Um, I Think It's Time for a Thread on WikiLeaks

https://emma.best/2019/01/07/140-things-youre-not-allowed-to-say-about-assange-or-wikileaks/

Not sure about the legality or otherwise of dump-quoting a load of these on ILX but there are some real doozys in that list

here's a good one for starters

It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange filed a lawsuit or any other measure against Ecuador over his pet cat, laundry or cleaning [in fact, his cat is not at the embassy since before the protection case was even filed, see https://defend.wikileaks.org/about-julian/].

It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange stinks.

Not sure if this was known elsewhere or what, but Emma Best (above) has started up what seems to be a competitor for Wikileaks.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-time-its-russias-emails-getting-leaked?ref=home

Assange arrested

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/11/julian-assange-arrested-at-ecuadorian-embassy-wikileaks

bit confused by "at the embassy" - did they just invite the police inside?

Apparently yes.

rip big man, heaven needed a cupboard-dwelling 4chan rapist who did some good work by mistake 10 years ago

presumably ecuador's patience finally ran out

Right, they updated the article with the met statement already

Uncle Albert is looking well. pic.twitter.com/QvqpXvJF4F

— . (@twlldun) April 11, 2019

The picture of Richard Dawkins is a weird detail.

BREAKING: #Assange removed from embassy - video pic.twitter.com/qsHy7ZVPg5

— Ruptly (@Ruptly) April 11, 2019

Looks like he's adding resisting arrest to his charge sheet.

British secret service agents roughly CARRIED him into the van. RT

RIP big fella heaven needed a rapist

dammit didn't read far enough upthread

idgi did the embassy staff not let him shave?

I bet the embassy staff are glad to see the back of the scruffy freeloading cunt!

Ecuador last year established new rules for Assange's behaviour while in the embassy, which required him to pay his medical bills and clean up after his pet cat.

Ecuador otm

That's a shame.

Holy shit at that video. The guy is in his 40s. At the rate he is aging, he was going to be in assisted living in another five minutes.

Loling at his 10 metres of fresh air before being bundled into the dark interior of a police van and thence to a windowless cell.

That's a shame.

in... what sense

what's happening with his cat now?

heard they do some delightful buffets at the Ecuadorian embassy.

#freethecat

I was shocked that the NPR news just mentioned that the US hates Wikileaks for revealing its slaughter of civilians in their forever wars.

keep going with that "rapist" stuff w/out knowing the facts, bizz

Don't worry, we will. I see he's modelled his current look on Radovan Karadžić - The New Age Years.

Yeah, admittedly before Assange nobody knew civilians had been killed by the US ever. #fact

great take

There are brave journalists all over the world, and a lot of them aren't far right rapists.

did any of them release the collateral murder video

Tom Cruise iirc

assange did some good stuff but ultimately some really bad stuff

in conclusion, julian asssange is a land of contrasts

Scotland Yard says Assange was also arrested on behalf of the US, which wants him extradited. https://t.co/lUKvsw1dFH

Full story here:https://t.co/iFS80E1eaC

— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) April 11, 2019

hmm

He comes on like the hero of the dragon tattoo books while actually being more like the antagonists of those books

Does that work, I’ve not read them

gotta wonder what chelsea manning makes of this news

US going after him already a little on the nose

assange did some good stuff but ultimately some really bad stuff

― k3vin k., Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:44 AM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't disagree

but glad u guys and Trump are on the same page at last

great take

The best compromise for this asshole is the UK keeps him and doesn't give him over to the US.

what charges would the uk be bringing against him

I am in shock..
I couldn’t hear clearly what he said?
He looks very bad.
How could you Equador ?
(Because he exposed you).
How could you UK. ?
Of course - you are America’s bitch and
you need a diversion from your idiotic Brexit bullshit.

— Pamela Anderson (@pamfoundation) April 11, 2019

xpost Well, they didn't arrest him for fun, did they?

but glad u guys and Trump are on the same page at last

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), 11. april 2019 13:57 (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, Trump has never expressed love for wikileaks ever. Because obviously that would make you hate Assange, right?

Hmm, just glancing it looks like he was arrested for some bullshit, like skipping bail? And reportedly more or less for the sake of tossing him to the Americans. Well, good luck with that, Assange.

Skipping bail on a rape charge, no big deal.