the Espionage Act are in contradiction," Assange said when asked to explain the charge against him in his own words, the Australian channel ABC reported.

"Working as a journalist I encouraged my source to provide information that was said to be classified in order to publish that information," the news agency cited Assange.

"I believed the First Amendment protected that activity. I believe the First Amendment and the Espionage Act are in contradiction," Assange insisted, the report said.

He explained he was pleading guilty because fighting the case in court would be challenging, according to the report.

US attorney Matthew McKenzie said once the sentence is pronounced the US will move to dismiss the indictment in the Eastern District of Virginia, the report said.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1805768485890400377

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Ravenlocke

26th June 2024, 01:09

https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1805743347165761842

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Ravenlocke

26th June 2024, 01:12

Text:
❗️ Julian Assange was ordered to instruct WikiLeaks to destroy information as a condition of the deal, The Guardian reported.

Assange told a US judge that no one tried to bribe or coerce him to plead guilty to one charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified information relating to the national defense of the United States, the Guardian reported.

The report said that the US government is not pursuing any forfeiture from Assange.

The WikiLeaks founder will depart to the Australian capital, Canberra, in less than 3 hours, WikiLeaks has announced on X.

"Expected to depart in 2 hours, 58 minutes. To Canberra, Australia. Flight VJT199," the portal said and attached the link to the FlightAware portal that tracks the flight.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1805754170693271838

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Ravenlocke

26th June 2024, 01:14

Text:
Court is in session in the case of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Australian channel ABC reported.

"In the U.S. District Court on the island of Saipan, the long-awaited hearing in the case of Julian Assange has begun. Assange sits in the courtroom in a black suit. Behind him are Australian Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd, Australian Ambassador to the UK Stephen Smith and human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson. All stood up when Chief Justice Romana Manglona entered the courtroom. Assange is expected to plead guilty to one criminal charge but will be released shortly with time served in a British prison," the outlet noted on its website.

Assange is accompanied in the courtroom by Australian Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd, the Australian outlet 9News reported.

According to a schedule on the court's website, the hearing in the case of the US v. Julian Paul Assange will be open to the public, but online streaming as well as video and audio recording of the session is prohibited under US law. The schedule indicates Assange will appear in the courtroom, followed by his formal arraignment and the defendant's statement to the court.

The judge for the hearing will be Ramona Manglona, who has served as chief judge of the Northern Mariana Islands District Court since 2011.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1805749829085114562

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gini

26th June 2024, 04:18

7KeXolkASyk--26 Jun 2024 13 products
'Julian Assange may well be one of the most infamous and influential people in the world right now, and his release from British custody this week will only raise his profile. His supporters call him a champion of the truth, while his detractors say his work has gotten good people killed.

Jailed in 2019 after a long stay of asylum in the London Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian has feared extradition to the US under the Espionage Act since his WikiLeaks scandal. But now, it seems that quiet diplomacy has secured his release and will return to his native Australia a free man after he secured a plea deal.

Piers Morgan brings journalist Michael Shellenberger, host of Judging Freedom Judge Andrew Napolitano, radio and podcast host Ben Ferguson, former Conservative MP Louise Mensch and US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr on to Piers Morgan Uncensored to discuss Assange’s past, present and future. The only question now is, how many secrets does Julian have left to tell?

00:00 - Introduction
03:50 - Julian Assange freed - a victory?
08:12 - Judge Napolitano: “Assange is a national hero”
12:39 - Is there a line that journalists should be mindful of?
14:05 - Michael Shellenberger: “Journalists have now become cowards”
15:30 - Shellenberger clashes with Ben Ferguson
18:00 - "I never thought I’d hear Ben Ferguson on this show say 'I trust the Taliban' 19:40 - Discussion on the charges on Assange
29:00 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr joins Piers
37:00 - RFK Jr on Julian Assange
40:00 - RFK Jr on the presidential debate - who will win?
45:32 - Would RFK Jr accept a role in Biden's administration?

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norman

26th June 2024, 06:39

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gini

26th June 2024, 07:23

JtGuqBGhCCY---26/6/24---17 min. with Neil Oliver -'Julian Assange is free. But what led to the plea deal, and why now? '

Tintin

26th June 2024, 10:25

YES!! YES! YES!

Julian lands in Australia! :flower:

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1805905442951835649/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/NqWWdFHJQIJYAQwp.mp4?tag=12

9 News Australia:

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Tintin

26th June 2024, 11:00

ASSOCIATED PRESS live feed - Julian Assange's team to hold a press conference (soon)

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gini

26th June 2024, 11:08

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---26/6/24--Started streaming 26 minutes ago #julianassange #espionage #us
Julian Assange walks free after pleading guilty to US espionage charge in Saipan court.

To his supporters, Julian Assange is a valiant campaigner for truth. To his critics, he is a publicity seeker who has endangered lives by putting a mass of sensitive information into the public domain.

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has walked free from a court in the US Pacific island territory of Saipan, after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law, in a deal that left him free to return home to Australia and brought an end to an extraordinary 14-year legal saga.

On Wednesday, the US’s smallest and most remote federal district court accepted a plea deal reached between Assange and the US government, under terms which required him to admit guilt to one criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents.

In return he was sentenced to time served, with no supervisory period or financial penalty, due to time already served in Belmarsh prison in London. He flew out of Saipan, headed for Canberra, at lunchtime on Wednesday.

Protesters hold placards spelling out 'Free Assange' in front of the Royal Courts of Justice
From a plea deal to a 2am prison call: how Julian Assange finally gained freedom
Read more
His release ends a legal saga that spanned more than a decade, in which Assange spent five years in the high-security jail and seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, battling extradition to the US, where he faced 18 criminal charges.
Assange is described by those who have worked with him as intense, driven and highly intelligent, with an exceptional ability to crack computer codes.

He set up Wikileaks, which publishes confidential documents and images, in 2006, making headlines around the world in April 2010 when it released footage showing US soldiers shooting dead 18 civilians from a helicopter in Iraq.

