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The founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police.
The 39-year-old Australian denies allegations he sexually assaulted two women in Sweden.
Scotland Yard said Mr Assange was arrested on a European arrest warrant by appointment at a London police station at 0930 GMT.
He is due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court later.
Mr Assange is accused by the Swedish authorities of one count of rape, one of unlawful coercion and two counts of sexual molestation, alleged to have been committed in August 2010.
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On the right? LOL you libs have been whining about this guy because he exposed Obama and Hillary for the fools and backstabbers they are. So dont try and throw this on the right as it has only hurt those on the left.Some clarification is needed.
1. He turned himself in. He was not "arrested" in the classic form of the term with police hunting him down and throwing him in cuffs.
2. The case for sending him to Sweden is very weak. One of the women in question is a known feminist who believes men dominate women and need to be punished.
3. And the rule of law has to be followed. This has nothing (in theory) to do with the Wikileaks situation and even in Sweden the case against him is very weak to say the least. Many are saying it is an overzealous prosecutor that is going after him.
Also dont count on the US getting him at least legally. The US justice department is looking for something to charge him with that does not involve the death penalty (as many on the right want), since no European country would release anyone to the US with the threat of a death sentence.
And then comes in the lack of credibility the US justice system has in many European countries these days, and the clear political motives behind wanting Assange given over to the US. What law exactly has he broken to be brutally honest? Over 3 million people had access to this information on a daily basis before it was leaked.. it was hardly hugely secret stuff.
As for the latest leaks.. pft, the Russians already knew that lol, so freaking what.
-- It sounds incredibly bogus to me.
On the right? LOL you libs have been whining about this guy because he exposed Obama and Hillary for the fools and backstabbers they are. So dont try and throw this on the right as it has only hurt those on the left.
And that's the Daily Mail saying that too. There's two things that strike me - 1) the first accuser "Sarah" held a party for Assange after they allegedly had sex (or she was raped) so is that Stockholm Syndrome or something else? 2) the two women met after the sexual liasons - was there an element of competition?
If he's innocent, this is a bad day for the sovereignty of certain European governments and for free speech in general. If he's guilty - lock him up and throw away the key for the sexual charges he faces - however I wonder whether pressure has been put on the two women to make these charges.
Some of the leaks have done the UK population a big favour - however last night's more security oriented leaks on steps to protect Baltic States in case of Russian attack were really dangerous.
Wikileaks: Julian Assange's 2 one-night stands spark a worldwide hunt | Mail Online
this is a very detailed account of the two women and their charges against Assanges. It sounds incredibly bogus to me.
And, BTW, Assange is not charged with rape or molestation, as the mediawhores are claiming. He is charged under a strange Swedish law called sex by surprise, because he did not use a condom. LOL.
I think women should have the right to not be made pregnant against their will, myself.
But, hey, that's just me.
It was their choice to have sex. If they can't take responsibility for their actions, then they should not be having sex.
It was their choice to have sex. If they can't take responsibility for their actions, then they should not be having sex.
So this "responsibility" only extends to women, and not men.
Duly noted.
I'm no fan of Assange but the sex extradition things smells pretty fishy to me.
So this "responsibility" only extends to women, and not men.
Duly noted.
Sweden has an *extradition treaty with the U.S
nothing about the damage to the country or it's interests. Remarkable.
Julian Assange is not an American citizen. Exactly what is it that you believe he did? And, what longterm damage do you believe has actually been caused?
Julian Assange is not an American citizen. Exactly what is it that you believe he did? And, what longterm damage do you believe has actually been caused?
November 26, 2010|By Jill Dougherty, CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Wikileaks' Julian Assange shows a page from the release of Iraq war documents at an October briefing in London.A former U.S. ambassador to Russia tells CNN the impending leaks of diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks could contain highly sensitive information that reveals U.S. negotiating positions and sensitive intelligence as well as confidential views, analyses, instructions and strategy.
James F. Collins, ambassador to Moscow from 1997 to 2001, and director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the expected online disclosure has to be taken seriously.
"Leaking information of this kind will be detrimental to building the trust among officials necessary to conduct effective and productive diplomacy. It will impede doing things in a normal, civilized way," Collins said.
He added, "I would think the information they will leak is likely to contain analysis, records of discussions or reporting on confidential conversations between officials or official policy recommendations or suggestions about policy or diplomatic actions."
A threat by Wikileaks to publish new disclosures has sparked a massive review of diplomatic documents by the State Department. A source tells CNN that every diplomatic mission document, from 2006 to 2009, is under review as the website threatens to release millions of pages of classified embassy information soon.
The information blitz from WikiLeaks would offer a glimpse into the worldwide communications of the State Department and its 297 embassies, consulates and missions -- through what commonly are referred to as "cables."
Collins said these are the telegrams used for official instructions, reports and communications from the State Department in Washington to its international posts as well as from those posts back to Washington. Much informal communication today is by e-mail and other kinds of modern communications, he said, "but official instructions to the ambassador tend to come through telegrams which an ambassador can assume have been properly coordinated in Washington."..........
US says WikiLeaks release gives Al Qaeda a hit list
Cables expose worldwide sites considered vital
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the disclosure disregarded the safety of millions of people.
By Sharon Theimer
Associated Press / December 7, 2010
Sending your articleYour article has been sent. E-mail| Print| Reprints| Comments (3)Text size – + WASHINGTON — In a disclosure of some of the most sensitive information yet revealed by WikiLeaks, the website has put out a secret cable that lists sites worldwide that the US considers crucial to its national security.
US officials said the leak amounts to giving a hit list to terrorists.
Among the locations cited in the diplomatic cable from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are undersea communications lines, satellite communication stations, mines, vaccine and antivenin factories, and suppliers of food and manufacturing materials.
The Pentagon declined to comment yesterday on the details of what it called stolen documents containing classified information. But a spokesman, Colonel David Lapan, called the disclosure damaging and said the 2009 cable gives valuable information to adversaries.
The State Department echoed the Pentagon’s statement. “Releasing such information amounts to giving a targeting list to groups like Al Qaeda,’’ agency spokesman P.J. Crowley said.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the disclosure, telling the BBC it was a reprehensible act committed “without regard to wider concerns of security, the security of millions of people.’’..............
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