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Related: About this forumEcuador's former president defends spy operation to protect Julian Assange
Source: The Guardian
Ecuador's former president defends spy operation to protect Julian Assange
Rafael Correa criticized the Guardians story, which has prompted debate about Ecuadors spending on the WikiLeaks founder
Dan Collyns in Lima
Wed 16 May 2018 23.47 BST Last modified on Thu 17 May 2018 13.47 BST
The former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa has defended a multi-million dollar spy operation to protect Julian Assange in the countrys London embassy after an investigation by the Guardian revealed that his government had employed an international security company and undercover agents during much of the Australians six-year stay.
Correa, who was president of Ecuador between 2007 and 2017, called the Guardians Operation Hotel story sensationalistic and said the embassy security measures were routine and modest in an interview with the Intercept .
When we have special security, we hire private security firms to provide it. There is nothing unusual about this. It would have been a violation of our duties if we did not, he told the website.
Correa, who now lives in his wifes home country of Belgium, claimed Ecuadors current government was not allowing the WikiLeaks founder to receive visitors, a move he criticised, describing it as a form of torture and a violation of the countrys duty to protect Assanges wellbeing and safety.
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Rafael Correa criticized the Guardians story, which has prompted debate about Ecuadors spending on the WikiLeaks founder
Dan Collyns in Lima
Wed 16 May 2018 23.47 BST Last modified on Thu 17 May 2018 13.47 BST
The former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa has defended a multi-million dollar spy operation to protect Julian Assange in the countrys London embassy after an investigation by the Guardian revealed that his government had employed an international security company and undercover agents during much of the Australians six-year stay.
Correa, who was president of Ecuador between 2007 and 2017, called the Guardians Operation Hotel story sensationalistic and said the embassy security measures were routine and modest in an interview with the Intercept .
When we have special security, we hire private security firms to provide it. There is nothing unusual about this. It would have been a violation of our duties if we did not, he told the website.
Correa, who now lives in his wifes home country of Belgium, claimed Ecuadors current government was not allowing the WikiLeaks founder to receive visitors, a move he criticised, describing it as a form of torture and a violation of the countrys duty to protect Assanges wellbeing and safety.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/16/julian-assange-operation-hotel-rafael-correa-ecuador-responds
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Ecuador's former president defends spy operation to protect Julian Assange (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2018
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. Probably nothing surprising about this since I would guess majority
of Embassies have some sort of "operations", but Assange got caught in the cookie jar. Nevertheless, it appears diabolical since what he did, consisting of collusion with one of USA's campaign against another, working with Russia, and probably other foreign entities to fuck with the 2016 election (steal) so that all the entities combined in such, could destroy our democracy.
I'm pissed.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)2. So did anybody ask Correa or Assange about Ecuador's
crackdown on independent media??