{"id":40973,"date":"2018-11-27T17:25:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T22:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40973"},"modified":"2018-11-27T17:25:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T22:25:37","slug":"inside-americas-scheme-to-wrestle-julian-assange-from-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40973","title":{"rendered":"Inside America&#8217;s\u00a0Scheme To Wrestle Julian Assange From Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-11-27\/inside-americas-scheme-wrestle-julian-assange-ecuador\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Inside America&#8217;s\u00a0Scheme To Wrestle Julian Assange From Ecuador<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1236\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1236\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Following the 2016 US election, the US intelligence apparatus made it clear that the prosecution of Julian Assange was a top priority.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/assange%20says.jpg?itok=I8ucfRbQ\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/assange%20says.jpg?itok=I8ucfRbQ\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/assange%20says.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/assange%20says.jpg?itok=I8ucfRbQ 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"4164a955-5399-4986-942b-b894217cfe57\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s clear that President Trump and members of his campaign were fans of WikiLeaks\u00a0during the 2016 US election &#8211; things changed following the publication of the &#8220;Vault 7&#8221; leaks in March 2017, which consisted of\u00a0tools used by the CIA to hack into smartphones, computers and internet-connected televisions.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Mike Pence considered the leak equivalent to &#8220;<strong>trafficking in national security information<\/strong>,&#8221; threatening to &#8220;use the full force of the law and resources of the United States to hold all of those to account who were involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, eleven days after the April 2, 2017\u00a0election of Ecuador&#8217;s new president, Lenin Moreno, then-CIA Director and current Secretary of State\u00a0Mike Pompeo\u00a0began using strong language directed at Assange &#8211; calling WikiLeaks a &#8220;hostile non-state intelligence service.&#8221; Shortly thereafter, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that\u00a0<strong>arresting Assange was a &#8220;priority.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five months later, Pompeo equated WikiLeaks to al-Qaida and the Islamic State &#8211; arguing that they &#8220;look and feel like very good intelligence organizations,&#8221; adding &#8220;<strong>[W]e are working to take down that threat to the United States<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To that end, WikiLeaks tweeted on Tuesday a link to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/articles\/u-k-and-ecuador-conspire-to-deliver-julian-assange-to-u-s-authorities\/\"><em>TruthDig<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>article by Gareth Porter, as well as a tweet by the State Department featuring Pompeo meeting with the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Jose Valencia Amores.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"WikiLeaks (screen name: wikileaks)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/512138307870785536\/Fe00yVS2_normal.png\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/512138307870785536\/Fe00yVS2_bigger.png\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/512138307870785536\/Fe00yVS2_normal.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"WikiLeaks\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">WikiLeaks<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@wikileaks\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@wikileaks<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-inReplyTo\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_\/status\/1067373411347894272\" data-scribe=\"element:in_reply_to_user_link\">Replying to @wikileaks<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yesterday: <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/1067050192673751040\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zhL1IFRgpm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/1067050192673751040\" data-tweet-id=\"1067050192673751040\" data-tweet-item-type=\"23\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/<\/span>twitter.com\/StateDept\/stat<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">us\/1067050192673751040\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet\" tabindex=\"0\" data-scribe=\"section:quote\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet-nonMediaContainer\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget TweetAuthor--oneLine\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Department of State\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Department of State<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@StateDept\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@StateDept<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"QuoteTweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">SecPompeo<\/span> greets Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Jose Valencia Amores at the Department of State. <span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">cancilleriaec<\/span> <span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">usembassy_quito<\/span> <span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">EmbajadaEcuUSA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div 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