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If you insult the prophet Mohammed in a Facebook post should Iran be able to extradite you from the USA to Iran in order to charge and punish you for committing
by marcus_holmes 3y ago
If you insult the prophet Mohammed in a Facebook post should Iran be able to extradite you from the USA to Iran in order to charge and punish you for committing that crime in their country?
Obviously not. Yet the USA does this routinely. It's effectively what Assange did.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoNormally I think it has to be a crime in both countries. Breaking into computers is.
- marcus_holmes 3y agoAssange did not break into any computers. That was Manning. Publishing US state secrets is not a crime in any other country.
- amanaplanacanal 3y ago> Assange did not break into any computers. I think that is what the trial is to decide.
- marcus_holmes 3y agoNo, the USA is specifically only charging him with publication of unredacted documents. They are not charging him with obtaining the secrets (that was Manning) but just with publishing them without redacting the names of US informants. At least, that's what they're claiming at the extradition; what they subsequently choose to actually charge him with once he's on US soil is a different thing.
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