military leak in the u.s. history the biggest leak of secret u.s. military documents this is about the documents of the u.s. involvement in the afghanistan war and in the war in iraq so they're saying they're saying that basically a son and chelsea manning they stayed in touch and that a son encouraged chelsea to provide as many to give them as many documents as possible for we can leaks to release now let's make a quick let's make a quick stop here because we prepared a clip for you as to what those leaks were about have a look. i . i i i.

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so you've heard how many feathers julian assange roughed up over there in washington and so from the from the release by the department of justice they're saying that well he faces a maximum of just five years in prison if he's found guilty and they actually hint that it could be even less than that even fewer years than that because they're saying that actual sentences in federal crimes they usually prove to be less than the maximum sentence but i mean a lot of people have already had to say quite a few. you words about that like for example john kiriakou a veteran whistleblower who as you've mentioned before he appears on our programs quite regularly he's basically said that a fair trial in the eastern district of virginia and a judge leonie brinkema. is utterly impossible they don't call the espionage court like a spanish court for of for nothing also we've had glenn greenwald and i mean john

kerry arco he's well he's felt the full brunt he's felt the full impact of the u.s. justice system when it comes to whistleblowers personally glenn greenwald for instance he's also said that basically the u.s. charge and this statement of the u.s. district department of justice of the attorney's office that it is the criminalization of journalism because they're saying that look songes guilty is has committed a crime by encouraging chelsea manning to provide as many secret documents as possible and glenn greenwald an investigative journalist himself is making a point and well that's basically that's what any journalist does when he has a source so here's a source he tries to get as much information out of the source as possible now we've also had edward snowden share his opinion on this and he called it a dark day for journalists all over the world have a listen images of ecuador's ambassador inviting the secret police into

the embassy to drag a publisher of like it or not award winning journalism out of the building or going to end up in the history books and sandra's critics may cheer but this is a dark moment for press freedom. now let's just cast on mines back because everything seems to have gone spectacularly long wrong forward songs and long. exactly i mean he's been he was holed up in the embassy for almost seven years and i remember just two or three years ago when we had breaking news because we expected jordan astonished to walk out of the embassy a free man but everything kind of change the relationship he had with the ecuadorian embassy changed when marino came into power everything soured didn't it before we knew it you know he's internet free is internet access has been taken away he was taken in the u.s. so everything seems to have culminated to this point where it now we have this

watershed moments where we whatever happens to julian a son's really sets a precedence what people are saying is going to set a precedent for journalists around the globe be i mean it's quite a neat it's quite incredible isn't it how the tables have turned in a few years indeed and i mean i just want to say a few more things about lennon merino because that is the situation with iraq with his change of stance is somewhat ironic i should say because ruffo career his predecessor he supported him around on the campaign trail indorsed merino because he believed to him to be independent sort of he hold that marino he believed maranoa he believed moronis promises to be an independent leader not looking back not kind of you know having the united states as this you know beacon whatever of everything i should say and so that's why we've had some very very strong statements coming out of rougher. career now he's called them running the biggest trade we're doing history that's that's that's powerful that's strong and so really

you can if you look into. those policies since he became the stooges it's not only about a son i mean he's in general he's been he's been more and more lenient towards the united states he's been trying. to become a better friend all of the united states and gradually as he sort of you sort of became more comfortable with the new position so now you know you have this but i mean a sunday is not the only thing you think you're going to swear liquid or is now according . to prince opposition and supporting wild bill as well but that's that's a different story of course so yes the shift when it comes to the united states though i would argue that the shift has hasn't been that drastic because we've had chelsea manning prosecuted under obama administration and we've had. we've had the un special rapporteur on torture publicly and formally accusing the united states

of subjecting manning to inhumane and degrading behavior that was bordering on torture and so that with that was happening during the obama years trump was nowhere near the presidency at the time but of course you are absolutely right trumpet did make persecuting whistleblowers and basically being hardline on whistleblowers a cornerstone of his election campaign campaign and if you've been watching him like in the clip that we had shown you. you know we had my own pail. condemning condemning and disputing basically mincing no words when it came to the we can leaks and julian assange calling with we can leagues an enemy while not exactly the way that wording but basically but that's what he meant obviously i'm going personally under julian assange and so that's why now we have these two kind of sets of signals i should say indicators one is being the official

