Ay-Pee. What? Ramsey Clark was unavailable?Wikileaks says it has hired Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon to lead the legal team representing the group and its founder, Julian Assange.
Garzon won global fame for aggressively taking on international human rights cases. He is best known for indicting former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998.
But he's got 11 years of free time
Wikileaks said Tuesday that Garzon recently met with the Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where the group's founder is holed up seeking asylum, to discuss a "new legal strategy."
"We are innocent under the Federation of Planets Rules"
Assange is currently fighting extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about allegations of sexual misconduct.
he reeaaaaallly doesn't want to go back. Perhaps Roman Polanski could make a film about him?
Wikileaks said in a statement posted on its Twitter account that Garzon has expressed "serious concerns" about "the lack of safeguards and transparency" with which actions are being taken against Assange.
"Plus he damaged the West. I consider that a plus!"