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Plea deals aren't a solution. No matter how reasonable. This agreement itself is a plea deal, but involves the agreement in principle that Assange has committe
by impossiblefork 2y ago
Plea deals aren't a solution. No matter how reasonable.
This agreement itself is a plea deal, but involves the agreement in principle that Assange has committed a crime by publishing this information. That in itself is an enormous problem for people seeking out government wrongdoing.
- wmf 2y agoYeah, it's not at all clear to me that Assange did anything illegal and if he was offered a deal 12 years ago he probably would have rejected it. But Snowden and Manning definitely broke the law and I don't think it's a good look for anyone involved to have Snowden being a fugitive and cause celebre in exile for life.