> .If I have time I will write a full rebuttal tot his, but I'm kind of
> hoping Glen Greenwald will so I don't have to. Gar Lipow
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> Actually you don't have to. Asylum is a farce and to get a true insight
> into
> why that is so---unless Celia Correa stands up and that point worries
> me---try reading the last chapter, The Planet Without a Visa of Trotsky's
> My Life.
>
Umm this response makes no sense? Do you honestly think Assange would be better off in Sweden awaiting transfer to a U.S. prison than in a comfortable 3 rooms in the Ecuadorean Embassy? At any rate Greenwald has written a pretty thorough takedown of this "myths" piece, as I hoped he would:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/22/julian-assange-media-contempt http://bit.ly/OZZZJr
>Earlier this week, British lawyer and legal correspondent for the New
Statesman David Allen Green generated a fair amount of attention byannouncing
that he would use his objective legal
expertise<http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2012/08/five-legal-myths-about-assange-extradition>
to
bust what he called "legal myths about the Assange extradition." These
myths, he said, are being irresponsibly spread by Assange defenders and
"are like 'zombie facts' which stagger on even when shot down."
>In addition to his other credentials, Green – like virtually the entire
British press – is a long-time and deeply devoted
Assange-basher<http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/human-rights/2012/06/desperation-julian-assange>,
and his purported myth-busting was predictably
regurgitated<http://gawker.com/5936600/> by
those who reflexively grasp onto anything that reflects poorly on western
establishmentarians' public enemy No1. It's really worth examining what
Green argued to understand the behavior in which Assange detractors engage
to advance this collective vendetta, and also to see how frequently blatant
ideological agendas masquerade as high-minded, objective legal expertise.
Follow the link to read the rest. Long, but worthwhile if the subject interests you.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/22/julian-assange-media-contempt
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