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Despite what his defenders claim, he went beyond journalism and actively engaged in process to obtain and disclose national defense information. Now he will pl

by nabla9 2y ago

Despite what his defenders claim, he went beyond journalism and actively engaged in process to obtain and disclose national defense information. Now he will pledge guilty for that.

MrVandemar 2y ago
> Despite all his defenders, he went beyond journalism and actively engaged in process to obtain and disclose national defense information. "National Defence Information" ... is that what we're calling "War Crimes" these days?
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superkuh 2y ago
False. What they are charging him with is a brief speculative chat discussion about potentially having Manning provide the hash of a password to Assange to help crack it. But this discussed behavior never actually happened and was never referenced by them again. That's the conspiracy charge they indicted Assange for. If you don't believe me then read https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-charged-18-count-superseding-indictment https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-julian-assa... . If you say that's too long to read then just read the last 4 paragraphs. They've bent over backwards to charge him here over something that literally did not happen and was only discussed as an option in passing. If they had anything else to charge him with they would. But they don't and rely on people like you propagating falsehoods.
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- nabla9 2y ago
  True according to Assange himself. Keep up with the events.
  - superkuh 2y ago
    You're still confused. In order to not be imprisoned forever Assange admitted to the charges which are outlined in the above justice dept. link and summarized by myself. He did not admit to guilt for anything you're making up or imagining.
impossiblefork 2y ago
Spying on foreign countries, especially when they are engaged in war crimes and torture, is not illegal. Assange is not and has never been a US citizen or permanent resident. What he did is perfectly permissible. He made a huge mistake in traveling to the UK though.

by nabla9 2y ago

Despite what his defenders claim, he went beyond journalism and actively engaged in process to obtain and disclose national defense information. Now he will pledge guilty for that.

MrVandemar 2y ago

> Despite all his defenders, he went beyond journalism and actively engaged in process to obtain and disclose national defense information. "National Defence Information" ... is that what we're calling "War Crimes" these days?

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superkuh 2y ago

False. What they are charging him with is a brief speculative chat discussion about potentially having Manning provide the hash of a password to Assange to help crack it. But this discussed behavior never actually happened and was never referenced by them again. That's the conspiracy charge they indicted Assange for. If you don't believe me then read https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-charged-18-count-superseding-indictment https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wikileaks-founder-julian-assa... . If you say that's too long to read then just read the last 4 paragraphs. They've bent over backwards to charge him here over something that literally did not happen and was only discussed as an option in passing. If they had anything else to charge him with they would. But they don't and rely on people like you propagating falsehoods.

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nabla9 2y ago
True according to Assange himself. Keep up with the events.
- superkuh 2y ago
  You're still confused. In order to not be imprisoned forever Assange admitted to the charges which are outlined in the above justice dept. link and summarized by myself. He did not admit to guilt for anything you're making up or imagining.

impossiblefork 2y ago

Spying on foreign countries, especially when they are engaged in war crimes and torture, is not illegal. Assange is not and has never been a US citizen or permanent resident. What he did is perfectly permissible. He made a huge mistake in traveling to the UK though.