Murder threats to family of Julian Assange

[Turborama]

Source: Telegraph (Australia)

Lucy Carne in London| December 07, 2010 12:00AM

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange says militant supporters of the US military have made death threats against his family in Australia.

The 39-year-old Australian, who caused global diplomatic embarrassment after leaking a sensitive haul of US embassy cables last week, told Spanish newspaper El Pais of his fears for the safety of his family and his lawyers after recently receiving threats.

Mr Assange said he "had hundreds of specific death threats from US military militants" warning that those close to him could be murdered in an attempt to silence him. "Recently the situation has changed, with these threats now extending out (to) our lawyers and my children," he said.

Mr Assange refused to detail the threats for fear of encouraging an attempt on their lives, but added "some right-wing sites also called for attacking me via my children".

Read more: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/murder-threats-to-family-of-julian-assange/story-e6freuy9-1225966627536

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In respect of his wishes I won't post the link but I've seen one of the blogs he's talking about where some sick fuck has made a case for using his son Daniel as bait.

[sasha031]

1. as horrible as it is, I'm not surprised

[Odin2005]

2. Disgusting!

:grr:

[kgnu_fan]

3. American militalism is crime against humanity --- Bring troop home to protect what is here

[Zorro]

4. What goes around comes around

I'm sure the families of those Afghan informants whose names were not redacted from the Wikileaks message dump can sympathize with them.

[zalinda]

6. FYI, the military has confirmed that there has

been no casualties from that info dump. Assange redacted any information that mentioned non political names from what he released. He was very careful about it, and that is why it wasn't dumped as soon as he received it.

zalinda

[Pavulon]

7. If he dumps unredacted info. he will get a response

it will not be nice.

[Ruperto31]

13. Why do you hate Assange?

What is your trip? You've been attacking him on any available grounds in this and at least one other thread. When you get refuted on one attack, you shift to another. Is it personal?

[BrightKnight]

20. If he does real harm to my Country he deserves what he gets. - n/t

[Alamuti Lotus]

25. Your government & its lackeys have done virtually unspeakable harm on virtually countless occasions

this is what IT gets. of course, the various international gangster clubs (aka "governments & media") and the keyboard brigades are throwing a little temper tantrum about the shady deeds being struck by the light, but that's the least of what is coming.

[Pavulon]

40. because he is playing a game with people's lives.

he should stick to bank information, which is legal to dump and actually helpful. Dumping unredacted diplomatic cables that bradley manning stole will kill people if their names turn up.

just because he is new jesus around here, best thing evAAr to some he is still just a guy publishing stolen classified information.

This the internet, people have a right to like and dislike whatever they want.

Hey be sure to buy stock in raytheon, they will now be getting a multibillion dollar contract for a boost phase interceptor system, thanks to assange I know iran has icbm's and that this weapon system will be accelerated now that people will be pressured to do something.

Your new savior is breaking diplomatic channels, not the war, not military information. Just diplomacy.

[LanternWaste]

45. We keep hearing that. We haven't seen that.

"will kill people if their names turn up..."
We keep hearing that. We haven't seen that.



Though I do realize that it may be easy to minimize the opinions others may hold of Assange ("new savior", "new jesus", ect.), it appears to be even easier to fundamentally rest one's premise on a consequence that may although hasn't, happened.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

19. Cross your legs when you have death porn fantasies

Fewer people will see your raging and deranged erection.

[Pavulon]

42. How tasteful, Assange is just a camwhore

he is got his audience and playing his game. Just be smart enough to realize you are getting played.

[Alamuti Lotus]

24. It's always funny lately when you justify and salivate over his death

It shows how much better you are than those "shitty govts" in China and the other stuff you rail about. You rock, I mean it.

[Pavulon]

41. His death is not all that helpful.

if he dumps information about civilians in real oppressive nations they will be killed. They will not care about assange or his lulz.

[glitch]

12. Ugly. nt

[EFerrari]

17. BS from the Pentagon who later admitted not a single person

has been harmed.

[Mimosa]

5. That was predictable. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

8. Didn't palin say he should be hunted down??

She should be brought in for questioning

[Pavulon]

9. The executive branch will sign off on any US response to

assange and his people. Since he has no civil protection here, its a military problem.

[sasha031]

10. he said the right wing was threatening his children

"some right-wing sites also called for attacking me via my children".

[Pavulon]

11. The people he is fucking with dont have a wing.

he is putting other people's lives at risk. his conspirators and sources will pay if he names them. he should consider that people are killed by accident in wars all the time before he names sources.

Pretty sure you can find video of such collateral damage on liveleak.

