'Personal message from Julian Assange'

[madmax]

The judge has denied bail however, this may help with legal fees and other expenses for those who may want to contribute to Julian.

"Personal message from Julian Assange"

December 5th, 2010 24 Comments 116
ShareFrom: Julian Assange – WikiLeaks
Subject: WikiLeaks – hope you can help
Date: Saturday, 4 December, 2010, 3:21

Dear ***,
As you may have heard I am facing arrest in the United Kingdom in relation to extradition attempts by Sweden and probably the US.

If this happens I will be stuck in solitary confinement during my defence unless I can raise the necessary funds for bail and representation.

I am reaching out to you in regard to this matter and I am also looking at support to defend our other WikiLeak people.

If you can assist or you know someone who could please contact me here or my solicitor Jennifer Robinson ([e-mail] [phone] or [phone]) of Finers Stephens Innocent LLP."

Hope you can help,

Julian

Julian Assange – WikiLeaks
from: http://antonyloewenstein.com/2010/12/05/personal-message-from-julian-assange/

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Aka: Start my Homeland Security file now.

I wish I was joking.

[mainer]

4. I wish you were too

I would donate, but I really do need to keep flying internationally without getting on some stupid no-fly list.

[Kaleko]

11. Me too.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

19. I already have a file --

just another addition to a file I can be proud of. :D

[laughingliberal]

24. Lol! What's one more? My family went on Nixon's list when I was 13. nt

[Ghost Dog]

28. Yup. No problem at all.

Snail mail (and even more 'devious' means, like actually face-to-face talking with people) still works, you know.

[EFerrari]

49. Too bad we can't get badges on a sash like in Girl Scouts.

:)

[EFerrari]

48. And please sign my "I Read Wikileaks" declaration.

In for a penny. :)

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/i-read-wikileaks/

[Hell Hath No Fury]

57. Thanks for the tip!

:hi:

[sabrina 1]

65. I signed it yesterday. And I meant to ask you, has it been posted

on Reddit? I believe they have a huge readership and many of them are supportive of Wikileaks. I don't know how to get it on there as I'm not a member, but I know eg, that when Keith was suspended, his petition was posted there and got a lot of support. It has only 75 sigs right now. It really does need more exposure. I wonder if Turborama knows how to get it on Reddit?

Too bad they don't have a 'share' button at the petition site.

[EFerrari]

66. I haven't had much time to put it out.

I've sent it to a few friends and tweeted it a few times. I'll have to try in the mornning. Reddit it is then. :hi:

[sabrina 1]

69. Good for you. I know that Keith's petition got a lot of support there

and the TSA issue has been getting a lot of support there also. :-)

[krabigirl]

68. me too..I am sure I have a file anyway.

[lamp_shade]

2. Dear Mom. Please send m..... oh nevermind.

[hlthe2b]

3. I am curious...merely curious...

(Step back, Agent Mike, you can turn back to ESPN for the moment-- I'm not fomenting revolution)...

But, how would people in the US be able to donate to him or help if paypal, visa, mastercard, and all the other major electronic transfer payment systems have blocked payments to him. How are people outside the US doing so?

[snagglepuss]

8. Since Amex hasn't made any annoucements, use Amercian Express to make

a credit card donation. To do so go to

https://donations.datacell.com/



Bank transfers can also be made

. Bank Transfer - Option 1: via Sunshine Press Productions ehf:
Klapparhlid 30, 270 Mosfellsbaer, Iceland
Landsbanki Islands Account number 0111-26-611010
BANK/SWIFT:NBIIISREXXX
ACCOUNT/IBAN:IS97 0111 2661 1010 6110 1002 80

4. Bank Transfer - Option 2: via the not-for-profit Wau Holland Stiftung Foundation:
This support is tax deductible in Germany
Bank Account: 2772812-04
IBAN: DE46 5204 0021 0277 2812 04
BIC Code: COBADEFFXXX
Bank: Commerzbank Kassel
German BLZ: 52040021
Subject: WIKILEAKS / WHS Projekt 04

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Money orders can be mailed, yes?

Fairly untraceable.

[snagglepuss]

20. But where would you send it? The Australian government is closing

Assange's PO box. It would be nice if his lawyers opened a PO box for a defense fund.