statement by the department of justice saying that just five years five years tops probably not even that many we've had we have learned in maranoa saying we basically have ecuador saying that they've they've managed to get gary. from london that they will not extradite him that basically that they will make sure that his son doesn't face a death penalty and that he's not subjected to torture so we have those promises there and on the other hand we have chelsea manning this case who was subjected to degrading and inhumane behavior by the united states according to the united nations according to the un special rapporteur on torture who got not five but thirty five years in a maximum security prison at fort leavenworth and was only released before that due to the goodwill of barack obama who kind of slashed anything beyond the seventy

seven year threshold so she spent seven years in prison but again she's been jailed again she's in jail now for refusing to testify in a we can leaks case and now we have a son being carried out from the embassy by the you know u.k. police. ok we'll learn that the home secretary sajid javid to has spoken out on the case he said that he's due is there any concerns that people have about astrology is how we know that his is that in so many stories surrounding these deterioration and you know good looking. there with thumbs up and in the following as he was carried out he didn't look too good at such a job it has put paid to those concerns and said that is songes medically fit to be arrested and so he has a song who did pleads not guilty has been remanded in custody and is due to say sentencing date yet to be set he's also due to appear in may. on may the second via video link another hearing and that will be in relation to

the united states his extradition charge so that's another date for the calendar or indeed it was done of thanks for coming in and thanks for supporting us and thanks for bringing us all the latest on the background info on this huge breaking news story this thursday. well let's bring in i guess now we've been bringing you so many interesting and insightful guest throughout the day now we have political analysts john white john thanks for coming in is great to have you with us edward snowden has called this a dark day for press freedom the u.s. justice department however is that it wants a songe on computer hacking claims how does that change the nature of the case is this about persecuting publishers if the charge doesn't pertain to the publishing of sensitive documents. so pesky getting julian assange specifically for his rule revealing and uncovering and publishing the high crimes and war crimes and

corruptions of the us government needed us politicians and also the british government and it's a shameful day i have to see and the annals of british justice one that reveals that the u.k. legal system is but please think of the us and will system people have exploded to brussels over these last few years and in the context of the wrecks a crisis and saying that britain is essentially have us a little that's not the case the cases that britain is a bustle of washington and it has been confirmed by two these events said we're still going to just nation he says he had to seek sanctuary in russia russia which is being explored to self and demonized as a black spot when it comes to human race that he is edward snowden having to seek sanctuary there and to have his human race up out so these are fugitives from not from justice but from that injustice i'm talking here chelsea manning and julian assange chant that for said edward snowden and julian assange and chelsea manning

it was killed in the stand and will release amid the really crucial landscape of i mean she media that has it that has it it is an absolute pain relationship in context to power these people are not journalists those who have gone out of their way to join in the demonization of junior sanch who have they've been part of his character assassination and to enter of a day in flesh and bones oversee a system that says trotting one human rights of people all over the world you're in a sense to duck and it's indefensible to people but if you're in the truth of those cranes and he's paying a heavy heavy price for that as we speak. john and this is igor in the studio i just want to you to address the sort of the two we were getting mixed signals that if i may say so as to what could happen to julian assange next on the one hand we have the promise of the ecuadorian government that the god. guarantees from london the julian assange will not be subjected that basically won't face the death

penalty that he won't be subjected to torture we have a statement by the u.s. department of justice saying that the maximum to the absolute maximum a sundress facing is five years hinting also that it is likely to be less than that that's on the one hand on the other hand we have the case of chelsea manning who was borderline tortured was subjected to degrading and inhumane treatment by the u.s. legal system she got thirty five years in a maximum security prison was pardoned after seven and now she's in prison in jail again for refusing to testify to the grand jury so on the one hand we have all these promises on the other hand we have a person who had the experience the full force of the u.s. justice system what do you make of this. well first of all it's important to understand it julian assange has already suffered a cain the death penalty as i mentioned earlier his character has been to jury assassinated and as you saw from the pictures of him being kind of don't and by the british police oath from the ecuadorian embassy clearly he has suffered of that

