The “demented” tales about Julian Assange’s spying cat and embassy antics are being spun by the highest Ecuadorian officers to divert consideration from his “disgraceful expulsion” from asylum, WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson stated.
An unique story, revealing spurr-ious particulars about Assange’s keep on the Ecuadorian Embassy in London was spun by Daily Mail on Friday. The piece has since raised fairly a number of eyebrows with its daring however unfounded claims, together with some fairly outlandish statements by the Ecuadorian ambassador.
Among different issues, Ecuador’s UK Ambassador Jaime Marchan introduced up the pawsibility Assange’s well-known Embassy Cat might need been as much as one thing dodgy, claiming the entire diplomatic mission was cautious of the critter.
“It could go in every room – we were suspicious it may carry a device … to spy on us,” the diplomat stated.
Many of these not feline good about such an assumption accused Ecuador of waging a vicious smear marketing campaign towards Assange and his pet. The WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson, alleged the rumor spreading is geared toward diverting consideration from the “disgraceful expulsion” of the whistleblowing web site’s founder from the diplomatic mission.
Others took the allegations a bit extra significantly, recalling unsuccessful experiments – held by CIA – to show cats into residing surveillance units. Unfurtunately for the spooks, felines turned out to be manner too impartial and unpredictable to be bothered with boring authorities work.
As for Embassy Cat, which Assange sent away in November, its precise whereabouts have remained unknown, sparking quite a few considerations and theories. But in a pawsitive replace on Saturday, WikiLeaks revealed that the “whiskerblower” was secure and sound. To verify, they uploaded a clip of the cat watching Ruptly’s footage of its proprietor being dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy and shouting “UK must resist.”