WikiLeaks founder arrested for WeeWeeLeaks
Recall Al Capone wasn’t brought down for his gangster killings but for income tax evasion.
And so we see Julian Assange, the anti-American Aussie, being arrested not for committing espionage for WikiLeaking top secret American documents to the world but for scorning 2 groupies and not wearing a condom. Interestingly, liberal feminism is apparently also at play in this high stakes soap opera.
Once again we see sex making smart people stupid.
Also recall Al Capone died of syphilis.
Grab a cup of coffee and a doughnut and prepare for a fascinating read. From The Daily Mail, December 7 (and I otta say once again how I love British journalism.)…
… Enkoping [Scandinavia]… the place where Mr Assange made a catastrophic error.
Here, in a 1st-floor flat in a dreary apartment block, the mastermind behind the leak of more than 250,000 classified US diplomatic cables this month slept with a female admirer whom he had just met at a seminar. She subsequently made a complaint to police….
Stockholm police want to question him regarding the possible rape of a woman and separate allegations from another Swedish admirer, with whom he was having a concurrent fling.
The story began on August 11 this year, when Assange arrived in Stockholm.
He had been invited to be the key speaker at a seminar….
His point of contact was a female party official, whom we shall refer to as Sarah….
An attractive blonde, Sarah was already a well-known ‘radical feminist’. In her 30s, she had travelled the world following various fashionable causes.
While a research assistant at a local university she had not only been the protegee of a militant feminist academic, but held the post of ‘campus sexual equity officer’. Fighting male discrimination in all forms, including sexual harassment, was her forte.
Sarah and Assange had never met. But… they agreed that during his visit he could stay at her small apartment in central Stockholm.
What happened over the next few days – while casting an extraordinary light on the values of the 2 women involved – suggests that… the WikiLeaks founder is… certainly a man of strong sexual appetites who is not averse to exploiting his fame….
The pair… returned to her flat and had sex. What is not disputed by either of them is that a condom broke – an event which, as we shall see, would later take on great significance….
[T]he next day, a Saturday…Assange attended his seminar…. In the front row of the audience, dressed in an eye-catching pink jumper… was a pretty twentysomething whom we shall call Jessica….
It is believed that by happenstance Jessica also met Sarah… during the meeting.
Assange… has a child from a failed relationship around 20 years ago….
Jessica called Assange…. [T]hey agreed to go to her home in Enkoping, but he had no money for a train ticket and said he didn’t want to use a credit card because he would be ‘tracked’….
So Jessica bought both their tickets….
[A]fter they arrived at her apartment they had sex. According to her testimony to police, Assange wore a condom. The following morning they made love again. This time he used no protection.
Jessica reportedly said later that she was upset that he had refused when she asked him to wear a condom….
Assange promised to stay in touch. He then returned to Stockholm, with Jessica again paying for his ticket….
What happened next is difficult to explain. The most likely interpretation of events is that as a result of a one-night stand, one participant came to regret what had happened.
Jessica was worried she could have caught a sexual disease, or even be pregnant…. She then decided to phone Sarah… and apparently confided to her that she’d had unprotected sex with him.
At that point, Sarah said that she, too, had slept with him.
As a result of this conversation, Sarah reportedly phoned an acquaintance of Assange and said that she wanted him to leave her apartment. (He refused to do so, and maintains that she only asked him to leave 3 days later….)
How must Sarah have felt to discover that the man she’d taken to her bed 3 days before had already taken up with another woman? Furious? Jealous? Out for revenge? Perhaps she merely felt aggrieved for a fellow woman in distress….
Sarah and Jessica took drastic action.
They went together to a Stockholm police station where they said they were seeking advice on how to proceed with a complaint by Jessica against Assange.
According to one source, Jessica wanted to know if it was possible to force Assange to undergo an HIV test. Sarah, the seasoned feminist warrior, said she was there merely to support Jessica. But she also gave police an account of what had happened between herself and Assange a week before.
