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Your mother probably warned you not to be a bad guest. Julian Assange never quite got that. And so on Thursday, after years of hiding out in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Assange finally saw his asylum claim revoked.
Part of the reason, as Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno tweeted, was Assange's “repeated violations” of “daily-life protocols.” A statement which amounts to a public outing of Assange as the worst guest ever.
And that claim seems to have plenty of merit. As outlined in video statement released by Moreno, Assange installed interference equipment, blocked security cameras, and attacked the guards. Perhaps more grating for daily life at the embassy, however, were his more mundane crimes against hospitality — skateboarding inside, neglect of his cat’s litter box, and questionable personal hygiene.
It's not as though like the Ecuadorian government hadn't warned Assange that he was wearing out his welcome. In 2018, they released a set of house rules, a sort of formal reminder that if he was going to live in their (diplomatic) house, that he needed to follow their rules. Assange, true to from, responded with a lawsuit arguing that his hosts were violating his rights.
After many years of such abuses, when the police finally showed up to drag Assange out of the embassy, his hosts probably breathed a sigh of relief — not because Assange was going to stand trial but because, finally, someone else would have to put up with his antics.
Assange faces extradition proceedings and will probably wind up in a United States court. It may occur to him at some point that he could still be playing with his cat in London, if only he had been a less terrible house guest.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...ng-a-bad-guest
Part of the reason, as Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno tweeted, was Assange's “repeated violations” of “daily-life protocols.” A statement which amounts to a public outing of Assange as the worst guest ever.
And that claim seems to have plenty of merit. As outlined in video statement released by Moreno, Assange installed interference equipment, blocked security cameras, and attacked the guards. Perhaps more grating for daily life at the embassy, however, were his more mundane crimes against hospitality — skateboarding inside, neglect of his cat’s litter box, and questionable personal hygiene.
It's not as though like the Ecuadorian government hadn't warned Assange that he was wearing out his welcome. In 2018, they released a set of house rules, a sort of formal reminder that if he was going to live in their (diplomatic) house, that he needed to follow their rules. Assange, true to from, responded with a lawsuit arguing that his hosts were violating his rights.
After many years of such abuses, when the police finally showed up to drag Assange out of the embassy, his hosts probably breathed a sigh of relief — not because Assange was going to stand trial but because, finally, someone else would have to put up with his antics.
Assange faces extradition proceedings and will probably wind up in a United States court. It may occur to him at some point that he could still be playing with his cat in London, if only he had been a less terrible house guest.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...ng-a-bad-guest
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