US intends to chase Assange, cables show

[Swagman]

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

EXCLUSIVE
August 18, 2012
Philip Dorling

AUSTRALIAN diplomats have no doubt the United States is intent on pursuing Julian Assange, Foreign Affairs and Trade Department documents obtained by the Herald show.

This is at odds with comments by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, who has dismissed suggestions the US plans to eventually extradite Assange on charges arising from WikiLeaks obtaining leaked US military and diplomatic documents.

The Australian embassy in Washington has been tracking a US espionage investigation targeting the WikiLeaks publisher for more than 18 months.

The declassified diplomatic cables, released under freedom of information legislation, show Australia's ambassador, the former Labor leader Kim Beazley, has made high level representations to the US government asking for advance warning of any moves to prosecute Assange.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/us-intends-to-chase-assange-cables-show-20120817-24e1l.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. AG Holder grows balls when they're not needed and loses them when they are.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. Maybe Assange should ditch the Ecuadorans to be CEO for a poorly managed hedge fund

[truth2power]

9. You beat me to it. Worthless Holder should find another line of work. He's an embarrassment...

When I read the headline in the OP I thought about AG Holder saying he couldn't prosecute the people who robbed Americans of their life savings and brought our economy to its knees because it was "too difficult".

Poor, poor baby!


Yet the Obama administration wants Assange....BAD!

What is it about Assange that poses such a danger?

[Dustlawyer]

12. Balls have nothing to do with it, the 1% control this shite, thus no prosecutions of Bush/Cheney,

BP, etc. They want Assange because he gives us the behind the curtain looks which they can I'll afford and stirs up the "Rabble."

[WilliamPitt]

3. Missing link here:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/us-intends-to-chase-assange-cables-show-20120817-24e1l.html

[riderinthestorm]

4. Not surprising at all. nt

[Stewland]

5. Transparency

The government of the United States,controlled by special interests was exposed for its dirty tricks world wide. I say grant Assange a Nobel prize of Freedom. If the average person became aware of all the dark forces at work on behalf of so called American interests things would be changed quickly.

[heaven05]

6. truth

[riderinthestorm]

7. Welcome to DU! nt

[truth2power]

10. Yes, he should get the Nobel prize for exposing the crimes of the

greatest sponsor of state terror on the planet.

[GliderGuider]

11. The anti-Assange theories are imploding one by one...

First Naomi Wolf demolishes the idea that this is about rape, now the Aussies themselves confirm that he has good reason to fear the Yanks. It's no wonder he's in the Ecuadorian embassy. I would be too.

This whole thing has been a stitch-up from the outset.

[malthaussen]

13. Sad that the Aussies are so ready to throw one of their own to the wolves

"appropriate response" my left buttock.

-- Mal

[dipsydoodle]

14. K & R.

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[leveymg]

15. In the beginning, I was skeptical of Assange. Now, I think the USG does nothing but lie about him

At first, I thought that Wikileaks was going to be nothing more than a cleverly-constructed front for "independent" dissemination of the part-truths that western intelligence agencies wanted to get into circulation.

Now, I'm beginning to think he's a legitimate whistleblower, and maybe the spooks really do fear him?