Chiatos
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Trying to understand how come the media keep on describing Arjen as "an associate of Wikileaks" and even "a co-founder of Wikileaks" (no proof), I have stumbled across this publication by Arjen (Jan 2013) about a dinner he had had with Assange in August 2012:
At dinner with spies and with Assange
(Google translation)
A dinner with Julian Assange and some former spies gives a lot of food for thought. If you already had illusions about privacy, they are immediately on the slant. Not for nothing, apparently.
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Unfortunately, I could not attend either meeting because I had dinner in London. This took place in the embassy of Ecuador, where Julian Assange is living as a political refugee for the American government. The government has declared that it wants to condemn him for espionage (or simply shoot it without a process - that remains a favorite). This is not the fact that he has not violated any US law - journalism is still permitted for the time being. The small embassy of Ecuador in London is currently probably one of the best guarded places on earth, both with visible (police-trailer-with-antennas) and invisible surveillance.
The dinner was held in preparation for the presentation of the Sam Adams Award which would take place a day later in Oxford.
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The sober (in terms of atmosphere and alcohol) portion of the dinner was spent planning the award ceremony. After planning and various bottles were eliminated, the conversation came to the situation in the embassy. You will then come up with an estimate of passively listening former colleagues of fellow table mates Ray McGovern (CIA), Thomas Drake (NSA), Coleen Rowley (FBI), Annie Machon (MI5) and Ann Wright (US Army). ....
Met spionnen en Assange aan tafel (column)
Arjens table mates were all whistle blowers and kind of soul mates. I have not been able to find any tweet (or other message) expressing their concern about Arjens disappearance. The same goes for other whistle blowers who were/are close to Arjen. Isn't that weird?
The only ones who did react (as far as I can see) have been Snowden and Assange.
At dinner with spies and with Assange
(Google translation)
A dinner with Julian Assange and some former spies gives a lot of food for thought. If you already had illusions about privacy, they are immediately on the slant. Not for nothing, apparently.
...
Unfortunately, I could not attend either meeting because I had dinner in London. This took place in the embassy of Ecuador, where Julian Assange is living as a political refugee for the American government. The government has declared that it wants to condemn him for espionage (or simply shoot it without a process - that remains a favorite). This is not the fact that he has not violated any US law - journalism is still permitted for the time being. The small embassy of Ecuador in London is currently probably one of the best guarded places on earth, both with visible (police-trailer-with-antennas) and invisible surveillance.
The dinner was held in preparation for the presentation of the Sam Adams Award which would take place a day later in Oxford.
...
The sober (in terms of atmosphere and alcohol) portion of the dinner was spent planning the award ceremony. After planning and various bottles were eliminated, the conversation came to the situation in the embassy. You will then come up with an estimate of passively listening former colleagues of fellow table mates Ray McGovern (CIA), Thomas Drake (NSA), Coleen Rowley (FBI), Annie Machon (MI5) and Ann Wright (US Army). ....
Met spionnen en Assange aan tafel (column)
Arjens table mates were all whistle blowers and kind of soul mates. I have not been able to find any tweet (or other message) expressing their concern about Arjens disappearance. The same goes for other whistle blowers who were/are close to Arjen. Isn't that weird?
The only ones who did react (as far as I can see) have been Snowden and Assange.