Julian Assange: rapist or not?

[bit_pattern]

You try making any video come though this firewall.

Just an FYI, Ben. 4 Corners is a very reputable investigative journalism programme. So if you were ever inclined to watching it you can be sure it's not a low-rent "rah rah" Assange or CT type documentary, it will be meticulously researched and fact checked.

I haven't seen it myself (I'm restricted to 3G atm) so can't speak for the content, just wanted to point out that 4 Corners is a solid source.

 

[Childlike Empress]

I see it's also on youtube including extended interviews with Assange, his swedish lawyer, the lawyer of the women and Icelandic WikiLeaks associate Birgitta Jonsdottir. Playlist:

 

[BenBurch]

Just an FYI, Ben. 4 Corners is a very reputable investigative journalism programme. So if you were ever inclined to watching it you can be sure it's not a low-rent "rah rah" Assange or CT type documentary, it will be meticulously researched and fact checked.

I haven't seen it myself (I'm restricted to 3G atm) so can't speak for the content, just wanted to point out that 4 Corners is a solid source.

I'll give it a go. Our firewalls have to meet and exceed DOD standards. We are on a daily basis attacked by China. (I'm serious.) So I will have a look when I am off work.

 

[BenBurch]

And nobody has answered my question about when this little barebacker took a STD test?

 

[BenBurch]

Well? Where is this STD test you believe he took?

 

[tyr_13]

Well? Where is this STD test you believe he took?

I don't think anyone believes he took a STD test. They don't believe it matters to the issue at hand.

 

[BenBurch]

I don't think anyone believes he took a STD test. They don't believe it matters to the issue at hand.

It's the entire issue at hand. No case would exist if he had taken a test.

 

[bit_pattern]

I'll give it a go. Our firewalls have to meet and exceed DOD standards. We are on a daily basis attacked by China. (I'm serious.) So I will have a look when I am off work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners_(TV_series)

It's definitely one of the best traditions of Australian TV.

 

[Korren]

"Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said." -- The Guardian

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

 

[JihadJane]

"Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said." -- The Guardian

Great news!

 

[uke2se]

It was reported on Swedish radio today that British authorities were intent on extraditing Assange, and that he would not be given safe passage to the airport from the Ecuador embassy.

 

[BenBurch]

Diplomatic immunity is a courtesy, not a law.

 

[alex04]

"Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said." -- The Guardian

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[WildCat]

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I like the zombie cameraman behind him in the pic at that link.

 

[theprestige]

"Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said." -- The Guardian

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Well, that totally answers the question of whether Assange is a rapist or not.

Seems like it's only an open question with the Swedish justice system, and only they can answer it to their own satisfaction--though apparently not to anybody else's. Which could be why so many people want to prevent them from answering it.

Why all the hate for the Swedish justice system?

 

[BenBurch]

Well, that totally answers the question of whether Assange is a rapist or not.

Seems like it's only an open question with the Swedish justice system, and only they can answer it to their own satisfaction--though apparently not to anybody else's. Which could be why so many people want to prevent them from answering it.

Why all the hate for the Swedish justice system?

I wish I knew!

It is usually seen as a model of civility.

 

[Korren]

Why all the hate for the Swedish justice system?

To make it fit into the pre-established narrative of one brave man making a stand against the Powers of the world.

 

[JihadJane]

Well, that totally answers the question of whether Assange is a rapist or not.

Seems like it's only an open question with the Swedish justice system, and only they can answer it to their own satisfaction--though apparently not to anybody else's. Which could be why so many people want to prevent them from answering it.

Why all the hate for the Swedish justice system?

This case is mostly about the USA's "justice" system (indefinite detention without trial, torture, capital punishment etc), not Sweden's.

 

[Korren]

This case is mostly about the USA's "justice" system (indefinite detention without trial, torture, capital punishment etc), not Sweden's.

Eh, no. This case has nothing to do with the USA's justice system. You may be conflating it with the Bradford Manning case.