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In reply to the discussion: Vivienne Westwood uses London Fashion Week to declare support for Assange [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)99. Interesting that UK Foreign Minister Carr is telling blatant lies...
or else he is just uninformed:
"Mr Assange should be prosecuted under the Espionage Act <of 1917>," the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Californian Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein, said in a written statement provided to The Age.
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Foreign Minister Bob Carr, who has declined to describe Mr Assange as a journalist, claimed last week that there was "not the remotest evidence" of any US government desire to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder.
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Foreign Minister Bob Carr, who has declined to describe Mr Assange as a journalist, claimed last week that there was "not the remotest evidence" of any US government desire to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder.
Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/fresh-call-on-assange-espionage-20120701-21b59.html#ixzz27BeFiqcs
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Vivienne Westwood uses London Fashion Week to declare support for Assange [View all]
reorg
Sep 2012
OP
A picture of herself labelled "I'm Julian Assange" sure calls awareness to climate, doesn't it?
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#11
Because we know governments never lie? That every action they take is with the purest intentions?
hack89
Sep 2012
#31
Question of Diplomatic Asylum : Report of the [UN] Secretary-General [22 September 1975]
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#98
The OAS is the only world organization with a treaty that recognizes diplomatic ayslum
hack89
Sep 2012
#102
Consent may already be present in the form of a treaty or unilateral declaration...
AntiFascist
Sep 2012
#118
The latest news of the direct US investigation of Assange's role in the cable leaks...
AntiFascist
Sep 2012
#41
The Swedish judicial system is one of the most fair and open systems in the world
hack89
Sep 2012
#51
Again, he seems to have no problem going to Sweden under the right circumstances...
AntiFascist
Sep 2012
#66
Has she forgotten how the Climategate emails, released by Wikileaks, scuttled the Copenhagen summit?
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#12