Andrew Kreig: Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks

HuffPo Blames Karl Rove For Prosecution Of Julian Assange
The price of tin foil is about to leap up after this latest Huffington Post Conspiracy Theory. Now the progressive site is saying Karl Rove is behind the prosecution of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange. No really, this is not a joke. They believe that the Obama Administration is working with the Government of Sweden, along with Bush Administration political director Karl Rove, the man they consider Dr. Evil, to have Julian Assange arrested for Rape: Karl Rove's help for Sweden as it assists the ...

Well, This Is a Surprise. NOT
Andrew Kreig writes in The Huffington Post: Karl Rove’s help for Sweden as it assists the Obama Administration’s prosecution against Wikileaks could be the latest example of the adage, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” Rove has advised Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt for the past two years after resigning as Bush White House political advisor in mid-2007. Rove’s Resignation followed the Scandalous Bush mid-term political Purge of nine of the nation̵...

WikiLeaks: Julian Assange could try a bit of openness himself...
Too much information has been brought to us this week courtesy of Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief - as he styles himself - of Wikileaks. Assange is either a treacherous alleged rapist or a heroic freedom-fighter, depending on whose news you choose to read. Whether he is a hero or a villain, his persona certainly detracts from the actual leaks themselves. We have not seen all the 250,000 leaked ‘redacted’ cables, but so far this episode - rather than delivering a big...

In the Basements of the Left
Plenty of people don't quite know how to feel about Julian Assange. On the one hand he's a clear and declared enemy of the United States. On the other hand Wikileaks has released diplomatic cables that provided helpful information. And the main damage has been done to Obama and a left of center diplomatic corps. That alone has made Assange seem like the enemy of my enemy. But that kind of thinking is problematic. The showdown between Assange and Obama is more proof that the left is a bottomless ...

Lord chief justice approves use of Twitter for court reporting
Source: The Guardian The lord Chief Justice today opened the way for the reporting of some court proceedings by Journalists using Twitter, texting and email, but made clear it was unlikely to happen where such use of Social Media might influence witnesses. Media organisations and Journalists can apply for permission to use Social Media on a case-by-case basis, but Lord Judge said it may be necessary to bar its use by non-journalists to ensure the "proper adminstration of justice", prevent distra...

Confidential Police Report Leaked in Julian Assange Sex Assault Case
At The Australian, "Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers" (via Memeorandum). Plus, at NYT, "Confidential Swedish Police Report Details Allegations Against Wikileaks Founder." And at WSJ, "New Details Reveal More About Problems Assange Faces": New details of the Swedish sexual-misconduct accusations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange shed more light on the deepening and complex legal problems he faces over his conduct with two women during a short stretch in August....

Julian Assange furore deepens as new details emerge of sex crime allegations
© Chris Radburn/PA Julian Assange speaks to Journalists outside Ellingham Hall, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, after his release last week. Bitter divisions open up between supporters and critics of Wikileaks leader in wake of fresh claims by Swedish women As fresh snow erases the traces of Friday's scrum of camera crews from the elegant lawns of a Georgian mansion in East Anglia, inside Ellingham Hall Julian Assange is considering his next move. Transformed from cyber celebrity into h...

Bank of America Suspends Payments From WikiLeaks
In a sign of the increasing tensions between Wikileaks and the corporate world, Bank of America has said it will no longer help process payments for the organization, which released a huge cache of secret State Department cables in late November and has threatened to “take down” a major United States bank with another data dump. “Bank of America joins in the actions previously announced by MasterCard, PayPal, Visa Europe and others and will not process transactions of any type...

ADOLESCENT LEAKER UPSET THAT HIS POLICE FILE WAS LEAKED
Lawyers for Julian Assange are livid that police files detailing his sexual dalliances with two women who accuse him of Rape were published by the Guardian. The Guardian was one of the news outlets to which Assange made the Wikileaks cables available. Julian Assange doesn’t understand “irony:” Lawyers for Julian Assange have expressed anger about an alleged smear campaign against the Australian WikiLeaks founder. Incriminating police files were published in the British newspa...

That Was Fast! Keith Olbermann Ends Self-Imposed Twitter Suspension
Well that didn’t take long. After announcing a self-imposed suspension of his Twitter account, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann has returned to his pre-suspension tweeting ways last night, having taken a three day hiatus from the Social Media platform. On Tuesday’s Countdown, host Keith Olbermann and guest Michael Moore sparked widespread outrage over their dismissive treatment of Rape allegations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. An online Protest ensued, and as Michael Moore ign...

Wikileaks's Julian Assange preaches openness but demands privacy
He preaches openness but demands Privacy. He reveals 'secrets' but 99% are prurient gossip. He's accused of Rape but won't face his accusers. Why do the Left worship the Wikileaks 'God'? Ego driven: Julian Assange 'believes his own publicity' - but has he got something to hide himself? I caused a minor stir on the Internet when I announced last week that I was giving up blogging. Over the past five years I, along with thousands of other Bloggers, have played a small part in holding the mainstr...