The female interviewing officer, presumably because of allegations of a sabotaged condom in one case and a refusal to wear one in the 2nd, concluded that both women were victims: that Jessica had been raped, and Sarah subject to sexual molestation….
A duty prosecuting attorney, Maria Kjellstrand… agreed that Assange should be sought on suspicion of rape.
By now, the authorities realised they had a high-profile case on their hands and legal papers were rushed to the weekend home of the chief prosecutor, who dismissed the rape charge.
She felt that what had occurred were no more than minor offences.
But the case was now starting to spin out of control.
Sarah next spoke to a newspaper, saying: ‘In both cases, the sex had been consensual from the start but had eventually turned into abuse.’
Rejecting accusations of an international plot to trap Assange, she added: ‘The accusations were not set up by the Pentagon or anybody else. The responsibility for what happened to me and the other girl lies with a man with a twisted view of women, who has a problem accepting the word “no”.’
The 2 women then instructed Claes Borgstrom, a so-called ‘gender lawyer’ who is a leading supporter of a campaign to extend the legal definition of rape to help bring more rapists to justice.
As a result, in September the case was reopened by the authorities, and last month Interpol said Assange was wanted for ‘sex crimes’.
Yesterday, his lawyer Mark Stephens said the Swedish warrant was a ‘political stunt’….
Assange continues to insist that he has done nothing wrong, and that his sexual encounters with both women were consensual.
But last week, the Swedish High Court refused to hear his final appeal against arrest, and extradition papers were presented to police in England….
So what to make of a story in which it’s hard to argue that any of the parties emerges with much credit? How reliable are the 2 female witnesses?
Earlier this year, Sarah is reported to have posted a telling entry on her website, which she has since removed. But a copy has been retrieved and widely circulated on the internet.
Entitled ‘7 Steps to Legal Revenge’, it explains how women can use courts to get their own back on unfaithful lovers.
Step 7 says: ‘Go to it and keep your goal in sight. Make sure your victim suffers just as you did.’…
Clearly, [Assange] is responsible for an avalanche of political leaks. Whether he is also guilty of sexual offences remains to be seen.
But the more one learns about the case, the more one feels that… the allegations simply don’t ring true.
[HT: Laura Loo]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
How can you be guilty of rape and abuse when the sex was consentual? That’s like me going to Vegas, gambling all my money, feelings regretful that I lost and then claiming that Vegas “abused” me.
A relationship that begins in a benign fashion may become abusive at a later point. If that were not the case, there would–by definition–be a great deal fewer abusive husbands. That doesn’t mean that Assange is guilty or innocent, but the fact that things began consensually does not mean they could not have turned ugly after that.
Foolish women. Way to be selective about who you allow to enter the most sacred part of your body. This is what happens when you are willing to lay down with any sleaze who talks pretty to you. Vain, foolish women!
And I have no sympathy for Assange. This is what happens when you let lust rule your life. Congratulations fool.
Thanks, “feminists”, for helping to ensure that no one will believe women who are actually raped. I might have been willing to give the benefit of the doubt, but that ‘7 Steps to Legal Revenge’ thing is just disgusting. Abusers of the justice system deserve everything they get.
Hi X,
In order to be believed the woman must be accusing a conservative. Then it doesn’t matter if its true or not, only the “seriousness” of the charge.
“WeeWeeLeaks” Lol. Hands down winner of 2010 Best Title Award.
I agree, Alice – if, for example, the woman told him to stop after the condom broke, but he didn’t – that should, at least in my mind, be considered sexual assault, and withdrawal of consent is grounds for a rape charge in Sweden. Unfortunately, I think that only some US states have similar laws on the books. Which is creepy. If anyone saw that Julia Stiles movie version of Othello a few years back – I think it was called O – there is a really upsetting depiction of this type of situation, where she consents to sex with the man she loves and it ends up hurting her and, for complex plot and psychological reasons, he refuses to stop even though she begs him to.
