It’s wild that Julian Assange is going to do five years in prison and Bush Jr and Dick Cheney are walking around free.
when was Snowden a head of state?
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
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#292In an ideal world we would get to do a reverse investigation to understand which government officials were complicit in his very obviously politically motivated detention, action would be taken upon those individuals to ensure accountability, and the system itself would be updated so powerful interests can't abuse the law like this. How far are we from this world?
There has been reporting on this. Apparently there was one zealous person in DOJ pushing the Assange case and everybody else thinks it's too weak to be worth it.
This doesn’t make sense because the Assange case has been a diplomatic issue between the US and Australia ever since Albanese came to power.
Ultimately the responsibility falls to the President since the DOJ isn’t responsible for international relations. Biden must have thought the case was important otherwise there’s no reason to harm relations with an ally over something like that.
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#293I wonder what legal repercussions could follow from him "admitting" to have commited whatever they want him to admit
he has spent a long time resisting, what makes you think he's admitting to what "they" want him to admit to?
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#294> Julian's freedom is our freedom. A little too heavy handed. Yeah it seems like from the outside he was potentially overly punished, pending further details that may never materialize, but “his freedom is our freedom” is pretty extreme given what he did. He’s not relatable.
Yes the world is clearly a worse place because of Snowden, without him just imagine the true power the national security state could have achieved and how much safer we’d all feel.
literally nobody gives a fuck about the prostitution of their agency , I myself am grateful to be aware of it , but cant help feeling it only becomes worse by the day ... tldr not sure of the sum effect of having awareness raised here
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#295information should be free, exposing US war crimes shouldn't be illegal
calling a war a war shouldn't be illegal, but it is illegal in russia.
Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
#296Congratulations! I share in the popular jubilation and sense of epoch-making reconciliation, that aligns with the stars, even tho I think Assange acted like an egotistical fool who squandered the great lens of transparency and accountability he had created through misjudged self-importance and vulnerability to manipulation by his sources for their own ends.
Hopefully his Second Act brings good fruits without the thorns and rot of the previous ages. Good luck to him!
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#297Am I the only one who feels suspicious about this and would hesitate to trust the persecuters? Maybe that's not a entirely a reasonable reaction (I just woke up about 10 minutes ago) but it's how I feel currently and I'm wondering if anyone else would feel the same. The U.S. as a national entity certainly isn't above lying, as leaks regarding them have shown.
This isn't really between the US and Assange; it's between the US and UK. If the US doesn't honor the rules for extradition then the UK may decide not to extradite people in the future.
Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
#298YES!!!!!!!!!!
REJOICE!!!!!!!!!!!
Woooo!!! This is incredible news to wake up to.
Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
#299The fact that he has to plead guilty even to one charge is so disappointing and also inconsistent. Assange just published others’ leaks. This is just journalism right? Would the NYT or WaPo get in trouble for publishing leaked private information? For example recently with Trump’s tax returns. The way Assange has been vilified and confined and threatened is disgusting.
Still, I hope he finds happiness and peace.