ExomatrixTV

26th June 2024, 12:41

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Tintin

26th June 2024, 13:22

ASSOCIATED PRESS live feed - Julian Assange's team to hold a press conference (soon)

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Here's Stella Assange's address to the world's media :rose: :sun:

After 5 years incarceration and a more or less non-stop 72 hours journeying it is understandably way way way too soon for Julian to be making any public statements at this time. He needs to recover and recuperate (of course :flower: ) and will speak when he feels he is ready to, at a time of his own choosing:

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1805936571863941121/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/72Jvr-M3IxqSa5G7.mp4?tag=12

I am B

26th June 2024, 14:00

Vicus

26th June 2024, 15:28

Cynicism of Biden Releasing Assange for Political Advantage on Full Display

Human rights activists and investigative journalists reflected on the twist of the WikiLeaks founder's fate.

"I was very pleased and happy to learn that Julian Assange will be free after more than a decade of imprisonment in the UK, both the years when he was forced to find safety in the Ecuadorian Embassy and then in the harsh conditions of Belmarsh prison," Lucy Komisar, investigative journalist based in New York, told Sputnik.
"I think Assange is being released now by Joe Biden in the hopes it might improve his standing with progressives and win him a few more votes," Komisar continued. “People concerned about Assange will understand the cynicism of Biden keeping him locked up until he thought he might get some advantage by releasing him."

President Joe Biden has seen his approval numbers plummeting with his progressive base, who have grown disenchanted with the US president over Washington's support to Israel in the Gaza war.
According to RealClearPolitics, 61.3 percent of Americans disapprove of Biden's handling of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, while 59.5 percent disapprove of his foreign strategy in general.
International observers believe a potential Israel-Hezbollah war could further lessen the US incumbent president's re-election chances.

"I don't think Joe Biden wanted Julian to arrive in the middle of an election campaign," Craig Murray, former British diplomat, who personally knows Assange, told Sputnik. "To be seen to be attacking freedom of speech, to be attacking constitutional rights is not a good look for the United States president whose election campaign is already in a lot of trouble over his support for genocide in Gaza."

Assange has suffered enough after spending five years in a UK maximum security prison for publishing honest information in the public interest argued Taylor Hudak, independent investigative journalist, adding that former President Donald Trump could pardon the WikiLeaks founder at the end of his tenure, but opted not too despite numerous pleas.

"This moment was made possible by the journalists fairly covering the case, the activists who relentlessly advocated for his release, the campaigners behind the scenes and his legal team," Hudak told Sputnik.

The investigative journalist insisted that "the prosecution should have never happened in the first place."

"Mr Assange should have never spent one day in jail for the so-called crime of journalism. WikiLeaks has never published a false document. It is unfortunate that Mr Assange had to plead guilty to any charge," Hudak concluded.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240625/cynicism-of-biden-releasing-assange-for-political-advantage-on-full-display-1119125919.html

mountain_jim

26th June 2024, 15:55

mountain_jim

26th June 2024, 15:56

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bitcoin-donor-pays-julian-assanges-520000-charter-jet

Bitcoin Donor Pays For Julian Assange's $520,000 Charter Jet

BY TYLER DURDEN
WEDNESDAY, JUN 26, 2024 - 11:45 AM
In an anonymous effort to help secure Julian Assange's freedom, an anonymous Bitcoiner donated over 8 Bitcoin, worth around $500,000, to help Assange’s family pay off the debt incurred by his charter jet and settlement expenses, CoinTelegraph (https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoiner-donates-500k-assange-freedom)reported.

On June 24, Assange was released from the high-security Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom after reaching a plea agreement with U.S. authorities. Shortly after his release, he departed the U.K. on a private plane from a London airport to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory.

Assange appeared in a district court in Saipan on June 26, where he pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching the U.S. Espionage Act by leaking classified documents. The journey was planned to prevent Assange from touching foot on American soil.

< more at link >

arwen

26th June 2024, 17:05

Cynicism of Biden Releasing Assange for Political Advantage on Full Display

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240625/cynicism-of-biden-releasing-assange-for-political-advantage-on-full-display-1119125919.html

Yes, no doubt it was done for political advantage. I do not usually comment much on US politics (because it is loaded with land mines and polarization, and I do not like to upset people I like over politics) - but I will say this - Trump had a golden opportunity to pardon Assange as he was leaving office - and he did not.

He chose instead to pardon some of his son-in-laws' buddies and family. For me personally that was a HUGE black mark against Trump. HUGE. Because if it was not for Assange and the Wikileaks about the dirt on the Democrats and Hilary Clinton, I am fairly certain Trump would not have won in 2016. Julian Assange and the leaked data was PIVOTAL in my view to Trump winning in 2016 - and he chose to repay that by not pardoning him when he had the opportunity. Now he never will.

In the end, no matter how it came about - we are all happy Julian is free from that intangible torture he was put through for so long - that is really the best news - rare Happy News these days.

:happythumbsup::sun:

norman

26th June 2024, 18:07

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ExomatrixTV

26th June 2024, 18:55

If Tucker (https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson) travelled to Russia (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118563-Russophobia-why-do-so-many-people-in-the-west-hate-and-fear-Russia) to do a very important interview, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYfByTcY49k) why not to Australia (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Julian%20Assange) 🇦🇺 as well?

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳
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Rizotto

26th June 2024, 20:16

Remember the unsolved murder of Seth Rich soon after the DNC leak… to Wikileaks!
So that’s why the USA deep state persecuted Assange all these years.

By Mario Nawfal on X:
“BREAKING: ALL EMAILS RELATED TO THE DNC LEAK HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM WIKILEAKS
Following Julian Assange's guilty plea to unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to national defense, WikiLeaks has removed all DNC emails from its platform; all emails appear with an Internal Server Error Message.
As part of the plea deal, Assange must ensure the return or destruction of unpublished information held by him or WikiLeaks and provide a sworn affidavit confirming compliance, effectively limiting his legal exposure and potentially curtailing future leaks.”
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1805842009615175756

Joe Rogan exposes the mysterious murder of Seth Rich and its ties to the DNC
https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1805728625016061991

My question to you all: is it likely that these emails have been saved somewhere on somebody's hard drive? Weren't these emails made publicly available by Wikileaks years ago?

Another thought: For his own safety, Julian Assange should probably not stay in any of the '5 Eyes' countries, they're spies for the deep state.

Tintin

26th June 2024, 20:43

I reckon this must be an unpopular opinion, but, the fact he was just pretty much released like this, with the amount of mainstream and social media coverage, the deep state republicans so fondly against it (like pence)... I don't know, but it does stink. You just don't win a legal battle (like the story goes) against those who created the legal system. This was an intentional "release" be it for election credit, for further things to happen, for more info to be released in their interest... It looks obvious to me that it has a purpose, and an important one.