It is, essentially, about whether rape is about force or consent. Consenting to one thing does not mean consenting to all things, and consenting to sex with a condom does not mean consenting to sex without a condom. If rape/assault is about consent, then this is absolutely a relevant question. It is, at least at the moment, impossible to say whether withdrawal of consent occurred in either situation, but merely because a woman consents to sex with a man does not – or should not – mean that she loses her right to stop anyone, that man included, from doing things to her body that she does not want him to do.
The title of this post wins the BEST TITLE award — no contest. Bravo, Jill.
Sydney, exactly! Foolish, reckless, vain women! I have no sympathy for them at all. Modern “feminism” has made women stupid. They invited this man into their homes, into their beds, into their bodies, into their lives forever. They have no one to blame but themselves.
Women need to wise up and protect themselves.
Ed, Jennifer, thanks! I confess I was pretty pleased with myself on that one… :)
I don’t support any sex outside of marriage, and especially – the one night stands and sex with strangers (even if they are some sort of celebrity). From this point of view I think all 3 of them are equally at fault and they get what they deserve.
On the other hand – the post on “Sarah’s” blog pretty much tells it all – it’s a simple jealousy and revenge story, nothing else. I wouldn’t be surprised if the girs are seeking a financial settlement as well, for “psychological damage” or anything like that.
The whole thing doesn’t ring true to me as well.
As to his arrest warrant (or something) from the US, I find it funny – he’s not US citizen, he doesn’t live in the US and all he’s doing, is what any honest journalist would do – publishing important information he has recieved from his sources. US should leave him alone and have a better protection of their info in the future if they don’t want something like this to happen again. Not even mentioning – the government shouldn’t do any shady business or lie to the public, but that would be too much to ask of any government in the world I guess.
Had I been willing to give the benefit of the doubt in this case, my comment would’ve sounded much like Alexandra’s. People who abuse the systems we rely upon daily to ensure that justice is done for everyone just rather piss me off, though.
“The female interviewing officer, presumably because of allegations of a sabotaged condom in one case and a refusal to wear one in the 2nd, concluded that both women were victims: that Jessica had been raped, and Sarah subject to sexual molestation….”
So, IF you wear a condom – it’s not a rape, but if you DON’T – it’s a rape????? Hahahahahahaha!!!! Can someone please help find these people their common sense??
I find it disturbing that people are laughing at the idea that a man violating the terms under which consent is given is or should be considered assault. There was an incident a year or two ago in which a woman had allowed her partner (I think husband, maybe live-in boyfriend of some years) to tie her hands to the bed. He had then engaged in types of sex that hurt her and she begged him to stop, but he didn’t. Is that funny? Is it funny if she’s unmarried because she “got what she deserved,” but serious if she’s married?
People doubting whether consent was withdrawn in this situation or not is not what I’m having a problem with – there is certainly room for people to wonder about that question, given the circumstances. But to find the concept itself absurd and even funny? What?
I don’t appreciate the contempt and judgment of women who “sleep around.” I did my fair share of that too. They are going to learn the hard way but how about some grace?
They were once little girls too. I wonder what happened to them that they think “hooking up” is going to offer them anything but a broken heart??
So, you tell the one night stand you’re with that you want him to use a condom. He says no. You agree to have sex anyway (right? That’s what everyone else got from that, right?). THEN you call a girl you’ve met and find out they’re shacking up while he’s in town. AND SHE HELPS YOU SUE HIM FOR RAPE?!?
Does it seem to anyone else as though if there were ANY abuse going on, it was with “Sarah”? Assuming that Assange had intentionally sabotaged the condom, that I can see as abuse. But if in fact Jessica consented to having sex, never asked or indicated that Assange should stop, and then essentially changed her mind after, then where is the abuse? That is, the abuse you can prosecute (because really, it’s all an abuse of sex. It’s all an abuse of one another’s selves).
This whole thing is a bit surreal.
Quoting from the article:
[A]fter they arrived at her apartment they had sex. According to her testimony to police, Assange wore a condom. The following morning they made love again. This time he used no protection.
Jessica reportedly said later that she was upset that he had refused when she asked him to wear a condom….
