The damage to freedom of speech is already done. Any free society can't afford to not investigate the way the justice system has been abused in multiple democra

The damage to freedom of speech is already done. Any free society can't afford to not investigate the way the justice system has been abused in multiple democratic nations to achieve a punishment without conviction. The people who carried that out should be held to account. I get that the US has (had?) an interest to make him pay and that the only thing that really counts in geo-politics is power — but I don't see why my country should be allied with a nation that punishes the people uncovering their war crimes instead of (at least: also?) punishing those who carried them out. That being said I can't shake the feeling that it would also be to some degree in the self interest of US citizens that their government respects the rule of law. Hard to claim to be the good guy while you are the driving force behind such things or propaganda campaigns against vaccines¹ or all² the³ other¹¹ things¹² the¹³ has¹¹¹ done¹¹² ¹: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covi... ²: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67582813 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67582813 ³: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor ¹¹: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MKUltra https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MKUltra ¹²: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1953_Iran_coup https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1953_Iran_coup ¹³: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%27%C3%A9... ¹¹¹: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brazilian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brazilian_coup_d%27%C3%... ¹¹²: You get the point, also not all superscript numbers seem to be supported on HN