I don't believe this was just a good thing to happen, specially not under those circumstances. Even if the former "Julian Assange" person still exists at this point.

:ninja:

I've actually spent a little time on and off over the course of this evening, and earlier in the day, giving some reasonable consideration to your most extraordinary post here. And it really is most extraordinary.

Sometimes GOOD THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE. It's so very easy to slip into a state of cynicism, despair, and mistrust, and perhaps it's lurking around every Lynchian corner. It's also the Achilles heel of many a sub room-temperature thoughtless sub-wit that occupies the (so-called) independent media space. There are way too many of them that have become the monster they purport to fight, and are witting participants in the discordant cacophony of perpetual doom and gloom.

**** that.

This IS a good thing. It's an unexpected bright light of hope that something and someone committed to something that is truer doesn't go down; actually prevails. It's hope; it's light dammit.

Now all we are now predictably and infuriatingly going to be exposed to are those very mid-wits creating conspiracies, where there are none. The lame brain so-called independent media dim-to-no-wits suggesting that all this is part of a conspiracy.

No. It isn't.

If you can't FEEL that, and understand it I don't know what else to suggest :flower:

Enough with the cynicism.

Sometimes the good guys do get a win :rose:

ExomatrixTV

26th June 2024, 20:45

Tucker Carlson Responds (02:31 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dka2i27sxgs&t=151s) & 32:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dka2i27sxgs&t=1953s)) to Julian Assange’s Release During Australia Speech:

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Tucker Carlson speaks Down Under from Canberra and assesses Julian Assange's release. We also answer questions from an adversarial press corps.

00:00 Intro
02:31 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dka2i27sxgs&t=151s) Tucker reacts to Julian Assange's release
16:13 Christianity
21:49 Q&A
21:55 Who's the most difficult person Tucker has interviewed?
27:32 Tucker clashes with journalist over Putin
32:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dka2i27sxgs&t=1953s) Julian Assange
37:05 Is China a threat?
43:22 Heated exchange between Tucker and liberal journalist on immigration

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twitter.com/search?q=Assange (https://twitter.com/search?q=Assange&src=trend_click&vertical=trends) :cat::dog:

mountain_jim

26th June 2024, 20:45

ExomatrixTV

26th June 2024, 20:53

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DNA

26th June 2024, 20:54

Why?
Why now?
Is this still Assange?
You can do a lot of brainwashing in six years.
What if Assange dropped some huge anti Trump thing in these last few months.
It's strange timing is all

Tintin

26th June 2024, 21:09

(I have not seen this confirmed by Tucker at this point)

https://x.com/nomandatesco/status/1805803216510062939

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@nomandatesco
INTERVIEW SECURED 🔥🔥

Tucker Carlson Interview with Julian Assange 👀🔥🙌

Coming to X… Tucker & his team are on their way to Australia 👀🔥🔥🔥

Let’s GOOOO‼️‼️🙌

If "Tucker and the team" are on their way then I'd respectfully tell them to eff orf.

The guy's been incarcerated in (near) solitary for 5 years. He needs to recuperate. LEAVE HIM THE HELL ALONE. He really won't want to speak with you (Tucker, and the t.e.a.m)

Not aimed at you, obviously, but the bloody predictable 'story' angle; the vanity and narcissism of some journalists. Julian of course would be more polite than I am inclined in the moment.

For what it's worth, and maybe not very much (and so what - I'm cool with that :) ), Tucker's stock went down in my market with his slodge brained porridge mush induced 'feedback' from his interview with Vladimir Putin back in January.

LEAVE JULIAN ALONE YOU OPPORTUNISTIC ****ER.

He'll choose to whom he speaks, when he's ready :rose:

Tintin

26th June 2024, 21:28

Why?
Why now?
Is this still Assange?
You can do a lot of brainwashing in six years.
What if Assange dropped some huge anti Trump thing in these last few months.
It's strange timing is all

STOP IT, ALL OF YOU, NOW. :rose:

I'm so incredibly cross with all this nonsense.

It's Julian's birthday on July 3rd. Wish him a happy birthday maybe, then, if you actually care. Give a damn about his contribution to a truthful cause which is way and above anything any one of us here has done.

Sod timing. I imagine a cabbage with an IQ of 40 could probably draw a convenience with an election and brownie points (yawn yawn).

IT DOESN'T MATTER. He's out of the potential hell he may have been subjected to in Virginia; he's alive.

SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE :rose:

I begin to wonder whether some commentators actually wished for his suffering to continue, actually, just to satisfy their own selfish arrogant narcissistic smarter-than-thou knowledge and peculiar 'reason to live crusader type focus' for justification and to apply some meaning for their own existence. Not aimed at you but it's THAT attitude that certainly prevails way too often in the 'independent media'.

It's a WIN.

The whole take-away from this from having followed this so closely and it being reiterated in recent interviews or statements made by Kristin, Jen, Stella: the PRECEDENT that this political persecution sets. That, what happened to Julian could happen to any one of us who makes sensitive information publicly widely available in the public interest, through extrajudicial fiat.

THAT is the point.

In the meantime could we please be glad for him and his family that now he has something resembling a life to look forward to. That would be respectful, and caring. And humane.

Something that Julian would understand :rose:

Bill Ryan

26th June 2024, 21:39

Why now?
I can't remember which of many reports I heard this on, but as best I understand Assange's legal team had been working to negotiate exactly this outcome for the past several months. It's not as if someone in the US State Department, twirling their evil mustache, woke up one morning last week and suddenly decided to release him with this plea bargain, all part of some diabolical scheme. :) It's been in the works, behind the scenes, for a while.

The exact timing may have something to do with the US presidential debate tomorrow (a PR 'win' for Biden, so to speak, as Trump never helped Assange at all). We may learn much more about the details of the whole thing when Tucker interviews him, hopefully soon, though maybe in a few weeks' time as the poor guy has to recover substantially from his protracted inhuman ordeal.