This quote doesn’t make it sound like the morning sex was not consensual. It sounds like buyer’s regret. Jessica doesn’t report that the sex was forced, only that she regretted it. Feminists do put us all at a disadvantage when regretted sex is called rape. It is difficult enough for women to prosecute a rapist, but when women of easy virtue press charges out of regret, women who really were raped are discredited and discouraged. That leaves predators out on the loose. Of course I can’t help but notice that Jessica’s concerns were for herself (disease, pregnancy) but she and her new gal pal don’t seem concerned that he is a danger to women. He sounds like a cad but they were more than willing to hook up with him without knowing anything more about him.
I also find it interesting that in the news stories about Assange, no names are mentioned of who leaked documents to him. Surely he’s not a one-man super spying emporium. What about all the other ‘leakers?’ Why is Assange taking all the public heat?
Assange keeps his sources secret; in fact I believe this is the only information he has gone on record as saying “should” be kept secret. To my knowledge the only one known is Bradley Manning, who told a hacker what he had done when he downloaded the files, and the hacker told authorities.
MaryRose, I agree that as the situation is described in that article, I have a hard time reading any assault from that situation. If she wanted to wear a condom and he didn’t, and they had sex anyway, then that’s that. I have read other accounts which made it sound a bit more grey – that she had refused to have sex without a condom and he had agreed, and he led her to believe that he was wearing one the second time they had sex; or something. But I definitely do think that the allegation would need some scrutiny in a court before being ruled assault.
Can you imagine having sex with that weasel? I can’t even stand to look at his picture.
While I’m a bit hazy as to how someone could “lead someone to believe” they were wearing a condom when they were not actually doing that (that is not a challenge to explain how this can be done; I don’t think it’s necessarily impossible, but I imagine it would at least be very difficult), I agree with Alexandra and Carla on both counts. That if sex is consented to under one set of conditions, but takes place under a different set, then someone is violating someone else’s rights. And that even people who are otherwise creeps, unpleasant, just plain mean, or even who just sleep around a lot can be raped, violated, and have their rights trampled on and they still deserve the protection of the law for those violations.
If what these women claimed happened did happen in fact, then Assange did assault them, at least. If not, then yes, they are trying to manipulate the system and should be punished for that. However, false rape allegations are not common. These charges might even be true and I’m willing to bet there are a number of people on this thread who will still say things like “This is what happens when you are willing to lay down with any sleaze who talks pretty to you,” as if it is a victim’s fault for being raped (!!!). In the absence of anything but a he-said/she-said, my sympathies tend to go to the alleged victim, not the alleged perpetrator. Even if the alleged victim is sleeps around, or is not a nice person.
But Carla, grace for whom? Its entirely truthful to say the women were foolish. If you’ve been there then you would admit that sleeping around is foolish and NOT a wise move at all. Does Assange get grace for being a cad? He was once somebody’s little boy. So we never look down at sin at all? We just pretend its all okay because hopefully they will all eventually learn?
Hope the women wake up. Hope they learn from this. Hope they make better decisions in the future. Hope they don’t have an STD or an unplanned pregnancy. Hope they learn that their sexuality is more precious than how they treat it. And hope Assange learns these things too.
I love the WeeWee title too! LL :)
Foolish? Fine. I hope they do indeed wake up too. I did.
I am called a slut and a whore all the time for being post abortive. How does that help anything??
NONE of the above story is ok with me.
This story illustrates why quick hook-ups with strangers are so risky. Is it rape if it’s consensual but regretted? I don’t think so. If she reluctantly consents, is that rape? When people hardly know each other, how can they read each other’s verbal and non-verbal communications? What about the autism spectrum? Did he think she was going along with it? Did she think he understood what she meant? Communication is hard enough when we are typing or talking. Sex is even more complicated.
My question is, is what happened between these three really an assault or a regrettable series of consensual events? It sounds like there was consent and regret.
Back when I was dating, I had some regrets. But I was also unfortunately assaulted. Do I know the difference? Yer damn tootin’ I do!
