Assange catgate hearing halted as Ecuador hunts around for someone who speaks Australian

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's efforts to tip a bunch of rules allegedly imposed on him by his Ecuadorian hosts into the kitty litter tray have been suspended owing to interpreter difficulties. According to reports, the world's most annoying housemate reckoned that the court-appointed interpreter was not up to snuff. Alas …

[Cris E]

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Two years ago he might have been a person on interest in the US, but under the new regime anything Obama did is wrong so Julian's going to be free to go. The worst thing he could do is stay holed up until the 2020 election and find himself with a Dem in office looking for issues to display the restored vigor of the DOJ.

[Doctor Syntax]

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"Two years ago he might have been a person on interest in the US, but under the new regime anything Obama did is wrong so Julian's going to be free to go."

I suspect it's the other way round. The previous administration would have had the wit to realise the biggest punishment they could inflict would have been to ignore him. I think the current administration lacks wit.

[Antron Argaiv]

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The original offense was unwanted sexual contact in Sweden, right?

President Trump has said that's acceptable conduct, if I understand him correctly (and I admit, that is often somewhat difficult, as he speaks in 140 character bursts, not all of which are comprehensible).

So...no harm, no foul...no black helicopters, right?

// still, word may not have made it all the way down to the "snatch team" yet...

[defiler]

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"snatch team"

Very good. I see what you did there.

[Anonymous Coward]

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Who actually wants him? Ecuador doesn't anymore. Sweden has dropped the arrest warrant but "could" reassert it before the statute of limitations expires in August 2019 and probably won't. The USA doesn't seem to want him. Even his cat won't as he fails to look after it. This leaves just the UK justice system who wants him for bail jumping. The best thing to do there would be to follow the time honored tradition and deport him to Australia ....... after letting him spend a couple of nights sharing a prison cell with someone who is friendly but not kind to chaps who treat women or cats badly.

[Doctor Syntax]

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"sharing a prison cell with someone who is friendly but not kind to chaps who treat women or cats badly"

His friend Sandy?

[OffBeatMammal]

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we don't want the feckless git back thanks very much

[Kernel]

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"we don't want the feckless git back thanks very much"

Why not? Australia is very keen to deport convicted criminals to their country of origin, so it seems only fair you get this character back.

[the Jim bloke]

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Just like to point out..

Australia doesn't particularly want him either

We have standards for our foreign criminals..

[amanfromMars 1]

For Up Voting .. A.N.Other Perspective and SMARTR Parallel Tract ...

.... from Greater Destinations of Immersive Dimensions

Is the real panto villain of the piece and disturber of the peace, HMGovernment, whatever/whoever/wherever that be playing at the Great Game in these Ages of Greater IntelAIgent Games Plays?

Surely Julian is a Seriously Serially Abused Asset which HMGovernment and its Crony Intelligence Services are Guilty of Remotely Restraining and Restricting? It's a Pan National Disgrace and Dark Dank Blot on International Copy Books/Public and Private and Pirate Aiders and Abetters?

A few questions there for truthfully answering with a fuller understanding of wider plays at play.

Such deserves certainly full government protection not ineffective faulty sanction.

What say El Regers, now that we know a lot more about such as are Ultimate Shenanigans?

[Rich 11]

Re: For Up Voting .. A.N.Other Perspective and SMARTR Parallel Tract ...

What say El Regers

I say that I don't give a toss about any of that. I do enjoy laughing at Assange's stupidity and arrogance, though.

[tony2heads]

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Is the cat white and fluffy?

[Doctor Syntax]

"he's being very very stupid, shitting on the people who are keeping him out of the clutches of the US government"

Don't they realise what a privilege it is having him shit on them?

[James O'Shea]

translating to aussie the right way

The Ecuadorians should kick him in his billabong and have him Advance Australia Fair out the door or be fed to a jumbuck.

[bigtimehustler]

It's obvious what he will do, stay till after August next year then leave, the punishment for skipping bail as a first offence in the UK will be basically nothing.

[Anonymous Coward]

as a first offence in the UK will be basically nothing

Fret ye not! They'll release a murderer to make room in our jails.

[Velv]

As an existing bail jumper he’s going to be denied any further bail, so he’s going to be held on remand.

And it’s unlikely the CPS will rush to bring the case to court.

[Boris the Cockroach]

Perhaps

hes not staying in the embassy because the US will try to nab him once the british have lost interest (about 3 days after fining him £100 for jumping bail), but hes staying there because hes hiding from the people who DO want some harm to come to him.... I.E the people he stiffed for 1 million quid when he jumped bail...

Pity he hadn't taken refuge in the Saudi embassy..... couldn't see them putting up with his cat crapping on the carpet for long.... ;)

[onefang]

"called for a replacement fluent in Australian, perhaps misunderstanding that the former British colony still speaks the language of the Pom."

Maybe they mistook Austria for Australia, it happens all the time.

[ottocid]

While I mainly support the activity of Wikileaks I strongly disagree with leaking documents of a LIVE MILITARY OPERATION. People can be killed because of this.

There is a detail that is ignored:

1) I leak documents with the intent of damaging/destroying a certain Nation.

I disregard so much that nation that I don't care my actions could cause the death of people involved in military operations.

2) After this super cunning act I expect that the counterpart gives me all the rights and guarantess provided by the system itself. The system I hate so much and I want to destroy. I expect also the system pays the legal fees.

I am disgusted. Assange is a horrible human being.

[ici.chacal]

"LIVE MILITARY OPERATION. People can be killed because of this."

Uh, yeah, that tends to happen on a military operation...

[Vincent Ballard]

What's he doing with his time?

He's been in the embassy long enough to be completely fluent in Spanish if he made half an effort. Why does he need an interpreter?

[onefang]

Re: What's he doing with his time?

To help cut through the thick Aussie accent he speaks Spanish with.

[Obesrver1]

Secret memo

You have go it all all wrong

Must dump a Secret Ecuador memo on Wikileaks site.

Cat not recognised by Ecuador. Cat will be removed if it cannot defecate in kitty litter provided and mess cleaned up by its owner, Assange.

Childs electronic cat to be substituted for Assange's mental health.

[onefang]

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"Childs electronic cat to be substituted for Assange's mental health."

Wait, you can swap out your mental health, and install an electronic cat instead? Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[Atomic Duetto]

Open the box, open the box

Ha......., I imagine this used to be Schrödinger’s cat. Pussy always gets its revenge (and fairynuff to)

[HmmmYes]

Ive met Assange once, before the kerfuffle

He had BO and was a prick.

Im betting Ecuador regret their charity.

[Androgynous Cupboard]

Spare a thought for the translator

Here's a copy of his pre-wikileaks site: https://cryptome.org/iq-org/IQ.ORG.htm.

Turning that into english is hard enough, let alone spanish. Amanfrommars may have found his antipodean... well, his antipodes.