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Julian Assange, the glass cage and heaven in a rage: day four of extradition hearings : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 2/3/2020

The legal issues discussed on the fourth day centred on quibbling over the issue of espionage and its nexus with political activity.

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Assange cannot be allowed to interact with folk (his lawyers) who may willingly bring in/pass contraband or drugs etc? Thus, possibly allow this grub to delay the inevitable!

How many millions has the miserable excuse for a human being forced the brits to waste in a futile attempt to have this creature answer for his illicit activities, all of them!

And money better spent on far more worthy causes than a Russian managed operative/traitor?

The bail jumping criminal can be afforded the same rights as any other bail jumping crim, allowed to instruct his lawyers with handwritten notes transferred by the bailiff? Get on with it and get it over and done with! Enough BS here to thoroughly sink several Titanics?
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Monday, 2 March 2020 9:41:37 AM
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Assange grandstands at the drop of a hat. Out of glass he would grandstand to the public/press gallery more.

Removing Assange from glass would be a special favour.

Assange and his doting legal team would declare some sort of victory at such a concession.
Posted by plantagenet, Monday, 2 March 2020 11:12:56 AM
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And so, like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. Time this BS writ large drama was pulled and a criminal bail jumper forced to face, the chosen by him, consequences of HIS actions! He has had a fair hearing all over the joint!
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Monday, 2 March 2020 4:23:39 PM
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Trump could pardon Assange at any time.

A federal pardon in the United States is the action of the President of the United States that completely sets aside the punishment for a federal crime. [1]

A federal pardon can be issued prior to the start of a legal case or inquiry, prior to any indictments being issued, for unspecified offenses, and prior to or after a conviction for a federal crime. [2]

Federal pardons issued by the president apply only to federal law; they do not apply to civil, state, or local offenses. [3]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#Modern_process

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#Limitations
Posted by plantagenet, Monday, 2 March 2020 8:07:35 PM
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Posted by Alan B., Monday, 2 March 2020 9:41:37 AM

" ... Assange cannot be allowed to interact with folk (his lawyers) who may willingly bring in/pass contraband or drugs etc? Thus, possibly allow this grub to delay the inevitable! ... "

How many millions has the miserable excuse for a human being forced the brits to waste in a futile attempt to have this creature answer for his illicit activities, all of them! ... "

..

I have read some of Galen's posts with interest and plainly alan b for bs you are a complete half-wit.

The wig-parasites defending Julian, like the wig-parasites here, are first and foremost servants of the court and that stinking ...'ed genocidal whore windsor who for not too much longer remains head of state of the repugnant little hole south of Scotland. To suggest that they may smuggle illicit substance into him as a reason for confining him just shows what a moron you are.

It would perhaps be good to see an extremist commit war crimes against members of your family and then you may appreciate the hugely valuable contribution that Julian has made, like the n.american militant who brutally raped a young girl then butchered and burnt her alive. I bet he got off on a "personality disorder."

Under international law as I understand it, it is not a crime to dob in war criminals. In fact, the likes of Kofi Anan and others encourage it. What you are suggesting is a distinct disincentive for others to report the evil activities of international rogues.

And that is a position that leaves the vulnerable defenceless.

You're a joke alan bs .. may you suffer till you learn better.
Posted by rEPRUSu, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 1:05:55 AM
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Assange: Australian Diplomats from our High Commission in London "at each day of Assange trial"

The Canberra Times, 6 March 2020 reports http://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6663733/consular-officials-watching-assange-trial/

"Australian officials are confident Julian Assange is being afforded due process during his extradition trial in London.

The WikiLeaks founder has complained about being unable to instruct his lawyers from his glass-encased dock and says he can't hear the proceedings given the noise outside the courtroom.

Consular officials and officers from the high commission in London are attending each day of Assange's trial and providing summaries of the proceedings to Foreign Minister Marise Payne and senior officials.

"At this stage, we have not received any information to suggest that anything other than due process is being afforded to him," DFAT executive Andrew Todd told a Senate estimates hearing on [5 March 2020].

[Captilalised for emphasis] "LAST YEAR, ASSANGE WITHDREW CONSENT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HIM TO BE GIVEN TO THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT." [WHY?]

Assange reported being handcuffed 11 times, stripped naked twice and having his case files confiscated after the first day of his trial.

"We sought advice from the prison in relation to those reports," Mr Todd said.

"We were advised that other than the issue with legal documents, they were standard prison-to-court and court-to-prison procedures."

Senator Payne said there had been "an acknowledgement an error was made" in relation to the legal documents and they were returned.

"I trust we have determined that won't occur again," she told the committee.

It was revealed last week that meetings between Assange and his lawyers inside the Ecuadorian embassy in the United Kingdom were allegedly secretly filmed...."

MORE TO FOLLOW
Posted by plantagenet, Friday, 6 March 2020 4:24:08 PM
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