Current Wikileaks and Assange News & Releases

[gini]

Interview with Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=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]

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

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

𝕊𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝔼𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝔻𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕖𝕣 🇺🇸
@nomandatesco
INTERVIEW SECURED 🔥🔥

Tucker Carlson Interview with Julian Assange 👀🔥🙌

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

Let’s GOOOO‼️‼️🙌

Actually Tucker is already here touring Australia from 21 June 2024 to 1 July 2024, I take it we can expect the Julian Assange interview in that time period.

Link: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/Show...?sh=TUCKERCA24

Update / Note: Tucker went to Belmarsh Prison awhile back to interview JA and came back empty handed. I wonder if he had been told to wait until JA gets released and is back in Australia. Because it is no coincidence that his tour coincides with JA release.

[Tintin]

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)

Posted by Tintin (here)
Sod timing.

sorry for the conspiratorial gobsh**e

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

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

[Arcturian108]

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]

• 10 most controversial exposé by WikiLeaks founded by Julian Assange:

• dutch 🇳🇱 (+ Multi-Language Options). 🦜🦋🌳

[ExomatrixTV]

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

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KmT9M-e0We4

[ExomatrixTV]

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

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XATYVc6upMY

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 starts

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

[arwen]

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)

Posted by Tintin (here)
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 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]

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

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xfD2hIwN8fU

[Tintin]

Posted by arwen (here)

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)

Posted by Tintin (here)
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 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

Source: https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails...&#searchresult

Index PDFs: https://file.wikileaks.org/file/clin...ugust_Release/

[ExomatrixTV]

[arwen]

Posted by Tintin (here)

Posted by arwen (here)

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)

Posted by Tintin (here)
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 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

Source: https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails...&#searchresult

Index PDFs: https://file.wikileaks.org/file/clin...ugust_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]

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

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=v2pBAtkK5hc

(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]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=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]

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

RT
Thu, 27 Jun 2024



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-...ssanges-lawyer

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by arwen (here)
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]

“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. This is an excerpted segment from The New York Times.

[Tintin]

Wow, okay, we have AUDIO. Again, provided by Stella Assange 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:



Video (of audio only) with French subs:

[norman]

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

News and Views from the Nefarium, June 27 2024
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

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by I am B (here)
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.