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Interpol Issues Wanted Notice For Julian Assange
chrb writes "Interpol have issued a wanted notice for Julian Paul Assange for alleged sex crimes. The Guardian and Wired both have commentary."
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The scary part is that a) with the resources at the disposal of the U.S govt, I doubt they would have hard time fabricating a sexual assault case and b) these days it's enough that a girl with some acting skills points at you and cries, and that's it - game over.
.. funny how easily they spread their legs for the political rock-star though.
Wonder why they changed their minds?
However, on 18 November, Stockholm District Court approved a request to detain Assange for questioning on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation, and unlawful coercion. Director of Public Prosecutions Marianne Ny, who had reopened the investigation in September, said she had requested the warrant because, "so far, we have not been able to meet with him to accomplish the interrogation."
If he really was innocent why wouldn't he talk to the authorities? His lawyer claims he'd talk to the authorities via skype, the Swedish Embassy in London or Scotland Yard, well in the world I've you really don't get to dictate the terms of your questioning with the police. If I was charged with rape and told the police I'd Skype with them they'd hunt me down and handcuff my ass.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11831519
Citation for what? It's an opinion and I'm entitled to it.
Gone!
Below their level? Rape is worse than almost all the crimes you list there.
I disagree with you, and I am under the firm impression that most feminists and woman's rights advocates would disagree with you too.
Look, that thing between their legs is the only ticket to any sort of power and feeling of importance that most women will ever know. It's not like they have the dedication or drive or intellect of a man. It's not like they have accomplished a damned thing in science or engineering COMPARED TO their male collegues despite not only equal opportunity but the reverse discrimination of affirmative action. Being as capricious and backstabbing and unreasonable about sex as possible is the only way most women will ever feel in control of anything. Of course they want to call consentual sex "rape" if the man said things that were not nice afterwards. That doesn't make it right.
This is tough to say as a woman, but I applaud you for this statement.
Assange wants to act like he's just a whistle blower.
He's not a whistle blower, he's an anarchist. I don't really think he believes he's going to stop war by somehow leveling the playing field. I personally think he's doing this to get even for the perceived notion that this US administration hasn't worked fast enough to get out of Iraq/Afghanistan. Because if he had any real sense he'd realize he could very possibly start a bigger war in the near future.
But he was able to give an interview to Time magazine in which he called for Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, to resign. "She should resign, if it can be shown that she was responsible for ordering US diplomatic figures to engage in espionage in the United Nations, in violation of the international covenants to which the US has signed up. Yes, she should resign over that," he said.
Nice job of pot calling kettle--he's doing EXACTLY THE SAME THING. He is also committing acts of espionage.
What surprises me is two things: 1) Surely they would have better charges than this they could use against him. 2) Why has no one been able to sink Wiki Leaks. A couple of DOS attacks? Surely if any major governmental power had wanted to, they would have "sunk his battleship" by now.
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