Naomi Wolf: "Assange Captured by World's Dating Police"

[JackRiddler]

Open letter to Interpol!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/interpol-the-worlds-datin_b_793033.html?ref=fb&src=sp

Julian Assange Captured by World's Dating Police

Dear Interpol:

As a longtime feminist activist, I have been overjoyed to discover your new commitment to engaging in global manhunts to arrest and prosecute men who behave like narcissistic jerks to women they are dating.

I see that Julian Assange is accused of having consensual sex with two women, in one case using a condom that broke. I understand, from the alleged victims' complaints to the media, that Assange is also accused of texting and tweeting in the taxi on the way to one of the women's apartments while on a date, and, disgustingly enough, 'reading stories about himself online' in the cab.

Both alleged victims are also upset that he began dating a second woman while still being in a relationship with the first. (Of course, as a feminist, I am also pleased that the alleged victims are using feminist-inspired rhetoric and law to assuage what appears to be personal injured feelings. That's what our brave suffragette foremothers intended!).

Thank you again, Interpol. I know you will now prioritize the global manhunt for 1.3 million guys I have heard similar complaints about personally in the US alone -- there is an entire fraternity at the University of Texas you need to arrest immediately. I also have firsthand information that John Smith in Providence, Rhode Island, went to a stag party -- with strippers! -- that his girlfriend wanted him to skip, and that Mark Levinson in Corvallis, Oregon, did not notice that his girlfriend got a really cute new haircut -- even though it was THREE INCHES SHORTER.

Terrorists. Go get 'em, Interpol!

Yours gratefully,

Naomi Wolf

[femrap]

1. That's funny....

I have tons of leads for Interpol....and I want these dudes jailed!

[SidDithers]

2. What's funny is how the biggest defenders of women's rights...

have come out in support of Assange despite not knowing what the Swedish prosecutors know.

I can only imagine how different the conversations around here would have been if the Duke lacrosse team had been sitting on thousands of confidential documents.

Sid

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Ah, Shove it, Canadian!

We know what is best.

After all, most believe that we even created 'democracy' and the "rule of law!"




We also invented the concepts of 'zero' canister vacuums, and Woolite.




Plus we got tons of Porn.

[SidDithers]

6. I love you for your porn...

:hi:

Sid

[JackRiddler]

7. They have because they are supporters of justice...

and they know that whether or not the charges are true (and assuming "sex by surprise" is a crime!), there would never have been an Interpol warrant or a pursuit of this case if not for Wikileaks. Even some of the corporate media bozos whipping up the hysteria against Assange as a "terrorist" readily admit this aspect of it.

[molly77]

12. SidDithers

Funny you should mention the Duke Lacrosse team. I am from Durham NC....grew up around the corner from the infamous frat house. When I first heard the news..knowing duke and the Durham judicial system....figured every single one of the lead actors in that time honored play were guilty of something. That is how the story ended up. If the DA had not been running for office and heavily courting the black vote...you would have never heard the story. Regular Durham citizens are not big fans of Duke students as a whole. They always considered us ignorant. We considered them spoiled rich kids with no manners.The dancing girl had mental problems and no one tried to get her help.So typical of Durham NC.

[molly77]

13. Oh...hilarious post.

[SidDithers]

15. I've never spent any time in Durham...

but have been through NC a few times, and spent vacation time in the Southport / Oak Island area. I've said it before, that it's one of my favourite places is the US.

We just can't get good BBQ up here in the 'burbs of Toronto, and don't even get me started on our poor excuse for Hush Puppies. :)

Sid

[EFerrari]

19. Swedish prosecutors knew enough to toss the whole case once

and to give him permission to travel to England and not to lodge charges against him.

[JackRiddler]

21. Yeah, that is an indicator, isn't it?

If this isn't political, why would there be a fight among the Swedish prosecutors?

[girl gone mad]

26. A scandalized monarch needed a distraction..

post haste.

[Name removed]

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[JackRiddler]

30. Problem is that the case is seriously tainted, regardless of what may have happened.

Let's say there may be something to the charges. Do you believe this case would have been pursued in this way if Assange was not the founder and spokesperson of Wikileaks? There's no need for a definitive answer in the absence of a public proceeding, of course, but the question can't be avoided.

Recall the beginning of the case. Is it normal for prosecutors to tell the press before they go after the suspect?

