WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finally being questioned by prosecutors more than six years after he was first accused of rape in Sweden.
Ingrid Isgren, Sweden's deputy chief prosecutor, arrived at the Ecuadorian Embassy this morning, according to The Guardian, ending a stalemate which began in 2012 when the South American nation offered Assange political asylum on the grounds that he faced political persecution from the United States.
Assange claims that the rape accusations, which he denies, are part of a plot to extradite him to the United States that would swing into action were he to answer prosecutors' questions in the Scandinavian country.
The interview suggests some forward movement is being made in the diplomatic deadlock between Ecuador and Sweden regarding the arrangements for Swedish prosecutors to talk to Assange in the embassy.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @02:28AM
> You're talking about Mrs. Hillary "Can't we just drone this guy" Clinton?
Nope, I'm not. Because that was just another fake news story.
Why are you believing that shit when it would take just 30 seconds to debunk? [snopes.com]
I get it, its easy to doubt things you disagree with. It takes real discipline to doubt the people telling you the things you want to hear.
But after being wrong so many times, you'd think you'd get tired of it.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 15 2016, @03:41AM
Snopes says "unproven". It hasn't yet been "proven" to everyone's satisfaction that man has walked on the moon. You go ahead and hang with the people who need incontrivertible proof with their own eyes. Meanwhile, those of us with more sense will just accept that Hillary is a killer.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @03:45AM
> Meanwhile, those of us with more sense will just accept that Hillary is a killer.
Strangers waitin'
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searchin' in the night
Streetlights, people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night
Don't Stop Believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlight, people
Ohh-Ohhh-Ohhhhhhhh
Don't Stop Believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlight, people
Ohh-Ohhh-Ohhhhhhhh
Don't stop believin'
Hold on
Streetlight, people
Ohh-Ohhh-Ohhhhhhhh
Don't stop believin'
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @02:25PM
So in your hierarchy of trust a random blogger with a history of made-up stories telling an uncorroborated story - despite claiming there were witnesses - without naming a single source is good enough because why?
Are you so completely adrift that anyone who tells you what you want to hear is a somebody you will believe? Aren't you one to say that women who claim to be raped shouldn't automatically be believed because she might just be using it to hurt a man she has a grudge against? What's the difference here?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 15 2016, @03:20PM
http://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/10/03/hillary-clinton-suggest-drone-strike-stop-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange/ [redstate.com]
I like this page too, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/hillary-clinton-julian-assange-229123 [politico.com] "I don't recall any joke" because it was no joke.
http://observer.com/2016/06/why-julian-assange-doesnt-want-hillary-clinton-to-be-president/ [observer.com]
“I have had years of experience in dealing with Hillary Clinton and have read thousands of her cables. Hillary lacks judgement and will push the United States into endless, stupid wars which spread terrorism. Her personality combined with her poor policy decisions have directly contributed to the rise of ISIS,” Assange wrote on WikiLeaks in February 2016. “She’s a war hawk with bad judgement who gets an unseemly emotional rush out of killing people,” he added, in reference to a video of Clinton celebrating the overthrow of Libya’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi. In an interview with CBS News, Clinton laughed, “We came, we saw, he died.”
http://www.usasupreme.com/hillary-clinton-joe-biden-called-assassination-julian-assange/ [usasupreme.com]
Vice President Joe Biden, coining a phrase later echoed by Mitch McConnell, labels Assange a “high-tech terrorist.” Karl Rove described the WikiLeaks editor-in-chief as an “enemy combatant” who should be “hunted down.”
Democrat strategist and CNN commentator Bob Beckel went further, publicly calling for an illegal assassination. Stating that he is against the death penalty, Beckel suggested that in the case of “treasonous, traitor” Assange we should forget due process and “just shoot the son of a bitch.“
“A dead man can’t leak stuff,” he said.
As for Snopes -
http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/17/fact-checking-snopes-websites-political-fact-checker-is-just-a-failed-liberal-blogger/ [dailycaller.com]
http://www.angrypatriotmovement.com/who-is-behind-snopes/ [angrypatriotmovement.com]
https://ethicsalarms.com/2016/07/31/bye-bye-snopes-youre-dead-to-me-now/ [ethicsalarms.com]
http://mynewsla.com/hollywood/2016/06/20/snopes-vs-daily-caller-fact-checker-hit-as-hillary-backer/ [mynewsla.com]
It's really not a bad idea to fact check the fact checkers.
Of course, there are still people who don't believe that the US MSM are controlled by progressives and/or libers. You just can't convince anyone of something they have already decided against.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday November 15 2016, @03:40PM
If they haven't already, Snopes should publish an April Fools article about how Snopes finds Snopes debunked.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @10:30PM
Of course, there are still people who don't believe that the US MSM are controlled by progressives and/or libers.
Oh stop with that shit already. It isn't a liberal/conservative debate, its a class debate. The rich own the media and use it to spin things however they'd like. You do have good points pretty often but please drop the partisan bullshit. The media isn't liberal, it is manipulated for specific purposes. Any true liberal / progressive wouldn't even be allowed in the studios!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @06:11PM
Its called "presumption of innocence", the idea that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, rather than your idea that everyone is guilty until proven innocent.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 15 2016, @11:13PM
In the court of public opinion, it's whatever the fuck WE THE PEOPL say.
I am not a judge, nor a lawyer, nor even a jurist. I am a voter, a taxpayer, and an old bastard who has had 60 years to get acquainted with human nature.
There is no presumption of innocence, you silly AC.
(Score: 1) by charon on Tuesday November 15 2016, @10:40PM
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 15 2016, @11:15PM
Comey completed his mission. DESPITE proof that Clinton had done wrong, and lied about it, he recommended that the government not seek charges. He did what he was paid to do. He MAY NOT remain breathing for very much longer, but he did complete his mission.
(Score: 1) by charon on Tuesday November 15 2016, @11:50PM