health issues and a psychological buttoning that no one possibly could unless it be they're not positions city leaders in the chain or proto tree in a small room in the tail of the ecuadorian embassy in central london but of course you're right we have to focus on the president not what's that emanates from the u.s. and the president as that's chelsea manning and was imprisoned for over thirty five years for her role in uncovering the walk frames of the u.s. military in iraq specifically and so the president is key rather than the warm words coming from the u.s. you can offer to trust those words given the precedence not just chelsea manning but other people in such position than the way that the u.s. has treated other prisoners and political prisoners be especially on thinking of leonard peltier and rio abu jamal who are like waste and some of the crew and barbarous treatment and they tend to masses of us justice system and prison system that gives new meaning to the world's cruel and callous so i don't think anybody

should be beguiled by these laws and i think it's no time for everyone who believes in truth and believes in press freedom and believes in justice who is a sharp ain't over us hegemony to meet that root beer fusion one and make representation in stanley complete solidarity with julian assange because this is a see is a very big deal for justice in the united kingdom but throughout the west in general i think i found it has become fed to an iconic figure whether you know they know you hate him we're godless hate thore and anti thing it will go down in the history but thanks john well well those history books read. well it appears you're a little sister to of course the if you look at it the god least the liberals or the clinton white liberals who don't is an enemy of or over decency he's being assassinated categorizes as a sexual predator. only basis only tiley concocted allegations of sexual assault

and street in which will drop to drink diesel tea but if you're looking for truthful only other side of the coin people who do believe and understand the nature of the world we live in if you will who don't is a hero julian assange is a hero he is a courageous man regardless of his politics at the worst politics are only judged by his actions based on groups she should not be certain in or around the police station or or under the president no she should be under subpoena or rebel and pulitzer prize for journalism well john you've i just wanted to talk about some neat coincidence and the coincidences in this case you've rightly mentioned that the sex assault case in sweden was closed but again not because they believe julian assange it was in offend but because they just saw no point in keeping the case open since and sanjay was in london and showed no signs of leaving the embassy. although they didn't believe the lead prosecutor back then the said that she believed the probable cause was there and that she was ready to reopen the case if

a songe appeared in the country by twenty twenty it's twenty one thousand now last month for instance also in the united states chelsea manning was that went to jail for refusing to testify in front of a grand grand jury in a week in the case i mean today we have a sandra being carried out of the embassy by the u.k. police do you make what do you make of this timing. well that i do i don't think the trainer is as much as as important as in terms of the tane way you can nation history dish sexuality she charges were or were dropped by the swedish authorities i don't think any scenting being really believes and there's any substance to those charges i think she tore off or do what unity to question julian assange and then the embassy did a few detail for even more the how president would do so in similar cases in the past and i think the fact that julian assange should be near seven years ago to specifically the tangly is about lennon marino who's sitting ecuadorian president

because his family have been able to do the charges of corruption and financial risk dealings in relation to this so-called iranian people such a little guy wiki leaks it's really just seems like a natural fire of a natural part of this attack as the record for wiki leaks and ruled and exposing his own foundry to very probable charges of corruption even while sitting and office in ecuador the rats they are coed as you rightly mention has issued a weathering indictment over the actions of his successor in taking up the asylum of julian assange to essentially violating his human rights and in savage to us in germany but in the first instance as a natural for revenge i don't know what kind of international reaction do you expect if it is extradited to the u.s. . well that both subjectively speaking the should be a massive pita cook if he's actually dated to the us because then he disappeared into the void of the us prison system even though they're saying it's only five

