Wikileaks now claims Ecuador cut off Julian Assange’s internet access

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters

Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said on Monday that its founder Julian Assange’s internet was shut down by the government of Ecuador, deflecting blame from the U.S. or British governments who have sparred with Assange for releasing sensitive material.

“We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange’s internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of (Hillary) Clinton’s Goldman Sachs speechs (sic),” the statement from WikiLeaks said.

Assange has lived and worked in Ecuador’s London embassy since June 2012, having been granted asylum there after a British court ordered him extradited to Sweden to face questioning in a sexual molestation case involving two female WikiLeaks supporters. WikiLeaks said Assange lost internet connectivity on Sunday night.

“We have activated the appropriate contingency plans,” added the Twitter message on Monday. People close to WikiLeaks say that Assange himself is the principal operator of the website’s Twitter feed.

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[JI7]

1. they want him gone

[msanthrope]

2. It's the pedo investigation apparently. nt

[JI7]

9. what a scumbag , and there are people continuing to defend him

[Lucky Luciano]

5. They probably appreciated him on some level, but can't risk helping the orangutan get elected. Nt

[arely staircase]

19. Now that he is openly helping trump

the shine has come off that turd.

[George II]

3. How much rent has he een paying for the last four years? Mr. Assange:

[GOLGO 13]

4. Bring this criminal to justice.

[winstars]

6. Maybe he went over on his DATA CAP!!! Does the Ecuadorian embassy have Comcast??? LOL

[cstanleytech]

7. Odd, I honestly cant see them cutting his internet off due to outside pressure as they have shown

themselves unwilling to bend in the past to the British and the Swedish governments.

[groundloop]

8. Hopefully the embassy is working to ease him out the door

[Rex]

10. A blow to Mother Russia.

[Midnight Writer]

11. Live by the dirty internet tricks, die by the dirty internet tricks

[JRLeft]

12. Wikileaks has a 100% accuracy rating so everyone should want it to continue its work.

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[Festivito]

13. Unfortunately, this might result in a more uncontrolled release of documents in fail safe mode.

Careful what is wished for. Aspire to be Luke Skywalker and wake up resembling a storm trooper without the force being with, rather the farce instead. And, the farce seems strong around here.

[canetoad]

14. I hope Julian ponders

That he could have gone to Sweden or wherever, either got off free or served a short sentence and been out in far less time than he's been holed up in a room in the embassy. He didn't think this through.

[randome]

15. “We have activated the appropriate contingency plans..." Oh, my, how ominous.

I guess the world is in for a spanking now! What classless buffoons.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

[snooper2]

16. Imagine him for years in that little room- all he has is his Internet to keep him occupied

The asshole may just go completely insane now LOL

Maybe they gave him a rubik's cube to play with

[GulfCoast66]

17. Does that mean no porn?

He will be coming out soon!