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41. Mystery swirls around Assange's status at Ecuadorean Embassy

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 01:44 PM

Oct 2016

By RAPHAEL SATTER
Oct. 18, 2016 12:22 PM EDT

... Julian Assange says his hosts at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London abruptly cut him off from the internet ...

"While our concerns about Wikileaks are longstanding, any suggestion that Secretary Kerry or the State Department were involved in shutting down Wikileaks is false," U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said in an email. "Reports that Secretary Kerry had conversations with Ecuadorian officials about this are simply untrue. Period" ...

WikiLeaks staffers Kristinn Hrafnsson and Sarah Harrison did not return repeated messages seeking comment. Staff at the embassy declined comment. Ecuador's Foreign Minister Guillaume Long, approached by The Associated Press on the sidelines of a United Nations conference in Quito on Monday, declined to comment when asked about Assange. His office later released a terse statement in response to "the speculation of the last few hours" reaffirming Assange's asylum status ...

Assange has carved out a life at Hans Crescent, dining on delivered food, welcoming famous well-wishers and even occasionally addressing the media from the embassy's balcony. But evidence of tension and mutual suspicion with his hosts surfaced after BuzzFeed News drew on confidential Ecuadorean government documents to detail a violent, after-hours confrontation between Assange and an Ecuadorean security guard in September 2012 ...

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6f997f97c5f140a29f385ea05f1b642c/wikileaks-assanges-internet-link-severed-state-actor

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Has Julian #Assange had his internet cut off due to claims of online sexual grooming? [View all] Scurrilous Oct 2016 OP

WOW Zoonart Oct 2016 #1

More like Assange and Scott Ritter, if page 2 of that statement is to be believed. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #10

Post removed Post removed Oct 2016 #44

Who is they and what damage? yardwork Oct 2016 #45

That's beside the point. TampaAnimusVortex Oct 2016 #60

The fact that he appears to get his marching orders from Putin discredits him enough. 6000eliot Oct 2016 #69

Right... claim of entrapment again... Foggyhill Oct 2016 #53

Whos claiming entrapment? TampaAnimusVortex Oct 2016 #58

So, again fabrication... well ok, i know where you stand Foggyhill Oct 2016 #70

you really need a shot of reality.... chillfactor Oct 2016 #77

Easier to call names than produce any real facts? TampaAnimusVortex Oct 2016 #84

This has been known for weeks. joshcryer Oct 2016 #61

Wikileaks has been releasing data for a lot longer than that. TampaAnimusVortex Oct 2016 #65

That's precisely why I believe he would do something like this. joshcryer Oct 2016 #67

Follow the twitter link to page 2......Taking a chapter from Scott Ritter. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #2

page 2 details the video they have of Assange. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #3

MORE HERE. ... msanthrope Oct 2016 #4

Thanks. Scurrilous Oct 2016 #5

Oh....trying to supplement as I find info. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #12

There's something a little odd about all this jberryhill Oct 2016 #27

prweb.com looks a little dodgy to me, also Warpy Oct 2016 #79

It's a cut rate press release site jberryhill Oct 2016 #80

That was my impression Warpy Oct 2016 #81

EVEN MORE HERE!!!! msanthrope Oct 2016 #6

HOLY SHIT.....IT INVOLVES NOAM CHOMSKY!!!! msanthrope Oct 2016 #7

I don't have time to read it - can you explain the Chomsky connection? Thanks! n/t Avalux Oct 2016 #21

No. I provided the link, I will let DUers read it for themselves msanthrope Oct 2016 #22

I'm trying to understand the context of this "report" jberryhill Oct 2016 #28

I think the context is a business that made a very bad business decision. msanthrope Oct 2016 #36

That's not the "context" I'm talking about jberryhill Oct 2016 #38

Oh....definitely something odd is up. msanthrope Oct 2016 #39

What does the UN have to do with it? jberryhill Oct 2016 #40

Well.....if he's a pedo...someone has egg on their face. msanthrope Oct 2016 #43

No they signed up and paid their dues back in May. joshcryer Oct 2016 #55

The site was probably a gimmick. joshcryer Oct 2016 #57

Don't know....they scrubbed social media, as they said they would to protect msanthrope Oct 2016 #59

