prosecution and that led many to believe that there were going to be criminal charges pending against julian assads now at this point there is no public record of that in the court will neither confirm nor deny any charges. cuter say that any charges against assad can't be made public until he's been arrested and apprehended however the reporters committee is saying that this should be a matter of public record and it should be well known now speculate the julian assad could be charged for releasing u.s. military material that was classified related to iraq and afghanistan other speculate he could face charges related to the diplomatic cables that were classified that he made public now still others suggest that it's possibly the cia cyber security programs however the guardian newspaper in the united kingdom has recently come out with a story alleging that secret meetings took place between julian assad and paul mann afford at the ecuadorian embassy and that apparently paul manna for visited julian assad twenty thirteen twenty fifteen and the spring of two thousand and sixteen just a few months af

campaign they allege that there were secret meetings between paul man of war crimes lawyer and julian assad oh man of forty three secret meetings with wiki leaks founder julian assange including one in twenty sixteen around the time he became a truck campaign chairman he met three times with wiki leaks founder julian a son living in ecuador's london embassy man afford met with wiki leaks founder julian assange on john several occasions there was some sort of a cordon nation or collusion this would seem like there's more evidence pointing to that if it's true of course the implications are explosive right they only relied on an unnamed source allegedly from ecuador and they gave no explanation as to why the london metropolitan police who spent millions of dollars to monitor the ecuadorian embassy around the clock didn't detect such a meeting. why is there no evidence why is there no evidence in the visitors logs that are supposedly complete and thorough and manifolds they are there are video cameras everywhere and police everywhere and there's no record we can withhold judgment and remain sk

and paul man a forward at the ecuadorian embassy and that apparently paul man afore visited julian assad in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fifteen and the spring of two thousand and sixteen just a few months after one of the alleged meetings between julianna songe and paul man of fort wiki leaks revealed that some of the democratic party e-mails had been stolen by russian intelligence officers now many are suggesting that it's possible that the charges against julian assange are related to his meetings allegedly with paul mann afford however wiki leaks has this response remember this day when they go into and committed to serial fabricated to tell he destroyed the papers reputation wiki leaks is willing to bet the go on to a million dollars and he said it is that manifolds never matches so on outside the courthouse in alexandria virginia supporters of joyous songe have made a public presence and displayed their words the reason that the reporters committee in particular is particularly interested in this manner and this because of the possibility or at least suggestion that's

julian assad at this point for example is being required to take better care of his cat to pay for his own food and to clean the bathroom let's look at some of these new rules a julian a songe is being expected to comply with in the embassy. now assad ultimately had to give up his cat now essentially joined us he's been in the ecuadorian embassy and he was actually recently declared a citizen a naturalized citizen of ecuador after being in the embassy for five and a half years and it's also been revealed at this point that the u.k. foreign office they've they've revealed that they were approached by ecuador ecuador asked to make julian assange a diplomat the hope was that if he could be made a diplomat of aqua door now that he is an ecuadorian citizen that he could then not be arrested and could have legal immunity when he then tried to leave the country and would not be facing these bail conditions however at this point he was not granted these diplomatic status despite the fact that he's forty seven years old has become a naturalized citizen of ecuador julian assad remains wa

require the government to confirm or deny the existence of criminal charges and the skis so if julian assad is arrested at that point we will then know what he's been arrested for now this is a little bit strange you would think that if the government is spending resources and money in order to try and apprehend a criminal that we ought to be privy to know what crime he has allegedly committed however at this point it's widely alleged that julian assange is working for a foreign government this is cut and dried wiki leaks is an outlet for foreign propaganda and julian assange is an enemy of the american people he deserves to spend the rest of his life in an american prison but how do you prove that after all wiki leaks is an independent outlet now some suspect that julian assad could be charged under the espionage act of one thousand nine hundred seventeen that's an obscure law that goes all the way back to world war one makes it illegal to publish government secrets that could damage national security if indeed a songes charged under the espionage act that would be the first time a publish

prosecutors appear to be preparing charges for julian assad's a copy and paste error as revealed to us authorities aust all seeking to bring the wiki leaks founder to justice of the nature of the charges and whether they've actually been filed remains unclear though a reference to the case occurs apparently by mistake as part of an unrelated court filing. the complaint supporting affidavit would need to remain sealed until songes a rested in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint and could therefore no longer evade or avoid a wrist and extradition in this matter songs of course has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london since twenty twelve last year sex assault charges against the australian national were dropped by swedish authorities however he still faces arrest in the u.k. for breaking bail terms and he's also a wanted man in the united states in connection with the leak of data from u.s. operations in iraq and afghanistan back in twenty ten that same year we can leaks also released hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables and in twenty sevent

now at this point julian assad has had to give up his cat his cat has has been given up at this point this is been almost six years that julian assange has been held and basically remained in the ecuadorian embassy now that this point he has been granted ecuadorian citizenship and it's now been revealed. that ecuador attempted to give julian assigns the status of a diplomat and that would enable him to have diplomatic immunity so he could then get to the airport and flee the country however he was not granted diplomatic status so at the moment julian assange remains in the embassy and at this point it is still not public as the hearing concludes in alexandria virginia still not public whether or not he's facing criminal charges in the united states. we should say the u.s. scaping punishment for allegedly doing a nazi salute america's first amendment comes under fire story more after the break . what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to be. right to be crooks that's what the four three in t

now at this point julian assad has had to give up his cat his cat has been given up at this point this is been almost six years that has been held and basically remained in the ecuadorian embassy now that this point has been granted ecuadorian citizenship and it's now been revealed that ecuador attempted to give julian assigns the status of a diplomat and that would enable him to have diplomatic immunity so he could then get to the airport and flee the country however he was not granted diplomatic status so at the moment julian assange remains in the embassy and at this point it is still not public as the hearing concludes in alexandria virginia still not public whether or not he's facing criminal charges in the united states and i think so of course wouldn't kill him open with the new york. staying with us here and now for the latest. what politicians do something anything. i put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. for some one of us . have to be right to be for us it's like i'm up for three in the morning can't be good that i

articles for rolling stone on the facebook purge and the justice department secret indictment against julian assad thank you so much for joining us today matt. thank you for having me on you know i well i want to start. let's look at the recent revelations of the secret indictment against julian assange what makes these indictments so dangerous to press freedom regardless of one's personal feelings about assad's character. well it depends a lot on what the indictment is we obviously don't know. my sources have told me that it's likely not connected to the two thousand and sixteen election. it's probably has something to do with pre two thousand and sixteen behavior but. it could have something to do with the vault seven disclosures we don't know but the bit the big thing is is that the government for some time has been attempting to describe the publication of stolen or leaked secrets as a criminal conspiracy itself and they've never gone there before if there is evil to do that a free will to define that is a criminal act that would have profound implications for all journalism not just the site

both are after assad for different reasons ok or i get right general i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion julian assange stay with art. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars and. more than ten thousand dollars prime stamping each day. eighty five percent of the global wealth you long for the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent from august last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per circuit first elected and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need remember in one one business showed you know ford to miss the one and only. in fact a recent poll of gallup poll shows fifty seven percent of americans want a more cooperative relationship with russia so there's a disconnect that a smart politician democrat would understand needs to be seen because there's not a lot of hunger or appetite for this kind of any russian politics is being fanned by a media political establishment. w