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It's weird how this story seems to have disappeared from the front page of HN, despite sitting at 265 points currently and being only 10 hours old. It was there a few hours ago. Makes one wonder...
Reopened for our timezone, with better link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8320292 (is that ok?)
Snowden is a controlled pawn, though even he might not know it. This is all too....Hollywood. Edit: Feel free to downvote as much as you like, the points don't mean anything. If it's determined later on I was right, I hope you remember this post and consider it for future events.
An account created for the sole purpose of criticizing Snowden/Greenwald/company accuses others of being a controlled pawn. Rich.
You missed my point entirely, though. I'm not on anyone's side. I think it's obvious that the U.S. government has some purpose in allowing/planning these leaks, it's just not evident yet. Basically, there's more to the story than what we're being exposed to through the media.
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But he is currently hiding out in the embassy to avoid being charged, so your innocent query of "has he been convicted/charged" is spurious.
I'm not going to speculate on what Assange's real motivations are for hiding out in that embassy, he's said enough on the subject and whether you agree with him or not that those are his true motivations is between you and him. So no, he hasn't been convicted and/or charged and as such calling him a rapist is getting ahead of the timeline. What he does in the meantime doesn't change that one bit.
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You serious? Leaves calamity in his wake. All about populist policies without a great deal of substance. Parallel IMO is along the lines of doing whatever suits him and maybe incidentally benefiting others along the way.
I don't see the parallel with KDC at all. Assuming we're talking about the same Australian politician here.