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I saw that they were considering giving him a plea deal. If the Biden admins give Assange a plea deal similar to Manning it will be a good thing because the cri

I saw that they were considering giving him a plea deal. If the Biden admins give Assange a plea deal similar to Manning it will be a good thing because the crimes were similar and motivated similarly.

Kenji 2y ago
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derelicta 2y ago
What a catastrophe. This is the ultimate evidence that there is no such thing as a free press; People are only allowed to report what their masters allow them to. The day you cross a line and in Assange's case, the day you report the crimes commited by The Empire, they crush you.
- mnau 2y ago
  Insert "Always has been" meme.
  - vaylian 2y ago
    Doesn't mean that it always has to stay that way.
    - mnau 2y ago
      People tried and kind-of succeeded. It's being eroded, but it still mostly works. US generally doesn't persecute it's citizens for reporting. See Pentagon papers. Assange is not US citizen. Guantanamo bay detainees weren't US citizens. They are free targets.
- JTbane 2y ago
  agreed, IMO both he and Snowden should have been pardoned as whistleblowers...
- tim333 2y ago
  They are not prosecuting him for that. In main for: >allegations that in 2010, Assange offered to help Manning, the Army intelligence analyst, crack a password to break into a classified U.S. government network, an act that would have gone beyond journalism. People report crimes committed by the empire all the time without difficulties. Here's a wikipedia with some for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes
  - derelicta 2y ago
    I have a hard time believing they planned his assassination just for a mere cracked password.
    - tim333 2y ago
      There's a difference between what they think he's responsible for and what they think they can prove in court.