The Stratfor e-mails are quite interesting. Here’s a quote from one written by Chris Farnham (Senior Watch Officer, Stratfor):
“BTW, close family friend in Sweden who knows the girl that is pressing charges tells me that there is absolutely nothing behind it other than prosecutors that are looking to make a name for themselves. My friend speaks rather disparagingly about the girl who is claiming molestation. I also think the whole rape thing is incorrect for if I remember correctly rape was never the charge.”
LRC readers already regarded the charges as groundless, no doubt. Coming from Farnham, the hearsay has some weight because he says of Assange:
“Is it possible to revoke some one’s citizenship on the grounds of them being a total dickhead?…If I thought I could switch this dickhead off without getting done I don’t think I’d have too much of a problem.”
Hm, sounds to me like he’s saying (in fantasy or imagination) he’d kill (“switch this dickhead off”) Assange if it were not for himself being punished (“getting done”). But then I am a fan of thrillers with lots of language like this and worse.
But (and now I’m joking) isn’t this e-mail indicative of a terrorist conspiracy? No, it can’t be because Assange is a bad guy. Small wonder he hasn’t been taken out by a few Navy Seals. I guess they’d rather torture him through the “legal” system.
5:49 pm on March 7, 2012