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And what did those Amendments do in Guantanamo Bay and CIA blacksites?
by ric2b 3y ago
And what did those Amendments do in Guantanamo Bay and CIA blacksites?
- kasey_junk 3y agoGuantanamo bay and the black sites are a disgraceful legacy of US foreign policy but aren’t germane to this discussion. Assange faces bog standard criminal charges in the US that have proceeded through our standard courts. The extradition is being overseen by 2 separate court systems in 2 separate nations.
- marcus_holmes 3y agoThe whole point of Guantanamo is that it's not in the USA and therefore the US constitution doesn't apply and they can do what they want. Which is ridiculous given that Assange was also not in the USA. Somehow US law applies to him when he has nothing to do with the USA, but not to people imprisoned on a US government facility by the US government.
- tptacek 3y agoThe crimes the US charged occurred in the United States, and the DOJ alleges Assange's role was central to them. It's the same idea as charging the head of an organized crime family overseas with the racketeering offenses the family committed in New Jersey. If the DOJ cannot prove that Assange's role was fundamental to enabling the offenses, and Assange can prove instead that he merely published information that could have become available to anyone, the case as I understand it fails.