Keep it up. Tom hayden

on 6/20/12 4:05 PM, mnapps...@sbcglobal.net at mnapps...@sbcglobal.net
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> Subject: Assange's Asylum
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>  Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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>  Assange's Asylum
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> Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers (top-secret government
> documents that showed a pattern of governmental deceit about the Vietnam War)
> today signed a petition calling on Ecuador to grant political asylum to
> WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Ellsberg stated: "Political asylum was made
> for cases like this. Freedom for Julian in Ecuador would serve the cause of
> freedom of speech and of the press worldwide. It would be good for us all; and
> it would be cause to honor, respect and thank Ecuador."
> http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6213
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> COLEEN ROWLEY, rowleyc...@earthlink.net <mailto:rowleyclan%40earthlink.net>
>  Rowley, a former FBI Special Agent and Division Counsel whose May 2002 memo
> described some of the FBI's pre-9/11 failures, was named one of Time
> Magazine's "Persons of the Year" in 2002. She said today: "An unbelievably
> cruel irony exists in witnessing powerful western political figures threaten
> Julian Assange, someone with a unique track record of supporting
> whistleblowers without any viable outlet for disclosing their superiors¹
> illegal orders and activities. WikiLeaks¹ efforts combating undue secrecy,
> exposing illegal cover-ups and championing transparency in government has
> already benefited the world. And I¹m convinced, more than ever, that if that
> type of anti-secrecy publication had existed and enabled the proper
> information sharing in early 2001, it could have not only prevented the 9/11
> attacks but it could have exposed the fabricating of intelligence and
> deceptive propaganda which enabled the Bush Administration to unjustifiably
> launch war on Iraq."
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> RAY McGOVERN, rrmcgov...@gmail.com <mailto:rrmcgovern%40gmail.com> ,
> http://raymcgovern.com
>  McGovern, who was a U.S. army officer and CIA analyst for 30 years, now works
> with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour
> in inner-city Washington. He just wrote the piece "Julian Assange¹s Artful
> Dodge," which states: "Not only is Julian Assange within his rights to seek
> asylum, he is also in his right mind. Consider this: he was about to be sent
> to faux-neutral Sweden, which has a recent history of bowing to U.S. demands
> in dealing with those that Washington says are some kind of threat to U.S.
> security. Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday provided an example:
> 
>  "'In December 2001, Sweden handed over two asylum seekers to the CIA, which
> then rendered them to be tortured in Egypt. A ruling from the U.N. Human
> Rights Committee found Sweden in violation of the global ban on torture for
> its role in that rendition (the two individuals later received a substantial
> settlement from the Swedish government).'
> 
>  "For those of you thinking, Oh, but that was under the Bush administration
> and that kind of thing is over, think again. In 2010 and 2011, the hysteria
> surrounding WikiLeaks¹ disclosures of U.S. misconduct and crimes around the
> world brought cries from prominent American political figures seeking
> Assange¹s designation as a terrorist, his prosecution as a spy and even his
> assassination. 
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>  "Rep. Peter King, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security
> Committee, has called for WikiLeaks to be declared a terrorist organization
> and Assange to be prosecuted under the Espionage Act of 1917, a position
> shared by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Intelligence
> Committee, who wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
> 
>  "'The release of these documents damages our national interests and puts
> innocent lives at risk. He should be vigorously prosecuted for espionage.'
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>  "Others have gone even further, demanding that Assange be put to death,
> either by judicial or extrajudicial means. ...
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>  "Four weeks before Assange sought asylum, he interviewed Ecuadorian President
> Rafael Correa for Episode 6 of The World Tomorrow (Assange¹s program Tuesdays
> on RT [formerly Russia Today]). Assange asked Correa why he has advocated that
> WikiLeaks release all its cables. Correa responded:
> 
>  "'First, you don¹t owe anything, have nothing to fear. We have nothing to
> hide. Your WikiLeaks have made us stronger' with the damaging revelations
> showing the attitude of the U.S. embassy toward the sovereignty of the
> Ecuadorian government.'
> 
>  "Correa continued: 'On the other hand, WikiLeaks wrote a lot about the goals
> that the national media pursue, about the power groups who seek help and
> report to foreign embassies. ... Let them publish everything they have about
> the Ecuadorian government. You will see how many things about those who oppose
> the civil revolution in Ecuador will come to light. Things to do with
> opportunism, betrayal, and being self serving.'
> 
>  "Correa made the point that when WikiLeaks cables became available to the
> national media in Ecuador, they chose not to publish them -- partly because
> the documents aired so much 'dirty linen' about the media themselves. He added
> that when he took office in January 2007, five out of seven privately owned TV
> channels in Ecuador were run by bankers. The bankers were using the guise of
> journalism to interfere in politics and to destabilize governments, for fear
> of losing power."
> http://consortiumnews.com/2012/06/20/julian-assanges-artful-dodge/
> 
> See the Assange-Correa interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvUwC5JTAJY
> 
> For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
> Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167
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