:flower:

mountain_jim

26th June 2024, 22:06

https://x.com/clif_high/status/1806075272351056312

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Kim Dotcom
@KimDotcom
Wikileaks deleted the DNC files. Don’t worry, the Pirate Bay still has them 😉
https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=15824928

bojancan

26th June 2024, 23:17

ulli

27th June 2024, 00:37

Here is a video from 13 years ago, Julian being interviewed on a TED talk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNOnvp5t7Do?feature=shared

Arcturian108

27th June 2024, 00:59

l listened to a close friend of Assange's last night who said that Assange had three offers from the U.S. government, the first one being from Trump in exchange for releasing Hillary's emails. Assange said "No" to that offer. Then he had two more offers from the current administration and he accepted the third offer. I believe that Tucker is not in Australia due to Assange's freedom. He heard Assange was freed when he was on the plane to Perth, and not before. So, I don't believe he will interview Assange while there, but things could change.

jaybee

27th June 2024, 04:13

STOP IT, ALL OF YOU, NOW. :rose:

I'm so incredibly cross with all this nonsense.

It's Julian's birthday on July 3rd. Wish him a happy birthday maybe, then, if you actually care. Give a damn about his contribution to a truthful cause which is way and above anything any one of us here has done.

Sod timing. I imagine a cabbage with an IQ of 40 could probably draw a convenience with an election and brownie points (yawn yawn).

IT DOESN'T MATTER. He's out of the potential hell he may have been subjected to in Virginia; he's alive.

SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE :rose:

I begin to wonder whether some commentators actually wished for his suffering to continue, actually, just to satisfy their own selfish arrogant narcissistic smarter-than-thou knowledge and peculiar 'reason to live crusader type focus' for justification and to apply some meaning for their own existence. Not aimed at you but it's THAT attitude that certainly prevails way too often in the 'independent media'.

It's a WIN.

The whole take-away from this from having followed this so closely and it being reiterated in recent interviews or statements made by Kristin, Jen, Stella: the PRECEDENT that this political persecution sets. That, what happened to Julian could happen to any one of us who makes sensitive information publicly widely available in the public interest, through extrajudicial fiat.

THAT is the point.

In the meantime could we please be glad for him and his family that now he has something resembling a life to look forward to. That would be respectful, and caring. And humane.

Something that Julian would understand :rose:

Bless you, Tintin.... for your passionate defense of Julian, the man....

You know.....I'm thinking that his work on the World Stage may be over now - mission completed... (in the political form, anyway) God only knows he has done enough - more than one man could be expected to contribute under normal circumstances.. it's a miracle he's still alive - and another miracle that he and Stella found love when he was in the embassy and miraculously had their children...

I want him to enjoy some nice long soaks in the bath - enjoy the love of Stella and play with their children - listen to the birds, go for peaceful walks - experience simple non demanding things -

I could go on - but you get the picture....

Stella has already said that he needs time.... and a bucket of Rescue Remedy

Well she didn't say the Bucket of Rescue Remedy thing :) that was me - but a couple of drops twice a day, every day for the next year could help....

:thumbsup:

Ravenlocke

27th June 2024, 04:36

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twitter.com/search?q=Assange (https://twitter.com/search?q=Assange&src=trend_click&vertical=trends) :cat::dog:

Wonderful, just great seeing the two of them embrace like that, hope does exist, now hopefully he will recoup, get his health back, enjoy life with his family, his two boys I think, “take time to smell the flowers”, relish every moment of freedom now that he can…no more sitting in a jail cell….great beginning again…wish him all the best, end of story. :clapping::clapping::clapping:

Ravenlocke

27th June 2024, 05:59

https://x.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1805447967043993746

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Ravenlocke

27th June 2024, 08:58

https://x.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/1806204988617572795

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https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/with-assange-banned--wife-urges-others-to-dig-out-info-from

With Assange banned, wife urges others to dig out info from US gov.

Australian journalists are being asked by WikiLeaks founder and journalist Julian Assange's wife, Stella, to file freedom of information (FOI) requests with the US government to obtain details on its criminal case against him – as his plea deal prohibits him from doing so.

In a statement released on Julian Assange's first full day back in Australia, his wife and legal team thanked legislators, the prime minister, and supporters locally and globally whose 14-year effort led to his release.

She said, “If Julian pleaded guilty in federal court in Saipan, it’s because he was pleading guilty to committing journalism,” adding, “This case criminalizes journalism – journalistic activity, standard journalistic activity of news gathering, and publishing. And so this is the reality of this prosecution. It’s the case should never have been brought. But the important thing is that Julian is free … And we can put this behind us.”

She announced on Wednesday that her husband would make a public appearance after recovering from years in prison and court struggles against extradition to the United States.

Speaking to journalists at a news conference in Parliament House on Thursday, Stella Assange said, “Julian isn’t allowed to request freedom of information, make information requests from the US government."

“But you can and I encourage you to … so please do," she stressed.

A requirement as part of the plea deal is that WikiLeaks remove any unpublished material on the US that they or their affiliates held. According to Assange's US attorney Barry Pollack, WikiLeaks' published material was over ten years old, and he was unsure whether they still had unpublished records but noted that Assange fulfilled his obligations.

“In fact, the United States in court in Saipan yesterday conceded – and the judge found – that there is no evidence that any harm has befallen any individual anywhere in the world as a result of Mr Assange’s publications,” Pollack said, noting, “That being said, they did insist that he issue an instruction to the editor of WikiLeaks to destroy any materials they might have that were not published and Julian has complied with that provision.”

FM says ties with US 'damaged' now

Stella Assange expressed her husband being "overjoyed and so grateful" to the Australian people, as well as to all political parties who supported his release, including the government.

“… I think the whole world celebrated with us. It was us meeting on the tarmac but it was the entire world who was celebrating.”

However, on Thursday, Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham accused PM Anthony Albanese of improperly calling Assange on his arrival and found it a problem with Albanese comparing the return of whom he called political prisoners with the negotiated plea agreement for Assange.

Birmingham told ABC Radio National on Thursday morning, “The idea that that Julian Assange should be held up and treated and feted in the same type of way as Australians who genuinely been held as political prisoners, who have genuinely been arbitrarily detained by regimes that don’t offer that type of transparency – there is absolutely no comparison between the two."

“This wasn’t an act of heroism,” he continued. “It was simply an act of somebody who was happy to take any and all information given to him and publish it. That’s not what you do on the ABC and it’s not what any other responsible journalist would do.”

Birmingham claimed the US Congress would "think very poorly" of Albanese for having welcomed Assange and that his public support harmed Australia's relationship with the US, but Penny Wong, the foreign minister, disagreed.

Wong said in response, “He would know that our relationship with the United States is deep and strong and that is why we were able to advocate in the way we did.”

