Character assasination? Maybe Assange will publish the “Insurance” documents now…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11047025
Update: Rape charges dropped, now investigation for molestation in seperate case…
This is certainly an interesting time to comence such allegations , I hope that the case will come to justice and justice will be done. As they say in sweden look after your own business or your business will look after you.
Wow, this is a big time character hit job. If they can’t get the public to turn against them, then say they molest people. I think Assange’s defiance of the American government is awesome. Keep it up.
Seems Mr. Big is following the plan as published on wikileaks back on March available here, summary below:
U.S. Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks, 18 Mar 2008
- Release date
- March 15, 2010
Summary
This document is a classified (SECRET/NOFORN) 32 page U.S. counterintelligence investigation into WikiLeaks. The possibility that current employees or moles within DoD or elsewhere in the U.S. government are providing sensitive or classified information to WikiLeaks.org cannot be ruled out*. It concocts a plan to fatally marginalize the organization. Since WikiLeaks uses trust as a center of gravity by protecting the anonymity and identity of the insiders, leakers or whistleblowers*, the report recommends The identification, exposure, termination of employment, criminal prosecution, legal action against current or former insiders, leakers, or whistleblowers could potentially damage or destroy this center of gravity and deter others considering similar actions from using the WikiLeaks.org Web site*. [As two years have passed since the date of the report, with no WikiLeaks' source exposed, it appears that this plan was ineffective]. As an odd justification for the plan, the report claims that Several foreign countries including China, Israel, North Korea, Russia, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe have denounced or blocked access to the WikiLeaks.org website*. The report provides further justification by enumerating embarrassing stories broken by WikiLeaks—U.S. equipment expenditure in Iraq, probable U.S. violations of the Chemical Warfare Convention Treaty in Iraq, the battle over the Iraqi town of Fallujah and human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay
Would love to see the wikileaks concept expanded to more localized levels, e.g. AlabamaLeaks, MexicoLeaks, etc…
On top of that, if he was charged with rape, can the government seize Assange’s computers, aka shut down wikileaks?
Assange isn’t the only one running WikiLeaks.
No, but what is to stop them from stealing them as evidence.
Also, there was a Reason article about this issue. Apparently, they seem to say there is no US conspiracy. The women involved were pretty much femme-nazis. Look at her the wrong way and it’s sexual harrassment. The charges are probably still bunk though.
I still don’t rule out a covert op hit on assange. All they need is some anomynous person to suggest that he “molested” her to get the ball rolling.
If only the masses were more reasonable and could see through obvious attempts for the CIA or DoD discredit someone.