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from the can't-get-there-from-here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIJBUZm1HoY dept.
Like any techno-political soap opera watcher, I've on occasion wondered why it is so damned hard for Julian Assange to get away from that embassy.
Riddle me this: you've been stuck in a little room in Equador's embassy in London for 8 years. You can't leave without getting arrested and most likely extradited.
A few countries not friendly to the U.S., but most notably Russia, have tried to figure out how to get you out of there
Your crimes are mostly pissing off people in power in the way journalists really should, but there is also compelling evidence of at least one actual crime — that you provided material assistance to someone hacking secret information. If the U.S. gets hold of you, you can pretty much count on paying the piper.
Still, you have hordes of supporters, and even entire countries with not insignificant resources willing to give a hand if only to tweak the nose of the U.S.
Diplomatic vehicles, helicopters, disguises, being made an ambassador yourself, just plain sneaking out... nothing has panned out.
So what are your options? Jetpack? Smuggle in parts of a drone capable of carrying a person? VTOL car? Urban ghillie suit? Rocket skates? Dig a tunnel in the basement? It seems hard to believe that the bored lax surveillance of 8 years on can't be defeated by a motivated technogencia.
You've probably only got one shot...so how would you do it?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Thursday December 27 2018, @01:36AM (1 child)
There are good reasons for him not to do that:
1. At least some of his opposition wants him dead, and are not interested in using silly processes like trials. If he walks out with his head held high, it's entirely possible his head will experience high-velocity lead poisoning.
2. At least some of the rest of his opposition wants to torture him. If he ends up in US custody, there's every reason to think that he'll be treated like Chelsea Manning, tortured so much that he admits to crimes he didn't commit, create "evidence" against his friends, and otherwise ruin his cause.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27 2018, @06:04PM
On the plus side, he would probably look better as a woman. He could also get to experience having sex while he's asleep and without a condom.