Wednesday 26 June 2024

Assange is Home!

 
See here for essential background: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2024/06/assange-freedom-livestream.html.
Following the almost unbelievable release from prison of Julian Assange, I'm pleased to say that the whistleblower and journalist has arrived back in his homeland of Australia. He has not set foot there for at least twelve years, having spent all that time in England, incarcerated at the embassy of Ecuador and then later at HMP Belmarsh. After landing on Saipan island he was taken straight to the courthouse where he confirmed his name. The hearing lasted until midday during which his legal situation was described to him in detail and he pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act Section 793. He must have been assured by his lawyers that this would work and the hearing was only a formality because the celebrations began as soon as he left Belmarsh jail; but it must have been a relief to have it in black and white. He was sentenced to five years in prison, but that is more than he has already spent on remand so he was released immediately without bond. He then immediately returned to the airport and flew to Canberra, Australia where there was an emotional reunion with his family. There was later a press conference where his legal team spoke. Julian didn't; he wasn't able to emotionally, apparently, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XATYVc6upMY. It's understandable. He has not seen his wife, children or father outside a prison visiting room or in his flat at the embassy for so long; in the case of Stella and his children, ever. He has never taken his five and seven year old sons for a walk on the beach, or two the school sports day, or to a funfair. I do hope he and his loved ones can now rebuild their lives and that no other journalist will be punished in such a way. I don't judge Julian for doing this plea bargain with the government that has been hounding him. What would I have done in his situation?
 
Obviously I don't share the viewpoints of many others in the Conspirasphere that Julian Assange is a total psyop. The most extreme of these must be "Tupacabra" whom I discussed in the livestream last night. You'll be relieved to know I definitely don't think Julian is a clone! There are other more reasonable voices who still maintain suspicious minds when it comes to the Assange phenomenon. Thomas Sheridan, somebody I know well and like, has written a short article asking if Assange is the real Emanuel Goldstein. This refers to an unseen character in George Orwell's 1984 who fought in the revolution alongside Big Brother and then became a traitor. It is suggested throughout the novel that Goldstein is a political phantom, a fake person invented to focus the hatred of the people and therefore encourage their love of Big Brother. Thomas asks why Assange has not been eliminated by the state if he is their real enemy; after all, they have so many ways and means of killing people from a distance or up close. They had no problem with Alexander Litvinenko did they? A valid question. Maybe it's because the state no longer consists of antagonists unified behind a single purpose; the white hats might be powerful enough to protect Assange. Also possibly they didn't want the fallout from a possible "dead man's trigger". If Assange had died who knows what his supporters might have released. I wouldn't blame him for doing that in his position. Thomas' second point is to ask: what good has Wikileaks been? They've released a lot about bad things being done in wartime, but that's not surprising really. How about 9/11? The UFO's? And "fake lockdowns, human organ harvesting, politicians trafficking children, secret space programs... genetic experiments on everyone?" Another good point. Other researchers have uncovered such information; surely Wikileaks knows something about it too. Why have they not published anything? That could be because Thomas is right, but it might also be part of Julian's little insurance policy. If so then I hope now he is free his organization will say more. If it doesn't then it does beg the question. What kind of relationship do they have with the government they are supposedly trying to expose? Source: https://thomassheridan.substack.com/p/julian-assange-the-real-life-emmanuel. I address those questions in more detail in the background links below. The war against reporters goes on. Other people have been targeted for persecution, like Richard D Hall, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2024/06/rdh-in-court-appeal-rejected.html. If we are all talking nonsense and should just be laughed at, why don't they simply laugh at us and leave us alone? These actions against independent journalists are as good as a confession, in my view. Julian Assange was meant to be a warning to others, a slave crucified along the road to Rome like Spartacus. I only hope Julian's freedom will lead to more people in his position being left alone as well.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2019/04/assange-arrest-and-brexit-extension.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2015/10/assange-and-snowden-latest-bombshells.html.

4 comments:

Gravity Mirror said...

There doesn't seem to be any possibility you haven't considered!

I reckon Assange is sincere if only because of the duration and extent of the suffering he has had to endure. I don't think that is something that could have been faked, especially the time he spent in the Ecuadorian embassy. State actors are sometimes locked up, but never for that length of time.

It does seem unlikely that Wikileaks had uncovered information about war crimes and mass surveillance but not about other things like UFOs but I suppose it is possible, especially if they set out to look for the former and not the latter.

Anonymous said...

I believe your statement "What kind of relationship do they have with the government they are supposedly trying to expose?" can be explained by one of the earlier documents leaked showing the US government was trying to destroy WikiLeaks as a threat.

https://wikileaks.org/wiki/U.S._Intelligence_planned_to_destroy_WikiLeaks,_18_Mar_2008

This amongst other leaked documents show wikileaks should be viewed as an asset to free speech and not a government controlled (as proven by Assange's treatment and persecution). Given his release was under a Biden administration (Trump advocated the death penalty for Assange) this seems to indicate a more Authoritarian regime under 'MAGA' somewhat going against the perceived Assange conspiracies.

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/04/politics/kfile-trump-wikileaks/index.html

You also have to appreciate that the leaks are from individual whistle-blower sources that have access to these 'secrets' and many have been incarcerated for doing so when discovered, not just Assange (Chelsea manning). The list of leaked documents is not only confirmed as real and authentic before publication it is vast so if none appear to be of a topic you 'want' to see it is either because they don't exist or nobody is prepared to risk leaking them (unsurprising considering the treatment of those caught to date). It's not some government controlled tap of information being as most are incredibly harmful to the publics perception to what is going on in Government regimes, militaries, research etc etc. It doesn't fit into a 'Q' like fantasy narrative you might think of or believe.

Interestingly many documents on the topics of UFO's child trafficking etc that you mention have been proven as faked on further investigation so maybe wikileaks is doing some stringent due diligence before publishing to ensure it's ongoing credibility as a trusted source.

Current files released. https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Leaked_Files

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

Hi GM. I'm trying to consider all the possibilities short of any certain information. It is possible what you say, that Wikileaks really have simply not had access to the 9/11 and children stuff. Or they ignored it because they lack the nerve or imagination. Maybe they just thought: "But that can't be true! It's TOO crazy! It must be bait they're feeding us to smoke out our agents."

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

Hi Anon. I am also disappointed with Trump not acting sooner and harder to free JA. The death penalty statemen was made early in his campaign and was not repeated so I hope he didn't mean it.

"...either because they don't exist or nobody is prepared to risk leaking them" The latter definitely. People wonder why Grusch's contacts are still silent? I don't! However, as I said to Gravity Mirror, it is possible Wikileaks just ignored certain material or lacked the nerve and imagination to publish it, think it was a hoax designed to discredit them.

"... many documents on the topics of UFO's child trafficking etc that you mention have been proven as faked." Not as many as I think you're suggesting. It's worth reading Bill Wood's book "Majic- Eyes Only". I suspect you are using Wikileaks publications as a reason why some "far out" conspiracy theories are not true. As I've explained, that is a mistake.