'Cartwheels' in Canberra

Julian Assange’s longest-serving lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, condemned Birmingham for his statements.

“It is entirely appropriate for the Australian prime minister to call an Australian citizen who has been through what Julian’s been through and had just touched down in Australia,” Robinson told journalists.

“To suggest that looking after an Australian citizen … who has been through so much could damage our alliance is, I think, wrong," she said, stating that Birmingham “needs to get his priorities straight."

This comes after a US court sentenced Assange to time served and no supervised release after he pleaded guilty to one of the US espionage counts as part of a plea agreement with US prosecutors. According to Flightradar, the jet with Assange on board arrived in Canberra at 09:37 GMT.

John Shipton, Assange's father, said on Wednesday that he was "doing cartwheels" following his son's release from the British Belmarsh Prison.

Assange had been imprisoned in the high-security Belmarsh Prison in London since April 2019 after British police were allowed to raid the Ecuadorian Embassy where he had sought asylum in 2012.

The United States sought to put Assange on trial for publishing US military secrets and evidence of war crimes in the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is accused of publishing some 700,000 confidential documents relating to US military and diplomatic activities.

On Tuesday, newly filed court papers indicated that Julian Assange entered into a plea deal with the United States government.

In early June, a YouGov and ABC News poll indicated that 70% of Australians believe Assange should have all charges against him dropped.

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Mark (Star Mariner)

27th June 2024, 13:33

gini

27th June 2024, 15:09

Interview with Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson Aar_th1g21k--10 min---'
27 Jun 2024 #ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia
'Julian Assange has spent his first 24 hours home in Australia. Now the backstory of how his plea deal and release was negotiated can be told. His lawyer Jennifer Robinson travelled with him as he flew home from the UK. Robinson speaks to 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson.'

BMJ

27th June 2024, 15:38

Tintin

27th June 2024, 16:02

Sod timing.
sorry for the conspiratorial gobsh**e

"Gob****e": Ha, no problem at all my friend, and that made me laugh actually :) :flower:

Part of my obvious irritation yesterday - and I really do get why folks are questioning this happening now - well, part of that irritation was that it all seemed to soil the moment. The guy is FREE now, not dead as well, thank goodness. I'd rather it happened now than never at all. When would have been the time to do it? (10 years ago really, but, you know what I mean.). All manner of silly ideas will be proposed with a huge dose of high-octane speculation in the weeks to come.

Was he released as a kind of early birthday gift? Was he released as a consequence of planetary alignments? Is this a Deus ex machina moment? Is it as a result of me writing 'Free Julian Assange' across my (spoiled) ballot paper back in 2019 and that I had some kind of premonition?

It could be timed now for ALL manner of incredible and not so incredible reasons. Like yourself though I really don't know.

Much of what you've shared there has of course crossed my mind especially the dead-mans switch scenario (the most likely), and yet it all actually just doesn't really seem to matter right now. It will be something I'll get to pondering and tackling in time but right now I just want to celebrate the fact he's out and that's testament to the extraordinary efforts of his legal team. In fact the next appeal hearing date was planned I think for about two weeks time but now that doesn't matter any more, forever.

For me what would be interesting is to see what Julian does next :flower:

Arcturian108

27th June 2024, 17:34

For me, Assange becoming free again feels like a close relative of mine was just released from jail. Many of us were carrying around a stress all these years that just wouldn't go away, and there was almost nothing we could do about it. So, in celebration I have been eating forbidden sweets in the past two days, indulging in whipped cream on my matcha morning wake up drink, as an example.

Another piece of good news is that his private jet flight that cost $500,000 was completely paid off by one bitcoin that somebody donated!

ExomatrixTV

27th June 2024, 19:23

10 most controversial exposé by WikiLeaks founded by Julian Assange:

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dutch (https://www.ninefornews.nl/10x-de-ergste-drek-die-wikileaks-oprichter-assange-naar-boven-haalde/) 🇳🇱 (+ Multi-Language Options). 🦜🦋🌳

ExomatrixTV

27th June 2024, 22:15

Government Forces Assange To Pay $520k For His Flight Home!:

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ExomatrixTV

27th June 2024, 22:31

Julian Assange's team holds press conference in Canberra after plea deal secures his release:

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's team holds a news conference in Canberra. Assange has been sentenced to time already served in Britain as part of a plea agreement with the U.S. Justice Department that secures his freedom.

58:51 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XATYVc6upMY&t=3531s) starts

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

arwen

28th June 2024, 02:59

Sod timing.

This is a spiritual war and Assange is/was a captured pawn in that war (or Knight, or Bishop). The amount of pressure levied against him, and downright threats to his life, from -- let's call them -- the Deep State, gives me pause that he was released at all. No doubt his team have indeed put in a lot of hard work to secure this plea deal, but I would never have predicted they across the pond would budge on extradition and a drumhead (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Drumhead+trial) trial at the end of it -- or even come to the table.

Good things do happen to good people, but when the facilitators of "good things" are the US Justice Department, starkly contradicting their previously (and dogmatically) held position, I can't help but go to a place in my mind (I'm simply wired that way) that says there's an angle to this chess-move that's invisible, behind the scenes, and you'll perhaps never know what it is.

I agree. There was a reason Julian was released - everyone has been asking why now?

I just tuned in to the Presidential debate between Trump and Biden, and the most plausible possibility that struck me after viewing that was this:

Biden was obviously hopelessly incompetent in the debate, and it was seen all over the world. Trump came across as sharp, solutions orientated, reasonable and clear headed.

What if - they were planning to dump Biden and put in Hilary instead? THAT would explain why the sudden release of Julian, why part of the deal was to wipe all the dirt on HER from their servers (nothing else), because it was that very dirt that cost her the 2016 election. They don't care if people know about it or not, they only care to wipe the EVIDENCE.

And what if Julian agreed to that, because Trump sure as heck did not act to get Julian out of that fix when he should have. That in my view was the gravest error of Trump's career. And who could blame Julian for taking that deal, the torture he was under? Because there was no guarantee Trump would pardon him if he returns to office.

Pardon my non American speculations, but this affects the whole world, what happens in America, so we cannot help but be interested.

And if I am right and they replace Biden with Hilary, I know she is still hugely popular, especially among women, that might well shift the odds.

Time will tell very soon if I am right or not, but I too, have been pondering the "Why now?" on Julian's release, as joyful as I am it happened, the reasons for it are still a matter of curiosity.

