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WikiLeaks tried that, Assange is still in Belmarsh and the MSM is still largely allowing him to rot there.
by handity 3y ago
WikiLeaks tried that, Assange is still in Belmarsh and the MSM is still largely allowing him to rot there.
- ncphil 3y agoThis is a good point. Of course anyone who thought the MSM, or print journalism, were in business to reveal the actual truth really needs to review their history. The worst part is that Julian (whether intentionally or not) probably made that sacrifice for nothing. At least here in the US most people don't know or care. That's a shame. And an embarrassment.
- adrr 3y agoHe could just stop fighting the extradition unless there are concerns he wouldn’t get a fair trial in the US. I haven’t heard of such concerns and he could probably get a solid legal defense team with private donations.
- handity 3y agoIf he is extradited, 100% guaranteed he will not get a fair trial by any common definition of that term.
- adrr 3y agoCan you point to any trial that wasn't fair in the US in recent history?
- bilalq 3y agoI have no particular viewpoint regarding Assange, but depending on your understanding of "fair", there are probably many whose fairness can be questioned. Partiality of judges, imbalance of legal team budgets, etc. Look at any case brought up by a patent troll against a small/medium business. One case that personally always bothers me was regarding the murder of Philando Castile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Philando_Castile#Trial_and_verdict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Philando_Castile#Tr...
- adrr 3y agoI’ll narrow my statement down to fair for the defendant.
- xapata 3y agoI was thinking of something more communal/distributed. WikiLeaks wanted centralization.
- handity 3y agoI had a second part to my comment about how web3 was the answer, but the public have been largely convinced that it's synonymous with get rich quick schemes or a worse version of Twitter. Where is the next WikiLeaks?