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So all problems, economic problems and civil war in Africa - previously people fleeing those problems didn't end up in Europe because Libya policed the Mediterranean. That was said explicitly at the time, back in early 2011 by Gaddafi: 'What do these Europeans think they're doing, trying to bomb and destroy the Libyan State? There's going to be floods of migrants out of Africa and jihadists into Europe', and this is exactly what happened. Julian Assange europe war thinking In the justice system, we say there must be open justice where there is to be justice. The judged while trying must themselves be tried before the public. Julian Assange judged justice trying Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform. Julian Assange wikileaks reform information We always expect tremendous criticism. 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Facebook, Google, Yahoo.. all these major US organizations have built-in interfaces for US intelligence. It's not a matter of serving a subpoena. They have an interface that they have developed for US intelligence to use. Julian Assange communication organization names WikiLeaks will not comply with legally abusive requests from Scientology any more than WikiLeaks has complied with similar demands from Swiss banks, Russian offshore stem-cell centers, former African kleptocrats, or the Pentagon. Julian Assange freedom-of-speech wikileaks cells
