Keep it up. Tom hayden
on 6/20/12 4:05 PM, mnapps...@sbcglobal.net at mnapps...@sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Institute for Public Accuracy <dcinstit...@igc.org > <mailto:dcinstitute%40igc.org> > > Sender: pub...@lists.accuracy.org <mailto:public%40lists.accuracy.org> > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:33:11 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > To: Institute for Public Accuracy<instit...@igc.org > <mailto:institute%40igc.org> > > Reply-To: Institute for Public Accuracy <dcinstit...@igc.org > <mailto:dcinstitute%40igc.org> > > Subject: Assange's Asylum > > Institute for Public Accuracy > 980 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 > (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * i...@accuracy.org > <mailto:ipa%40accuracy.org> > ___________________________________________________ > > Wednesday, June 20, 2012 > > Assange's Asylum > > > 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 > > 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." > > 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. > > "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.' > > "Others have gone even further, demanding that Assange be put to death, > either by judicial or extrajudicial means. ... > > "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 > __________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > pub...@lists.accuracy.org <mailto:public%40lists.accuracy.org> > To be removed from the list, send any message to: > public-unsubscr...@lists.accuracy.org > <mailto:public-unsubscribe%40lists.accuracy.org> > > For all list information and functions, including changing > your subscription mode and options, visit the Web page: > http://lists.accuracy.org/lists/info/public > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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