Moore Vows to Post Bail for Assange: ‘We All Owe Him a Debt of Gratitude’
- Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:24am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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In a legal statement posted on his website, Michael Moore has promised to post Julian Assange’s $20,000 bail and says we owe the Wikileaks founder a “debt of gratitude.”
The statement repeatedly refers to Assange as a “journalist” who has worked hard to expose the follies of the government, even calling Assange’s actions “an act of patriotism.” It says that while Moore is out out of the country, he has already deposited the money into a specific account.
The most substantial part of the statement reads:
I support Julian, whom I see as a pioneer of free speech, transparent government and the digital revolution in journalism. His commitment to exposing the follies of government and business offers the greater society a chance to protect itself from these follies. Some aren’t just follies. Some are crimes. What do we do with someone who informs the authorities — and in this case it is the free people in a democracy who are the “authorities” — that a crime has been committed? Do we arrest HIM? Do we try to shut his mouth? Do we hound him, threaten him, track him down and hunt him as if HE is the criminal? He bravely informed the citizenry of what was being done in their name and with their tax monies. That is no crime. That is an act of patriotism. He should be thanked and honored, not abused and jailed. It dishonours this court to be used in this way, holding this man without bail. Julian has made the world, and my country in particular, a safer place. His actions with WikiLeaks have put on notice those who would take us to war based on lies that any future attempts to do so will be met by the fierce bright light provided by WikiLeaks and intended to expose those who commit their war crimes. His actions will make them think twice next time — and for that we all owe him a debt of gratitude.
UPDATE:
The $20,000 that Moore put up was only part of the total amount of Assange’s bail.
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Comments (95)
William_Wallace
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:31amWikileaks is currently mirrored on 2130 sites (updated 2010-12-14 12:56 GMT).
Assange has been granted bail, to cheers from inside and outside the court.
EXCELLENT
Report Post »MBA
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:27amHere’s another person who needs to be charged with treason. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you–what a hateful antiAmerican hypocrite.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:04amMoore seems to hate America so much, maybe he should just give the government all of his hard earned money from his films; and then be given a charity one way ticket to Cuba or North Korea where he will be able to, with the help of his dear comrads, work off all the extra weight in a camp of severe regime and reeducation.
Report Post »April
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:23amMichael “Lame” Moore, the uber hypocrite who loves and lives off capitalism, yet pretends he does not. This man deserves no air time or mention with his dribble
Report Post »petestreet
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:16amWe are so lucky in this country to have such great schools of higher learning. Moore , Carter, Mathews,Oboma, and rest of the lefty media were educiated by the commies in the schools.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:12amWhere were all of these little commie “free-speech” advocates when Wikileaks was disseminating the climate-gate emails? The New York Times wouldn’t touch the climate-gate emails, because of their “private nature,” yet they have no problem disseminating private emails that can help to destroy America. Moore is a traitor and I hope the new Republican controlled House hauls his lard filled butt into hearings where he can explain to the American People why he is aiding and abetting enemies of the United States.
Report Post »Gas137
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:08amAssange has alerted us to the need to protect information more effectively. The question now is, how are we going to determine who has a “need to know” the information?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:05amGlenn,
With respect to Assange, you said on your show, “The enemy of my enemy is not my friend.” Wrong angle, Glenn. Conservatives who support Assange, don’t view him as a “hero” like the left does. We support him on principle. Specifically, we decry his being framed for ludicrous sex allegations, and why he would be prosecuted for espionage, when the New York Times is given a free pass. A few days ago a former Attorney General admitted that the NYT could be legally liable. It was a “discretionary” matter. Of course, like any other left-wing media, they would never be held accountable.
The following Bible verse comes to mind, in relation to people like Assange:
“Behold, I myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and brings out a weapon for its work; and I have created the destroyer to destroy. (Isa. 54:16)
What do you think of the fact that Pakistan, a nuke country, is going to hell on Obama’s watch? And that we are not even told anymore how many AMERICANS get killed in the Afghan-Pak region? They are now reported as part of “NATO troops” casualties.
May God bring justice to the Traitor — through whatever means He sees fit. It is God who is our friend.
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:03amMoore made the extra money to bail this guy out through Capitalism and he is bailing out a guy that is against capitalism. Moore also made his extra money in the USA and he will use it to bail out a guy that hates the USA.
Hypocrisy!
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:02amgive Moore a sandwich his blood sugar is getting low, he going bonkers…
Report Post »po-boy
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:58amI think he’s in love. Assange he wants your body.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:54amI have a problem with this. By allowing treason to become a non-crime, and associating it with free speech, we’ve allowed it to threaten our free speech. Why are we so unable to define and prosecute treason? George Washington was, by all accounts, and honorable, decent and extremely kind man, but he would have had that young private hanged by now. He did hang several traitors throughout the war. We are in the middle of two wars right now, and that young man gave assistance to our enemies. Why is this being treated as a question of free speech? It is not free speech. It is treason. That young man should be punished for his treason, and all co-conspirators who are American citizens should also be punished for treason. If Michael Moore wants to get in the middle of it, he too should be punished for his treason.
