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Thursday, August 16, 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted asylum by Ecuador (in The Toronto Star)

"“I think the Foreign Office have slightly overreached themselves here,” Britain's former ambassador to Moscow, Tony Brenton, told the BBC.

"“If we live in a world where governments can arbitrarily revoke immunity and go into embassies then the life of our diplomats and their ability to conduct normal business in places like Moscow where I was and North Korea becomes close to impossible.”"

Full article: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted asylum by Ecuador.

"Slightly"! Typical British understatement! The threat from Britain was a very dangerous piece of overreaction - to keep the Yanks happy...?