StG 44 wrote in #19
BTW, a wikileaks cable sheds some light on how the US, UK and other countries are likely viewing this situation.

Cable 09STATE11 9085 lays out procedures for how the US State Department deals with "walk-ins" -- people wishing to defect, provide intelligence, or requesting asylum:

Section E. 40 "A walk-in may request "asylum" in an embassy based on the erroneous belief that safe passage out of the host country will be assured if the request is granted. While a few mostly Latin American countries recognize such a right of "diplomatic asylum," the United States and most other countries do not recognize that concept or accept that the granting of refuge in an embassy is an authorized use of diplomatic facilities."
Is this from Wikileaks or Wikipedia?
Th is also provides a clue why Assange chose Ecuador. Besides his friendship with Correa, Ecuador may be one of the "few mostly Latin American counties" that are willing to grant "diplomatic asylum."
I thinks friendship has nothing to do with it and that we have to congratulate the Ecuadorian secret sevice for the clever way they managed to get their hands on Assange.

StG 44 wrote in #18
@Geronim o O.K.

Have you read any of the cables? There is no doubt they are genuine. They paint such an embarrassing picture of the blind hubris, ignorance, immature gossip, and outright paranoia of US diplomacy, that it is hard to imagine how the US would stand to gain propaganda-wise. It also doesn't explain why US-client governments and financial institutions have sincerely tried to shut down wikileaks.

So metimes things are actually what they seem. Is there anyway of getting around reading these cables?They have been plasterd over every western newspaper since this hype began. This should have made people suspicious but it didn't. The nature of the cables is usualy very insulting to leaders and countries that are on the US target list. This also should have made people suspicious.The 'pressure' and the persecution that is aimed at assange is competely fake and has the purpose of getting people to rally behind Assange and create as much paranoia as it possible can. As you have seen in the comment that RT removed from this site the US has no intention of arresting Assange for anything, not even in the US itself. There is no warrant for his arrest and there never will be. I can assure you they have no intention of arresting their own guy.Read this CNN article that is trying to force close ties between Assange and Correa.http://editio n.cnn.com/2012/06/20 /world/assange-why-e cuador/index.html N ow isn't that suspicious?Also note the phrase:"Assange is not currently facing criminal charges in the U.S"If things are exactly what they seem, why is the US and it's newspapers creating this image of a persecuted Assange when they really have no interrest in getting their hands on him at all. I can tell you. They want to create your messiah so you can worship him and believe in him and do everything he says. The have created their own enemy for you to follow.I;m affraid a lot of you will oblige them there.

BTW, a wikileaks cable sheds some light on how the US, UK and other countries are likely viewing this situation.

Cable 09STATE11 9085 lays out procedures for how the US State Department deals with "walk-ins" -- people wishing to defect, provide intelligence, or requesting asylum:

Section E. 40 "A walk-in may request "asylum" in an embassy based on the erroneous belief that safe passage out of the host country will be assured if the request is granted. While a few mostly Latin American countries recognize such a right of "diplomatic asylum," the United States and most other countries do not recognize that concept or accept that the granting of refuge in an embassy is an authorized use of diplomatic facilities."

This also provides a clue why Assange chose Ecuador. Besides his friendship with Correa, Ecuador may be one of the "few mostly Latin American counties" that are willing to grant "diplomatic asylum."