Meanwhile, Julian Assange is not an American citizen, therefore, unless you believe in global government, he is none of our affair. He is our enemy, by his choice. We need to let the Swiss and the Australians deal with him. If we get a chance to kill him, we should do so, on the field of battle, but not in the courts and prisons. He is not an American citizen, and does not have the right to our courts and prisons. If we hang the young Pfc and his co-conspirators (no, I don’t believe one man had access to all that material), and we hang Michael Moore for offering to give comfort to our enemy, there would be no further problems with Mr. Assange. No one would give him anything ever again, or anyone else, such as the new open leaks site.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:54amLegally only the New York Times is liable for treason.
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:49amMoore doesn’t speak for me……I don’t owe Assagne anything.
How come Fatboy Moore doesn’t feel he owes it to America to move across the pond to a more….comfortable…..more…….socialist…….more controlling……..place………like Cuba?
Report Post »fountainview
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:46amDo you honestly believe our “Govt” would let you know something “they” didn’t want you to know? Again, there is a bigger picture at play here.
Report Post »janddjohnson
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:43amThere is alot more to this story. There is no way that Manning did this alone. Was it released by upper government to get back and Obama and his goons? Or was it released with Obamas knowledge for a higher reason that we have yet to figure out. This one is definately going somewhere.
Report Post »fountainview
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:49amyou are thinking like I am.
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:02amPerhaps a reason to regulate the internet ?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:59amSomething is definately fishy, I agree.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:41amManning, guilty. Was set up on a inside job. I feel this was a intentional leak from upper command traitors such as barry.
Report Post »Conservo-Atheist
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:39amCan’t we just charge Micheal Moore with Treason for being a dumb-ass??? …just as soon as the Assange Espionage trial.
I have to question how Assange is being “patriotic”… to what? To himself?
Just shove another twinkie in your mouth, Mikey…
Report Post »TwoMinuteMan
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:37amBoth of them should be charged with espionage. If they were releasing select focused confidential documents relating to a specific story about how they were exposing something the government did wrong i would think differently.
They just dumped a bunch of “classified” documents onto the internet. They are information terrorist. The documents were stolen from a government computer and released.
Report Post »LAMET
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:19amASSANGE is releasing the wrong information. HE MUST RELEASE THE PROOF that SOME/MOST of our elected officials are conspiring to destroy the US and the Constitution.
Report Post »So they can be arrested for TREASON, Sieze all their ASSETS and use them to pay down the debt.
SORO’s BILLIONS would go a long way in reducing our debt load.
JCoolman
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:36amAfter he bails Assange out, the two love birds can head down to Cuba and maybe start up a McDonalds franchise.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:36amWhat ever it takes to remain on Assange’s good side.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:45amPoor ol Julian, get out of the brink and have that stupid hat and fat ass following him around. “wanna be in a movie? Huh huh do ya?
Report Post »TexasHillsPatriot
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:35amGiven Moore’s logic, Glenn Beck should be showered with honors and be owed a great debt of gratitude for exposing the progressives, using their own words and not having to steal classified documents.
Report Post »fountainview
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:34amIs Assange a U.S. citizen? How can he be a patriot? Look at the bigger picture—a platform for new regulations on the internet next. How could a little “private” be privy to so many highly classified secrets? There is something amiss here!!
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:01pmAssange is not who I was refering to Moore was the subject is a Pinhead….I do agree with you that something is not right…How did a Buck private have access to Highly classified documents??? I don’t trust anything I hear about this whole story…Except the part about the Goverment lieing to us
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:19pmSIPR isn’t as secured as you might expect it to be. I don’t know what Mannings MOS is or what his duties were over seas, but it’s not unreasonable to believe that he either did have access or was using a computer that did have access and came across the files.
I hear a lot of conspiracy theories over Manning’s ability to gain access to this data. I could have access SIPR if I wanted to, I‘m sure I’ve used a computer that had access to SIPR with someone else logged in. It happens. I believe he went through the files and found cool Apache videos and kept looking and found the now called “Collateral Murder” video and decided to do a data dump and see what else he could get.
I really don‘t think it’s unlikely.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:31amEnemies of America, Unite!!
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:31amPatriot Or Pinhead??? His free speech may take away ours….If P-bo has his way
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:51amNobody seems to see the connection between the Stockholm terrorist attempts, and Sweden’s move to arrest Assange on ridiculous sex allegations.
