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In reply to the discussion: The Swedish Prosecutor Lied As Charged. Admits No Legal Impediment to London Interview w/Assange. [View all]JonLP24
(29,808 posts)rank in the top 5 or are the top of the justice system rankings list though I wonder what inspirations motivated the Lisbeth Salender novels which suggest a very corrupt "dark force" within the system, to discredit & keep within someone who knows something they'd prefer the public didn't know about it.
The only thing that seemed doubtful or very unlikely was she was a world class hacker who could prove her innocence & prove their corruption. I remember the journalist, trying to reach out to her left a note on his computer in the likely event she would hack his computer at one point or another.
The novels don't significantly color my perception of Sweden because I understood how possible, especially under the control of sociopaths in a medical setting with diagnoses to justify continued power over her life.
Don't know why I bring it up except it is my favorite series of books because it is very real in terms of the way sociopaths operate or game life's rules & misdirect suspicion elsewhere, the newspapers had headlines claiming she was a member of a "Lesbian Satanic Cult" on a murder spree but for 90 lb woman she was the toughest & smartest character I ever read. Shot in the head & buried, dug herself out (a couple things made it possible) gave them like a supernatural fear when they saw her return after them & she had a brother who literally couldn't feel pain, a medical condition and she brilliantly unplugged the nail gun.
Hypothetically, if he factually didn't do what he was accused of, given the entirety of the circumstances including the US is actively trying to shut down Wikileaks I wouldn't trust & avoid court or feeling strongly of a set-up if it wasn't true. I don't know either way, I don't follow gurus or idol worship as rule so I didn't have a personal interest into him as a person because it was irrelevant to the terrific achievement of Wikileaks, who as I understand, was achieved by a team from several backgrounds including US citizens for whatever reason would prefer to remain anonymous and OK with him Assange as the public face that adds enormous risk by doing so.
It just reeks but the whole era is very shameful. MSM recently reporting "Snowden wants to come back to US" Uhhh, he said he wanted to do very early but doesn't feel he'll get a fair trial under the Espionage Act which was only originally created to curtail the free speech of lefty activist & political groups but led the era led to Zechariah Chafee who we badly need right now.
A lot of people put Daniel Ellsburg into a special category but when it comes to public statements Ellsburg has made since Bradley Manning, they continue to argue they aren't true whistle-blowers or deserve to be punished & ridiculed. 1 DUer did actually criticize Ellsburgh for releasing the Pentagon Papers but without a call-out, a DUer that will go at lengths much like NJMaverick to twist themselves into justifying literally everything from the President is the correct decision.