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One Year Since Assange Took Refuge in Ecuadorian Embassy

Posted by Unknown on from the crawling-up-the-walls dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes with an article marking the one year anniversary of Julian Assange seeking asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy. From the article: "Uninterested in facing U.S. justice, Assange said he's prepared to spend five years living there. If he goes out for a walk, he'll be extradited to Sweden to answer rape accusations —after which he has no promise from Sweden to deny further extradition efforts to America, where a grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks awaits. This also means that London's Metropolitan Police have been devoting their resources to keeping tabs on Assange for a year. Yesterday, a spokesperson explained the updated costs of guarding the embassy over the phone: 'From July 2012 through May 2013, the full cost has been £3.8 million ($5,963,340),' he said. '£700,000 ($1,099,560) of which are additional, or overtime costs.' Julian has a treadmill, a SAD lamp, and a connection to the Internet, through which he's been publishing small leaks and conducting interviews. The indoor lifestyle has taken its toll on Julian, and it led to his contracting a chronic lung condition last fall."

2 of 541 comments (clear)

  1. That isn't what they want. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That would be admitting that they are criminal and in the wrong, therefore going to open assasination to gain their ends.

    The reason why they are still guarding the embassy is because they want everyone to know that they WILL get you and it is hopeless to resist the pre-eminent force of our time.

    Handing that force out to some random civilian shows that they are NOT the pre-eminent force of our time, but need "our" help.

  2. Re:seems like a waste of money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nope, even worse that that! He had sex with some really loose women (don't get me wrong, he was a slut too) who later talked to each other and got pissed off at him. Lets remember that that is WHY they are guarding the embassy. Getting revenge for two pissed off sluts is clearly worth millions of dollars in the eyes of the international community. Makes you almost think that there is another reason for it... nah! I'm just being paranoid.