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"Diesel" <diesel@noaddress.com.au> wrote in message 
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> <usenet@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)> wrote in 
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>> Wikileaks: Swiss bank freezes Julian Assange's account
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>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11929034
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>> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
>> Om Shanti
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> Interesting. The Swiss banks held stolen Jewish gold and money and hid the 
> wealth of infamous nazis for several decades after WW2 with apparently no 
> concern. But the moment Julian Assange says he's about to release 
> information that will bring down a few banks, they decide to freeze his 
> accounts!!!
>

Malcolm Rifkind, a former British defence secretary and chairman of the 
Commons intelligence and security committee, said WikiLeaks' actions were 
"irresponsible, bordering on criminal.  This is the kind of information 
terrorists are interested in knowing."

WikiLeaks has defended the release.  "While this cable details the strategic 
importance of assets across the world, it does not give any information as 
to their locations, security measures, vulnerabilities or any similar 
factors," said Kristinn Hrafnsson, a spokesman for the website.

He said the US document had undermined Washington's claims that its 
diplomats do not play an intelligence-gathering role.

Strategic analyst Hugh White said the Australian assets on the list 
indicated that US diplomats had not taken their task seriously.

'Sue the PM'

Meanwhile Mr Assange's lawyers last night revealed they were considering 
defamation action against Julia Gillard after she accused the embattled 
Australian of "illegal" conduct over his mass leaks.

Mr Assange's British solicitor, Mark Stephens, told The Australian his 
client would today seek formal consular assistance from Australian 
authorities in Britain and Sweden.

Mr Stephens declined to say where his client was, but added that both 
British and Swedish authorities could contact him for questioning any time 
they chose.

Mr Stephens criticised the Prime Minister, who last week accused Mr Assange 
of acting illegally, without specifying precisely what he had done.

Those comments, made outside parliament and hence not subject to 
parliamentary privilege, were now being examined by Mr Assange's legal team, 
Mr Stephens said.

The accusations came as Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd defended Canberra's 
diplomacy with China, following disclosures he had warned the US that the 
world must be prepared to "deploy force" against China, if the rising power 
could not be peacefully integrated into the international system.





Read more: 
http://www.news.com.au/world/wikileaks-cables-reveals-australian-terror-targets/story-e6frfkyi-1225966699674#ixzz17NFX8HfK