The Assange Arrest: You Have the Right to Remain Silent
• https://consortiumnews.comThe arrest of Julian Assange was an act of revenge by the U.S. government that strikes at the heart of journalism, writes Pepe Escobar.
The arrest of Julian Assange was an act of revenge by the U.S. government that strikes at the heart of journalism, writes Pepe Escobar.
All this talk only serves to hide the real defense. In the States, you have the right to a common law trial in a court of record, a trial by jury. Drop the attorney. You don't need him. Simply require that your accuser take the oath/affirmation, get on the stand, and testify to how you harmed him, show the harm, and prove it was you. You have the right to face your accuser and cross examine him. On the indictment, your accuser is somebody named THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Will this guy ever take the oath/affirmation and get on the stand and speak "viva voce" into the record? Government lost from the start. Why do we keep on preaching politics without this simple answer? But if we expand this answer, we can take down all the tyrants in government. The only bad part is that all the small-media complainers won't have anything to complain about any longer.