He was already effectively a political prisoner. The US made enough of an example of him I guess. Expose US war crimes and this will happen to you.
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
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It's well established [0] that the CIA director asked for options for assassinating Julian Assange around 2017. That the US government ultimately did not do that does not exonerate them, or refute people who feared things like this.
[0] https://www.yahoo.com/news/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-lo...
- "This Yahoo News investigation, based on conversations with more than 30 former U.S. officials — eight of whom described details of the CIA’s proposals to abduct Assange — reveals for the first time one of the most contentious intelligence debates of the Trump presidency and exposes new details about the U.S. government’s war on WikiLeaks. It was a campaign spearheaded by Pompeo that bent important legal strictures, potentially jeopardized the Justice Department’s work toward prosecuting Assange, and risked a damaging episode in the United Kingdom, the United States’ closest ally."
- "The CIA declined to comment. Pompeo did not respond to requests for comment."
Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
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Priorities change. He's not really a threat anymore. They've thoroughly scared people who might copy him.
This is how conspiracy theories are so resilient. Everything is evidence of the conspiracy. Someone gets arrested? The conspirators had it out for them. They later get freed? The conspirators simply changed their mind! It's not that you're wrong, it's just that your argument is entirely unfalsifiable.
What's the conspiracy? He was a known whistleblower and the U.S. was upset that he assisted in the acquisition of certain documents. All of the motivations have been quite open.
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#38How do plea deals work for precedent? As despite the constant claim that he was only being charged for assisting in hacking US computers, the plea deal is over violations of the Espionage Act specifically about receiving and publishing classified documents. Or basically his acts as a journalist.
Can this be used to indict other journalists who receive and publish classified information? As if so, this feels like a huge loss, though I can hardly blame Assange for not continuing the fight.
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Priorities change. He's not really a threat anymore. They've thoroughly scared people who might copy him.
And haven't they broken his brain anyway with all the solitary confinement... Ah, Western Democracy and the rule of law and humane treatment of prisoners, how we love thee. That sounds like I'm pro-Russia or China, but no, I don't like them either.
I don't know why you are getting downvoted, your comment is spot on. The way this man has been treated should be an embarrassment to all the leaders of the so-called free world.
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heard that he has a tax issue that he will be hit with as soon as he returns to the mother country.