Assange will not be charged in the leak of CIA spying tools

[Swordsmyth]

The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to charge Julian Assange for his role in exposing some of the CIA’s most secret spying tools, according to a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the case.
It’s a move that has surprised national security experts and some former officials, given prosecutors’ recent decision to aggressively go after the WikiLeaks founder on more controversial Espionage Act charges that some legal experts said would not hold up in court. The decision also means that Assange will not face punishment for publishing one of the CIA’s most potent arsenals of digital code used to hack devices, dubbed Vault 7. The leak — one of the most devastating in CIA history — not only essentially rendered those tools useless for the CIA, it gave foreign spies and rogue hackers access to them.

There are no plans to bring any additional indictments prior to his extradition.

More at: https://www.politico.eu/article/julian-assange-wont-face-charges-over-cia-leak-whistleblower-spy-tools-national-security/

[pcosmar]

it gave foreign spies and rogue hackers access to them.





Correction..
It was being given to Hackers ,, foreign and otherwise ,by the CIA... a Hacking kit.

That is how it was exposed.

[TheCount]

Sounds legit.

[Swordsmyth]

A Swedish court dealt state prosecutors a blow on Monday, denying a request for a Euroepan Arrest Warrant (EAW) to detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for extradition once his 50-week sentence is up in the UK for skipping bail.
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Swedish deputy director of public prosecution, Eva-Marie Persson, had requested the detention - arguing that Assange posed a flight risk. Assange's attorney, Per E. Samuelson, countered that the WikiLeaks founder would be willing to come to Sweden to cooperate with the investigation, and that his client has nothing to hide.
The Uppsala district court denied the request when it was clear that Swedish authorities were not finished with their preliminary investigation into a 2010 rape claim. Samuelson argued that under new rules, EAWs cannot be obtained to conduct preliminary investigations - and the prosecution must instead apply for a European investigation order.
This means that the prosecution will need to complete its preliminary investigation without Assange's extradition to Sweden, and will instead have to travel to the UK for interrogations, or conduct them via video.

More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-03/swedish-court-rejects-request-arrest-extradite-assange-after-uk-sentence

[Warlord]

FREE ASSANJE

[RonZeplin]

FREE ASSANJE

+ rep

That red eye visible in the pic is not a good thing.

[Anti Globalist]

Unfortunately its looking like its going to be the end of Assange.

[shakey1]

Me thinks it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.

[loveshiscountry]

Why charge him when you can just kill him?

[RonZeplin]

In The War On Free Speech, Assange Says: “Everyone Else Must Take My Place”
(http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/in-the-war-on-free-speech-assange-says-everyone-else-must-take-my-place)

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By Mac Slavo

This article was originally published at SHTFplan.com (https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/in-the-war-on-free-speech-assange-says-everyone-else-must-take-my-place_05302019)

​WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange’s health is deteriorating in a British prison, but the journalist was able to get a letter out to the public. In the war on freedom of speech, Assange is asking everyone else who stands against corruption to take his place and keep speaking truth to power.

“Julian’s case is of major historic significance. It will be remembered as the worst attack on press freedom in our time,” said WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson, urging people everywhere to oppose their politicians, courts, police, and prisons from being abused to “leave this black stain on history.”

In a handwritten letter from Belmarsh prison, Assange says he is being denied a chance to defend himself and that elements (government officials) in the United States “hate truth, liberty, and justice.” Assange says that the U.S. government wants him extradited and dead for telling the public the horrifying truth about their government.

The letter was sent to independent British journalist Gordon Dimmack, according to an article by RT. (https://www.rt.com/news/460215-assange-letter-from-prison/) It was dated May 13 – ten days before the U.S. announced 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act against the jailed whistleblower. In light of the new indictment, Dimmack read out the letter in a YouTube video. A photo of the handwritten note was soon posted online as well.





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I received a letter from Julian #Assange (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Assange?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) https://t.co/ckRfg3ngOp via @YouTube (https://twitter.com/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)— Gordon Dimmack (@GordonDimmack) May 24, 2019 (https://twitter.com/GordonDimmack/status/1131880201753899008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)





https://youtu.be/Es6OT4VsQAo


Assange’s situation shines a light on the lengths the U.S. government will go to in order to prevent the truth from getting out. “I have been isolated from all ability to prepare to defend myself: no laptop, no internet, ever, no computer, no library, so far, but even if I get access, it will just be for a half an hour, with everyone else, once a week,” Assange wrote. “The other side? A superpower that has been preparing for 9 years, with hundreds of people and untold millions spent on the case.”

I am defenseless. I am unbroken, albeit literally surrounded by murderers, but, the days where I could read and speak and organize to defend myself, my ideals, and my people are over until I am free! Everyone else must take my place.
​
The US government, or rather, those regrettable elements in it that hate truth, liberty and justice, want to cheat their way into my extradition and death, rather than letting the public hear the truth, for which I have won the highest awards in journalism and have been nominated 7 times for the Nobel Peace Prize. Truth, ultimately, is all we have. –Julian Assange, handwritten letter (https://www.rt.com/news/460215-assange-letter-from-prison/)


Assange’s well being has been diminished during his time in prison. Even before his arrest, his health was faltering. “The decision of prison authorities to move [Assange] to the health ward speaks for itself,” said WikiLeaks, adding that Assange has lost a lot of weight and was barely able to speak to his Swedish lawyer last week.

“Assange’s health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to conduct a normal conversation with him,”his lawyer Per Samuelson told (https://www.rt.com/news/460594-wikileaks-assange-prison-hospital/) reporters after visiting Belmarsh. The quote was barely reported on in Sweden, let alone elsewhere. The media has already taken sides and it’s against free speech.