Julian Assange's date with destiny

Stella Moris with her sons, Max, left and Gabriel. Source: SBS. The partner of Julian Assange says she fears for the impact on her family if the Australian is extradited to the US. As Julian Assange makes his way in a prison van this morning, London time, to the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court for his US extradition hearing, he's heading for a date with destiny he long predicted. In Melbourne in 2010, after he had released the infamous US helicopter gunship video, Collateral Murder, which showed innocent civilians, including two Reuters news staff being mown down in a Baghdad square, Assange worried about being snatched off the streets. The attempt to extradite Assange is designed to stifle dissent, sending a chill through the ranks of investigative journalists worldwide. If Assange can be prosecuted for exposing evidence of US war crimes, so can any journalist anywhere in the world….. https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/assange-makes-his-way-to-date-with-destiny-he-always-predicted-20200906-p55su5.html