Thursday, July 26, 2012

Sex, Lies and Julian Assange

Updated below with partial transcript.


Sex, Lies and Julian Assange

By Andrew Fowler and Wayne Harley

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Four Corners reporter Andrew Fowler examines in detail what happened in those crucial weeks while Julian Assange was in Sweden. What was the nature of his relationship with the two women who claim he assaulted them? And what did they tell police that led the authorities to seek his arrest? ICH
Updated full episode of ABC Four Corners "Sex, Lies and Julian Assange".




ANDREW FOWLER: At the heart of the matter is whether the Swedish judicial authorities will treat him fairly. Certainly, events so far provide a disturbing picture of Swedish justice. Using facts agreed between the defence and prosecution and other verified information, we have pieced together what happened during those crucial three weeks in August.

On August 11th, 2010, Assange arrived in Sweden to attend a conference organised by the Swedish Brotherhood – a branch of the Social Democratic Party. He was offered Anna Ardin’s apartment while she was away, but Ardin returned home a day early on Friday the 13th. She invited Assange to stay the night, and they had sex. She would later tell police Assange had violently pinned her down and ignored her requests to use a condom. Assange denies this.

The following day, Assange addressed the conference with Ardin at his side. Later that afternoon Ardin organised the Swedish equivalent of a top-notch barbeque – a Crayfish Party. She posted a Twitter message. “Julian wants to go to a crayfish party. Anyone have a couple of available seats tonight or tomorrow?”

The crayfish party was held that night in a court yard off her apartment. It went on until the early hours of the morning. Ardin tweeted at 2am: “Sitting outdoors at 02:00 and hardly freezing with the world’s coolest, smartest people! It’s amazing!”

A guest at the party would later tell Swedish Police the event was a very hearty evening. When he offered to put Assange up at his apartment, Ardin replied, “He can stay with me.”

In the past 24 hours, Ardin had worked closely with Assange, had sex with him, organised a crayfish party on his behalf – and, according to one witness, turned down alternate accommodation for him. It is during this same period that police will later investigate whether Assange coerced and sexually molested Anna Ardin.

PER E. SAMUELSON: Well, if you send text messages like that, “I’ve just spent some time with the coolest people in the world”, the night after you then say you were raped – I mean you shouldn’t write such text messages if you had been raped by that person the night before.

ANDREW FOWLER: Your client described Julian Assange as a “cool man”. I think, one of the “coolest men in the world” that she’d had in her bed.

CLAES BORGSTROM: I will argue in court....... Read the full thing with opinion at craigmurray.org

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Himself said...

Explain it to me Chuck please.

Himself said...

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/09/dutch-anti-islamic-politicians-us-backers/56673/

Anonymous said...

Yes, religion in the public square, they're all the same.

bit.ly/Qzn3NA

Anonymous said...

in a nutshell

Many of those who vote for Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party would be horrified if its extreme anti-Islam policies were actually put into effect. They support him because he’s a wake-up call to other Dutch politicians, according to political researcher Chris Aalberts of Rotterdam’s Erasmus University.

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/
wilders-supporters-dont-really-
care-about-headscarves

Anonymous said...

http://bit.ly/PotEKU

As for the comments, a flame war. Never mind, the cat did it.

Himself said...


bit.ly/Qzn3NA


Mornin' Chuck,

Pray pardon my French, but what a crock of shit.

Many of those who vote for Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party would be horrified if its extreme anti-Islam policies were actually put into effect. They support him because he’s a wake-up call to other Dutch politicians, according to political researcher Chris Aalberts of Rotterdam’s Erasmus University.

In a nutshell.

We all have to have a hobby of some kind or other!

Anonymous said...

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VIP (cough)

Anonymous said...

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LOL

Anonymous said...

Meanwhile, in Twitterland ...

'shredding' is the new 'shagging'

http://bit.ly/Y7lmgg

Himself said...

Never catch on.

Anonymous said...

@10 September 2012 13:35
bit.ly/P7zor1

http://www.livochratt.se/livratt-avslojar-darfor-har-carin-jamtin-hallit-en-lag-profil-i-mustafa-affaren/

Hjärtats antiracist spokeswoman Anna Ardin is one of those who have been most aggressive in the defense of the Islamists, and who also like to point out opponents as Islamophobes and racists.

She has become what we call a useful idiot for the Islamist forces in Sweden, tells a Liv&Rätts source.