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> In fact, the US couldnt demonstrate that he had lead to the death of any soldiers or spies. Isn't "it's difficult to prove that people literally died because
by sanderjd 2y ago
> In fact, the US couldnt demonstrate that he had lead to the death of any soldiers or spies.
Isn't "it's difficult to prove that people literally died because of his actions" a pretty low bar to set?
- protocolture 2y agoNot when the claim being made was that his leaks would lead to death.
- sanderjd 2y ago... no, "possibly didn't actually get anybody killed" is still a low bar, even when the claim is that it might.
- protocolture 2y ago"Could not demonstrate with 15 years to gather that data and present it" is a bit more than "Possibly"
- dralley 2y agoJulian Assange, on his leaking of the names of hundreds of Afghan civilian informants into the hands of the Taliban: "Well, they're informants. So, if they get killed, they've got it coming to them. They deserve it." I personally don't see much moral need to, for example, somehow obtain proof that the Taliban actually killed people based specifically off of his actions. He obviously doesn't actually care if they did.