Says, my brother, Jeff White, "He faces possible torture, lifelong harsh incarceration, and even possible execution because he stood up for OUR RIGHT to know. "
And remember, this government actually *does* torture people, just ask Bradley Manning who is suffering right now.
Jeff is 100% right.
What Jeff actually said was,
"I want to speak in support of Julian Assange of Wikileaks, one of the great heroes of freedom and of people's right to know what crazy, evil stuff government is doing, who is currently bearing up under shameful, extreme harassment at the hands of powerful political and law enforcement agents from the US, UK, and Sweden. If you've been persuaded that Assange is potentially a sex criminal merely trying to evade justice, then you have been duped by the very powerful interests who will stop at nothing to ruin this man for the part he played in exposing the horrendous, indefensible behavior of the US government in Iraq and elsewhere. We have a right to know these things, they are not matters of national security, and it is due to the courage of one man, Julian Assange, that we do.
"He faces possible torture, lifelong harsh incarceration, and even possible execution because he stood up for OUR RIGHT to know. The US government will spare no expense and stop at no action to show the world that they have absolute power to keep anyone from saying things that they don't like. Do you really want the US to WIN, to maintain the ability to commit egregious crimes against humanity without any fear of accountability? WE CAN'T LET THEM WIN.
"SUPPORT FREEDOM, SUPPORT WHAT IS RIGHT, SUPPORT JULIAN ASSANGE."
Spread the word!!!