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Home » Black Ops & Intel » BREAKING: Will Julian Assange Use Body Doubles to Escape to Ecuador?

BREAKING: Will Julian Assange Use Body Doubles to Escape to Ecuador?

by Jack Murphy · August 16, 2012 · Posted In: Black Ops & Intel, SOF News
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Posted today on craigslist is a solicitation for film extras to appear at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.  Is Assange going to use a small army of body doubles to confuse authorities as he makes his escape to politcal asylum in Ecuador or are they just looking to fill seats at a fake press conference?

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LauraWalkerKC
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Assange interviewed in The Guardian UK 2010:

 

When I try to question him about the morality of what he's done, if he worries about unleashing something that he can't control, that no one can control, he tells me the story of the Kenyan 2007 elections when a WikiLeak document "swung the election".

 

The leak exposed massive corruption by Daniel Arap Moi, and the Kenyan people sat up and took notice. In the ensuing elections, in which corruption became a major issue, violence swept the country. "1,300 people were eventually killed, and 350,000 were displaced. That was a result of our leak," says Assange. It's a chilling statistic, but then he states: "On the other hand, the Kenyan people had a right to that information and 40,000 children a year die of malaria in Kenya. And many more die of money being pulled out of Kenya, and as a result of the Kenyan shilling being debased."

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1300 dead because of Wikileaks, but whatever, those people drop like flies anyway.

 

 

 

 

HugeFan
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 @LauraWalkerKC Excellent point Laura... so what if of those 1300 people, some were actually capable of effecting change? Great job Julian! Way to keep it real! Prick...

Farlet10
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 @LauraWalkerKC His obsession with the "truth" strangely reminds me of the tree of knowledge. While we feel entitled to the truth, sometimes it is more than society as a whole can handle.

LauraWalkerKC
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Link to the above article

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/01/julian-assange-wikileaks-afghanistan

JuliaHugoRachel
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Body doubles take time, plastic surgery, intense training. If this was "true". It was pre-meditated. Does he have the resources and backing to do this?

Farlet10
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I am going to be honest, the whole Assange in London situation has been far too entertaining. Pizza deliveries from th3j35t3r, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office posting about Balcony Accidents this year during his speech, his parallels to a certain rock band imprisoned in Russia, and the fact that he has been granted asylum in Ecuador. Ecuador being a country fond of silencing journalists.

 

"Then there's Alexander Barankov, the anti-corruption blogger and former Belarusian security official who has been in Ecuador for three years. After Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko made a trade visit to Quito earlier this summer, Ecuadorian authorities arrested Mr. Barankov. He is now behind bars and might be extradited to Belarus, where Time reports that he could be executed." -Wall Street Journal, Anne Jolis.

HugeFan
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@TylerMFarley Nice post dude, that is completely comical! Frankly, I don't think Assange truly planned on going to Ecuador. I think that was trying (emphasis on trying) to play an elaborate shell game while he figured his ultimate destination. Try Mongolian Julian, the broadband is weak but maybe just maybe...

SEAN SPOONTS
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Good luck finding an Eduadorian who can pass as a pasty, effete white guy.

LauraWalkerKC
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 @SEAN SPOONTS He's in London.  Chock full of pasty, effete white guys =P

JuliaHugoRachel
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 @LauraWalkerKC If he makes it, chances are he will swelter and melt in humidity and heat.

 

lecoug
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 @LauraWalkerKC Oi! ok, i'll give you that. from pasty white guy, london (not effete tho!)

KineticFury
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Too bad he can't grow a beard...

MedicSteve2
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The poor pre-pubescent boys of Ecuador, having this ass-clown on the prowl

HugeFan
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Nice find, Jack. I knew that you know how to shine a spotlight ( referencing your review of 'The Command') but did not know you were a bus driver too! Good on ya!

Ullr
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Not sure why he went craigslist looking for doubles.  Could've just had his buddy Bill Maher fly to London and walk by the embassy a few times.

Tango9
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 @Ullr I figured they were twins?

EdMcCreary
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@BrandonTWebb How do they know the guy they have "Eyes On" now isn't a double? Insert conspiracy theory here. :)

BrandonTWebb
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@EdMcCreary No kidding

LauraWalkerKC
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Britain is having none of it w/ Assange.  No safe passage.  My dreams of a black hood & van are alive, alive!

 

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/16/13311382-britain-refuses-safe-passage-to-asylum-for-wikileaks-founder-assange?lite

thaFatKid
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@BrandonTWebb ..."Where's Waldo?"....the UK edition...

cyberaxe
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...hmmm....was there any notes stating this would probably be a "limited engagement"?...

FoolishReporter
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@LauraWalkerKC @sofrep his gay twin brother jack has been the fall guy all along, dontcherknow?

LauraWalkerKC
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@FoolishReporter @SOFREP lol it's going to be interesting to see how this one plays out

DougPologe
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@LauraWalkerKC Honestly, the question hadn't occurred to me.

