"On the Assange thing is he a "hero" outing the truth or a subversive hacker/rapist?"He could be one or the other, and he could be both or neither (allegedly). I have never really taken to him. However in the last few days I saw the video of the US gunships destroying from the air a group of Iraqis, including 2 Reuters journalists, using 30mm cannon. It raised some questions, to say the least. "Also why The Ecuadorian Embassy?":-"Since American jurisprudence contemplates the death penalty for acts of treason, which Assange is accused of committing when he released the Wikileaks material publicly, his argument for requesting asylum in a foreign diplomatic mission is that he fears for his life if Sweden ever decides to send him to the United States. Assange obviously chose Ecuador’s Embassy in London for two reasons: first, because political and diplomatic asylum are a sacred institution among Latin American countries and as a rule asylum requests are granted, and secondly, given Ecuador’s current government and a relatively hostile relationship with Washington, Assange correctly assumed that he would be granted asylum by a country that is not on the friendliest terms with the United States." From:-https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/why-is-ecuador-protecting-wikileaks-julian-assange/
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