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1. Our trench war against the Swedish,UK,Australian authorities to defend the right of the press to access the full set of documents on @JulianAssange and @wikileaks is still ongoing:my lawyers @estelledehon @suigenerisjen @PiaJNyberg @BolamPeter and I are still fighting
2. 3 years after this trench war started, the #Swedish authorities denied me permission to appeal the Swedish #SupremeAdministrativeCourt,the London #First-tier Tribunal denied me access to the docs+permission to appeal to the London #UpperTribunal
3.the London #UpperTribunal could give me permission to appeal and we asked for it.Usually,the #UpperTribunal deals w/requests to appeal withing 10 weeks. Twenty weeks have passed: no feedback from the #UpperTribunal yet
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hearing—"#China's Worldwide #Military Expansion" is a dramatic bellwether of growing concerns in Washington & beyond.

Now online—hard-hitting arguments + many data points, some deeply-analyzed yet hard to find elsewhere in public domain:
bit.ly/HouseIC
CAPT Jim Fanell, USN Ret, former @USPacificFleet N2:

"today, the PLA Navy consists of over 330 surface ships & 66 submarines, nearly 400 combatants. As of 4 May 2018, the @USNavy consists of 283 battle force ships: 211 surface ships and 72 submarines."
bit.ly/HouseIC
"By 2030, it is estimated [by Fanell & @SCheneyPeters in their chapter in @NavalWarCollege @ChinaMaritime Studies Institute's Chinese Naval Shipbuilding volume amazon.com/Chinese-Naval-… @USNIBooks that] the PLANavy will consist of some 550 ships: 450 surface ships & 99 submarines."
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Mr. Integrity: The Legacy of Gamaliel Onosode
1. A Matter of Principle.

#TheLegacyOfGamalielOnosode #Gamaliel #MrIntegrity #GamalielOnosode #Series #First #AMatterOfPrinciple
A quick study and a brilliant scholar, he had joined the colonial development organisation straight from the university. In quick time, his abundant talents were recognised and he was being deployed to relieve regional managers whilst technically still in training.
Still in his late twenties, he had even been given delicate diplomatic assignments that involved meeting with and influencing top regional political leaders. His already princely remuneration was growing in tandem with his fast tracked trajectory to the top.
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