Julian Assange says Pentagon may be behind rape claims

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100822/en_afp/swedencrimeintelligenceinternetwikileaks_11

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said in an interview published on Sunday that he believes the Pentagon could be behind a rape accusation against him that was later dropped by Swedish prosecutors.

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The Aftonbladet newspaper quoted Assange, 39, as saying he did not know who was "hiding behind" the claims, which came amid a stand-off with Washington over the website's publication of secret Afghan war documents.

Assange said he was shocked by the allegations against him and that he had never had sexual relations with anybody in a way that was not consensual, the tabloid said.

But he said that he had been warned previously that groups such as the Pentagon "could use dirty tricks" to destroy Wikileaks -- adding that he had been particularly warned against being entrapped by sexual scandals.


Assange: Pentagon could be behind rape claim
http://www.thelocal.se/28514/20100822/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100822/ap_on_hi_te/eu_sweden_wikileaks
A small Swedish justice watchdog group, RO, said it filed a complaint Sunday against the on-call prosecutor to the Ombudsmen of Justice, an office that investigates wrongdoing by public authorities. The complaint accused her of issuing the arrest warrant "without having enough information to make such a decision," said Johann Binninge, the group's chairman and founder.

[xultar]

1. No fucking duh. The moment I read the headline I was like pentagon or CIA.

[Bitwit1234]

2. I thought Rove was in the republican administration maybe

I'm wrong, maybe that is why we are appeasing republicans, do you think.

[Booster]

3. I think the Pentagon is way overdue for a full audit as well as a

real investigation into this mess. The Pentagon has become what Ike warned us about, and they need to abide by rules, laws, etc that the rest of us adhere to. No one should be able to "lose" trillions of dollars and falsely accuse someone of something and not have to answer for any of it.

[Iggo]

4. Also: Sky blue. Water wet. Bacon delicious.

[seabeyond]

5. so, he is accusing pentagon and we have a story running, the same way done to him

that makes sense.

i will wait until there is more info on this one, too

[TheKentuckian]

6. Highest probability assessment