Assange's father calls on Australia to bring him home
John Shipton has said he was aware of a meeting involving Department of Foreign Affairs about extraditing Julian Assange to Australia.
"I saw him, the way they dragged him down the steps, the coppers (police), he didn't look good. I'm 74 and I look better than him and he's 47. It's such a shock," he said.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 76 | May 2, 2019 6:57 AM
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She tweeted "a mother's plea to police, prison officers, court staff re my son Julian."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 1 | April 14, 2019 10:37 PM
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He’s a criminal. What do you expect?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 14, 2019 10:37 PM
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He exposed the US wrongdoings. That’s something.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 14, 2019 10:39 PM
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He’s a journalist publishing information he received. Won’t bode well for free journalism and journalists in general
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 14, 2019 10:41 PM
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"I'm 74 and I look better than him and he's 47". Oh my goodness, his father's a Data Lounger! I never would have guessed!
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 14, 2019 10:45 PM
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He helped Manning hack the Pentagon, r4. He's a much a journalist as my Google drive.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 14, 2019 10:45 PM
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For the sake of truth and freedom of information. And exposing lies.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 14, 2019 10:46 PM
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R6 It won’t work. Manning won’t cooperate.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 14, 2019 10:47 PM
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There’s more at stake than Crooked Hillary trolls wanting revenge.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 14, 2019 10:48 PM
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He doesn't have to. They have texts between Manning and Assange.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 14, 2019 10:49 PM
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He appears to be an insane megalomaniac more concerned about notoriety than the pursuit of truth. That being said, I have often wondered about the rape accusations, they just seemed so... timely.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 14, 2019 10:55 PM
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R6 Manning hacked the Pentagon on his own. Assange printed the documents that Manning stole. Publication of documents is not illegal.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 13 | April 14, 2019 10:58 PM
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I’ll support him as long as he provides truth and exposes those who try to hide the truth. His personality is really irrelevant
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 14, 2019 10:59 PM
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The father does look better than the crank son.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 14, 2019 11:00 PM
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R5, he’s not wrong, though.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 14, 2019 11:00 PM
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He's a cunt but he has done the world a service.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 14, 2019 11:00 PM
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R13 That’s why they only try to get him on the lesser charge
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 14, 2019 11:01 PM
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[quote]There’s more at stake than Crooked Hillary trolls wanting revenge.
You forgot to shout LOCK HER UP and Benghazi.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 14, 2019 11:02 PM
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The ends justify the means
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 14, 2019 11:02 PM
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R13 they have real time discussions between the two about trying to get around Manning's password problem. A real journalist wouldn't help his source hack.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 14, 2019 11:06 PM
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[quote] He's a cunt but he has done the world a service.
How so? That may have been the case at the beginning, but Wiki has become a political tool for Russia and the like.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 14, 2019 11:10 PM
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Dark moment for press freedom
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 25 | April 14, 2019 11:10 PM
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I’m so torn on these three - Assange, Manning and Snowden. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to love them or hate them. I think they’re all horrible men (and woman), but maybe they did the world a favor.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 14, 2019 11:11 PM
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R24 Assange denied Russian involvement. No evidence
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 14, 2019 11:12 PM
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Truth trumps everything else
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 14, 2019 11:13 PM
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Wikileaks keep a check on the world superpowers and hold them to account. Who doesn’t want that?
by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 14, 2019 11:21 PM
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Keep the bastards honest!!!!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 31 | April 14, 2019 11:25 PM
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Glad to see the ratio here.
All the rest of the threads are infected with people too stupid to understand the dangerous precedent his conviction would set.
Chilling of press freedom is just the beginning.
Stupid fucking totalitarian CUNTS!
Exposure of government corruption should always be protected and celebrated!!!
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 14, 2019 11:28 PM
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"You Can't Handle The Truth" - A Few Good Men
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 33 | April 14, 2019 11:31 PM
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[quote]"I saw him, the way they dragged him down the steps, the coppers (police), he didn't look good. I'm 74 and I look better than him and he's 47. It's such a shock," he said.
I thought the same thing. He looked like some deranged crazy shut-in who had been neglecting basic personal care and hygiene.
I know we say this a lot on DL, but he really looked like he smelled bad.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 14, 2019 11:43 PM
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The question is: “Is he a journalist or is he just a whistle blower?”.
He once was quite a successful journalist in Australia. Now? The jury’s still out.
