Assange Hearing Day 12

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56 points·adrianmsmith··6 comments

> I have two main points to make. The first is that Shenkman was sent a 180 page evidence bundle from the prosecution on the morning of his testimony, at 3am his time, before giving evidence at 9am. A proportion of this was entirely new material to him. He is then questioned on it. This keeps happening to every witness. On top of which, like almost every witness, his submitted statement addressed the first superseding indictment not the last minute second superseding indictment which introduces some entirely new offences. This is a ridiculous procedure.

After 10 years of preparation, one would think they'd have the offenses figured out. This behavior doesn't seem to be about seeking justice. And if it's an indication of what's to come when he's extradited, then oh well.

Surely the fact he's being tried in the Eastern District of Virginia is enough to know there will be no justice for Assange. This is likely his only chance to escape brutal injustice.

As someone who doesn't know anything about the US legal system, what is that indicative of?

it's like holding a court case on a military base. everybody there works for the CIA or is a family member.

This is right outside Washington, DC, and it's full of Federal government employees. You could not find a more favorable jurisdiction to prosecute leakers/whistleblowers/journalists the government does not like, because the jury pool will be full of government employees. That's why Assange was charged in this district.

@megous: “.. Shenkman was sent a 180 page evidence bundle from the prosecution on the morning of his testimony ..”

No doubt this bundle was deposited in the hallway and came without an envelope, with all the pages out of order, tied up with string and certain vital files missing.

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