years in the us prison is unlike five years in any other country's prison and with few exceptions the rule is what's in the tombs the croup the tourist the cruel virus and a vindictive at prison system many people are not the same any of it come out and julian assange has already set up a president himself seven years in a state of the fact or solitary confinement in a small room with an ecuadorian embassy that he should be a huge outcry and but i suspect there may not be the kind of a credit should be because we have received paying mainstream media which is no longer engaged in holding the powerful to account on behalf of the people but is engaged today in holding the people up to account on behalf of the powerful that is not to settle the matter. i don't why it's political analyst thank you for joining us on aussie international we appreciate your thoughts on the issue. well that it will be joined by cassandra fab banks

a journalist and wiki leaks supporter she believes that a thaw inches of fiction was planted at month. i think that this is. a really really dark day for press freedom. julian the sun has done more for. free press and the right to know and free information than any other journalist in history he's nominated for the nobel peace prize this year and the fact that our administration is extraditing him and charging him for doing journalism is shocking and disgusting it's all obviously court made and i think this has been planned for a long time and went to their good rate embassy and there was a car that was sitting outside for twenty hours they had shifted people rotating through every six or so hours and another car that. was sitting with their spotlight on the embassy so i had confronted both of them they said they weren't

media and then they wouldn't answer whether or not they were a lot of fauresmith that they claim to not do what we even was when they were seen arresting him today and i could bring government was just looking and making excuses to put him into the hands of the united states government where he's definitely not going to get a fair trial. those of you just joining us here watching r.t. international we're bringing you breaking news this thursday whistleblower and wiki leaks co-founder julian assange has been arrested inside the ecuadorian embassy in london that happened this morning about ten fifty am that was off to ecuador revoked his asylum british police say the arrest was made him hard following an extradition request from the united states over hacking conspiracy offenses as consciously westminster's magistrate all the way he's just been found guilty of failing to surrender to us today despite pleading not guilty he could face that to twelve months in jail for breaching bail and will be sentenced next month he will

also appear in court in a separate case connected to the extradition charge being sought by the united states in may we will continue to bring you all of the breaking news updates as the story develops. now the ecuadorian president has laid out the reasons for why the embassy allowed police to arrest julian a songe let in iran knows ses the whistleblower repeatedly violated international conventions and protocols. we'll see us who is in place in italy with us was that he has eluded to his who have not was produced a little principles delivered to us to them implicitly to assume that a seat. is proposed to get out of it is to look at the i'm. a noose you can do people speak too so you can see where this unusual in a sense was a clever soon as this quote this is getting there sent this this sort of this is who have you ever encountered that equaled the sort of total lotto ticket assume he

was committing to the us to notice and to assume. the singular sense is that he will be able to quote sugar nothing that. is a seal diplomatic will all together so you were sent in the us we lost our season yes it is mrs you know i got a little digital models to give a sense you could give to solicit your school to be honest he was he's got us humans to do it in but for the moment scotland yard has confirmed studio stange is the arrest was made at the request of us or for a ts who have also requested the extradition of the wiki leaks founder wiki leaks says it's over ties to chelsea manning and the unveiling of the iraq war documents and other top secret information assigns was given asylum in twenty twelve after an investigation into rape allegations was launched against the wiki leaks co-founder in sweden they were later suspended in twenty seventeen here's a look back at how the case unfolded.

the government of ecuador loyal to his tradition of protecting those looking to safety initial territory or inside one of his diplomatic missions has decided to give diplomatic a silence to julian assange. meanwhile working with wiki leaks editor in chief kristen frost and has been speaking outside of the court he says to the songs as arrests shows that no journalist is say. receive no. guarantees.

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hello and welcome i'm mickey aaron and you're watching aussie international on what is that quite an extraordinary day the wiki leaks founder julian assange. has been arrested in the ecuadorian embassy in london this morning off to almost seventy is holed up in the diplomatic compound he was brought in front of westminster court and found guilty of breaching bail in two thousand and twelve that was in the last few hours or so british police have revealed that the arrest was made in parts at the request of us or dorothy's while our video agency camp at the moment of the whistleblower was arrested about ten fifty am this morning.