Hopefully his family is safe, however if he dumps names, he should make arrangements for himself and advise his conspirators to do the same.

edit:grammar

[Ruperto31]

14. Whom has he put at risk? Name one name.

[LadyHawkAZ]

22. Oh, they have a wing all right...

That being said: I don't check in here often, but I've been reading the Wikileaks postings off and on yesterday, and I have to ask: WTF is your problem, exactly? Do you make a habit of repeatedly calling for people's assassinations, or is this a personal issue with Assange? Are you in one of the cables as an informant? Inquiring minds want to know, because, frankly, you're creeping me out and it looks like I'm not alone.

[Alamuti Lotus]

26. spies and occupation collaborators know what they're getting themselves into beforehand

call it a known occupational hazard.

[Pavulon]

39. so your good with civilians in north korea and iran

being killed because they talked to the us about their oppressive government and this poon dimed them out?

[krabigirl]

30. Yes they do. They are authoritarians, and from both parties.

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. And of course, anything the military wants, it gets.

Oo-fucking-rah.

What fucking country do you fucking think we live in?

[Amonester]

31. From the outside, it sure looks more and more fascist

every freaking day!

Un-real!

[Pavulon]

43. Read Legacy of Ashed and figure it out.

thats the country we live in. This guy is playing his game, getting his lulz, and will eventually be standing there when the music stops.

[sabrina 1]

38. All people have protection here if they are being threatened

with death from this country. It is the duty of the DOJ to investigate and prosecute anyone making such threats towards children and other innocents. I am sure the Australian government will be requesting that. Since the puppet who just became PM over there has fueled the flames of hatred, now extended to his family, I am sure public pressure over there will force her to do her duty.

Meanwhile it's great to see how people all over the world are keeping Wikileaks online and hackers are retaliating against the illegal freezing of Wikileaks funds in a Swiss Bank. A Bank which I'm sure kept Pinochet's money for him eg. Hypocrites and liars all of them and it's great to see them be exposed. Actually they are doing more to expose themselves for what they are by their reaction to these leaks, than the leaks themselves. This government and its puppets around the world, are acting like a totalitarian government now. They don't even hide it anymore.

But they didn't count on the fact that there would be so much support for real freedom of the press and so many people willing to protect Julian Assange around the world.

You really should try to get on the right side of history on this. This is a battle against evil everywhere, against torturers no matter where they are, against corrupt war-mongers and thieves and leaders who lie to their people and kill other countries' citizen as if they were not even human.

[Pavulon]

44. Against a program in Pakistan to secure HEU

we must fight the evil by compromising an active operation to secure a material that was used to level a city with no test device required.

Wait, how is the world better by fucking this all up by making it public?

[treestar]

16. I require more proof than "Julian says . . ."

[Turborama]

18. Google it then. I'm not posting the link here but you can google this:

Just copy and paste into Google or if you're using Chrome just highlight it and right click: green-lighting-assange

[and-justice-for-all]

21. I would like to thank Assange for taking those piles of shit...

and smearing it all over the dirty bastards faces!

[Alamuti Lotus]

23. Look on ANY YahooNews article about Assange/WikiLeaks -- tons of death threats

Those nuts daily post about wanting this guy tortured and killed, his family raped, his friends and kids attacked, etc etc....

[Sandrine for you]

27. killing Assange and/or his son would send a strong message

""Those really aren’t matters to be dealt with by civilian “justice” and killing Assange and/or his son would send a strong message to America’s enemies, most likely causing them to re-think their modus operandi.""

http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/green-lighting-assange/

NUT

[Imagevision]

28. Why doesn't the MSM stop reporting like they did with BP - it then disappeared

[Sandrine for you]

29. Frankly the entire nine-member advisory board of Wikileaks should be killed

"""Frankly the entire nine-member advisory board of Wikileaks should be killed""

http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/green-lighting-assange/

NUT

[Azathoth]

32. Sorry Julian, right-wing trolls pull this shit even when 12-year-old kids plead for health insurance

You're nothing special.

[Turborama]

33. Read this...

...letter: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9709224

As you'll see, they're not just talking about "right wing trolls".

[Azathoth]

34. Yeah, they are right-wing trolls

There is no difference anymore between the online right-wing ranters and the ones who manage to get their stuff published in actual right-wing publications -- they speak to the same crowd of knuckle-dragging, neofascist trolls. And this core group of trolls are the ones who throw bricks through Democratic office windows, threaten the lives of twelve-year-old children, and leave violent, semi-incoherent voicemails on the Assange family answering machine.

[Turborama]

35. And that doesn't make it any less threatening. n/t

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[sabrina 1]

37. I'm sure Eric Holder will be looking into the rightwing sites

here who are issueing death threats against his family.

And the PM of Australia will be offering them protection I would expect. After all she fanned the flames of hatred for him herself and anyone who did should and will be held accountable by people around the world, if anything happens to any member of his family.

Thanks Turborama. I remember you posting that and thought it should be sent to the Australian PM so she can protect her citizens from this kind of madness. Madness she defends.

K&R