THE "GETTING " OF ASSANGE & THE SMEARING OF A REVOLUTION

John Pilger, Truthout: "It is not the Swedish judicial system that presents a 'grave danger' to Julian Assange, say his lawyers, but a legal device known as a Temporary Surrender, under which he can be sent on from Sweden to the United States secretly and quickly. The founder and editor of WikiLeaks, who published the greatest leak of official documents in history, providing a unique insight into rapacious wars and the lies told by governments, is likely to find himself in a hell hole not dissimilar to the 'torturous' dungeon that held Pvt. Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower." Read the Truthout article,October 8.