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Yes it would be very good if a General Comment could be worked on in
relevant HR committees, this is essential to getting some of the
challenges related to the medium (these would have to be a
sufficient level of generality). Perhaps it should anticipate
changes as user needs change. I suppose it will also involve some
responsibilities on the part of users too. But general contracting
principles, like fair contracting terms, may be a useful guide.<br>
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The trouble is imperial actions and/or pretensions do bread paranoid
politics in developing countries. And we need to be cognisant of the
fact that some of the vested interests strengthened by their
influence on government positions in the rich countries for
developing countries tend to "blowback" to the developed world.<br>
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Riaz<br>
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On 2012/03/02 10:48 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
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<div>Thank you for this and these are some thoughts. This is
really interesting. If we look at the case of:-</div>
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<div> China [alleged imtimidation of Ai Wei Wei for threats
against Odre Public/Public Order];</div>
<div> US [alleged intention to prosecute Assange for threats to
"national security"];</div>
<div>Pakistan [RFPs for filtering for threats against Public
Order];</div>
<div> India [New Delhi - where Court said that ISPs have to block
content for threats against Public Order/Moral];</div>
<div> Europe [where ECJ held that the danger of blocking lawful
content was a far greater risk in terms of filtering attempts]</div>
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<div>then we have a deeper appreciation of the need to see what
are legitimate exceptions. </div>
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<div>Sala</div>
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<h1>WikiLeaks: Stratfor leak shows US's covert plan to
prosecute Assange</h1>
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<div> <span>Wednesday, February 29, 2012</span> </div>
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<div> Julian Assange. </div>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wikileaks.org/Stratfor-Emails-US-Has-Issued.html"
target="_blank">WikiLeaks released the statement</a>
below on February 28.</p>
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<p>Confidential emails obtained from the US private
intelligence firm Stratfor show that the United States
government has had a secret indictment against WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange for more than 12 months.</p>
<p>Fred Burton, Stratfor’s Vice-President for
Counterterrorism and Corporate Security, is a former
Deputy Chief of the Department of State’s (DoS)
counterterrorism division for the Diplomatic Security
Service (DSS).</p>
<p>In early 2011, Burton revealed in internal Stratfor
correspondence that a secret Grand Jury had already
issued a sealed indictment for Assange: "Not for Pub —
We have a sealed indictment on Assange. Pls protect."
(375123) According to Burton: "Assange is going to make
a nice bride in prison. Screw the terrorist. He’ll be
eating cat food forever." (1056988) A few weeks earlier,
following Julian Assange’s release from a London jail,
where he had been remanded as a result of a Swedish
prosecutor’s arrest warrant, Fred Burton told SkyNews:
"extradition [to the US is] more and more likely".
(373862).</p>
<p>Emails from Fred Burton reveal that the US government
employs the same counterterrorism strategy against
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as against Al Qaeda: "Take
down the money. Go after his infrastructure. The tools
we are using to nail and de-construct Wiki are the same
tools used to dismantle and track aQ [Al Qaeda]. Thank
Cheney & 43 [former US President George W. Bush].
Big Brother owns his liberal terrorist arse." (1067796)</p>
<p>Ten days after the CIA reportedly assassinated Osama
bin Laden, Burton writes in an email sent to Stratfor’s
"Secure" mailing list that he "can get access to the
materials seized from the OBL [Osama bin Laden] safe
house." (1660854)</p>
<p>Burton states: "Ferreting out [Julian Assange’s]
confederates is also key. Find out what other
disgruntled rogues inside the tent or outside [sic].
Pile on. Move him from country to country to face
various charges for the next 25 years. But, seize
everything he and his family own, to include every
person linked to Wiki." (1056763)</p>
<p>Along with the FBI, the Diplomatic Security Service and
the Department of Defense (DoD) form a multi-agency US
Government outfit seeking to criminally indict and
prosecute WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. According to the
Department of State, the DSS handles the investigation
of all leads that involve the DoS and assists the DoD in
forensic analysis of hard drives seized by the US
government in its ongoing criminal investigation.</p>
<p>Burton also says he "would pursue [c]onspiracy and
[p]olitical [t]errorism charges and declassify the death
of a source someone which [he] could link to Wiki"
(1074383). Burton’s strategy is to: "[b]ankrupt the
arsehole first," Burton states, "ruin his life. Give him
7-12 yrs for conspiracy." (1057220)</p>
<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said: "For over a year
now, the US Attorny General Eric Holder has been
conducting a "secret" Grand Jury investigation into
WikiLeaks. This neo-McCarthyist witch hunt against
WikiLeaks may be Mr Holder’s defining legacy. Any
student of American history knows that secret justice is
no justice at all. Justice must be seen to be done.
Legitimate authority arises out of the informed consent
of the governed, not Eric Holder’s press secretary.</p>
<p>"Secret Grand Juries with secret indictments are
apparently Eric Holder’s preferred method of dealing
with publishers who hold his administration to account.
Eric Holder has betrayed the legacy of Madison and
Jefferson. He should drop the case or resign. Should he
continue, however, the Obama administration may not —
Democrats and Republicans alike believe in the right to
tell the truth."</p>
<p>As early as June 2010, after the release of the
Collateral Murder video but prior to the Afghan War
Diaries release, the emails talk of a sealed indictment.
In an email conversation between Shane Harris, a
National Security journalist, and Burton, Harris is
surprised that Assange was reporteded to be attending a
Las Vegas Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
conference. Burton remarks: "As a foreign national, we
could revoke [Julian Assange’s] travel status and
deport. Could also be taken into custody as a material
witness. We COULD have a sealed indictment and lock him
up. Depends upon how far along the military case is"
(391504). Julian Assange cancelled his appearance at the
IRE conference due to security concerns.</p>
<p>In another email to Stephen Feldhaus, Stratfor legal
counsel, about Ronald Kessler, a "pro-FBI journalist",
Burton remarks: “I look forward to Manning and Assange
facing a bajillion-thousand counts [of espionage]."
(1035283)</p>
<p>In July 2010 alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning
was moved from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait to the Quantico Brig
in the Military District of Washington at the request of
Maj. Gen. Terry Wolff, then Commanding General of the
1st Armored Division/US Division – Center in Iraq.</p>
<p>Wolff requested Manning’s move, the Pentagon reported,
"due to a potentially lengthy pre-trial confinement
because of the complexity of the charges and an ongoing
investigation.” Three days before Manning arrived at
Quantico Brig, Burton wrote to George Friedman, Stratfor
CEO and founder:</p>
<p>“We probably asked the ASIS [Australian Secret
Intelligence Service] to monitor Wiki coms and email,
after the soldier from Potomac was nabbed. So, it’s
reasonable to assume we probably already know who has
done it. The delay could be figuring out how to
declassify and use the Aussie intel on Wiki... The owner
[Julian Assange] is a peacenik. He needs his head dunked
in a full toilet bowl at Gitmo.” (402168)</p>
<p>The GI Files: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html"
title="http://wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html"
target="_blank">http://wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html</a></p>
<p>Please donate: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://shop.wikileaks.org/donate"
title="http://shop.wikileaks.org/donate"
target="_blank">http://shop.wikileaks.org/donate</a></p>
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