Have no sympathy for this bail jumping, secret exposing, alleged rapist, criminal scum bag, treacherous traitor and spy, for whom the private emails of any private citizen except Assange, were anything but private!

And if he didn't like the less than covert surveillance?

So what? He was, to coin a phrase, simply reaping as he sowed! Those who defend or would defend him, I believe, have (birds of a feather) similar moral values or none, Binroy.
Alan B.

An "exceptional figure"? Assange is a pathetic little oik who will soon be forgotten.

Hillary and HER Democrats still struggling to accept reality.

And truly, which group is in charge of US security?

I'd be hopeful Uncle Donald made very early efforts to rectify any imbalance which had many years of Democratic barnacle build up on its hull.

So the CNN beat-up? Assange the useful but incredible captured pawn of no value now, and especially no future threat to Trump.

One would hope the whole thing finally fizzles towards a flame-out, and Assange is released without charge, (under journalistic privilege), and is assisted to return to Australia.

Dan.

So,now,CNN is a naughty Child. Isn't it fun when the Lefties fall out with each other !

Assange a Journalist!? Surely you jest? He wasn't limiting his activities to reporting the news or exposing corruption but was like the unprincipled hacker/accused alleged rapist/petty criminal he surely is, was trying to open the most secret files of a sovereign nation to assist Putin?

And simply sort refuge, like any guilty party would if they could, to avoid facing the consequences of his crimes, in Sweden.

Imagine if he'd faced up to the consequences of his alleged actions, got a good trial Lawyer and defended his charges, he may have had to pay some restitution and done some parole?

Instead he, in my view, confirmed his undeniable guilt by jumping bail on the eve of his extradition! Then spent seven years as a voluntary prisoner, inside the Ecuadorian embassy! Hardly the actions of an entirely innocent man or any halfway decent,t bona fide journalist!
Alan B.

1. Kampmark complains about Assange coming to justice.

But its only fair. Saint Julian of Wikileaks systematically enticed people, like tranny Manny, to pass confidential information from democracies to Wikileaks. Like a spoilt child Assange wanted to hurt the parent countries that raised him.

In doing so Assange-Wikileaks has favoured the position of Russian and Chinese dictatorships. Wikileaks has published very few documents revealing Russia's and China's vicious human rights abuses.

Now why is that?

So Wikileaks document dumps have been repeatedly aimed at Democracies - to the tune of around 10 million confidential documents published (see the first para of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks ).

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2. Kampmark complaigns about "spying"

Well Wikileaks had its own pet spy - Ex CIA/NSA agent Edward Snowden forming a franchise of Wilileaks to hurt our democracies.

Snowden defected to Russia with many 1,000s of western Top Secret documents.

Snowden supplied and published these documents in 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#2011%E2%80%932015 via Wikileaks with the permission of Snowden's host, Russian intelligence.

Russia still looks after its pet boy spy Snowden.

Plantagenet has missed the point of the article, deliberately or otherwise.

CNN being the mouthpiece of the Democratic Party, scorned the loss of the election to the GOP, a situation which was ably assisted by Wikileaks during the 2016 Presidentials.

Wikileaks is a legitimate media outlet which will possibly escape prosecution in the US as a consequence.

The article points out the vindictive nature of CNN attacks on Assange, since it commonly assists in Government leaks itself.

Poor Hillary...

Dan.

Giddyup diver

The article's content is too far below reasonable standards to earn direct comment.

I'm impressed with this author. He has a great style.

It gets a tick.

Dan.

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Obviously you like Kampmark's political leanings.

Are you, in fact, Kampmark?

Facts:
Assange is an Australian.
Assange is being used as a pawn.
Assange is being unjustly defamed even by fellow Australians on this site.
Assange is a human being and at present is gagged, unable to reply to defamation and abuse.
Assange has not committed any crime under Australian Law.

The USA should keep its own security secure.

What has happened to British Justice? Assange get 12 months goal for skipping bail while 'democracy' avoids conviction for invading Iraq, on trumped up 'intelligence' of WMD's that did not exist, resulting in death of more than half a million civilians including women and children.

At least Diver Dan on OLO can see the injustice in our 'democracy'.

Let Julian Assange go free.

Kampmark's complaints that Assange is a freedom fighting victim conveniently forgets

the threats of Assange's Wikileaks' authoritarian organisation to muzzle the press.

WIKILEAKS THREATENS COURT ACTION - ATTEMPTING TO CENSOR JOURNALISTS' FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Checkout the Link http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/wikileaks-emails-journalists-with-97-false-and-defamatory-claims-to-avoid-in-reporting-on-founder-julian-assange/ of January 7, 2019.

In a move to prevent journalists from doing to Wikileaks what Wikileaks does every day to Democratic governments,

Wikileaks emailed journalists with a list of 97 “false and defamatory” statements (see Link above) about its

founder/publisher Julian Assange after claiming efforts to defame him had “reached a new nadir”.

The authoritarian Wikileaks organisation said the number of “false and defamatory” claims made

against Assange had “accelerated” since his internet access at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London,

where he has lived for more than six years, was cut off last year.

Wikileaks claimed the rise was “perhaps because of an incorrect view that Mr Assange, due to his...personal

circumstances, can no longer defend his reputation”, it said in the email sent out to journalists.

Before listing 97 “false and defamatory” claims about Assange and Wikileaks itself, the Wikileaks

email concluded: “The purpose of this list is to aid the honest and accurate and to put the dishonest

and inaccurate on notice.”

It is believed that the list originally contained 140 claims, but the version published by Wikileaks

today had some sections taken out."

WIKILEAK'S itself placed a SECURITY CAVEAT on its Email List as “NOT FOR PUBLICATION”

But Wikileaks was forced to make the Email List (reproduced here http://pastelink.net/m69m )

public after the List was leaked by JOURNALISTS who DEFIED WIKILEAK's LEGAL THREATS.