SHORT COMMUNICATION 224
The Persecution Begins
By
Roger Behra
Julian Assange, the author of the WikiLeaks cable releases, has now become a very disliked and persecuted person, and that is quite sad and uncalled for, indeed. He is being attacked from two different directions, and it amounts to first degree character and professional assassination.
Mr. Assange is a journalist, but he is not a mainstream journalist who has sold out to the mainstream media that does not search out to gather the truth. Mr. Assange’s goal is to root out institutional corruption and to report it no matter the consequences. He is all for organizational transparency that leads to better scrutiny. Better scrutiny leads to reduced corruption and stronger democratic action. He definitely does not condone government or corporation corruption of any kind. As a result, the opportunity is being activated to strongly persecute him, and it is coming from two different directions: the U.S. Government and the two ladies with whom he had unprotected consensual sex. How does he get out from under all of this? Well, there is a better than even chance that he will in due time.
Mr. Assange has the protection of being a journalist who has reported the truth in his WikiLeaks cables. And then, he is not an American citizen, so the U.S. Government most likely cannot prosecute him for espionage, which leaves their leverage very, very weak.
From the other direction the two ladies situation is another story. It has been reported that the two ladies were in favor of WikiLeaks, and that they were in the audience during one of his speeches. Then, after the supposed consensual sex, they became angry because it was unprotected, but they waited a whole month before they began crying it was rape and want him prosecuted. And because of that length of time between, it is strongly speculated that someone very likely has offered them a deal. This can very well be another weak case. If it is established that they consented to sex, protected or not, it will not be considered as rape. That could very well be the case later in court. Stay tuned!
The WikiLeaks cable revelations seem to be within correct journalistic boundries. The situation with the two ladies, who were in the audience at one of his speeches, seems to be a lack of good judgment on the part of Mr. Assange, and the bottom line so far seems to be orchestrated persecution and a giant sized headache for Mr. Assange. It is hoped that a solution comes quickly and that he is vindicated and released. Long live WikiLeaks.
Under the pretense of calling it a breach of security and aiding terrorism, the Government of the U.S. has become very angry because it was “outed” as being dishonest, manipulative, and two-faced saying one thing and doing another, the exact opposite in many cases, in their diplomacy dealings. As a result, the U.S. Government has been greatly embarrassed, and it is going to great lengths to cause the persecution of Mr. Assange. Let’s hope never happens. Stay tuned on this one, also!
R. B.
12-27-10