From Ed Morrissey at HotAir:
"Correa’s belated admission is the only possible position left to take, although it doesn’t help his ally Assange much. It confirms the findings of Ecuadorian intelligence even while Correa attempts to distance himself from its implications. Suddenly he’s clucking his tongue at Assange’s activities when Correa had the ability to end them instantly by ejecting Assange from the embassy. Correa never took that step because he was too busy enjoying the headache Assange was creating for the US.Let's review: Former president of a country most folks couldn't find on a map with an 'X' and flashlight if their life depended on it means there is a current president of that same obscure - undoubtedly marxist, most likely corrupt - country. Given the very nasty history between these two tinpots, this means current Ecuadorean Pres. Moreno probably has former Pres. Correa's nuts in a vice, so former is not just singing to save his out-of-power behind - he's composing - and Julian Assange is Correa's unfortunate muse.
Now Correa says, “we are not going to allow that,” but Correa clearly not only allowed it, he went out of his way to make sure Assange could conduct those operations. Read the CNN report again and pay attention to what happened when Correa’s ambassadors tried to tighten the leash on Assange by limiting his visitors and ending the no-search/no-record status of his visitors. It only took minutes for those orders to be rescinded after Assange contacted Correa’s ministers in Quito. Assange wasn’t just being allowed to do it, it seems pretty clear that Correa was encouraging it and actively enabling it."
I'll go out on a limb and say we're witnessing a variation of the prisoner's dilemma - coupled to an unsubstantiated accusation as worthless as Steele's dossier.
