Thread by @Liberte_info

#Unity4J #FreeAssange #ReconnectJulian

Now speaking: @wemeantwell: "They [@StateDept] falsely claimed I leaked classified information by fabricating a case against me."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "I embarrassed the #USgov by exposing corruption [in #Iraq] using non-classified information."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "[@StateDept] wanted to fire me for not cooperating w/ the investigation to fire me."
"I was lucky to be saved by a woman, @JesselynRadack."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "I was unaware that 5 feet away from me there was an American soldier going thru the same process as me: @xychelsea."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "I don't know if I would have had the #courage @xychelsea & @JulianAssange had at that moment."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "#Assange is not important for what he is but for what he represents: #Wikileaks has created a new paradigm for journalism."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "Let's not forget that @xychelsea tried w/o success to contact @nytimes & @washingtonpost, & she ended up at @wikileaks."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "In the case of @Thomas_Drake1, they couldn't get him with due process so they made up trumped-up charges."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "It is important to defend Julian to make his case as fragile & difficult to attack as possible so the govt doesn't come down hard on the next 'Assange'."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "@JulianAssange is the canary in the coal-mine."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos: "It's difficult to overstate the role of #Wikileaks in revolutionizing journalism, or the heat they received for it."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos: "We know that Julian Assange has serious medical issues..."

Guest @wemeantwell: "We provide medical care even to #Guantanamo detainees... that act of cruelty [toward JA] is revolting to me".

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Guest @wemeantwell: "Little has leaked out [abt the negotiations #Comey killed-off] but it appears the #USgov was negotiating w/ #Assange to give him immunity in exchange for documents re the 2016 election."

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Host: @ElizabethleaVos

Guest @wemeantwell: "The #Wikileaks documents will be there forever... other people have already replaced #Assange... this is about vengeance."

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Guest @wemeantwell: "What makes #Wikileaks so unique is their lack of political stance other than Truth... Julian has proven his commitment to that."

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Guest @wemeantwell: "If #USgov succeeds in prosecuting #Assange it will scare off a lot of people who would have made important revelations."

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Host @ElizabethleaVos: "#Wikileaks is the only publishing outlet to have actually advocated for whistleblowers."