Wikileaks tweeted about it when it first came to light. joshcryer Oct 2016 #62

That's my feeling on it. I have a lot of questions. Lot of skepticism. msanthrope Oct 2016 #64

He's a fucking pain in their ass. joshcryer Oct 2016 #66

He is a stone in their shoe. msanthrope Oct 2016 #68

Remember when his desk was "accidently damaged"? joshcryer Oct 2016 #72

even better... Remember the night apparently somebody scaled the garden? msanthrope Oct 2016 #73

They just released their rebuttal. joshcryer Oct 2016 #75

They had already been approved before outing Assange. joshcryer Oct 2016 #52

What "duty"? jberryhill Oct 2016 #54

No clue, research while I lay on my back, hung over... joshcryer Oct 2016 #56

There are like 9000 companies in the UNGC jberryhill Oct 2016 #83

It has to do with an anti-rape organization the Mr. Chomsky supports. blogslut Oct 2016 #23

The dating site in question was a feminist run approach. joshcryer Oct 2016 #49

If threatening American female employees of ToddandClare is true, that fucker should fear msanthrope Oct 2016 #8

More here, on toddandclare.com..... msanthrope Oct 2016 #9

Trying to make sense of this. randome Oct 2016 #11

Yes.......sounds like delist came before investigation was made public. msanthrope Oct 2016 #13

So do you think this is why Assange's Internet access was cut? And not because of Wikileaks? randome Oct 2016 #14

I think this explains why Ecuador has kept quite silent on the matter. msanthrope Oct 2016 #15

You and me, both. randome Oct 2016 #17

Ecuador is cracking down on sex trafficking. joshcryer Oct 2016 #51

epic kick Blue_Tires Oct 2016 #16

It looks like the 'state actor' was Ecuador. Scurrilous Oct 2016 #18

Ecuador cuts Julian Assange's internet access: WikiLeaks Scurrilous Oct 2016 #19

I'm guessing Assange has out stayed his welcome. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #20

Well that old saying is right csziggy Oct 2016 #31

You'd think he himself would be bored to death by now treestar Oct 2016 #82

K&R nt Codeine Oct 2016 #24

What a creep. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2016 #25

Karma to all the creeps PunksMom Oct 2016 #26

I read lots of this earlier today but not from Wonkette. Think it was Daily Kos. riversedge Oct 2016 #29

I got the twitter link in the OP from a post on Wonkette. Scurrilous Oct 2016 #30

Ok thanks for clearingup my memory. But wouldn't Ecuador qualify as a state player?? riversedge Oct 2016 #32

Yes. Scurrilous Oct 2016 #34

The Kerry was in London stuff is beyond stupid karynnj Oct 2016 #47

Kick to the top. sarcasmo Oct 2016 #33

So disgusting ismnotwasm Oct 2016 #35

explains the sympathy for Trump nt geek tragedy Oct 2016 #37

Mystery swirls around Assange's status at Ecuadorean Embassy struggle4progress Oct 2016 #41

Wikileaks now claiming that a "front" has fed this story to the "Democratic media" to discredit Maven Oct 2016 #42

Which front? msanthrope Oct 2016 #48

Assange to fight extradition to the Bahamas next. joshcryer Oct 2016 #63

"Everyone's out to get me!" That's starting to ring true. randome Oct 2016 #74

The desperation in that tweet is palpable. joshcryer Oct 2016 #71

The end of the Assange Saga. The end of Trump. The end of the GOP. The end of Roger Ailes. randome Oct 2016 #46

LOL it wouldn't surprise me Blue_Tires Oct 2016 #76

Highly unlikely Warpy Oct 2016 #78

Post removed Post removed Oct 2016 #85

And they could have made things worse for themselves B2G Oct 2016 #86