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U.S. stonewalls probe into security firm that allegedly spied on Assange for CIA, says Spanish judge
Yahoo News ^ | 26 November 2021 | Michael Isikoff

Posted on 11/26/2021 11:05:30 PM PST by blueplum

MADRID — The Justice Department has failed to respond to multiple requests from Spanish authorities for help in an investigation into a local security firm suspected of being used by the CIA to conduct aggressive — and potentially illegal — surveillance of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

“I am not so pleased about it,” said Santiago Pedraz, the investigating judge in charge of the case, in an exclusive interview with Yahoo News, when asked about the failure of officials in Washington so far to cooperate with his probe. “They have absolutely not answered anything.”...

...Since June of last year, Spanish judges have sent three requests for information to the Justice Department...Despite a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) between the U.S. and Spain pledging to assist each other in criminal investigations, none of the Spanish requests have yet elicited any substantive responses...

...Chief among those puzzle pieces is whether U.S. intelligence officials — as Assange’s lawyers have alleged — arranged for the Spanish security firm UC Global to violate Spanish privacy and bribery laws by installing cameras and hidden microphones ...

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 202006; adelson; assange; bugging; bugs; cameraplots; cameras; cia; eavesdropping; espionage; michaelisikoff; microphones; russiagate; russiahoax; santiagopedraz; sheldonadelson; spain; spies; spikeyisikoff; spooks; spying; stateassassinations; ucglobal; wikileaks
I don't normally post yahoo news but since this was an 'exclusive' interview, and contains red meat, I thought it might be interesting.
1 posted on 11/26/2021 11:05:30 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Who else did they spy on, on behalf of the Clowns In America?

Are there other firms that are spying (on Americans, in particular) on behalf of the Clowns In America?


2 posted on 11/26/2021 11:12:30 PM PST by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: blueplum

Really? I’ll be damn.


3 posted on 11/26/2021 11:16:28 PM PST by Equine1952
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To: blueplum; dfwgator

(multiple requests from Spanish authorities)

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!


4 posted on 11/26/2021 11:22:15 PM PST by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusCrist.Com/)
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To: freepersup

I think I’d ask the question...is it just set up to look like a security firm...when it’s probably sponsored and run by CIA insiders? Also begs the question...why wouldn’t the CIA do this leg-work themselves?


5 posted on 11/26/2021 11:25:16 PM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice
I'd also ask the question, who was involved specifically in ‘discussions’ that broached the subject of assassination?
6 posted on 11/26/2021 11:47:15 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum

Back in 1962, the CIA got caught up in the France ‘kill-de-Gaulle’ matter. After a long investigation, the French called up JFK in the summer of 1963, asking ‘what the heck are you guys doing’....shocking JFK. He’d already fired Dulles at the end of 1962, and now realized the whole mechanism of the CIA was out of control.

Spanish government probably coming to the same realization.


7 posted on 11/27/2021 1:13:36 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: blueplum

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/05/14/american-sheldon-adelsons-us-spy-julian-assange/

I find it interesting, and largely ignored that Adelson has had rep’s at the Assange hearings in the UK. I believe that they have attended hearings there even after Adelson’s death.


8 posted on 11/27/2021 2:38:23 AM PST by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: blueplum; Fedora

Isikoff ping


9 posted on 12/11/2021 3:41:06 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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