LauraWalkerKC
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Last night while he was holed up at the embassy and journalists were broadcasting, the patriot hacker th3j35t3r sent Assange a pizza at the embassy - traditional hacker prank when you know where an adversary lives.  It was pretty funny, considering Jester downed Wikileaks in 2010 when they released the US. cables, and Assange & Anonymous work together.

 

See clip here  http://bambuser.com/v/2905136   - skip to 6:00 minute mark.

 

Heh.  I'm hoping for a black hood & a van, personally, but the pizza was a good laugh :)

 

 

PONI
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 @LauraWalkerKC That's freaking awesome. I already think pretty highly of J35t3R, but that bumps him up a couple spots. haha

MattFanning
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 @LauraWalkerKC I don't really see the point in going after Assange.  There is no evidence he had anything to do with getting Manning to leak the material and basically just hosts it.  He is no friend of the US but that isn't enough reason to DDoS the site.  Manning committed a crime by leaking the material but once it becomes public I don't see anything remotely patriotic about attempting to censor it.

BemetOr3
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 @MattFanning  @LauraWalkerKC   Manning supplied the info. but Assange not only hosted it, but, decided to release it without redacting any of the names included in that information. It was HIS decision. So he is responsible, and he must be brought to face justice with Manning. Its like Assange was Mannings boss... he's culpable.

LauraWalkerKC
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 @Old PH2  @FLNavyVet  @BemetOr3  @MattFanning I still think it's a damn shame we squandered the opportunity to support the Arab Spring action in Iran.  You & your wife know better than most of us here just how much control they have over the population.  I love to taunt Iran in general, but underestimating that grip is a mistake.

Old PH2
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 @LauraWalkerKC  @FLNavyVet  @BemetOr3  @MattFanning  Tin foil hat time, but that's the reason I do not post my name image or any of my immediate family.  My wife was born Iranian and still has friends and distant family in country, I have no doubt of the Iranian capability.

LauraWalkerKC
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 @FLNavyVet  @BemetOr3  @MattFanning It reminds me of that stupid #OpIran that Anonymous did a few years ago.  They were crusading along, messaging back and forth with Iranian dissidents and in the process of their zeal they exposed those guys to the regime controlled internet intelligence and got a bunch of them killed.

 

The far left idea that national security information is free game is dangerous and deadly, and the guys on the other side of the planet don't have the protections we have at home.

 

Trying not to rant,but it's hard ., . .

FLNavyVet
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 @LauraWalkerKC  @BemetOr3  @MattFanning That's the nature of it right? This stuff should have never seen the lights of day. Clean up is a disaster for any sort of spillage, but this? Wow. What we will hear on the news will only be a tip of the iceberg. 

LauraWalkerKC
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 @BemetOr3  @MattFanning The fallout from that is ongoing, and most of it will never see the press.  It's a fucking mess.

Coriolanus
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 @MattFanning  Classified information on the internet is illegal. Regardless of who is hosting it. The information belongs the United States government under Title Code. You are accessory every time you re-post, host, or read. It doesn't matter that you "think" it should be released. It's like a thief saying the jewels in a safe wanted to be free as justification for stealilng. You cannot determine the second and third order effects of the release and thus, Julian Assange at a minimum is an accessory. However, IMHO, he is complicit. Feel free to read his thesis on the nature of information and secrecy. It's narcissistic and circular logic.  My two cents.

Coriolanus
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 @LauraWalkerKC  @JackMurphyRGR  @Old PH2  @MattFanning 

 

You can be both. Wooden eagle is an approach. To quote Al Pacino: "Vanity, definitely my favorite sin."

LauraWalkerKC
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 @JackMurphyRGR  @Old PH2  @Coriolanus  @MattFanning I don't know - I think he's a an efame troll. 

Coriolanus
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 @LauraWalkerKC  @MattFanning  I'd take it to court. Its been done. The raw scrape is processed, in its processed form it no longer resembles the scrape. New product owned by Uncle Sam. Finally, actually proprietary data receives a PROPIN caveat, and its dissemination is tightly controlled.

LauraWalkerKC
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 @MattFanning  @Coriolanus PS - mucho xxxoo for you.  Not so much for Assange :)

LauraWalkerKC
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 @MattFanning  @Coriolanus Whole lotta intellectual property law would disagree with you there, darlin.

MattFanning
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 @Coriolanus That just goes to highlight the insanity of Top Secret America.  Information is very different than tangible items like jewelry.

Old PH2
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 @JackMurphyRGR  @Coriolanus  @MattFanning Trolling for moles?  Interesting take on things.

JackMurphyRGR
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 @Old PH2  @Coriolanus  @MattFanning Personally, I think Assange is a patsy being used as an expendable asset by Western intelligence agencies, but that's just my two cents.

