WikiLeaks: Julian Assange says police feared he would be assassinated outside High Court

[harvey007]

Source: The Telegraph

Mr Assange disclosed that police were worried he would be assassinated when he left the High Court after being granted bail last Thursday.

Speaking to a Spanish newspaper after being released on £275,000 bail, he said: “I receive death threats all the time. My lawyer receives them, my son receives them.

“Most of them seem to come from members of the United States armed forces.”

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8214237/WikiLeaks-Julian-Assange-says-police-feared-he-would-be-assassinated-outside-High-Court.html

[jaxx]

1. He's so dramatic.

[BlueMTexpat]

6. Considering the inflammatory rhetoric I personally have heard against him,

his "drama" is warranted.
We have more than our share of home-grown crazies IN the US. And more than a few of them are well-funded and well-connected.

[girl gone mad]

8. World leaders and major political figures..

have been calling for his assassination.

Not a time for subtlety.

[snappyturtle]

2. I wondered about an assassination attempt while he was

speaking after he was released. I fear for him. Maybe he is 'dramatic' but he lives a dramatic life!

[glinda]

5. I worry about it on the very property he resides on.

[boppers]

3. It's happened.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x52744

[Pavulon]

4. Why go to that much trouble. The man who told him is his personal MLK

could have dosed him with polonium or ricin. He would be dead if the right people wanted him dead. He is not quite a gerry bull level problem.

[stray cat]

7. Not believable until he publishes it in wikileaks then like pinochio it becomes real

[Kaleva]

9. He's got to say something to keep himself in the news

[rucky]

10. Keeping himself in the news

could be what's keeping him alive.