This suggests what a mess it was already back in August:

http://www.skandinaviflorida.com/web/sif.nsf/d6plinks/JEIE-88KHYT

Former Swedish chief prosecutor demands explanation for arrest order

The former Swedish chief prosecutor, Sven-Erik Alhem, demands an explanation from the prosecutors that filed the arrest order for Assange and later withdraw the order. Alhem tells the Swedish newpaper Dagens Nyheter that he finds the actions of the prosecutors bizarre and confusing. Alhem points out several actions to DN that he finds questionable; the arrest order was based on the assumption probable cause, the strongest grade of suspicion of crime that is required for an arrest order, and later this probable cause suspicions is withdrawn without the appearence of any new information in the case. This is very confusing.

An order for an arrest in absentia is not normally made official as this will give the suspect a chance to escape. This was not the case here it was announce to the world and no one could avoid the media storm that followed these news.

In this case when the arrest order was issued for a well known person, extra caution would have been taken by the prosecutor's office to make sure an experienced and well educated spokesperson could have explained to the public and media the reasons for each step in the investigation.

Posted by Editor On 08/22/2010

[Celtic Raven]

23. TPTB went prosecutor shopping

to get their hands on him.

[femrap]

24. sid....

what I was laughing at, sid, was the fact that so many boyz out there deserve to be locked up for their 'antics,' but aren't because 'da boyz will be boyz.'

Not I get to ignore Dumfukistani.

[Art_from_Ark]

32. Um, you realize that the allegations against the Duke

lacrosse team were as phony as a $3 bill, don't you? Total bullshit.

http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-norfolk/woman-who-falsely-accused-duke-lacrosse-team-of-rape-arrested-for-attempted-murder

[pleah]

3. K&R

[Poboy]

5. recommend.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. K&R

:applause:

[Bozita]

9. Good stuff. Thanks.

[me b zola]

10. K&R

[Radical Activist]

11. I love Naomi.

[Matariki]

14. Bravo!

[robertpaulsen]

16. But Naomi, how many of those 1.3 million guys date someone connected to CIA/Cuban terrorists?

Revealed: Assange ‘rape’ accuser linked to notorious CIA operative

One of the women accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes appears to have worked with a group that has connections to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

snip

One accuser, Anna Ardin, may have "ties to the US-financed anti-Castro and anti-communist groups," according to Israel Shamir and Paul Bennett, writing for CounterPunch.

snip

Shamir and Bennett noted that Las damas de blanco is partially funded by the US government and also counts Luis Posada Carriles as a supporter.

A declassified 1976 document (.pdf) revealed Posada to be a CIA agent. He has been convicted of terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of people.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/assange-rape-accuser-cia-ties/

I suppose that's just a coincidence. I'm sure Interpol will be right on top of those other 1.3 million guys. Are you sure you're not low-balling that stat, Naomi?

[customerserviceguy]

17. Will Interpol

resume it's manhunt for "Lounge Lizard Larry"???

[HarveyDarkey]

18. Hilarious

K & R

[kgnu_fan]

20. Dating Police!

[David Zephyr]

22. Brilliant.

K&R.

[mmonk]

25. Yeah, I remember when she put it on her Facebook page.

She was going on the Parker Spitzer show and they modified it a little she said.

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. Interpol is irrelevant to this situation

Assange was not arrested because of being on Interpol's lists. That just urges countries to arrest the people concerned, and that would allow the originating country to start an extradition request. He was arrested because Sweden got a European Arrest Warrant, which obliges other EU member countries to arrest the person concerned. EU countries legal systems are linked (eg they have a common court of appeal).

Astounding to see Naomi Wolf quoting the Daily Mail as if it's trustworthy. What strange bedfellows the story has created.

[JackRiddler]

28. You're complaining because she addressed a satire to the wrong address in law enforcement?

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. Well yes; it shows she doesn't understand the situation

This isn't about Interpol; it's about the EU. Amazingly, the countries of the EU have made an agreement to assume each other's legal systems are trustworthy. If Wolf's problem is that European countries trust each other, then she should attack that trust openly, and call for less cooperation inside Europe, not pretend this is equivalent to trashy American student affairs.

But her real problem is that her evidence comes solely from the Daily Mail. You can see how fucking stupid that makes her look, can't you? It's like Michael Moore taking Fox News as his single source.

[JackRiddler]

33. Wolf's "problem," I'm going to hazard a safe guess, is that...

independently of the charges (1), the case appears to be a politically motivated campaign to silence Assange, assassinate his character, and distract from the continuing exposure of rampant lying, corruption and crime by dozens of governments brought about by the cables leak. To whom she addresses a joke letter mocking what has so far been made public about the charges (2) is probably secondary to Wolf's intent. But your point about the EU is well taken and worth noting.


1 - (and as of today one of the alleged victims has ceased talking with prosecutors and left for the West Bank)

2 - (we might see if there's anything else there if the Swedish prosecutor stops making press splash and actually presents evidence)

[krabigirl]

34. Naomi is awesome. Go Naomi!