Old PH2
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 @Coriolanus  @MattFanning When we receive our TS clearances we are read into the full responsibilities of access.  As a Photographer our Rate training manuals very clearly spelled out what was and was not permitted.  The imagery you photographed may end up with a classification that you can no longer access.  Sounds weird but think on it a minute.

FLNavyVet
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 @Coriolanus  Good post.

FLNavyVet
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 @MattFanning  Yes, but look at the whole picture here. If there was no market for the information, there would be little interest in the risk in leaking it. Having a ready buyer for it allowed the scrotum-less dirt bag an opportunity to put people at risk so he could make a fast buck. While there is always a market for confidential info, it's usually to a foreign gov't. Selling to a 'company' may make seem less bad, it's still bad. 

LauraWalkerKC
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 @FLNavyVet  @MattFanning hint: stratfor

LauraWalkerKC
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 @FLNavyVet  @MattFanning I have a serious problem with stolen U.S. Intel being posted in public.  The DoS of the site was a response to that - and one I agree with.  It didn't cure the problem, but it sent a message.  A cyber throat punch, if you will. 

 

There are further details to Assange's activities w/ that cable dump and other postings of stolen goods.  If we get our hands on him, and I believe we will, the notion that Assange is merely putting up public info will be put to rest.

FLNavyVet
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Even if he was going to try this, why post on Craigslist and say "Hey! I'm gonna try some shit!". My guess is the CL ad was spoofed or put up by someone not affiliated. Looks like Mr. Assange has a "Info leak"...

Old PH2
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 @FLNavyVet Who would be idiot enough to want that Gig?  Run around London pretending to look like Julian Assange?  They would have to offer me some serious Scooby Snacks for that.

CJCJ
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 @Old PH2 "Who would be idiot enough to want that Gig?  Run around London pretending to look like Julian Assange?"

 

Maybe an MI5/6 employee? 

LauraWalkerKC
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 @Old PH2  @FLNavyVet Never underestimate what an out of work actor will do for a fast buck =P

Coriolanus
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 @LauraWalkerKC  @FLNavyVet Nothing to see here...move along.

LauraWalkerKC
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 @FLNavyVet I was just thinking how derailed I am here LOL  P0rn, pizza and oh my, I am going to go ahead and drop and push out 30 before Tango9 catches up with this thread!

FLNavyVet
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 @LauraWalkerKC So, mod on SOFREP and a authority on p0rn music...awesome! ;-)

LauraWalkerKC
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 @FLNavyVet  LOL well the music is definitely an improvement - it retains that 70's sound, but they dropped the cheese factor.  Mostly.  Wonder if those guys worked with Julee Cruise? Similar sound going - can almost hear her over the top of it, but that's probably the girl friendly soft core version =P

 

http://youtu.be/PBdH6SjBEX8

 

 

FLNavyVet
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 @LauraWalkerKC  What? It's not??

LauraWalkerKC
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 @Coriolanus  @Old PH2  @FLNavyVet ahh okay, having a peek then.  I should have known you'd find a way to make p0rn highbrow, intellectual AND funny ;)

Coriolanus
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 @LauraWalkerKC  @Old PH2  @FLNavyVet

Its safe for work. Interesting context to that video though. Great album."What happens if you put three professional musicians in a recording studio and … have them watch porn movies? While you probably begin imagining strange situations, these guys (Peter van Tichelen, Stefan Wellens and Frank Bongers) made it a creative venture. They created a new soundtrack to the 70ties adult movies they were watching - turning off the sound and just letting their instincts come up with vivid musical imaginations. And it worked."

LauraWalkerKC
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 @Coriolanus  @Old PH2  @FLNavyVet I'm sooo not clicking that LOL

Coriolanus
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 @Old PH2  @LauraWalkerKC  @FLNavyVet 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGmOJmZCUDY&feature=related

 

LauraWalkerKC
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 @Old PH2 Bow chicka wow wow LOL

Old PH2
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 @LauraWalkerKC Took me a while to stop laughing!  Here's your Big Sausage Pizza!  I think there is a Porn site with a similar title.  : o

FLNavyVet
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 @LauraWalkerKC  @Old PH2 That delivery guy will be a living legend! 

LauraWalkerKC
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 @Old PH2  @FLNavyVet LOL yes. Or a gig w/ Dominoes Pizza

Old PH2
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 @LauraWalkerKC  @FLNavyVet Yea, but doesn't that usually result in disrobing to some crazy 70's funk tune?

FLNavyVet
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 @Old PH2 Someone with a death wish ;-) I see it made it on the top 15 scariest halloween costume ideas...

Old PH2
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 @FLNavyVet That's too funny!  Right up there with the Dick Nixon mask?

MattFanning
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 @FLNavyVet Their history shows the group is not real good at operational security.

FLNavyVet
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 @MattFanning Understood and agreed...just a bit ironic humor!

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