[Autumn Colors]

40. I found this address

The law firm's website is now down, but looking at a google-cache file, this address is listed for the law firm at the bottom of their main webpage:

FINERS STEPHENS INNOCENT, LLP
179 Great Portland Street
London W1W 5LS

[Autumn Colors]

37. Fees to cash foreign money orders can be high

Unless you can get an international postal money order somewhere, the fee to them to be able to cash or deposit a regular money order from a U.S. bank might be as high as $25. (I'm not sure if all U.S. Post Offices sell international money orders anymore.)

[sabrina 1]

46. Yes, that is the best way to donate.

I'm sure our gestapo agents will be watching that address, so people should wear gloves, don't put a return address on the outside, and sign with a phony name. IF they don't want to be discovered donating to help keep the press free.

I will donate, probably by snail mail in cash since they will probably freeze any accounts he may use.. The more people who do it, the less chance they have of stopping it.

In fact, a call should go out for millions of people around the world to send money to that address and flood it for days or weeks so that they cannot keep up with it.

Does anyone remember when Bush asked for people to call Homeland Security with tips about people they thought looked suspicious, and a call went out for people to call the number and so many did with silly stories, they had to shut it down, temporarily anyhow.

Another way to help would be to send money to his lawyers for his defence.

I have faith that people around the world won't be deterred by the U.S. fascist agents looking to put them on a no-fly list. Fewer and fewer people want to come here anyhow.

Fear should

[snagglepuss]

47. But to what address? Are you suggesting to send money orders to his lawyer?

[Pavulon]

56. Please send all correspondence to..

Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Public Affairs
Washington, D.C. 20505

make checks payable to cash.

[sabrina 1]

64. Lol! Okaaay!

[Renew Deal]

5. What a scam

And Assange is a professional scammer.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. How so?

[Renew Deal]

7. Hacking

Hacking In 1987, after turning 16, Assange began hacking under the name "Mendax" (derived from a phrase of Horace: "splendide mendax," or "nobly untruthful").<19> He and two other hackers joined to form a group which they named the International Subversives. Assange wrote down the early rules of the subculture: "Don’t damage computer systems you break into (including crashing them); don’t change the information in those systems (except for altering logs to cover your tracks); and share information".<19>

In response to the hacking, the Australian Federal Police raided his Melbourne home in 1991.<21> He was reported to have accessed computers belonging to an Australian university, the Canadian telecommunications company Nortel,<19> and other organisations, via modem.<22> In 1992, he pleaded guilty to 24 charges of hacking and was released on bond for good conduct after being fined AU$2100.<19><23> The prosecutor said "there is just no evidence that there was anything other than sort of intelligent inquisitiveness and the pleasure of being able to—what's the expression—surf through these various computers".<19>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange#Hacking

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. That comports perfectly with "whistleblowing."

:shrug:

[Renew Deal]

12. Not even close.

Hackers do it for many reasons. Often to show off to their friends and to steal.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

15. Is curiosity not a (legitimate) reason?

Please provide link to "often."

[Renew Deal]

16. How many legitimate reasons are there to commit crimes and invade privacy?

I'm curious about what the government knows about UFO's. You won't see me breaking into any gov't agency to find out. :)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

18. How many legitimate reasons are there to skirt the law under an official capacity?

:think:

[Renew Deal]

21. I think people accept that.

And I'm not kidding. I think people accept a certain amount of secrecy and spying on others.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

23. Accept or expect?

[Renew Deal]

25. Both

:shrug:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

27. Disagree.

:shrug:

[Renew Deal]

30. Look at what the reaction is.

It's more focused on the leaking and leaker than the contents of the leaks. Americans don't care about spying on the UN or others.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

32. "It's more focused on the leaking and leaker.."

Not in my house.

[Renew Deal]

33. lol

:rofl:

Maybe that wasn't meant to be funny. :silly:

[EOTE]

34. Well, so long as "Americans don't care", I guess I shouldn't either.

Because after all, apathy in the face of fascism is a good thing, right?

[TalkingDog]

63. So.... check my logic here

It's WRONG for Julian Assange to secretly spy on others, but people accept a certain amount of secrecy and spying on others?


So, it's wrong because he's an individual and not a government?

Am I reading your post correctly?

[Raksha]

67. Yeah, you're reading the post correctly.

Re "So, it's wrong because he's an individual and not a government?"

It's depressing how many people operate under that belief, although not very many will admit to it.

