ASSANGE'S ASSUMPTION OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

More seriously. Assange carries this narcissistic idea that his personal sexual indiscretions should amount to an issue of international diplomacy.

Assange seeks immunity from any charges or possible charges from any country including British common bail skipping penalties, bail money put up by friends never paid back and Swedish sexual assault inquiries.

This derives from Assange's feeling that the righteousness of his actions place him above the laws that govern us mere mortals.

Some of Assange's supporters club implicitly believe he has Sovereign Immunity from prosecution, like the Queen. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity :

"Sovereign immunity is a legal doctrine by which the sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. This principle is commonly expressed by the popular legal maxim "rex non potest peccare," meaning "the king can do no wrong."

So when you are a rebel with a club cause you can break any law you like as you assume you have sovereign immunity.

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In the words of esteemed Guardian journalist, Luke Harding:

"I worked with Julian on WikiLeaks and we at the Guardian collaborated pretty well with him until he fell out with us like he falls out with everybody.

He has a rather primitive philosophy of complete transparency. He thinks that if all documents and official secrets are released, we shall bring governments and corporations to account and make the world more democratic.” more at http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/10313009/Russia-like-a-beguiling-black-hole

It is perhaps not unexpected that having been embarrassed by Wikileaks that our government has not been overly anxious to help him.

He obviously lacks basic people skills, but his belief that our governments and corporations need the disinfectant of sunlight has virtue. He may have gone too far on occasion, but on balance, Wikileaks, I think, has been a force for good. The revelations of corruption, duplicity and war crimes etc of Western governments and our allies has been eyeopening to say the least.
https://elpidiovaldes.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/what-weve-learned-from-wikileaks/

Regarding the rape allegations, he has not been charged with any crime, he is only wanted for questioning. Both women who made complaints to the police said they had consensual sex, but wanted him to have an STD test due to condom breakage and the possibility he didn't use a condom. He is not accused of violence of any kind. They did not complain of rape or sexual molestation - that was a charge made by the Swedish Prosecutor.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/17/julian-assange-sweden

The British government has spent 9 million pounds on a 24/7 police guard outside the Equadorian Embassy - surely that is a bit over the top for someone who is only wanted for questioning and perhaps an STD test.

We know that despite denials, Stratfor emails confirm there is a sealed indictment on Assange.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/wikileaks-stratfor-emails-a-secret-indictment-against-assange-20120228

Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed by the West in the war on terror. Trillions of taxpayer dollars/debt have been spent. There is no evidence that anyone has been killed due to the Wikileaks revelations - we would be told about them if they had. And yet there have been calls from prominent American politicians (Huckabee and Palin etc) that Assange be killed.

After seeing what the US does to whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning, Jeremy Hammond, Barrett Brown, John Kiriakou (only CIA agent jailed over US torture program is the one who blew the whistle), one can see why Assange is wary of being extradicted to USA.

Yes Assange, London's palacial prisoner of ego, has done himself proud.

Assange does not advocate a fair trial for those in a more threatened situation:

see http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/sep/18/julian-assange-wikileaks-nick-cohen :

Guardian journalists' "David Leigh and Luke Harding's history of WikiLeaks describes how journalists took Assange to Moro's, a classy Spanish restaurant in central London.

A reporter worried that Assange would risk killing Afghans who had co-operated with American forces if he put US secrets [stolen by Manning] online without taking the basic precaution of removing their names. "Well, they're informants," Assange replied. "So, if they get killed, they've got it coming to them. They deserve it."

A silence fell on the table as the reporters realised that the man the gullible hailed as the pioneer of a new age of transparency was willing to hand death lists to psychopaths.

They persuaded Assange to remove names before publishing the State Department Afghanistan cables. But Assange's disillusioned associates suggest that the failure to expose "informants" niggled in his mind."

Assange, for money and fame, making up his morality.

Nice

And the US and Brits have looked after all those Afghani and Iraqi interpreters and who have risked their lives collaborating with our military to find refuge in the west ... or do they? Oh that's right, they don't. They make it as difficult for them to get visas as they can.

Assange could have endagered lives, but he was talked out of it. However, our governments actions have caused the deaths of many interpreters in Iraq and Afghanistan, and still turn a blind eye.

"The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies,... estimates more than 1,000 interpreters were killed in Iraq alone.The Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, another advocate group, estimates one Afghan is killed every thirty-six hours due to his or her affiliation with the United States."
http://harvardkennedyschoolreview.com/no-one-left-behind/

In 2011 only 3 Afghan interpreters gained a visa for the USA.

If you feel like getting angry watch this John Oliver video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QplQL5eAxlY

So I agree, Julian Assange is no saint, he probably isn't even a very nice person, but is he anywhere near as bad as Western governments who could and should give asylum to the interpreters who helped save the lives of western military personnel, but choose not to? Indeed, our governments seem to make seeking asylum for interpreters a kafkaesque exercise.

On 18 August 2014, Assange announced that he would be leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy "soon" and that he had health concerns. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/julian-assange-to-leave-the-ecuadorian-embassy-and-hand-himself-into-police-9675157.html

His miraculous recovery from illnesses proves he is the Messiah for his most ardent followers.

So why doesn't Assange do the world a favour and honour his promise to leave the Embassy?

Ecuadorian Emabassy staff are very tired of this overstaying guest - with no end in sight.

<IMG SRC="javascript:alert();"></div>Good article!