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gordiji

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Re: Wikileaks
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2010, 05:32:05 PM »
i've been following this on zerohedge.com which is a good site for truthfull financial realities.i've heard some bloggers saying the cia are using this as a means for blocking internet content aka free speech.
today the corporations and financial elite 'own' the politicians and main stream media which is rather sad if you
value freedom and justice.
the said powers that be don't like the blogosphere because inquiring minds can shine lights on the political/economic
structure and expose the corruption and outright criminality at the highest levels of government.
lets hope freedom of speech( and un-censored internet )and the freedom to challenge the bilge the mainstream media put out prevail.
for all our sakes.

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Re: Wikileaks
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2010, 11:20:10 AM »
I love the irony.

We kind of accept that governments know everything about their people but if the people get to know stuff about the government, the government goes ape.
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ToneMonkey

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Re: Wikileaks
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2010, 10:02:00 AM »
Has anyone seen that charges the Assange is up for.

Firstly, you have to keep in mind that no one has actually told Mr Assange what the charges are and that they have been mysteriously reopened after originally being quashed in Sweden (and no one has said who has reopened them).

With all the papers repeatedly stating they are rape charges, the issue is that he was having concenting sex and the condom broke.  She said he must have known it broke, he said he didn't.  Apparently Sweden is the only place to have this law and the woman who has broght forward the accusations is apparently famous for her blogs on how to get back at ex-boyfriends.

Smells fishy (on two counts)  :lol:

Hopefully this will be the catylist for something bigger.
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Re: Wikileaks
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2010, 02:51:34 PM »
In one case his offence is a condom splitting yeah, the other varies between him forcing her and him having sex with her while she slept, depending on who is reporting it at the time. In both cases they had sex hours before consensually. The two women who supposedly didn't know each other previously and had never met went to a police station together to ask if what had happened constituted a crime. They were told it was, though he was exonerated in September. After the cables were leaked, a US Senator contacts a different police unit in a different city to where the crimes were originally reported and has them reopen the case and demand him for questioning. Issuing a European Arrest Warrant (illegally, as he hasn't been charged) and attempt to extradite him.
 
Have to be careful about what we say about women in sex crimes cases, if just to prevent making future victims scared of reporting things, but at face value, the above is certainly very worrying.

Surprising nobody in the states is locking up Bill Keller who they can go arrest from his office in New York any time they fancy, but plenty are calling for the execution of an Australian who hasn't broken any laws. A bit like pretending BP are called British Petroleum to divert attention from an entirely American operation, I suppose.