I don’t think anyone should call these women sluts or skanks. Def not.
I feel compelled to quote Ephesians 2 again, what I like to refer to as the biggest “but” in the Bible. This time from the Living:
“Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 2?You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. 3?All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5?that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) 6?For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. 7?So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.” Ep 2.1-7
At least one of Assange’s accusers is known to have ties to the CIA. I’ve also heard rumblings about the Justice Department possibly seeking extradition of Assange if he is taken into custody by Sweden. This situation has very much evolved to look like an American intelligence operation designed to bring down Wikileaks.
Who is weaker? The Wiki Wee Wee or the Weaky Obama and Weaky Holder who did nothing when Wiki Wee Wee published his first group of stolen classified government files.
” Its entirely truthful to say the women were foolish. If you’ve been there then you would admit that sleeping around is foolish and NOT a wise move at all.”
Yes, but this is what was said: “They have no one to blame but themselves.”
It’s the placing blame on victims I think that is unsettling.
Kate, my point is that these two women are victims of their own very poor judgment and reckless choices. From the details presented so far, it does not seem like either one of them was truly raped and it’s grossly insulting to women who actually are raped to go forward with this. I can’t stand Julian Assange and I doubt he’s an upstanding guy, but this just smells fishy.
Carla, pardon me please if I offended you. I certainly never meant to. I have never in my life used terms like slut or tramp or whore to describe any woman. But women cannot continue to be sexually promiscuous and blame all the resulting trouble on men. I admit I don’t know how a woman gets to the place where she’s willing to sleep with any man who looks her way, but I do know how a woman can convince herself to stay with an abusive man. I know about the twisted emotions and confusion that can take over when you’re “in love.” And even then, I know that the first person to be held accountable is the woman herself. I made lousy choices and got myself into a real mess. It was up to me to make a different decision and get myself out and make sure I never made that mistake again. No one was going to do it for me. Not even God. It was my doing, my decision and my fault. The beauty of it is, God is waiting to bring clarity into confusion and strength into weakness the moment we own up to our choices and ask for His help.
Again, from what we’ve been told so far, it seems both these women knew exactly what they were doing and did exactly what they wanted. It’s THAT choice I’m saying was foolish, reckless, and vain and just stupid. That’s not on Assange – it’s on them. And I hope they wise up soon and stop risking their lives and their bodies and souls for sex. Women have to be their own first line of defense. I desperately want women to start using their heads and not put themselves in such degrading and destructive situations in the first place. We’re our own worst enemy it seems.
Jennifer,
I could have written your second paragraph myself. I have much compassion for women. I have a heart for them. Foolish choices? Absolutely!! I have made many myself. Not condoning their behavior by any stretch of the imagination but I do know what lost looks like.
I don’t support any sex outside of marriage, and especially – the one night stands and sex with strangers (even if they are some sort of celebrity).
I think this wins for “most unintentionally funny line” of the whole thread, just because I’ve got this image of someone claiming, “Yes, it was a one-night stand with a stranger – but I’d seen all his movies at least twice!”
There is some level of messed-up going on with all three major players in this story.
Carla,
I love your heart. God bless you for it. Somehow, some way, we have to get through to the next generation of girls and stop them in their tracks before they get lost. We have to rattle them out of the immoral complacency they’re growing up in and help them understand they must be smart about their choices and responsible for their actions. I’m not saying I know exactly how to do that, but I just look at my daughters and get scared to death sometimes at what’s waiting outside the door for them. I know they must be the ones to protect their hearts and bodies first.
And every woman who is already lost needs to hear that she is still a daughter of the Most High, still precious in His sight, still welcome at His table, still able to receive mercy and be made new. She only has to ask.
Amen and Amen, Jen!!
Jesus wants the rose!! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zR3h2UsR4
Oh, Carla! That video was awesome! I wish he had blurted it out that night. Jesus wants the rose! That’s a phrase that will stick.
I love it too!! The first time I saw it I just cried. He still sought me. :)