WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC staffer's murder

Post by ThomPete » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 6:23 PM UTC

eli wrote: post #64

ThomPete wrote: post #50

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Which could also mean they are doing things that are more important.

I'm sure many Sanders supporters were happy for ammunition to help their case that they were treated unfairly, but I don't think catty behavior at the DNC is anywhere near as important as Wikileaks' earlier work uncovering potential war crimes in Iraq. And I find Assange's overt attempt to influence the outcome of a US election much more distasteful than anything that was in those DNC emails.

Post by whamlastxmas » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 7:03 PM UTC

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chatmasta wrote: post #109

Of course you'll be called a "conspiracy theorist" for speculating about this case in any way deviating from the official narrative. But the circumstances are extremely suspicious. The DNC voter expansion data director was found shot dead, assassination style, two bullets in the back, in one of the safest neighborhoods of DC. Nothing was taken off his person. No forensic evidence was left behind. Yet the police deeme…

> Of course you'll be called a "conspiracy theorist" for speculating about this case in any way deviating from the official narrative. Prior to Snowden, people who warned about extensive government surveillance were dismissed as 'conspiracy theorists'. After Snowden, everyone said, "oh all this was common knowledge anyway". Prior to the DNCLeaks, Sanders supporters who complained about the DNC favouring Hillary were…

Post by alex_hitchins » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 7:14 PM UTC

xlxlxlx wrote: post #198

alex_hitchins wrote: post #194

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I'm not sure it's a position that would be envied as such, I guess everyone is different. I suppose if you were wanted for questioning by police for a serious crime that you wanted to evade and you hadn't got a friendly government seeking positive news coverage to give you a legal loophole to remain at large, you might.

The post you replied to was being sarcastic. "Questioning by police" is an enormous understatement. If Assange leaves the embassy, he will be arrested, extradited to the US, and likely convicted of treason. His fate would at best look something like Chelsea Manning's, and at worst, execution.

Post by whamlastxmas » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 7:24 PM UTC

alex_hitchins wrote: post #215

xlxlxlx wrote: post #198

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The post you replied to was being sarcastic. "Questioning by police" is an enormous understatement. If Assange leaves the embassy, he will be arrested, extradited to the US, and likely convicted of treason. His fate would at best look something like Chelsea Manning's, and at worst, execution.

Oh, I see. As others have pointed out, very unlikely he could be done for treason given he isn't American. But let's not let facts get in the way of some good down voting.

Post by alex_hitchins » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 7:52 PM UTC

whamlastxmas wrote: post #217

alex_hitchins wrote: post #215

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Oh, I see. As others have pointed out, very unlikely he could be done for treason given he isn't American. But let's not let facts get in the way of some good down voting.

You're right, as a non-American he'd just get sent to Gitmo where he faces indefinite detention without any recourse, without any legal rights or constitutionally required due process, and endless torture+interrogations for the rest of his life. But at least he can't be found guilty of treason in a constitutionally bound American court system by a jury of peers!