Re:Julian Assange arrested in London
by nickpsecurity on Thursday April 11, 2019 @01:38PM
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Supporting your point are people like Poitras getting extra, random screening after publishing documentaries about US wars. They've often been vindictive given it's power-loving, egotistical, image-conscious politicians running them.
Re:Julian Assange arrested in London
by grayed-down on Thursday April 11, 2019 @12:31PM
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Not sure why you're getting grayed down, but what you say is right on the money.
+1. When I was a Boy Scout, I had confirmation direct from an FBI agent that once somebody is wanted, the Agency has a long memory and a long reach.
The anecdote he shared was a fugitive fled to Saudi Arabia. Over a decade and a half, the fugitive grew a small business empire and was well-connected. In tandem with allies in Saudi Arabia, the FBI arranged a lavish party on a yacht to which their target was invited. The yacht sailed out to international waters and FBI agents apprehended him and put him on a Navy cruiser out at sea.
What I wonder is how those same people in the US would feel if countries like China or Russia did the same thing openly.
I've been involved in enough government stuff to know that resources like that don't get spent unless the target is _really_ bad.
The FBI often refers cases with single digit millions in losses to state and local, because the SAs are busy with bigger cases.
Does it matter if they do the same thing (or worse) openly or covertly?
Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvine...
China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Yingying_Zhan...
Re:Julian Assange arrested in London
by triangleman on Thursday April 11, 2019 @09:24PM
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Uh, you sure you linked the right article for China?
One of the few consistencies I've seen in my lifetime across all major US Government agencies is that they seem to hold grudges forever. It doesn't matter whether we're talking about the FBI, CIA, Pentagon, DOJ, IRS or SEC. Assange, out there, is a persistent waving defiance of their perceived power and reach (and worse, right in the US sphere of influence).