Less than a day before a UK Court will decide whether to uphold a warrant for his arrest, Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief Julian Assange compared white powder sent in an envelope to Donald Trump Jr.'s wife with a similar envelope delivered to the Ecuadorian embassy in London last week.
Assange took to Twitter with the comparison earlier today:
Press reports indicated that Donald Trump Jr.’s wife, Vanessa Trump, was hospitalized on Monday after receiving a letter containing white powder, according to police. The report added that she was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.
Business Insider reported last week that London police responded to reports of a suspicious package at Ecuador's embassy in the city on Tuesday. At the time of the mysterious package's delivery to the embassy, the nature of the item was unclear, with some reports describing a bomb threat.
However, Assange's statements on Twitter indicate that the item contained white powder -similar to that sent to Vanessa Trump. Assange noted on Twitter that the package included a threat addressed to his name, and that the package was marked with a stamp from the United States. It remains to be seen as to whether the packages sent to Vanessa Trump and Assange shared a common origin, or were related in any way.
The mysterious package was delivered to the Embassy on the same day that proceedings began as part of an ongoing court case that will determine whether a UK arrest warrant against Assange will be upheld.
The warrant was issued on June 30, 2012, in connection with a Swedish investigation that never produced charges against Assange and has now ended. As Disobedient Media previously observed, the UK appears to have actually pressured Sweden to continue its investigation into Assange after the Swedish authorities expressed their intention to drop the matter.
The latest events add to a break-neck string of changes in Assange's arbitrary detention in the Ecuadorian embassy. If the court rules against Assange's interest, it will necessitate the claim that his ongoing - and extremely expensive - detention is in the public interest. Given The BBC report that by 2015, the cost of policing Assange in the embassy had reached more than £10,000 a day, it appears patently absurd to argue that arbitrarily detaining the publisher is in the best interest of the public.
Disobedient Media previously wrote regarding the statements of Italian Journalist Stefania Maurizi, who described the findings of the United Nations Human Rights Committee Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, including their statement that: “The working group has no choice but to query what has prohibited the unfolding of judicial management of any kind in a reasonable manner from occurring for such extended period of time.”
If the UK judge does rule against Assange, it would, in reality, be in the interest of the United States, which is reluctant to admit a secret extradition order against the Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief. If forced to reveal such an order, it would finally reveal in broad daylight that Assange's detention has nothing to do with a sex abuse investigation that has been dropped, and everything to do with punishing the publisher of information that has been extremely embarrassing to war hawks and corrupt actors in the United States.
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Assange sacrificed his whole life for us.Even if he gets free pass to Ecuador,he can never have a normal life,he always will be in constant danger and he will never be able to enjoy those cheerful moments with his family.He sacrificed everything for us...can you even comprehend the weight of this?
Agreed on all counts. I am aware that I can't comprehend it at all. But I can observe that it is an obscene situation that makes a laughingstock of the practical enforcement of "Western liberal ideals."
I have a family I can totally feel him... I would literally go crazy in the moment I realize I can't be together with my little boy,I can't see him growing up....even the thought of it just horrible!He is a hero...
Absolutely agreed. I can't imagine.
Assange should be freed, totally freed, but they don't want him to be free; they are afraid of what he could do if he were totally freed.
Agreed - and they want to make an example of him so that more don't do the same/similar things.
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This is unbelievable, cowardly, and horrifying!
Thank you for updating us Elizabeth.
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It's all insane. A "life long Democrat" screamed that "Assange should be jailed for treason [against whom, I wondered] and should spend his life in a cell with Comey." Here's the latest from Hedges on the real mess we're in. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/02/12/deadly-rule-oligarchs
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In the United States, it is illegal to cause a person or persons to believe they have been exposed to a biological toxin. I will look for the specific reference, but it may be in 18 USC Ch. 10: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
The Deep State is out of control, I just hope people wake up before it is too late.
Me too. :(
very informative article @elizbethleavos! I have been following your articles for a few days now and love them, I am trying to get a better grasp of your journalistic style...You report basically on anything that the established media does cover, correct? And your tag is informationwar so its most likely going to be what most would deem controversial/conspiracy? Forgive me for asking I know you answered my last question also. Just like to be informed. Thanks!
I cover anything that establishment media won't cover, or what they do cover disingenuously. Very broad range, and I try as much as I am able to stay away from conspiracy "theories" and report on facts - even when those facts lead to uncomfortable conclusions.
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I find this instance HIGHLY suspect for the following reason: since 9/11/01 and the anthrax scares of 2001, the USPS is usually meticulous when it comes to suspicious parcels/mail. Especially if the threats were written on the outside of the package. Mail often is sent through several facilities before being shipped abroad. I find it VERY odd no one in the USPS caught this, ESPECIALLY being addressed to Julian and/ or the UK embassy. I know things can happen, but I have worked in the USPS for almost two decades, and suspicious mail is taken extremely seriously now.
Assange is on dirty business as usual. Good post.
Was the postmark Chappaqua, NY?
