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Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

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Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

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Post by zztop44 »

mc32 wrote: post #320
keepamovin wrote: post #296

Congratulations! 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 thor…

I hope he does something on X where he delivers dead drops given to him by whistleblowers on an episodal basis, and he grows big enough that he become _the_ place to go when you want to blow the whistle, whether it be rushed pharmaceuticals, govt morally dubious black ops, bad NGOs, front orgs, etc.

Is this a joke? If so I don’t get it. You’re describing Wikileaks.

Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

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Post by ted_bunny »

mc32 wrote: post #320
keepamovin wrote: post #296

Congratulations! 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 thor…

I hope he does something on X where he delivers dead drops given to him by whistleblowers on an episodal basis, and he grows big enough that he become _the_ place to go when you want to blow the whistle, whether it be rushed pharmaceuticals, govt morally dubious black ops, bad NGOs, front orgs, etc.

That sure was the dream, wasn't it?

Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

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Post by jesterson »

sackfield wrote: post #109

In 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?

Oh boy, very far, unfortunately.

What you say we need badly as it keeps every government employee accountable for what they did.

Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

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Post by mc32 »

zztop44 wrote: post #331
mc32 wrote: post #320

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope he does something on X where he delivers dead drops given to him by whistleblowers on an episodal basis, and he grows big enough that he become _the_ place to go when you want to blow the whistle, whether it be rushed pharmaceuticals, govt morally dubious black ops, bad NGOs, front orgs, etc.

Is this a joke? If so I don’t get it. You’re describing Wikileaks.

With a personality and context, with guests to discuss. Wikileaks was dry and left up to other journalists to write stories.

Few journalists would do that today because most now toe the main line -or they think it’ll give the “other guy” cover. No one bucks the incumbents these days. See anyone criticizing any western government actions these days? It’s not like there isn’t any fodder.

Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

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Post by [deleted] »

wmf wrote: post #297
zogrodea wrote: post #202

Am 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.

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Re: Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free

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Post by ted_bunny »

carlosjobim wrote: post #161
searealist wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sweden does as the US tells.

The people downvoting your comment are ignorant on reality. It is common knowledge that Sweden has been used by the CIA as a black site. Sweden has been a satellite state to the US for a long time, just as other countries are or have been satellites of Russia. Edit: Your down votes do not change reality. More important countries than Sweden have been satellites, such as East and West Germany.

Still waiting on the rebuttal to this. Own up or shut up.
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