No matter what happens, don’t forget Assange’s intention to point the way, via a free and open internet, to disarm secrecy in government and corporate aggression:  Cut the links of the oppressive elements and open the hidden planning and actions to public view.  Teach the people how to counteract secrecy with open exchange of information, and they will be able to free themselves.

Anyone who messes with the illogic of the wars gets the most insane reaction
from the U.S. and other governments involved.

Hey,

At least he got a break this time, only had to pay $310,000 bail.

I wonder how much our corporate criminals had to pay in bail after collapsing our economy, based on the same falsehoods and lies the government officials are found spewing on a daily basis.

How can a reasonable person stand to hear Hillary or Obama deliver those lies with a straight face day after day?

The government (elected officials) are not your friend, you are not paying them enough.

Don’t Trust the Government -  check out the song by http://www.AttilaAndTheHUNZ.com

They lie and cheat to gain control
Power and corruption is their goal
Everybody stand in line
Smile while they rob us blind
Don’t you believe them

Don’t trust the government

They send our troops to die for oil
Call it defending American soil
Doesn’t matter what they say
They’re all liars anyway
Don’t you believe them

Don’t trust the government

Around the world we flex our might
Never asking if it’s right
We don’t care who’s in control
They’re all crooks we all know
Don’t you believe them

Don’t trust the government

What a mockery of justice this is and continues to be.

Assange remains in custody. Sweden appealed the decision (minutes before the end of their 2 hr. window to do so).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/14/julian-assange-bail-sweden

Not to worry——-Assange is under total surveillance.  Currently the US Attorney General’s office is in contact with their British counterparts to properly word the extradition request so there will be little room for judicial contention.  Once Mr. Assange is in the hands of US authorities his days of freedom are over——he will be made an example of and when and if he is ever released he will be an old man.  It is indeed a sad turn of events.  Oh, by the way, the Espionage Act of 1917 is very much akin to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935——they were both designed to protect internal politics and stifle dissent.

Who was it we chased into Afghanistan in the first place? Where did they go? Are they all gone? Who are we fighting there now? Are they afghanis? Are they jihadists? Are they terrorists or patriots? Are they religious? Are they even moslem? What have we accomplished? Do women now read? Do men now read? Do children have food and school and clothing since we arrived? Is agriculture better (other than poppies)? Is infant mortality better? Is there more industry?

And it’s interesting to say the least that the man who has offered Julian Assange a place to stay and prepare his case is a former war photographer and a former officer in the British army. Obama and his gang may have set their evil plans in place but it might be harder than they thought to send Assange to Devil’s Island so they can make an example of him. What rotten bastards they are. No ethics, no morals and no respect for the rule of law. Sounds just like the Bush administration doesn’t it? Also incredibly sad that Richard Holbrooke’s last words as he was being sedated to go in for surgery were ‘You have to end this war in Afghanistan.’ I imagine Julian Assange would agree.

It is sickening, really sickening, to think that facilitating the dissemination of the truth is considered a crime, while the perpetrators of war crimes (war of aggression, torture, assassinations, lying to start a war, deliberate murder of non combatants, destruction of infrastructure, drones aiming at illiterate peasants, and many many others…) such as the former administration under Cheney and baby Bush (not to exclude others here and anywhere) go even without formal investigation.
FREE ASSANGE!
Isn’t $310,000 a bit much for being wanted to discuss a rape? Have others charges been filed? Is this amount common in UK for this kind of ‘wantedness’?