[here_is_to_hope]

10. May I suggest stepping back

...from the edge?

[walldude]

22. LOL... hookay...

Yes it's... the evil hackers.... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: You must personally know many of these evil hackers to have formed such a... well thought out position.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Thanks for posting. K&R

[madmax]

17. *******UPDATE********

The original message posted here from Julian Assange of Wikileaks, asking for support, has been removed due to a request from those close to the group.

More information will soon appear explaining how we can all support Wikileaks during its time of need.

http://antonyloewenstein.com/2010/12/05/personal-message-from-julian-assange/

[laughingliberal]

26. K&R. nt

[Ghost Dog]

31. Uh huh. I was just looking at this site:

http://www.fsilaw.com/

(edit: already crashed now, by the looks of it).

[Mimosa]

45. It's up now.

Seriously, how dare anybody take down a law firm's site?

[Egnever]

29. Please send me Casheirs checks!

Fuck new jesus he is where he belongs. He could have done great things but he has proven to be in it for the money and the glory instead of truly exposing coruption.

[Catherina]

35. Rec'd/done but your bail will be denied Julian. You're right up there with Bin Laden per DHS.

Add that to my homeland security file you fuckers.

[backscatter712]

36. Worse than Bin Laden.

After all, Assange is in custody, Bin Laden is not...

When the government really wants to, it can nail somebody anywhere in the world. They did this to Assange. Not to Bin Laden.

[Catherina]

38. True dat. In both cases, they have no right, I'm sick that this country

thinks it can nab anyone it wants, anywhere in the world, and start wars if they don't get their way. I think I'm near the tune in, drop out stage.

[Autumn Colors]

39. I found this address

The law firm's website is now down, but looking at a google-cache file, this address is listed for the law firm at the bottom of their main webpage:

FINERS STEPHENS INNOCENT, LLP
179 Great Portland Street
London W1W 5LS

[Catherina]

42. It's back up now. Thank you for prompting a look at it

I found this on there and thought it was interesting

Mark Stephens comments in the Financial Times on the Warrant for WikiLeaks founder.

Mark Stephens, lawyer for Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website, hit back against Sweden’s prosecution service after an international arrest warrant was issued against him in connection with a rape investigation. Mark accused Swedish prosecutors of an “ambush” after ignoring his client’s offers to co-operate. Mark said: “I’ve worked with third world countries and authoritarian regimes where there has been more of an attempt at a fair process." Click here to read the full article.

http://www.fsilaw.com/Global/In%20the%20media/Media%20coverage/22,-d-,11,-d-,2010%20-%20Mark%20Stephens%20-%20The%20Financial%20Times.aspx

[SoCalDem]

41. Release the code, Julian

you said you would..

Being taken into custody should have come as no surprise.. The judge said "no bail" ..

[Pavulon]

44. It would be so epic it if it was a classic 4chan trap in that file.

[EFerrari]

50. He's locked up and not reading the inter tubes at the moment.

[SoCalDem]

51. but..he DID say that if he was arrested there was an automatic plan

to release it..:)

I don;t know why he's being so cagey... It's either important enough to release it all or it's not..

Let it all out & the chips will fall where they may..

[EFerrari]

52. The work of Wikileaks goes on. I don't think there's anything cagey

here. The releases have to be processed before they're released. Plus, the work has been disrupted nearly every day for a week.

Wikileaks was criticized for not redacting some names in the warlogs. In response, they seem to have changed the way they screen stuff before it goes up. They aren't going to let anything "out" willynilly. They never have done that that I know of, any way.

[Ghost Dog]

61. Much will depend on how the British judicial system

decides to behave.

(Good behavior not always guaranteed)... But at least Mr. "two hats" Jack Straw is not the one to decide, this time around.

[Common Sense Party]

43. SEND LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY

The shit has hit the fan.

[Cali_Democrat]

53. LOL.....that thing reads like an internet scam email

ROFL

[Mira]

54. Recommended

Thank you for posting this, Madmax

[Kaleko]

58. Very informative picture in your sigline, Mira. Cool.

:)

[Mira]

60. ...

I'm glad our paths are crossing again, Hello and thanks.

[katty]

55. go Julian!...o, our scary guvment is coming after all of us! boo!!

[David Zephyr]

59. K&R.

!

[slutticus]

62. Is there a 256-bit AES key hidden in that message?