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In reply to the discussion: Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum; U.S. Seen as "Hidden Hand" Behind U.K. Threat to Raid Embassy [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Egypt, among other not so commendable things. The Swedish Government which relied on Karl Rove to get itself elected, is no shining example of democracy and continues to disgrace itself every day it continues to involve itself in this outrageous persecution of an Editor and Publisher of a News Organization.
What he did everyone knows, he practiced real Journalism, one of the most serious crimes against the Corporate rulers of the world, as evidenced by the released documents by Anonymous which exposed their determination to destroy him, simply because he had the courage to publish inconvenient truths and facts. Certainly no one has denied that what he, along with the NYT, La Monde, Der Spiegel, The Guardian published was false information.
But hey, if you support Corporate rule, he sure is an enemy of the Corporate State, and no doubt every effort should be made to silence him. Democracies otoh, welcome the kind of transparency, as Latin America countries did when their dirty laundry was exposed by Wikileaks, practiced by real journalists.
Assange and Wikileaks have exposed more than the leaked documents from various countries when they started their organization to help Whistleblowers all over the world. They exposed who is for democracy and not just mouthing that support and who is not.