At this point, I believe the best outcome by far is if Assange is extradited to Sweden.
Julian Assange Appears in Court for U.S. Extradition Hearing
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#12Keep in mind all the crimes by US officials that Assange revealed. In my view many of those crimes committed by officials are treason, yet all have been swept under the rug.
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I’d have no problem with Assange being punished if the other journalists were, or if the government officials were.
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#13Not much actual news being made here. The same question about the alleged offense remain unchanged as far as if you feel that trying to help someone break into something is something that would be legally protected.
Nobody seems to have done or said anything new.
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#14this confirms that jumping bail was the right course of action. Sweden didn't produce a single evidence of the crime, and US extradition hearings are happening behind closed doors. how isn't this exactly what prompted him to ask for asylum, which the UK magistrate called paranoia at the time?
It's not behind closed doors. The article says some journalists were allowed in and what Assange said in the hearing is reported in the article.
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#15It’s amazing that the state moves so quickly when someone operates against its interests.
The right to a speedy trial is a provision that safeguards individual liberty, not proof of the crushing might of the state.
Yes, everyone who has had their life saving seized by civil asset forfeiture has had their trials move at an equally speedy pace!
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#18Keep in mind all the crimes by US officials that Assange revealed. In my view many of those crimes committed by officials are treason, yet all have been swept under the rug.
Treason has a specific definition in the us Constitution and it's a quite difficult bar to cross.
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#19Keep in mind all the crimes by US officials that Assange revealed. In my view many of those crimes committed by officials are treason, yet all have been swept under the rug.
Treason has a specific definition in the us Constitution and it's a quite difficult bar to cross.
The Iraq War leak suggested war crimes, but not treason IIRC:
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#20I guess this news gives Assange a valid reason for his bail-jumping. He was suspected of raping in Sweden. That was what he was bail-jumping for. But the real reason is the threat of his extradition to US for... what? revealing the war crime of the US? That shall never be a crime. War crime shall not be hidden. US shall be punished for obstructing the information of war crime.