Our comrade Mendax has a way with the ladies, including accomplished professionals like Argentine Ambassador to the UK (2006-2011) Alicia Castro: "Then we succeeded that he would be allowed to have a kitten, whose company he greatly enjoyed, and whose presence at the embassy has generated one of the most odd and obtuse amongst the complaints raised by the current president of Ecuador." http://theindicter.com/my-friend-julian-assange-alicia-castro-ex-ambassador-... In my opinion, the whole current mess is not fair to James. Does anyone know who's looking after him now? Meanwhile, here's a rare find: Sensible commentary on the state of play on the legal front: http://johnhelmer.net/the-julian-assange-case-now-puts-the-us-on-trial-in-a-... For the new kids: The theory behind the practice of Wikileaks in a brief and seemingly unfinished essay from Himself, courtesy of JYA: https://cryptome.org/0002/ja-conspiracies.pdf Wikileaks was originally presented as a community project, a "Wikipedia of" leaked documents, vetted and analyzed by a distributed network of volunteers. But when the Manning files showed up, Assange hijacked the project and put it on lockdown, presumably due to security concerns when presented with what may stand as The Leak Of The Century. Our Mendax pissed a lot of people off, yrs. truly included - but when Collateral Murder, War Diaries and Cablegate hit the nables, I forgave all. He surely knows the definition of "humility" but to him it must forever remain an abstract concept. Considering his impact on public affairs, I must endorse his tendency to do whatever the fuck he thinks will work. :o)