Mark, you are right, it was not done out of benevolence - it was done for a strategic reason. Look at what happened to Gonzalo Lira - no action was taken to help him because he had no strategic value to them. It is just the way this realm works, unfortunately.

bojancan

28th June 2024, 04:14

Kevin Gosztola, expert on the Assange Case, is here to discuss the freedom of Julian Assange! From the road to get here, as well as what happens now that he is out. Kevin will be joined later in the show by Chip Gibbons, policy director for Defending Rights and Dissent, for this discussion.

Interesting video!

The Real INSIDE Story of Assange Release - w/ Kevin Gosztola
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Tintin

28th June 2024, 05:27

Sod timing.

This is a spiritual war and Assange is/was a captured pawn in that war (or Knight, or Bishop). The amount of pressure levied against him, and downright threats to his life, from -- let's call them -- the Deep State, gives me pause that he was released at all. No doubt his team have indeed put in a lot of hard work to secure this plea deal, but I would never have predicted they across the pond would budge on extradition and a drumhead (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Drumhead+trial) trial at the end of it -- or even come to the table.

Good things do happen to good people, but when the facilitators of "good things" are the US Justice Department, starkly contradicting their previously (and dogmatically) held position, I can't help but go to a place in my mind (I'm simply wired that way) that says there's an angle to this chess-move that's invisible, behind the scenes, and you'll perhaps never know what it is.

I agree. There was a reason Julian was released - everyone has been asking why now?

I just tuned in to the Presidential debate between Trump and Biden, and the most plausible possibility that struck me after viewing that was this:

Biden was obviously hopelessly incompetent in the debate, and it was seen all over the world. Trump came across as sharp, solutions orientated, reasonable and clear headed.

What if - they were planning to dump Biden and put in Hilary instead? THAT would explain why the sudden release of Julian, why part of the deal was to wipe all the dirt on HER from their servers (nothing else), because it was that very dirt that cost her the 2016 election. They don't care if people know about it or not, they only care to wipe the EVIDENCE.

Bolded text: I'll reserve judgment on that until we get to see the details of the plea deal that Stella suggested happened through an FOI request. For now all information concerning the DNC emails is still available through here on the Wikileaks site (https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/?q=&mfrom=&mto=&title=&notitle=&date_from=&date_to=&nofrom=&noto=&count=50&sort=0&page=2&#searchresult)

Source: https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/?q=&mfrom=&mto=&title=&notitle=&date_from=&date_to=&nofrom=&noto=&count=50&sort=0&page=2&#searchresult

Index PDFs: https://file.wikileaks.org/file/clinton-emails/Clinton_Email_August_Release/

ExomatrixTV

28th June 2024, 11:56

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arwen

28th June 2024, 12:48

Sod timing.

This is a spiritual war and Assange is/was a captured pawn in that war (or Knight, or Bishop). The amount of pressure levied against him, and downright threats to his life, from -- let's call them -- the Deep State, gives me pause that he was released at all. No doubt his team have indeed put in a lot of hard work to secure this plea deal, but I would never have predicted they across the pond would budge on extradition and a drumhead (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Drumhead+trial) trial at the end of it -- or even come to the table.

Good things do happen to good people, but when the facilitators of "good things" are the US Justice Department, starkly contradicting their previously (and dogmatically) held position, I can't help but go to a place in my mind (I'm simply wired that way) that says there's an angle to this chess-move that's invisible, behind the scenes, and you'll perhaps never know what it is.

I agree. There was a reason Julian was released - everyone has been asking why now?

I just tuned in to the Presidential debate between Trump and Biden, and the most plausible possibility that struck me after viewing that was this:

Biden was obviously hopelessly incompetent in the debate, and it was seen all over the world. Trump came across as sharp, solutions orientated, reasonable and clear headed.

What if - they were planning to dump Biden and put in Hilary instead? THAT would explain why the sudden release of Julian, why part of the deal was to wipe all the dirt on HER from their servers (nothing else), because it was that very dirt that cost her the 2016 election. They don't care if people know about it or not, they only care to wipe the EVIDENCE.

Bolded text: I'll reserve judgment on that until we get to see the details of the plea deal that Stella suggested happened through an FOI request. For now all information concerning the DNC emails is still available through here on the Wikileaks site (https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/?q=&mfrom=&mto=&title=&notitle=&date_from=&date_to=&nofrom=&noto=&count=50&sort=0&page=2&#searchresult)

Source: https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/?q=&mfrom=&mto=&title=&notitle=&date_from=&date_to=&nofrom=&noto=&count=50&sort=0&page=2&#searchresult

Index PDFs: https://file.wikileaks.org/file/clinton-emails/Clinton_Email_August_Release/

Yes agreed - like I said, pure speculation on my part at this stage, and time will reveal where this is all going. But after that debate, which was a disaster for Biden - he was so obviously hung out to dry there, that that was my first thought given the timing of these peak events.

We will see, fairly soon in the second half of the year....

grapevine

28th June 2024, 13:44

INTERVIEW: ‘I’m overwhelmed with happiness.’ Craig Murray on Assange freedom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2pBAtkK5hc&ab_channel=GeorgeGalloway (11:15)
The title speaks for itself, although I didn't know about JA's young children having to bear the attentions of sniffer dogs when visiting their dad in Belmarsh Prison. :(

gini

29th June 2024, 04:11

SA3J6NOChKg--28 Jun 2024 #TheJimmyDoreShow
Julian Assange has been released from prison and returned to his native Australia, a fact anyone who cares about press freedom should cheer. And while left-leaning commentators like Cenk Uygur and Krystal Ball are joining in the applause at Assange’s release, back when the U.S. government was pursuing criminal charges against the Wikileaks founder, Uygur and Ball felt no compunction about smearing and laughing at Julian Assange and his predicament.

Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss why no one who smeared Assange this way should ever be allowed to forget it.

Vicus

29th June 2024, 13:37

US uses national security 'as a veil to hide war crimes' - Assange's lawyer

RT
Thu, 27 Jun 2024

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The journalist's persecution was revenge for publishing embarrassing information, Aitor Martinez says

The Julian Assange saga has clearly shown that the US has been using its "national security" as a "veil" to hide war crimes, one of the WikiLeaks founder's attorneys, Aitor Martinez, has said.

The years-long persecution of the publisher and the extradition case have also set a very dangerous precedent, which threatens the whole concept of press freedom, the lawyer added.

