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Julian Assange Was Expelled for Exposing Pres. Lenin Moreno’s Corruption

onetimemanytime 8y ago
Someone--guess who :)?--leaked some emails, business accounts showing corruption and a photo of the President, Lenin, eating a lobster breakfast in his bed. Looks like Ecuador is going through austerity measures so doesn't look good. http://inapapers.org/index.html http://inapapers.org/index.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6919797/Was-Julian-Assange-expelled-embassy-leaked-picture-lobster.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6919797/Was-Julian-... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/world/europe/ecuador-assange-wikileaks.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/world/europe/ecuador-assa...
- microwavecamera 8y ago
  I don't know, everything about this story is strange. Last year the Ecuador embassy cut off Assange's internet access, then Wikileaks began giving public statements that it was sitting on a trove of documents concerning Moreno and the Ecuadorian government that many people interpreted as a veiled threat. Shortly after, Assange's internet access was restored and Wikileaks never released the alleged documents. The documents were obviously released anyways but there's no clear evidence that Wikileaks or Assange was involved. I'm guessing whoever was the original source for the documents released it themselves after Wikileaks declined to. This isn't the first time Wikileaks has been implicated in selectively releasing information for political purposes. Wikileaks also declined to release a massive collection of documents concerning corruption in the Russian government for unknown reasons during the same period it was releasing sensitive documents leaked from the CIA and NSA. Those documents were also released by the original sources after Wikileaks declined to release them.
aaron695 8y ago
CNN claims "Foreign Minister José Valencia and Interior Minister María Paula Romo accused Assange of riding scooters around the cramped embassy hallways, insulting staff and smearing feces on the walls." Which is a funny claim at least. The Atlantic in the worst journalism says he was mean to his kitten, but that's what you get for reading The Atlantic. I'm going for none of the above.

Someone--guess who :)?--leaked some emails, business accounts showing corruption and a photo of the President, Lenin, eating a lobster breakfast in his bed. Looks like Ecuador is going through austerity measures so doesn't look good. http://inapapers.org/index.html http://inapapers.org/index.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6919797/Was-Julian-Assange-expelled-embassy-leaked-picture-lobster.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6919797/Was-Julian-... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/world/europe/ecuador-assange-wikileaks.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/world/europe/ecuador-assa...

microwavecamera 8y ago
I don't know, everything about this story is strange. Last year the Ecuador embassy cut off Assange's internet access, then Wikileaks began giving public statements that it was sitting on a trove of documents concerning Moreno and the Ecuadorian government that many people interpreted as a veiled threat. Shortly after, Assange's internet access was restored and Wikileaks never released the alleged documents. The documents were obviously released anyways but there's no clear evidence that Wikileaks or Assange was involved. I'm guessing whoever was the original source for the documents released it themselves after Wikileaks declined to. This isn't the first time Wikileaks has been implicated in selectively releasing information for political purposes. Wikileaks also declined to release a massive collection of documents concerning corruption in the Russian government for unknown reasons during the same period it was releasing sensitive documents leaked from the CIA and NSA. Those documents were also released by the original sources after Wikileaks declined to release them.

aaron695 8y ago

CNN claims "Foreign Minister José Valencia and Interior Minister María Paula Romo accused Assange of riding scooters around the cramped embassy hallways, insulting staff and smearing feces on the walls." Which is a funny claim at least. The Atlantic in the worst journalism says he was mean to his kitten, but that's what you get for reading The Atlantic. I'm going for none of the above.