But he definitely does look like Carey Mulligan.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 35 | April 15, 2019 12:45 AM
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Nothing a good scrub and wash won’t fix r34
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 15, 2019 12:45 AM
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R32 Even if we dislike Assange, we have to admire and champion the cause.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 15, 2019 12:54 AM
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He exposed the truth and some people can't handle the truth.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | April 15, 2019 1:12 AM
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Now we know why they have different last names. There's going to be a yuge effort on the part of the Russiapublicans to make sure he never testifies. I look for him to be "suicided":
Mother: Christine Assange Father: John Shipton (per court documents, Assange has never met his father) Wife: (m. 1989, div., one son) Son: Daniel (b. circa 1987) Daughter: (b. 2006)
by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 15, 2019 1:14 AM
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Seems more like he has an axe to grind.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | April 15, 2019 1:15 AM
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I hate his guts and I hope he dies.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | April 15, 2019 1:23 AM
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R44 Sore Hillary supporters as usual
by Anonymous | reply 45 | April 15, 2019 2:59 AM
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Assange skateboarding in embassy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 46 | April 15, 2019 5:26 AM
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Oh blimey this gets complicated.
So he'll serve time here. During that he'll have to face US extradition proceedings. They could either succeed or fail. The Swedes may or may not raise a European Arrest Warrant for him too. If all of those fail, then once he finishes his UK sentence then he could be deported to Ecuador or Australia. If the UK don't extradite him, and deport him, then the US could request his extradition from either of those two countries.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | April 16, 2019 5:02 PM
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I’ll bill him as hero when he does what R42 suggests
by Anonymous | reply 50 | April 16, 2019 6:41 PM
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^US has more dirt to hide
by Anonymous | reply 51 | April 16, 2019 6:43 PM
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Plus US is the land of the free
by Anonymous | reply 52 | April 16, 2019 6:49 PM
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Yeah, R51, the Chinese & kremlin are lacking dirt that needs exposing for the good of the globe
by Anonymous | reply 53 | April 16, 2019 6:52 PM
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WikiLeaks isn't a journalistic site. It just posts the PDF files of documents written by third parties. A public Google Drive could do the same.
Journalists use WikiLeaks, but that doesn't make what they do journalism. Journalists use libraries, but libraries aren't engaging in journalism either.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | April 16, 2019 7:04 PM
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Conspiracy requires:
1. An agreement between two or more people to commit a crime
2. Intent to enter into that agreement
3. Intent to commit the target crime or pursue the unlawful objective
4. An overt act in furtherance of the crime
The text messages suffice for the first three elements. All that's needed is the tiniest act in furtherance of breaking into the computer, like trying to submit a password.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | April 16, 2019 7:10 PM
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R54 Journalism is publishing information received
by Anonymous | reply 56 | April 16, 2019 9:53 PM
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I don't have much sympathy for people who jump into the fire and then cry about how hot it is.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | April 16, 2019 10:03 PM
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Why didn't he trim his beard or shave when he was inside?
by Anonymous | reply 59 | April 16, 2019 10:04 PM
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"....and I am old and will be gone. Bring him peace, bring him joy. He is young. He is only a boy."
by Anonymous | reply 60 | April 16, 2019 10:24 PM
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R60 Only a boy? Living in a time warp much?
by Anonymous | reply 61 | April 16, 2019 10:54 PM
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R60 Lol, I got it. R61 It was a Les Mis reference.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | April 16, 2019 11:20 PM
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Let his creepy ass rote in prison.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | April 16, 2019 11:23 PM
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His fucked up son is a result of his shitty parenting.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | April 17, 2019 2:48 AM
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He was raised by his single mom, R64. His dad was absent.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | April 17, 2019 3:01 AM
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the pos dad excuses a treasonous son who has helped Putin unleash violence and death, pleading his 47 year old baby needs huggies, kisses, and cookies.
Perhaps, if he hadn't fled Sweden to avoid a rape trial, he wouldn't have ended up in the Equadorian embassy in the first place.
Goddamn with these parents excusing their middle aged children's shit behavior.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | April 17, 2019 3:10 AM
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didn't he purposely expose some agents that were undercover?
by Anonymous | reply 68 | April 17, 2019 3:21 AM
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There is journalism but he crossed a line. He exposed the identities of our undercover agents, put our national security at risk; he outed gays in Muslim countries. And if he exposed the US, why not Russia? Or China? Fair play for everyone.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | April 17, 2019 4:04 AM
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Fuck r69
You are simply too fucking stupid to understand how stupid you are. Fuck you cunt
by Anonymous | reply 71 | May 2, 2019 6:30 AM
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Apologies r69
My disdain was directed at R70, Dumbest CUNT on Datalounge.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | May 2, 2019 6:31 AM
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R72 What’s the matter ? Got up on wrong side of the bed ?
by Anonymous | reply 73 | May 2, 2019 6:42 AM
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They should send him back home to Australia in a body bag.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | May 2, 2019 6:43 AM
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He needs to be brought home to Australia and then placed on a Government pension of some kind until he can get his life back on track.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | May 2, 2019 6:44 AM
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Marxism has warped the simple minds of r73 & r74
Please move to Cuba or Venezuela so that you can begin to understand the evil totalitarian bullshit that you support. People like you make me sick, and if you are actually gay then you are fucking evil.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | May 2, 2019 6:57 AM
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