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Assange's alleged crimes are not political.

• ajross 4y ago
  To pick just one incident: He's alleged to have selectively released information specifically to damage the Clinton campaign, and at a time where a Trump scandal was at the top of the news. That's not really even very arguable. To believe that Wikileaks release was non-political just strains reason. Clearly the Podesta emails were released for political purposes. You have an easier time arguing that it's not a crime. Certainly the Podesta hack itself was a crime, but it's plausible that Assange merely got the emails after the fact and published them because they were newsworthy. That's... pretty arguable, but it's at least an argument. Broadly... I just don't see the bias here. Assange is credibly accused of political crimes. Stating so isn't "bias", it's just describing a reasonably held opinion. That it isn't your opinion isn't the point.
  • pessimizer 4y ago
    > To pick just one incident: He's alleged to have selectively released information specifically to damage the Clinton campaign, and at a time where a Trump scandal was at the top of the news. Maybe pick an incident that he's charged with? > You have an easier time arguing that it's not a crime. Especially since nobody has claimed that this is a crime, and he's never been charged with it. You're spreading misinformation in order to justify the prosecution of a journalist.
• pessimizer 4y ago
  Nothing could be more political than an accusation of aiding a soldier in avoiding detection while exfiltrating video evidence of a war atrocity.