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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 throwawayffffas » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:08 AM UTC

mandmandam wrote: post #523

cies wrote: post #481

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Joke or not, assassinating him was very seriously discussed at the highest levels. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-lo...

"Very seriously", according to the article Trump floated the idea, and a few people suggested plans, while the lawyers said you can't do that. Which is something apparently everyone knew from the begining.

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Post by alt227 » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:12 AM UTC

cies wrote: post #481

bjornsing wrote: post #476

Paraphrasing Winston Churchill: “You can always trust the Americans to do the right thing, after having exhausted all other options.”

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Killary?

No prizes for guessing where your politcal allegences lie.

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Post by cryptica » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:18 AM UTC

It will be great to have him back in Australia. This is a win for press freedom and hopefully the beginning of rehabilitation of the political system.

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Post by okasaki » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:19 AM UTC

squarefoot wrote: post #518

> JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE No, he is not. Nobody can go through what he has been forced to suffer in all those years without lasting consequences that can't be undone: years of his life have been taken away, his health has been damaged, his family has been hit as well. He may be free to roam around, but he's not the same person anymore. I don't see any happy ending here, especially if there are no consequences for the…

Yeah, I was once harassed by cops for five minutes and I still think about it sometimes. I can't imagine what Assange has been through.

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Post by Uptrenda » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:19 AM UTC

As a fellow aussie I'm proud of Assange. I am kind of surprised other Australians feel the same because we're kind of a nation of bootlickers. I'm curious what happens now though. If he returns to Australia. Is he actually going to have real freedom and privacy? Or is this going to be kind of superficial where everything he does is monitored by like 5 different agencies and he can't even use the Internet. Like, I've got to see the result to believe it...

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:20 AM UTC

moffkalast wrote: post #542

squarefoot wrote: post #518

> JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE No, he is not. Nobody can go through what he has been forced to suffer in all those years without lasting consequences that can't be undone: years of his life have been taken away, his health has been damaged, his family has been hit as well. He may be free to roam around, but he's not the same person anymore. I don't see any happy ending here, especially if there are no consequences for the…

Yeah, 5 years in a 2x3m cell with total social isolation? People almost went mad locking down 2 months during covid an they had internet. I doubt he'll ever be the same, or even a functioning person again.

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Post by dialup_sounds » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:21 AM UTC

edgineer wrote: post #246

DSingularity wrote: post #194

For those who don’t know the obvious reason behind his persecution is Wikileaks revealing embarrassing US secrets (re: embassy cables and Bradley/Chelsea Manning) and publishing IS war crimes in Iraq (re: collateral murder).

The first years of his persecution, according to the legal system of various countries, was for a sex crime. He had sex in Sweden with a woman who consented to having sex, but not without a condom, and at some point he took off the condom. As I remember, that led to England seeking his arrest to be extradited to Sweden for this sex crime. Since he was stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Britain stationed offic…

Your chronology is a little off. He went to the embassy after losing his appeal against extradition. He had already turned himself in and been on house arrest for two years at that point.

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Post by globalnode » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:23 AM UTC

ungh this is going to bring the crazies out -- im glad hes finally out although nothing is going to undo the suffering he's had to go through. I guess he can maybe be thankful hes still alive? unlike the people he originally called the US out for murdering.

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Post by globalnode » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:24 AM UTC

Uptrenda wrote: post #565

As a fellow aussie I'm proud of Assange. I am kind of surprised other Australians feel the same because we're kind of a nation of bootlickers. I'm curious what happens now though. If he returns to Australia. Is he actually going to have real freedom and privacy? Or is this going to be kind of superficial where everything he does is monitored by like 5 different agencies and he can't even use the Internet. Like, I've…

we arent bootlickers, thats just our politicians and business leaders.

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Post by Hitton » Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 10:26 AM UTC

It would be ludicrous to say that justice won, but I'm glad he is finally free.