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> I continue to believe the best outcome here is for him to be extradited and face trial in the US. Lol... They would send him in a secret military prison... T

by zzz999 3y ago

> I continue to believe the best outcome here is for him to be extradited and face trial in the US. Lol... They would send him in a secret military prison... That would be the worst outcome possible... He should have went where Snowden wanted to go or where he is by accident

andrewla 3y ago
Sure, they'll send him to the same secret military prison where they store the UFOs. Assange is a public figure; if extradited he will have a trial, and if convicted will go to the same federal prisons that all people convicted for federal crimes go to. The US has engaged in "extraordinary rendition" (many of which we only know about because of Assange). I'm not defending their record here, but Assange is not a candidate for anything like that -- he is a public figure.
- weberer 3y ago
  They're storing UFOs in Guantanamo Bay now?
  - andrewla 3y ago
    Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a secret? But if you know about it ... and I know about it ... then ... maybe it's not a secret prison?
    - zzz999 3y ago
      So what's going on there if it's not a secret? Yes... I do know the name.
    - Etherlord87 3y ago
      https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/us/politics/pentagon-guantanamo-secret-courtroom.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/us/politics/pentagon-guan...
    - alexey-salmin 3y ago
      Nope, the supreme court ruled that a secret prison remains secret even if publicly known. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-827_i426.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-827_i426.pdf "On appeal, the Ninth Circuit agreed with the District Court that much of the information sought by Zubaydah was protected from disclosure by the state secrets privilege, but the panel majority concluded that the District Court had erred when it dismissed the case. It believed that the state secrets privilege did not apply to publicly known information. ... Here, the information held by the Ninth Circuit to be nonprivileged would necessarily tend to confirm (or deny) that the CIA maintained a detention site in Poland. The Government has shown that such information — even if already made public through unofficial sources — could significantly harm national security. ... Here, the state secrets privilege applies to the existence (or non- existence) of a CIA facility in Poland, and therefore precludes further discovery into all three categories of information the Ninth Circuit concluded to be nonprivileged. ... This case is remanded with instructions to dismiss Zubaydah’s current application for discovery under §1782. P. 18. "

by zzz999 3y ago

andrewla 3y ago

Sure, they'll send him to the same secret military prison where they store the UFOs. Assange is a public figure; if extradited he will have a trial, and if convicted will go to the same federal prisons that all people convicted for federal crimes go to. The US has engaged in "extraordinary rendition" (many of which we only know about because of Assange). I'm not defending their record here, but Assange is not a candidate for anything like that -- he is a public figure.

weberer 3y ago
They're storing UFOs in Guantanamo Bay now?
- andrewla 3y ago
  Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a secret? But if you know about it ... and I know about it ... then ... maybe it's not a secret prison?
  - zzz999 3y ago
    So what's going on there if it's not a secret? Yes... I do know the name.
  - Etherlord87 3y ago
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/us/politics/pentagon-guantanamo-secret-courtroom.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/us/politics/pentagon-guan...
  - alexey-salmin 3y ago
    Nope, the supreme court ruled that a secret prison remains secret even if publicly known. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-827_i426.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-827_i426.pdf "On appeal, the Ninth Circuit agreed with the District Court that much of the information sought by Zubaydah was protected from disclosure by the state secrets privilege, but the panel majority concluded that the District Court had erred when it dismissed the case. It believed that the state secrets privilege did not apply to publicly known information. ... Here, the information held by the Ninth Circuit to be nonprivileged would necessarily tend to confirm (or deny) that the CIA maintained a detention site in Poland. The Government has shown that such information — even if already made public through unofficial sources — could significantly harm national security. ... Here, the state secrets privilege applies to the existence (or non- existence) of a CIA facility in Poland, and therefore precludes further discovery into all three categories of information the Ninth Circuit concluded to be nonprivileged. ... This case is remanded with instructions to dismiss Zubaydah’s current application for discovery under §1782. P. 18. "