[lbo-talk] Wikileaks according to The Guardian

[Andy]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Nov 28, 2010, at 8:06 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
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>> Doug writes:
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>> "So what's Assange's life expectancy? 6 months?"
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>> I don't get any of this. Is any of this stuff they are uncovering news to anyone? EVERYBODY knows that U.S. embassies are spy centers. The U.N. stuff is creepy but also not surprising.
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> Lese majeste. You don't embarrass the USA and get away with it. It doesn't matter that we all "knew" it. Learning that Hillary signed an order to get Ban-ki Moon's iris and DNA info and AmEx numbers is not something they can tolerate. And who knows what's next? Examples must be set.

The Swedish AG has been playing on again, off again footsie with his
rape case, and making apparently extra-legal announcements to the
press about it.  They don't have to kill him to make the point.

-- 
Andy