Is Assange now unprosecutable?

[Razer]

On 03/13/2017 09:07 AM, jim bell wrote:
> Having the tools used against him is only one of a number of reasons
> an attorney would have the right to raise this issue.  In the
> hypothetical future case, where Assange gets prosecuted for this
> recent leak, he has the right to challenge the government's assertion
> that this information was genuine, rather than merely a
> well-constructed fraud.   That would potentially require calling
> hundreds of government witnesses attesting to the accuracy of the
> leaks, a VERY unappetizing thought for government!  
>
> It would be a disaster.   At this point, I suspect that the US Federal
> Government, if they found that Assange was VOLUNTARILY travelling to
> America, would do just about everything in its power to block him from
> doing so.  If he succeeded, questions would be asked like "Why aren't
> they arresting/trying him?". 
>
>              Jim Bell 
>
>
>
>


The US government has no intention whatsoever of arresting Julian
Assange and every intention of contriving an "accident" that kills
(assassinates) him or other event of a similar nature that leaves him
'cowboy-ed' (a mess all over the sidewalk after a fall from a 20th floor
window for instance) as a reminder to everyone else who might consider
following in his footsteps.

Partly for the reason you state (and partly pure vengeance). A trial
would be an impossibility, but the US government is very VERY good at
'eliminating threats' in such a manner as to create 'plausible
deniability. But they can't kill Wikileaks.

Rr


> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Anthony Papillion <anthony at cajuntechie.org>
>
>
> Even though WikiLeaks have released the keys to the kingdom, I don't
> think it would matter for prosecution. Keep in mind that we have proof
> of all of the NSA stuff and yet, when a criminal defendant tried to
> use those as evidence in his case, he was told he couldn't because he
> could not proce that the tools were used specifically against him. I
> suspect any prosecution of Assange would likely follow a similar route.
>
> Anthony Papillion
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com <mailto:jdb10987 at yahoo.com>>
> Sent: 03/12/2017 - 10:28 PM
> To: CypherPunks <cypherpunks at lists.cpunks.org
> <mailto:cypherpunks at lists.cpunks.org>>
> Subject: Is Assange now unprosecutable?
>
> > That recent leak of America's hacking secrets comes at an opportune
> time for Assange.  He may have to leave that embassy in London within
> a few months.  Generally, and unlike MY trial, a Federal criminal
> defendant gets great leeway to call witnesses for his defense.  Now
> that he has published the 'keys to the kingdom', I doubt whether it
> would even be possible to prosecute him.  Imagine all the witnesses he
> could call just to verify the genuineness of those recent documents!
> > No doubt the person or people who leaked that material to Wikileaks
> knew this.   Somebody deserves some big congratulations.
> >                Jim Bell
>
>
>

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/html
Size: 8145 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/attachments/20170313/e6e75917/attachment.txt>