Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is expected to appear in a UK court tomorrow!

[Carsten Wiethoff]

Craig Murray, the former British Ambassador to Uzbekhistan, whom I quoted before in this thread, has also made a speech just before Assange.
It can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...lt_IiQvjNo

His history is also interesting, from wikipedia:

Discipline charges In July 2003 some of the embassy staff were sacked while Murray was away on holiday. They were reinstated after he expressed his outrage to the FCO. Later during the same holiday he was recalled to London for disciplinary reasons. On 21 August 2003 he was confronted with 18 charges. These included "hiring dolly birds [pretty young women] for above the usual rate" for the visa department, though he claims that the department had an all-male staff, and granting UK visas in exchange for sex. Most of the charges were not supported by any evidence and others were petty. The FCO gave him a week to resign and told him that discussing the charges would be a violation of the Official Secrets Act 1989.[SUP][11][/SUP]
He collapsed during a medical check in Tashkent on 2 September 2003 and was airlifted to St Thomas Hospital in London. After an FCO internal inquiry conducted by Tony Crombie, Head of the FCO's Overseas Territories Department, all but two of the charges (being drunk at work and misusing the embassy's Range Rover) were dropped. The charges were leaked to the press in October 2003.[SUP][17][/SUP] Immediately upon his return to work in November 2003, he suffered a near-fatal pulmonary embolism and was again flown back to London for medical treatment. The FCO exonerated him of all 18 charges in January 2004 after a four month investigation but reprimanded him for speaking about them.

He also has a history with the Guardian, also read his article here (after listening to his speech):
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2...t-is-free/