The Assange bail appeal hearing happened today in Westminster--and the court upheld the decision to grant Assange bail. So, off to the manor it is--for Assange and 3/4 of the British and international press, who have a couple acres to camp out on.
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Twitter reporting, which was the only kind of press allowed in the last Assange hearing, has been banned now. How's that for transparency? Well, it's not surprising, actually; court proceedings have always been fairly opaque as a matter of course. People are still talking about it though.
200,000 British pounds in cash sat at that Westminster courthouse as surety in case they decided he actually got bail.
There are mutterings that the Swedish prosecutors' handling of this case might get Assange acquitted. Innnnteresting.
Extra news that happened in the brief moments I was sleeping:
Y'know who we haven't heard enough of? Anne Coulter.
False. I don't even know why I just linked to that, she already gets more press than raving lunatics like her deserve. My keyboard feels dirty.
Fascinating press release from Anonymous, sort of explaining what it is they're up about. As with everything else from Anonymous, they probably don't all agree on this either, but I think it sums up what most people involved in the "group" are functioning within.
Cheeky Pakistani maxi pad company cashes in on wikileaks by being generally absorbent. I love it.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation rounds up the Human Rights organizations that have taken hard stands against the censorship of wikileaks. The list includes the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights First, and Reporters Without Borders--and the EFF themselves, who are completely rad.
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