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My memory is the US was trying to extradite Assange to the US and was threatening to charge him with Sedition with a possibility of decades of prison time. Tha
by etc-hosts 2y ago
My memory is the US was trying to extradite Assange to the US and was threatening to charge him with Sedition with a possibility of decades of prison time. That was at least the stated intent of the previous CIA director
- goodpoint 2y agoThey could even murder him.
- mythrwy 2y agoWouldn't he have to be a citizen of the US to be charged with sedition?
- etc-hosts 2y agoThe US tries to charge foreigners of crimes all of the time. Here's a slightly biased summary, but in this case I think the extreme outrage and bias is totally justified. https://prospect.org/justice/julian-assange-espionage-act-1917-freedom-press/ https://prospect.org/justice/julian-assange-espionage-act-19...
- HWR_14 2y agoNo. Until the recent convictions in relation to January 6th, the most recent US conviction for sedition was against an Egyptian for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He died in federal prison.
- smegger001 2y agoi was never clear on how you can charge a foreign national on foreign soil with a US Crime but that doesn't seem to mater when your the US. dont piss of the US government and dont piss off the MPAA Kim Dotcom and Assange were both charged with breaking us law while not residing in the US, being from the US, or committing their alleged crime in the US.