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This is a lie. He stated from the start he was hiding to avoid extradition to the United States for his journalism.
by Miner49er 7y ago
This is a lie. He stated from the start he was hiding to avoid extradition to the United States for his journalism.
- monocasa 7y agoAnd it looks like now that he's been removed from the embassy, he's being extradited to the US based on his journalism, just like he feared.
- throw0101a 7y ago> based on his journalism He is being extradited to the US on the charge that he helped Manning break into classified computers. These alleged actions are no longer journalism. Greenwald and Poitras never faced charges for publishing the documents Snowden leaked / provided. The NY Times did not face charges for leaking the Pentagon Papers that Ellsberg gave them. Assange would not have been charged with leaking documents that others provided—but he is alleged to have taken a step too far.
- throw0101a 7y agoI do not understand this point: He was in the UK, who has an extradition treaty with the US. He was facing charges in Sweden, who also have an extradition treaty with the US. Why was he afraid of being extradited from Sweden but not the UK? If the US wanted him they could have gone after him while he was still live in the UK. Why fear going to Sweden? I never understood this argument: am I missing some nuance in international law?