At the same time, the Assange case had become growingly toxic for the US administration, sprouting numerous groups advocating his release and effectively turning into a global movement, Martinez suggested.

"The truth is that the US administration had been pushing for the extradition process until recently, and indeed, just a few weeks ago, they had even provided diplomatic assurances seeking the effective handover of Julian Assange. However, in recent times, a citizen movement has emerged against this extradition, and I believe there is no corner of the world where a 'Free Assange' movement has not sprung up," the lawyer stated.

The timing of the abrupt resolution of the years-long affair is likely linked to the looming US presidential elections and the ongoing campaign, where it was bound to emerge one way or another. The case "in some way tarnished the image of the United States before the world" given it "meant the political persecution of a journalist who simply published truthful information that evidenced the commission of serious war crimes," Martinez noted.

"Therefore, unquestionably, the Assange case would have arisen in the framework of the presidential debates, and this was the only way to end a case that undeniably did not play in favor of the image of the US in the world," he said.

While politicians in Washington have ultimately opted to wrap up the affair, the US intelligence community has regarded it as a personal vendetta of sorts against the journalist, Martinez claimed.

"This case was being radically pushed by the US intelligence establishment and mainly by the CIA as a form of revenge against Julian Assange for the material he had published, which in some way had revealed the shame of the US military in operations abroad," he said.

https://www.sott.net/article/492656-US-uses-national-security-as-a-veil-to-hide-war-crimes-Assanges-lawyer

ThePythonicCow

29th June 2024, 21:20

What if - they were planning to dump Biden and put in Hilary instead? THAT would explain why the sudden release of Julian, why part of the deal was to wipe all the dirt on HER from their servers (nothing else), because it was that very dirt that cost her the 2016 election. They don't care if people know about it or not, they only care to wipe the EVIDENCE.

A month ago, on May 25, 2024, Tim Pool released his interview with Donald Trump, in which Trump said he would consider pardoning Julian Assange if re-elected.

So, given the then upcoming June Trump-Biden debate, which likely some insiders already knew would be some sort of take down of Biden, perhaps the Clintonista's figured they'd better get what they could out of their Assange chess piece, while they were sure they could.

Tintin

30th June 2024, 13:45

“Department officials were eager to be rid of the troublesome, time-consuming case, which had made some Assange prosecutors the targets of WikiLeaks’ supporters. One senior official said that another factor in the negotiations was “Assange fatigue.”

Moreover, some officials appointed under President Biden were never entirely comfortable with the Trump administration’s decision to charge Mr. Assange with activities that skirted the line between espionage and legitimate disclosures made in the public interest, current and former officials said.”

...shared by Stella Assange (https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1807146293002944842). This is an excerpted segment from The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/us/politics/julian-assange-release-uk-us.html).

Tintin

30th June 2024, 14:20

Wow, okay, we have AUDIO. Again, provided by Stella Assange (https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1807413484436774921) on X. We get to hear Julian after such a very long time.

Text:

AUDIO: Assange statement at Saipan Federal Court guilty plea hearing, 26 June 2024:

“Working as a journalist I encouraged my source to provide information that was said to be classified in order to publish that information”

“I believe that the First Amendment protected that activity, but I accept that as written it is a violation of the Espionage Act Statute”

“I believe the First Amendment and the Espionage Act are in contradiction with each other but I accept that it would be difficult to win such a case given all the circumstances.

Audio:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/Julian_Assange_released_from_HMP_Belmarsh_June_24th_2024/2024-06-30_%28date_made_available%29_Assange_statement_at_Saipan_Federal_Court_guilty_plea_hearing_26_June_2 024.mp3

Video (of audio only) with French subs:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Julian_Assange_and_Wikileaks/Julian_Assange_released_from_HMP_Belmarsh_June_24th_2024/2024-06-30_%28date_made_available%29_Assange_statement_at_Saipan_Federal_Court_guilty_plea_hearing_26_June_2 024.mp4

norman

30th June 2024, 21:53

ThePythonicCow

30th June 2024, 21:56

It looks obvious to me that it has a purpose, and an important one.
Hillary (or the evil gang still operating in her name) got some Wikileaks data on her scrubbed from Wikileaks ... if I've got this right, the data that Seth Rich paid for with his life.

I figure she (or they) got what mattered to them most, while they still could. Trump told Tim Pool (in a published interview) a month ago that he would take a serious look at pardoning Assange (and prosecuting Fauci).

The Bush/Clinton/Rockefeller/... crime syndicate is going down, as evidenced by CNN abandoning the ship and turning on Biden after his "debate" with Trump. Trump is on a path to regain the public office of the President, with enough new faces in Congress swept in with him to initiate some serious house cleaning.

I'd guess that what Seth got to Wikileaks could open the door for investigating and prosecuting a variety of crimes punishable by life in prison or by hanging for treason.

Tintin

2nd July 2024, 11:33

Shared by WikiLeaks via their X account, here (https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1807800932152844388), interviews with Jen Robinson and Barry Pollack on ABC 7.30 show. Obviously the situation with Evan Gershkovich, clearly a CIA intelligence asset one would have thought ( :) ), in an election year, would have put the US government in a little bit of a fix: he's being held on charges of espionage:

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1807799363860582400/pu/vid/avc1/1024x576/JGpi1OzrMQYpgLOj.mp4?tag=12

Tintin

2nd July 2024, 11:45

About the deletion of all the DNC emails from Wikileaks . . .

News and Views from the Nefarium, June 27 2024 (https://podbay.fm/p/news-and-views-from-the-nefarium/e/1719514926?t=43)
10 minutes

SHOW NOTES
You may have missed this important story, which, if true, provides perhaps an entree into why the USSA and Julian Assange reached their plea deal

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41MozS9ijzL._SL500_.jpg

...but the emails are still up on the site, Joseph!

Here >>>>: https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/?q=&mfrom=&mto=&title=&notitle=&date_from=&date_to=&nofrom=&noto=&count=50&sort=0&page=1&#searchresult

ExomatrixTV

3rd July 2024, 18:35

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bojancan

3rd July 2024, 23:00

"When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals." ~ Edward Snowden
Interesting!

The FBI Wanted Assange to Die in Prison. Here’s the Real Reason They Let Him Out.
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Julian Assange has finally been freed after over a decade of persecution by the US government for exposing its war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Following a plea deal with the US Department of Justice, the WikiLeaks founder was freed from the super-max Belmarsh Prison on Monday, where he was held for over five years battling impending extradition to the US.

