59 replies to this topic

[JohnM]

Sounds to me like he's safer in custody than on bail. The next few weeks are going to be interesting, to say the least.

[shrek]

Be interesting to see what they've held back as "insurance".

An interesting one to watch from the sidelines, can see Mastercard, Visa and Amazon copping a fair bit of flack in a very sympathetic press for there respective stances.

[sam]

le mash

[bendyas]

How many other 'accused' have their assets frozen?

[bowes]

Apparently the leaks can still be published and include things on UFOs (now that I would like to read) and insider details of banks that could bring a couple down.

Most of the leaks I'm happy with but I think the recent one on things of national importance to the USA was a bit too dangerous (in terms of terrorist threat) and probably why they upped efforts to arrest him.

[shrek]

Most of the leaks I'm happy with but I think the recent one on things of national importance to the USA was a bit too dangerous (in terms of terrorist threat) and probably why they upped efforts to arrest him.

I hear what your saying, but if you were so inclined as to be targeting sites that would be of national importance to the USA or its Allies, was there really anything on there you wouldn't have been able to come up with anyway?

[JohnM]

For once, The Guardian has its uses.

The British government's deep fears that Libya would take "harsh and immediate" action against UK interests if the convicted Lockerbie bomber died in a Scottish prison are revealed in secret US embassy cables which show London's full support for the early release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

[bendyas]

I hear what your saying, but if you were so inclined as to be targeting sites that would be of national importance to the USA or its Allies, was there really anything on there you wouldn't have been able to come up with anyway?

Exactly. The reaction to the 'news' coming from some of the cables is quite frankly pathetic. It's as though we have nothing else to worry about!!

[Bedford Roughyed]

Exactly. The reaction to the 'news' coming from some of the cables is quite frankly pathetic. It's as though we have nothing else to worry about!!

I mean who would know that BAe sites helping build the F22 fighter would be important? Or Telecoms sites? (though Goonhilly is no longer used for Sat Coms and Martlesham is no longer BT).

[JohnM]

article in The New Yorker

[ckn]

Martlesham is no longer BT.

Off topic: It still is. Adastral Park at Martlesham Heath is a major BT R&D site. In the techie news last week that people in the neighbouring Kesgrave part of Ipswich will be getting a trial of 1gbps broadband early next year.

On the main subject though: It's very convenient that he's subject to an international arrest warrant with repercussions usually limited to large scale terrorists. I've also read a few media pieces like this that raise more doubts in my mind.

[Bedford Roughyed]

Off topic: It still is. Adastral Park at Martlesham Heath is a major BT R&D site. In the techie news last week that people in the neighbouring Kesgrave part of Ipswich will be getting a trial of 1gbps broadband early next year.

On the main subject though: It's very convenient that he's subject to an international arrest warrant with repercussions usually limited to large scale terrorists. I've also read a few media pieces like this that raise more doubts in my mind.

Off Off topic, I meant the Sat coms teleport bit

Major Denial of service attacks going on right left and centre.

Anon (or anonymous) are taking down websites of anyone who are acting against Wikileaks (Paypal, MasterCard, etc). Anon don't necessary support wikileaks but they love a good hacking party! (Anon are behind such wonders as Rickrolling, Palins email hack, the term 'lulz'...). Anon are more about telling the governments that they don't control the Internet as much as they think they do.

MasterCard and Visa have stopped payments to Wikileaks (but will happily let you pay your KKK membership...) and paypal have closed an account.

Edited by Bedford Roughyed, 08 December 2010 - 11:21 AM.

[waistline expansionist]

Off topic: It still is. Adastral Park at Martlesham Heath is a major BT R&D site. In the techie news last week that people in the neighbouring Kesgrave part of Ipswich will be getting a trial of 1gbps broadband early next year.

On the main subject though: It's very convenient that he's subject to an international arrest warrant with repercussions usually limited to large scale terrorists. I've also read a few media pieces like this that raise more doubts in my mind.

Assange is already trying to blackmail all and sundry governments with his threats of a massive release of documents should anything (what, exactly, isn't clear) be done to him.

He can't be allowed to play some kind of Get out of Jail Free card.

[JohnM]

I'm not convinced he is going to survive all this.

He's safer in jail here than anyone else. I just hope he has not upset the Israeli govt. Mossad have VERY long arms!

also, see Collateral Murder

Edited by JohnM, 08 December 2010 - 11:33 AM.

[Padge]

I have no sympathy for the guy, if he gets 'taken out' he'll have brought it upon himself. He may as well have stood up and said I am a member of Al Qaeda and declare war on the U.S. government and its allies.

The bloke is an idiot.

[Northern Sol]

His releases of Afghan material had the names of local informants included in them. Quite a few are probably now dead as a result.

Whatever he has got coming to him he deserves for that alone but it is rough justice.

[Padge]

I'm not convinced he is going to survive all this.

He's safer in jail here than anyone else. I just hope he has not upset the Israeli govt. Mossad have VERY long arms!

also, see Collateral Murder

Not convinced with your idea that he is safe in jail. A lot of people commit suicide in jail, he may already have enough rope he may just need someone to help him with the knot.

[Li0nhead]

I'm not convinced he is going to survive all this.

He's safer in jail here than anyone else. I just hope he has not upset the Israeli govt. Mossad have VERY long arms!

also, see Collateral Murder

Isreal get off quite light....

http://www.haaretz.c...elease-1.328373

[JohnM]

Not convinced with your idea that he is safe in jail. A lot of people commit suicide in jail, he may already have enough rope he may just need someone to help him with the knot.

you've got a point there!

get a good insight into the guy from the New Yorker article I mentioned earlier.

Edited by JohnM, 08 December 2010 - 08:21 PM.

[Padge]

What?

Don't be a cretin....

In case it passed your notice NATO is at war, do you think people would have been declaring him a wonderful chap if he had handed over Americas archive of miltary secrets to Hitler in WWII.

I will not rise to your childesh cretin comment.