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Assange Case: Evidence Destroyed Over and Over Again — News

From 30 September 2010. [UPDATE: Anna Ardin did in fact make the whole story up as part of her 'seven step plan for revenge'. See here.] One of the women who filed charges against Julian Assange is Anna Ardin. Anna Ardin is christian, feminist, social democrat, animal rights activist, and opponent of abortion on the left political scene. 'A political scientist, communicator, entrepreneur, and freelance writer with special knowledge within faith and politics, gender equality issues, feminism, and Latin America.' On Saturday 14 August at 14:00 she wrote the following on her Twitter account. 'Julian wants to go to a crayfish party, anyone have a couple of available seats tonight or tomorrow?

Early on the morning of Sunday 15 August (02:00) she writes again at Twitter. Misconstrued Legal Arguments & Omitted Truths in the Media’s Coverage of Julian Assange. Julian Assange speaking from balcony of Ecuador embassy in London For over two months now, commentators or pundits in the United Kingdom (and the US) have been virulently denouncing Assange’s decision to seek asylum, something legally available to any individual who thinks they are being persecuted.

Misconstrued Legal Arguments & Omitted Truths in the Media’s Coverage of Julian Assange

They have ridiculed him for engaging in an act that they see as just another “narcissistic exploit.” They have railed against Assange’s “dodging” of due process. They have gone after “the Cult of Assange,” people who are public defenders and supporters of Assange and WikiLeaks. And, after Ecuador’s decision to grant Assange asylum, the vitriol sharply increased as those in the media only displayed even more disgust with Assange.

Much of the coverage has been filled with contemptuous remarks about Assange, hoity-toity commentary on Assange putting himself into bizarre situations and pretentious reasons for why The Free World could not possibly be after Assange. Where I Stand Due Process. Don't lose sight of why the US is out to get Julian Assange. Considering he made his name with the biggest leak of secret government documents in history, you might imagine there would be at least some residual concern for Julian Assange among those trading in the freedom of information business.

Don't lose sight of why the US is out to get Julian Assange

But the virulence of British media hostility towards the WikiLeaks founder is now unrelenting. This is a man, after all, who has yet to be charged, let alone convicted, of anything. But as far as the bulk of the press is concerned, Assange is nothing but a "monstrous narcissist", a bail-jumping "sex pest" and an exhibitionist maniac. After Ecuador granted him political asylum and Assange delivered a "tirade" from its London embassy's balcony, fire was turned on the country's progressive president, Rafael Correa, ludicrously branded a corrupt "dictator" with an "iron grip" on a benighted land. WikiLeaks provided fuel for the Arab uprisings. Vice-president Joe Biden has compared Assange to a "hi-tech terrorist". The solution is obvious. The bizarre, unhealthy, blinding media contempt for Julian Assange.

(updated below - Update II) Earlier this week, British lawyer and legal correspondent for the New Statesman David Allen Green generated a fair amount of attention by announcing that he would use his objective legal expertise to bust what he called "legal myths about the Assange extradition.

The bizarre, unhealthy, blinding media contempt for Julian Assange

" 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, and his purported myth-busting was predictably regurgitated by those who reflexively grasp onto anything that reflects poorly on western establishmentarians' public enemy No1. But before getting to that, let us pause to reflect on a truly amazing and revealing fact, one that calls for formal study in several academic fields of discipline.

When it comes to the American media, I've long noted this revealing paradox. New 9/11 Coloring Book Features Terrorist Trading Cards. A new 9/11 coloring book features terrorist trading cards.A year after the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a coloring book company has published a new book for kids about terrorism.

New 9/11 Coloring Book Features Terrorist Trading Cards

It's called "We Shall never Forget 9/11, Volume II: The True Faces of Evil-Terror" and, among the black-and-white outlines of memorials and military men, it features collectible trading cards with photos and information about terrorists around the world. Related: Discussing 9/11 with your kids "This is not the type of book that you would give to a pre-Kindergarten child, to put in his backpack and send him off to school," Wayne Bell, the publisher of St. Louis-based Big Coloring Books Inc., told Yahoo! Shine in an interview. "A lot of people seem to think that there's a disconnect with the public in general when it comes to teaching children about terrorism and terrorist activity," Bells adds. Related: Is the Hunger Games a liberal movie, a conservative one, or both? Big Coloring Books Inc.'