Kevin Gosztola, the curator of TheDissenter.org newsletter & author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange, discusses the global movement to free Assange and why his release is a “major defeat” for the CIA, FBI and Justice Department.

bojancan

3rd July 2024, 23:16

Several government employees and military officers who have resigned from President Joe Biden's administration over Israel's war on Gaza are whistleblowers. All of them are dissenters.

This past week 12 of them united around a call to end the violence and urged their former colleagues to become whistleblowers.

Join Kevin Gosztola for a live broadcast where he'll celebrate these dissenters, and stick around for the second hour, where he'll respond to viewer questions and comments and discuss where his focus will be now that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is free.

The Dissenters Who Have Resigned Over Biden's Support For Israel's War On Gaza
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Tintin

5th July 2024, 12:53

Copying from here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?123211-UK-General-Election-2024&p=1621042&viewfull=1#post1621042)

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"Now that one of the key people behind all this has just been elected prime minister, it’s even less likely that we’ll ever learn the truth. Indeed, one cannot help but wonder if releasing Assange just before the election wasn’t a way — for Starmer and everyone else involved — to make this story go away once and for all." - Thomas Fazi, July 5th, 2024

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Much speculation over why Assange's release right now, but it really had occurred to me that there must be a link to this UK election, and Starmer, being so closely linked to his persecution and that their UK man, Starmer, being most likely propelled to the helm of Government.

This Substack post by Thomas Fazi provides some background.

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Starmer's role in Assange's persecution
Source: https://www.thomasfazi.com/p/starmers-role-in-assanges-persecution

As head of the UK Crown Prosecution Service, the newly elected British PM Keir Starmer played a key role in setting in motion the infernal legal machinery that crushed Assange for 14 years

Even though Julian Assange was finally freed last month, after a 14-year-long ordeal, many myths still endure about the whole affair. One of these is that the case concerning Assange’s alleged rape of two girls in Sweden, in 2010, never went to trial because Assange evaded justice. In reality, Assange, who was then in the UK, made himself available for questioning via several means, by telephone or video conference, or in person in the Australian embassy. But the Swedish authorities insisted on questioning him in Sweden. Assange’s legal team countered that extradition of a suspect simply to question him — not to send him to trial, as he had not been charged — was a disproportionate measure.

This was more than a technicality: Assange feared that if he were extradited to Sweden, the latter’s authorities would extradite him to the US, where he had good reason to believe that he wouldn’t be given a fair trial. Sweden, after all, always refused to provide Assange a guarantee of non-extradition to the US — the reason why, when in 2012 the British Supreme Court ruled that he should be extradited to Sweden, Assange sought political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. From there, however, he continued to make known his availability to be interrogated by the Swedish authorities inside the embassy, but they never replied.

Thanks to a FOIA investigation by the Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi, it would later emerge that a crucial role in getting Sweden to pursue this highly unusual line of conduct was played by the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions, then led by one Keir Starmer. In early 2011, while Assange was still under house arrest, Paul Close, a British lawyer with the CPS, gave his Swedish counterparts his opinion on the case, apparently not for the first time. “My earlier advice remains, that in my view it would not be prudent for the Swedish authorities to try to interview the defendant in the UK”, Close wrote. Why did the Crown Prosecution Service advise the Swedes against the only legal strategy that could have brought the case to a rapid resolution, namely questioning Julian Assange in London, rather than insisting on his extradition?

In hindsight, it seems clear that the CPS’s aim was precisely that of keeping the case in a legal limbo, and Assange trapped in Britain, for as long as possible, especially considering how shaky the case against Assange was in the first place. After all, what better outcome for Assange’s enemies than keeping him under investigation for years, suspected of being a rapist but never either charged or cleared once and for all, thus justifying his arbitrary detention? The CPS’s hostile treatment of Assange, the citizen of an allied country, continued even after he sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, for example by insisting on denying him “safe passage” in UK territory in order to be treated in a hospital for a shoulder problem.

A year after Assange had taken refuge in the embassy, it appears that the Swedish prosecutor was considering dropping the extradition proceedings, but she was deterred from doing so by the CPS. The prosecutor was concerned, among other things, about the mounting costs of costs of the Scotland Yard agents guarding the embassy day and night. But for the British authorities this was not a problem; they replied that they “do not consider costs are a relevant factor in this matter”.

As a result of the Swedish authorities’ highly unusual behaviour, Assange had, by then, been arbitrarily and illegitimately forced into detention for seven years, as was concluded even by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

What role, if any, did Keir Starmer play in all this as head of the CPS? During the period when the body was overseeing Assange’s extradition to Sweden, Starmer made several trips to Washington. US records show Starmer met with Attorney General Eric Holder and a host of American and British national security officials. Using the Freedom of Information Act, the British media organisation Declassified UK requested the itinerary for each of Starmer’s four trips to Washington with details of his official meetings, including any briefing notes. CPS replied that all the documents relative to Starmer’s trips to Washington had been destroyed. Asked for clarification — and whether the destruction of documents was routine — the CPS did not respond.

Similarly, when Maurizi submitted a FOIA request to the CPS to shed light on the correspondence between Paul Close and the Swedish authorities, she was also told that all the data associated with Paul Close’s account had been deleted when he retired and could not be recovered. This only beckoned more questions: why did the CPS destroy key documents on a high-profile, ongoing case? And what did the CPS destroy exactly, and on whose instructions? The CPS added that Close’s email account had been deleted “in accordance with standard procedure”. However, Maurizi would later discover that this procedure was by no means standard. The destruction of key emails was distinctly suspicious.

Since then, Maurizi has been waging a years-long legal fight to access documents related to the CPS and Assange case, but she has been systematically stonewalled by CPS — even despite a judge order ordering the CPS to come clean about the destruction of key documents on Assange. One cannot help but wonder: what are they trying to hide? It’s hard to shake the conclusion that the real purpose of the Swedish investigation, and of CPS’s unusual behaviour, was simply to keep Assange detained for as long as necessary to get him extradited to the US.

Now that one of the key people behind all this has just been elected prime minister, it’s even less likely that we’ll ever learn the truth. Indeed, one cannot help but wonder if releasing Assange just before the election wasn’t a way — for Starmer and everyone else involved — to make this story go away once and for all.