The suck of the Vassal State to its corrupt ruler, will continue unabated.

Dan.

"Australian citizens lack the ability…". Worse, they lack the interest and the will to get involved in politics. And so, we get what we get.

But. Julian Assange? Has broken no Australian laws and is an Australian citizen? So bloody what! Our main ally, and another friendly country want him to answer charges; being an Australian doesn’t exempt him from facing those matters.

As for the rambling about ASIS and ASIO - totally inappropriate to lump in with Assange. Our security services are there to protect our democracy.

ttbn,
They don't want Assange to answer charges, they want him dead.
- Or to never speak or to see the light of day again.

"As for the rambling about ASIS and ASIO - totally inappropriate to lump in with Assange. Our security services are there to protect our democracy."

Spinning the Secrets of State
Politics and Intelligence in Australia

http://publishing.monash.edu/product/spinning-the-secrets-of-state/

"What is the purpose of an intelligence organisation? The short answer is to transform disparate and ambiguous information into a product that clarifies national security decision-making. Ideally, that process ought to be politically neutral and detached from the policy objectives of the government it serves. But what happens when intelligence ceases to be impartial and is used as a political means to support a policy preference? More significantly, what happens when intelligence is distorted, twisted or manipulated to achieve this aim?

Spinning the Secrets of State addresses these questions by investigating historical case studies developed from assiduous research into previously classified archival documents, political papers, private correspondence and diaries to show how the secrets of state can be spun into a potent political weapon."

If you do not intend to honour your word of honour in relation to the official secrets act. Don't put your John Hancock on a official secrets act, document. And what's more don't intend to honour your word of honour? Do not accept the ultra generous salary and entitlements that go with the job!

There's no case for whistleblowers in such circumstances! And had the crimson fool kept his yap shut! None of the controvercy and strained relations that followed would have ensued. And East Timor would have fared far better than was the eventual case!
Alan B.

Assange ain't a member of the US Department of Defense, he's not even a US citizen Alan B.
He's an Australian journalist.