Todays arrest of Julian Assange the infamous journalist, internet activist, whistleblower and WikiLeaks frontman, shows exactly why citizens of so called democratic countries should mistrust their governments.
You don’t have to believe in conspiracy theories to see that this case is the perfect proof that the US Government will stop at nothing to keep their dirty secrets from leaking out. And somehow they have Sweden on their side: a very strange ally.
Something extraordinary is going on. The allegations – that’s all they are right now – against Assange would normally never have lead to Interpol issuing an international arrest warrant. That was definitely triggered by and as a service to the US government.
Want proof? Just take a look at the Interpol list and see how many people are on it that are suspected of rape? Exactly: you won’t find any… Except Assange.
And what’s it all about?
Assange was wanted in connection with four allegations. The first complaint, by a “Miss A”, said she was victim of “unlawful coercion” on the night of 14 August in Stockholm. The court heard Assange is accused of using his body weight to hold her down in a sexual manner.
The second charge alleged Assange “sexually molested” Miss A by having sex with her without a condom when it was her “express wish” one should be used.
The third charge claimed Assange “deliberately molested” Miss A on 18 August “in a way designed to violate her sexual integrity”.
The fourth charge accused Assange of having sex with a second woman, Miss W, on 17 August without a condom while she was asleep at her Stockholm home.
The fact that a UK judge denies Assange bail – even though no evidence for the charges has been presented at this time and sponsors would come up with the bail – can’t be anything else than politically motivated. Assange will spend his days in jail until 14 December when his case (extradition to Sweden) will be up again.
Of course the masterplan is to extradite Assange to to Sweden under the EAW system, so the US can then request extradition to the USA, as that country has an extradition treaty with the Scandinavian nation dating back more than five decades. And while Assange is kept busy in the UK and later in Sweden, the US can build their bogus case against him.
You only have to hear U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (visiting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. troops in Afghanistan), reaction to the arrest to know this scenario doesn’t sound that fa fetched. “That sounds like good news to me,” Gates said Tuesday.
Powers that be
So the attack on the person Assange has begun. But the organization WikiLeaks is under attack as well. This time by the financial institutions. Again there can’t be any mistake about it: this is a politically motivated and orchestrated move as well.
Authorities in Switzerland closed Assange’s bank account on Monday, while MasterCard, VISA and PayPal all have pulled the plug on payments to WikiLeaks. I can not think up ANY real reason why they would do this other that that it’s a political case.
Secrecy and condoning a government within a government (i.e. all the three letter agencies) is never a good idea. Off course everyone gets away with things because they can always say the information is a matter of “national security”. As such these people place themselves above the law.
The next few days and possibly weeks will be a test for modern democracy and freedom of speech and information.
So far WikiLeaks has not released the key to a heavily encrypted version of some of the most sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables – an “insurance” file that has been distributed to supporters and news media in case of an emergency. Personally I think its time to blow the lid of this stinking cesspool.
Governments are warned: information wants to be free. You can not fool your citizens for ever. If the USA wants to make and example of Assange, I think they might find out they will fall onto their own sword.
I was waiting for you to cover this subject 😉 Unless we get Chinese government policies, the information on WikiLeaks will be available, we have learned from past cases that the internet can’t be controlled by a government or commercial organization (thank God!). If you look at the list of available mirrors every step the US government does is useless (closing DNS servers, DOS attacking servers and pressuring organizations/governments).
Attacking the credibility of Julian Assange is of course scenario 1 in the book of any 3 letter agency. But even when they gag or worse kill Assange they won’t succeed because the information is distributed globally, actually they will make a martyr of him. The laws of power have been changed, democracy and freedom of the press give journalists the ability to check our governments if they like it or not. This will always be a game of cat-and-mouse.
The game has changed, so the rules have changed too. Governments don’t understand this – yet. They are slow learners.