Rumors are swirling that Julian Assange has been captured and sent on a rendition flight to Charlotte, North Carolina aboard a United States military plane known as the Guantanamo Bay Express.
WikiLeaks announced that Julian Assange’s internet access had been cut by “a state actor” late Sunday night, prompting fears for his safety. A small crowd of supporters gathered outside the embassy in London in order to protect him by providing witness to any foul play.
People were on edge already because of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s presence in the UK at the time, and because of some cryptic tweets WikiLeaks sent out earlier in the day, rumored to be keys to a ‘dead man switch’ activated by Assange’s death or detention.
Among the crowd of supporters, a Periscope livestream was set up to broadcast from outside the embassy. The livestream was viewed by thousands of supporters around the world concerned for Assange’s safety in light of longstanding threats on his life and a recent statement by John Kerry threatening Ecuador with “grave consequences” if the WikiLeaks founder isn’t silenced soon.
But the Periscope live feed was suddenly cut without warning, and rumors began to spread that an “unnamed crew” entered the embassy during the outage.
As concerns for Assange’s safety continued to grow, a Redditor claimed that a U.S. Gulfstream jet, claimed to be N379P, had taken off from a military base outside London shortly after the outage in the Ecuadorian embassy.
When another Redditor pointed out N379P was the notorious rendition plane nicknamed the Guantanamo Bay Express, fears for Assange’s safety reached fever pitch.
Using FlightRadar the plane was tracked by Redditors as it made its way across the Atlantic towards the United States. There was speculation the plane was heading straight for Guantanamo Bay, however after an eight hour journey the military jet began descending towards Smithfield airbase, near Charlotte, North Carolina.
Relief that the plane landed in the United States rather than Guantanamo Bay quickly faded when Assange supporters searched Google and discovered that Smithfield airbase is a notorious CIA rendition airport, a black site known to locals as “Smithfield’s dirty secret.“
A Redditor claiming to be a Charlotte resident and suggested he could head to the airbase to see if he could catch sight of Assange and confirm the WikiLeak’s founder had been captured and taken to the United States where he fears he will face the death penalty for espionage.
But the brave Charlotte resident was immediately warned off such a course of action by other Redditors.
“Don’t screw with it. I know it’s tempting but only mess with it if you know what you are getting into here. I know it sounds dramatic but do not mess with it unless you are prepared for the worst case scenario, which is death,” Poke_Gal said.
“say no more. part of me wants/wanted to go over there to video anything i could…but i doubt i’d be able to see anything substantial anyways. Looking back on this in a few days/months/years i hope i’m not wrong or wish i would have gone,” fitfrank replied.
Though the WikiLeaks Twitter account has continued leaking emails since these events, Assange hasn’t verified that he is safe and well – at least as safe and well as someone can be living in what the UN declared to be illegal arbitrary detention inside an embassy.
The extraordinary lengths the US government have gone to in attempting to silence Julian Assange means that they are afraid of the people knowing the truth. If our government is doing things in our name – in secret – then we have a right to know. We fund our government with our hard-earned taxpayer dollars, and in return we expect our government to to act in the best interests of our country.
This is the most basic social contract. It is the glue that holds nations together. When a government goes against these principles and tries to cover up corrupt behavior, they need to be exposed and held to account. Whistleblowers such as Julian Assange and Edward Snowden are true heroes, willing to risk their blood for our freedom.
This article originally appeared on yournewswire.com.
Freedom will not be Free.
You are Free to speak as long as you have nothing important to say.
Man Down.
They are taking your voice..
Julian Assange is an Australian Citizen, If any one wants to raise the profile of this detention and the danger he faces, please send an email through to some of the Australian politicians in the Senate who hold the balance of power in the Australian Government. Senators Nick Xenophon, Derryn Hinch and Jacqui Lambie are some of those people. The Senate has the final vote on Legislation, above other things, and the mainstream parties, Liberal and Labor dance around like bitches trying to get their support or opposition for specific pieces of legislation. Derryn Hinch is well known for exposing sex offenders and even did time for “Contempt of Court” by naming a sex offender pre trial. Jaxqui Lambie is ex Military and Xenophon fights for social justice. Dont think Trump will pardon Julain Assange or Edward Snowden or stop the mass surveilance by the NSA, but a bit of pressure through the Australian Government certainly wouldn’t hurt the current plight of Julian Assange.
I’m happy to write up a pro forma email message for collective review and supply some email addresses. Just let me know if Anon would support this approach.
Well email has been written up. Check it out and start sending if it is something that you support.
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FIRE IN THE HOLE
let’s see if i can take the same plane and route
And this is,why every single American needs to vote for Trump.
His first order of business would probably be to pardon Assange.
Vote Trump, America, vote Trump!!!
welcome back jeannette trump!
🙂
It’s always a pleasure 🙂
Hey Anon Void, I’m woman enough to admit when I’m wrong, you were right about Russia, well, Putin at least 🙂 He’s not bad at all.
In reality, Julian Assange will never be safe anywhere.
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Oh hey, I was the guy who started that plane tracking thread – https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/57×782/flightradar24com_offline_after_a_redditor_tracks/. A week ago I put the final dot on the situation, since the Ecuadorian embassy seemingly validated that Assange is still at the embassy and doing well.
Now, 8 days later I come back to see what has changed, and to be honest, it looks like the situation hasn’t been crossed off as a “false alarm” yet.
Confidence is high he is spilling his guts while being tortured, but coward he is he quickly gave it all up and now is dead.
Jesus hurry back. . To much suffering..thk u. Julian Assage.
“Jesus” will save his soul not his body, Ignorant piece of shit.
N379P / Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage
and Flightradar24.com does list this flight as an “unknown” status on the 21st landing and then it came back to Hayward airport on the 23rd.
I find it troubling that there is only rumor, and unsubstantiated speculation being reported. Until I see facts with sources I can not believe anything…It is how my brain is wired. This article requires facts.
I agree WB….that’s an awfully thin slice of ham not to have two sides.
I’m ready come to me , you will regret your action.
How tragic for the world if true
He has been confirmed as alive and free as of 10/21 when he made a public statement claiming british troops had stormed the embassy but were held off by ecuadorian nationals. The video also points out that any such action by the brits is in direct violation of the geneva convention so they need to tred lightly to avoid taking a massive hit in foreign policy
He is alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iO8YZLwqlY
Am I the only person who sees the irony of John Kerry being a dissident speaking out against the war in Vietnam, now he’s a lackey for a far greater evil government silencing dissent ?