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He's free to leave the embassy. It's hard to have any sympathy for wikileaks and Julian given his recent behavior.
by ohashi 8y ago
He's free to leave the embassy. It's hard to have any sympathy for wikileaks and Julian given his recent behavior.
- cm2187 8y agoYou mean the DNC leaks?
- freetime2 8y agoCan you be more specific? Not disagreeing here but genuinely curious what behavior you’re referring to.
- fossuser 8y agoI'd guess working as an arm of Russian influence in the 2016 election. Wikileaks was originally marketed as a place for people to share documents or whistleblow things like the Snowden revelations. It's since become more of a way to try and hurt the US backed by whoever will support it with Assange giving others plausible deniability/cover.
- cm2187 8y agoI don’t think leaking all of the US diplomatic cables did much in term of whistleblowing, and Snowden did the precise opposite of wikileaks, ie not leak the whole information in bulk to the general public, including information that provides no benefit to the public.
- wallace_f 8y agoEcuador denied a Human Rights Watch visitor, and Assange's lawyers. To be fair the article could be also titled AssangeS Lawyers to Stand Up to Defend his Human Rights which would give a different impression than the current headline. I'm not defending everything Assange has done, but I also don't agree with your characterization.
- tptacek 8y agoThere's nothing magical about HRW, which is simply an NGO like any other. It seems plain that Ecuador is going to expect discretion about who they allow in their own embassy, and plain that they don't want Assange squatting in it anymore. What's not to understand about the situation? Eventually, Ecuador is going to boot him out of the embassy. It's kind of remarkable that they showed 6 years worth of forbearance. Does anyone expect him to make it to 7 years in there?