Aug 19 -[..]ange speaks from Ecuador embassy balcony, slams U.S. ‘witch hunt’

http://www.firstpost.com/topic/place...iNE-617-1.html




There was no arrest. No escape. No surrender. No[..]assination attempt. No human smuggling. No helicopter or hovercraft. Just a wanted man, on a balcony with a microphone.

WikiLeaks founder Julian[..]ange emerged from a window onto a small balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy on Sunday, where he made his first public remarks since being granted asylum.

"I ask President Obama to do the right thing,"[..]ange, who's been holed up in the embassy since June, said as he read a written statement. "The United States must renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks. The Unites States must dissolve its FBI investigation. The United States must vow that it will not seek to prosecute our staff or our supporters."

A crowd of 200 gathered near the embassy to hear[..]ange speak as dozens of London police officers--who had created a wide barrier in front of the embassy--stood watch.


On Thursday, Ecuador's foreign minister announced that the country would grant asylum to[..]ange, defying threats by the British government to storm the Ecuadorean Embassy and extradite[..]ange to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning in cases of alleged[..] and secksual molestation.

"We have decided to grant political asylum to him," Ricardo Patino said at the end of a long televised statement from the Ecuadorean capital of Quito, where he criticized the U.S. and U.K. governments for failing to protect[..]ange from political persecution.

"The sun came up on a different world,"[..]ange said, "and a courageous Latin American nation took a stand for justice."

On Sunday,[..]ange did not address the allegations of secksual crime, or when the diplomatic standoff between Sweden, Ecuador and the U.K. might end.
Assange also called for the release of Bradley Manning, the former U.S. army intelligence analyst accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.

"If Bradley Manning did as he is accused, he is a hero and an example to all of us and one of the world's foremost political prisoners,"[..]ange said.
Assange fears that if he were extradited to Sweden, he would immediately be extradited to the United States, which has condemned WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents.[..]ange and his supporters say the U.S. would charge him with espionage; the U.S. has not said whether or not it would pursue charges against him.

The foreign minister said that Ecuador asked Sweden to promise it would not extradite[..]ange to the United States, but Sweden refused.

It's unclear what will happen to[..]ange now. U.K. authorities say his asylum is a violation of his probation, and he'll be arrested if he tried to leave the embassy.
"We will not allow Mr.[..]ange safe passage out of the United Kingdom," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said at a press conference last week. "Nor is there any legal basis for us to do so. The United Kingdom does not recognize the principle of diplomatic asylum."
On Sunday,[..]ange claimed that he heard police enter the embassy the night after he had been granted asylum. "Inside this embassy after dark, I could hear teams of police swarming up into the building through its internal fire escape,"[..]ange said. "But I knew there would be witnesses."

In 2010, Swedish prosecutors in Stockholm issued warrants to question[..]ange about alleged secks crimes involving a pair of former WikiLeaks volunteers.[..]ange claims the charges are part of an international smear campaign stemming from WikiLeaks' publication of diplomatic cables.

After a brief international manhunt,[..]ange turned himself in to London police in December 2010. He was granted bail and placed under house arrest. After[..]ange's appeals to fight his extradition to Sweden were denied, he fled to the Ecuadorean Embassy.

Don't let that 60gb file get out they don't want that.

I dont think the world is ready for those files

Me either.

This man will change the world.

he ain't got no files.

i remember last time when his lawyer said they had info regarding a "thermo-nuclear device" if[..]ange ever got arrested.... FAIL.

that whole "dead man's switch" only turned out to be the full diplomatic cables (which are already out anyway).

Lol then what is the 60 Gbs people have ? ?

What is this 60gb file?

Aes 256

WikiLeaks Insurance release 02-22-2012

search 4 that its 60 gigs ,

??????????????? details

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!! this snitch[..] rapist homo. I can't wait till this clown get what's coming to him, and if not he will have the joy of watching his back the rest of his life. Shout's to that other homo too bradley manning, enjoy the opportunity of being put to [rip] for snitching.

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Nah, I hope you are trolling. I have zero proof but my intelligent imagination leads me to believe these ratchet hoes had not been[..]d. I remember reading about some texts they sent after the alleged[..]. Judging from those texts they didn't get[..]d. As far as[..]ange leaking information, or anyone leaking info, I think its a great jab to the government. It will keep those busters in check, we are not all idiot puppets. Manning was crazy for doing what he had done though, play with fire you are gonna get burned. These gentleman should be aware of the risks, i applaud [pic] them for having the balls to act.

I'm starting to see why you call yourself endless lies[pic]

I dont consider myself to be an[..]ange supporter. But you trippin hard homey. This dude has pulled back the curtain on all types of corrupt practices. You should do more research bfore you go in on him like that[pic]

He could easily get touched.

...Thats not apart of the plan.

they couldnt prove any treason against him for exposing the corrupt war machine...now there stickin some bull!![..] charges just to ruin his reputation...the[..] charge wont stick so the regime is gonna extradite[..]ange to the usa for his eventual execution

"free speech hero"?

i wish that muppet would have fell off that balcony.

those limey cops would be on him like locust on wheat.

He's probably extorting ecuador.