Just one of many ways you too can help defend WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange:
On Monday, February 7, we are taking a letter to the United Kingdom Consulate in Minneapolis. Our group, while doing some reading and research, found a very interesting story, and a friend, Will Shapira, suggested you may be interested in it.
The Honorary Consul of the United Kingdom Consulate is William McGrann. The McGrann law firm was established as a result of a political response to the killing of six priests, their housekeeper and her daughter by Salvadoran military officers. William McGrann and three of his current partners left the O'Connor & Hannan law firm shortly afterwards because the firm represented the government of El Salvador.
In 2009, a Spanish judge opened an investigation into those 1989 killings (http://www.ipsnews.net/news.
The Obama administration pressured Spanish officials to block a similar investigation of U.S. actions (http://www.
WikiLeaks' release of diplomatic cables reveal this Obama administration pressure on Spanish officials.
Which leads to Mr. Julian Assange ............and Mr. McGrann.
Mr. Julian Assange has an extradition hearing on February 7-8 in London. His lawyer believes that if Assange is extradited to Sweden, Sweden will extradite him to the United States. We will be bringing a letter to Mr. McGrann on Monday, February 7, at 4:30, urging England not to extradite Assange to Sweden. WikiLeaks disclosed war crimes that the administration prefers not to be made public. The government is more interested in hiding secrets than exposing war crimes.
It is most appropriate that the Honorary Consul be Mr. William McGrann when such a letter is being given to him in support of a person who exposed war crimes. The Honorary Consul is indeed an honorable man.