A Vow Is a Vow or It Isn't
I think we've found some common ground on marriage. And I take nothing for granted, so it's worth highlighting that . . . Go The New York Times, Lap Dog of the GOP? Finally! 'A Klingon Christmas Carol' Chicago—Across the country this week, productions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" are warming hearts. In this city, one version . . . Go Some ObamaCare cheerleaders (including the president) insist that Governor Romney's 2006 Massachusetts "reform" was th...

Patriotic, Educational, Calendar
Appears to be out of stock/no longer available. I think we've found some common ground on marriage. And I take nothing for granted, so it's worth highlighting that . . . Go The New York Times, Lap Dog of the GOP? Finally! 'A Klingon Christmas Carol' Chicago—Across the country this week, productions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" are warming hearts. In this city, one version . . . Go Some ObamaCare cheerleaders (including the president) insist that Governor Romney's 2...

HUFFINGTON POST: Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks. Chumps! More
Huffington Post: Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of Wikileaks. Chumps! More disinformation! Assange was Rove-Cheney’s tool. They manipulated the leak, which really hurts their enemies — notice that we’re learning things that mostly embarrass the State Department, Michael Moore, and the Chinese — and they let lefties lionize Assange, and now that the hook is ...

Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks
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Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks
Take action -- click here to contact your local newspaper or Congress people: Stop Wikileaks Political Prosecution Click here to see the most recent messages sent to congressional reps and local Newspapers ...

Wikileaks scores the big one: Nudies of Sarah Palin
WikiLeak founder, Julian Assange, announces his possession of Nude, sexually explicit photos of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Speaking by web cast from House Arrest in London, Assange stated “Wikileaks has released the photos and they are hot. I believe people will be shocked and turned on.” The high resolution nearly pornographic photos of Palin were take in her Alaska office. The photos dated from 2007 were professionally taken by Playboy photographer David Mecey. With a care...

Leaks not a crime
If Julian Assange is guilty of Sexual Assault, then major kudos for his arrest, but the charges shouldn’t be used as a trap for Wikileaks (“Judge grants bail to Wikileaks Julian Assange,” Dec. 16). There’s no doubt that the information cradled in these documents is creating an international disaster, but when Hackers take down these Web sites we have to wonder if they’re doing the exact same thing that we are supposed to be against: Censorship and ending injustice....

Remembering Our Fallen Week: Nothing a Little Bribe Cant Solve
Barack Obama welcomed the cast of Glee to worship with him and Michelle at his dog-cult shrine and White House. Dick Cheney managed to bribe his way out of being shipped to Nigeria like a lowly Wikileaker. Wikileaks founder and Helen Mirren stunt-double, Julian Assange, was finally released on bail so he can finally get to playing the new World of Warcraft expansion with all his Internet nerd friends. Stem Cells maybe-cured a guy with HIV, which means that murdered babies are now being used to c...

Julian Assange furore deepens
Julian Assange speaks to Journalists outside Ellingham Hall, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, after his release last week. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA As fresh snow erases the traces of Friday's scrum of camera crews from the elegant lawns of a Georgian mansion in East Anglia, inside Ellingham Hall Julian Assange is considering his next move. Transformed from cyber celebrity into household name, Assange - the man who kicked a diplomatic hornet's nest across the globe - is carrying...

NYT concedes the case against Assange less flawed than his supporters have claimed (UPDATED)
Swedish Police Report Details Case Against Assange Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who was released from a British jail late last week, is facing a new challenge: the leak of a 68-page confidential Swedish police report that sheds new light on the allegations of sexual misconduct that led to Mr. Assange’s legal troubles. [...] But the details in the police report and dozens of interviews in recent months with people in Sweden linked to the case suggest that the Swedish case could be...

New Foreign Affairs chairwoman: Iran 'No. 1, No. 2, No. 3' on agenda
A senior House Republican is putting Iran and its Nuclear Program at the top of her aggressive agenda in the next Congress. Taking the helm of the House Foreign Affairs Committee next month, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Iran is “No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3” on the panel's to-do list. Oversight will be stepped up, she said, while noting the limitations of Legislation that passes her committee. “The bills that we pass become interesting historical documents but not really bills that have bee

ObamaCare: the Beginning of the End?
As Jennifer Rubin notes at the Washington Post: The extension of the Bush Tax Cuts is an ideological and immediate victory for Conservatives, but hampering the funding of ObamaCare may be the most legislatively significant development of the week. Republicans aim to hold an Up or Down vote on Repeal and, if that fails, to dismantle the Legislation’s key provisions. A central element of that strategy, of course, will be halting its funding.It is a reminder for Democrats that their “...

Obama Administration Endorses Science
by Stuart Shapiro Okay, so it’s not a terribly Controversial position to be pro-science.   But the guidelines issued this week were a reaction to the Bush Administration’s suppression of Testimony from government scientists and altering of scientific findings from agencies.  But reading between the lines, the policy is not as strong as it could be: It’s now up to the government agencies to develop policies that put the principles into practice. For example, the directive s

New Examples of "Sex-God" Julian Assange's Stalking and other Creepy Treatment of Women
As the curtain in front of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange continues to be lifted, it becomes increasingly apparent that the man behind history's greatest leak of secret US information, is not doing so out of some misguided desire to save the world, but because of his narcissistic desire to be the center of the world. Last week it was the revelation of his of his creepy dating profile, where he joke that teenage Asian women were stalking him. Then there were the release of the details of the ...