The Muslim terrorist mentioned Sweden’s involvement in the Afghanistan war first and the cartoons last. Sweden has been involved in Afghanistan since 2002 and the cartoons were first published in 2007, so that is all old news. So what new situation could have triggered this reaction? I believe it is Sweden’s willingness to help Obama capture Assange. To a fair person, this was done at the expense of truth and justice. But some Muslims could view this as helping Obama silence an anti-war hero.
Assange’s arrest was obviously a quid pro quo agreement between the Obama admin and Sweden. We know that Obama is an expert at backroom deals. I’d like to know what Sweden got in return for arresting a man on false charges — that is, besides a terrorist attack.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:30amMoore needs to focus on that fat farm thing he has going for him.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:28amThis is a side show. PFC Manning is the guilty one.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:37amI guess Moore has some extra money to spend, considering he is probably saving thousands of dollars in food cost, while he is at the fat camp.
Report Post »what4
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:56amHmmm bail is set @ No…….hows he think he is going to change that?
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:09amYes, the PFC should be hung for treason. Assange should be hung simply for being an *******.
This story is old and I don’t think anyone really cares about whats been said in the past. I see no fallout from the release.
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:30amCome now, Michael Moore didn’t need the additional 6 weeks at the fat farm, this is how he can post bail. My hope is he doesn’t fly, he’ll still need to purchase two seats. One for himself and one for his pick a nick basket,BOO BOO.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:02amManning is the guilty one, so far as we have been informed of, I just have to keep wondering if he was lucky to be in the one place to get all the info, or if he was set up to be a leak by a higher up in the administration to further destabalize the country – if so, the most likely candidates are Hillary or Pelosi.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:11amManning and Assange should be hung by their package until at least 2020.
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »NapoHill15
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:28amAssange must have the KrispyKreme recipe . . . He can now rule the world!
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:30amThat weight loss clinic requires only a one night stay, here’s why.
A friend of Mikes told him about this clinic,
A duy called said he needed to loose 25lbs. Lady to him to come at 6pm, so he shows up. Lady told him first door on the right. Guy walked in, a beautiful Blonde standing naked, with a sign around her neck saying “If you can catch me you can have me”. Guy chased her, caught her woke up 25lbs lighter.
This guy called his buddy who was Mike’s friend that needed to loose about 50lbs. Same thing I showed up at 6pm, lady told me 2nd door on the right. This time Mike it was a beautiful red head, with a sign around her neck saying “If you can catch me you can have me”. I chased her, caught her , OMG did I catch her I woke up 50lbs lighter. You have got to call this place.
Well at this point Mike can’t wait to get there. He calls set his appointment, lady says show up at 6pm. Mike gets there lady looks at him asks how much weight do you need to loose? Mike tells her 100lbs, she tells him upstairs last door on the left.Mike can’t wait he opens the door it’s pitch black inside, can’t see a thing. He walks into the dark room. BAM! The door slams shut the lights come on!
Mike spun around, and there in front of him …………………….
A 800lb Gorilla with a sign around his neck that said…
“If I catch you. I’m Gonna $&@% You!”
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:33amwho really wants the web shut down ?
Report Post »http://21stcenturywire.com/2010/12/13/who-is-behind-the-demonization-of-the-web/
dkhartman
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:49amIts like when a guy gets caught cheating on his wife (or the other way around). They don’t always stop they just get better at hiding it. THIS WONT stop the governement guys. They will just find better ways to fool us…
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:42pmWhat4
Report Post »That is what I remember reading. Bail was not set, because Assange was considered a flight risk. Assange is an Australian, right? How is what he did patriotic? How did it help Australia?
The logic of these progressives is confusing. I guess it is because they use emotion, instead of logic.
thepatriotdave
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:36pmtower7femacamp,
Let me guess…. Alex Jones?
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:08pmsnowleopard3200 {mix art}.. have to agree I am not all that convinced this guy is the guilty party.. still can’t see why all these people on this board has their panties in a bunch about the leaks.. so far the only ones that were bad were the ones on the people who were helping us.. however I am sure they have been relocated in our country living high now.. As for MM he’s just on the ban wagon to get his name in the new for something besides going to the fat farm so he can sneak in and have a BODY lift with all the excess skin he now has.. HEY maybe he will go to CUBA for it and use their NATIONAL HEALTH CARE I am sure they cover it..
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:13pmWOW! We can be hung for being ******** in America now? Wonderful! Just the kind of free country our Founding Fathers would be proud of!
Report Post »TheBees
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 4:56pmManning should be lined up against the wall of a firing squad! Give me one shot at the fat SOB Moore, and we won’t have to listen to him flap his flabby lips again!!!!!
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