Shadow finance minister Jane Hume has raised an eyebrow at Australian ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd’s appearance alongside WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Saipan on Tuesday.
Jane Hume calls Australian ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd 's appearance alongside Julian Assange 'very unusual' as Wikileaks founder pleads guilty
Chief Judge Ramona Manglona accepted the WikiLeaks founder's guilty plea during the hearing in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. The sensational plea deal allows Assange to fly home to Australia, where he is expected to touchdown on Wednesday evening. Ms Hume was asked to clarify why it was “unusual” to see Australia’s US Ambassador at a high-profile US court case concerning an Australian defendant.
“And more importantly, and this should be in the eyes of many people, those brave Afghani and Iraqi members of their public that were working to bring down their totalitarian regimes, who were working with coalition forces were also put at risk, he left them out there.Ms Hume said for the individuals who were exposed in leaked documents, the past 14 years - which is the length of time since Mr Assange was accused of espionage crimes - has been a “very difficult, very frightening experience”.
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