Julian Assange 'told Edward Snowden not to seek asylum in Latin America'

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Julian Assange 'told Edward Snowden not to seek asylum in Latin America'

Damien Gayle and agencies
Saturday 29 August 2015 13.50 BST

Julian Assange has said he advised the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden against seeking asylum in Latin America because there he could have been kidnapped and possibly killed.

The WikiLeaks editor-in-chief said he told Snowden to ignore concerns about the “negative PR consequences” of sheltering in Russia because it was one of the few places in the world where the CIA’s influence did not reach.

In a wide-ranging interview with the Times, Assange also said he feared he would be assassinated if he was ever able to leave the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he sought asylum in 2012 to avoid extradition.

He accused US officials of breaking the law in their pursuit of him and his whistleblowing organisation, and in subjecting his connections to a campaign of harassment.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/aug/29/julian-assange-told-edward-snowdon-not-seek-asylum-in-latin-america

[Hydra]

1. It's hard to say how many people we need to vote out

To remove all threat to the people attempting to expose Bushco crimes.

...The fact that this is even an issue now is mind-boggling.