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Re: Assange

Post by moda0306 » Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:27 pm

Do we really see Trump doing something favorable for Assange after Pompeo called them a "non-state hostile intelligence service?"

I mean Assange is basically a hulked-out version of Snowden... and Trump wanted to execute Snowden.
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Re: Assange

Post by jacksonM » Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:59 pm

It will be very interesting to see how this plays out in court if he is ever extradited to the United States. I tend to think that won't happen however.

The reason I think he will never stand trial in the U.S. is because the powers that be will not want all the dirty laundry aired in court and also because of the risk of having the whole case thrown out by a judge (re: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers).
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Re: Assange

Post by Libertarian666 » Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:59 pm

jacksonM wrote:
Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:59 pm
It will be very interesting to see how this plays out in court if he is ever extradited to the United States. I tend to think that won't happen however.

The reason I think he will never stand trial in the U.S. is because the powers that be will not want all the dirty laundry aired in court and also because of the risk of having the whole case thrown out by a judge (re: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers).
I think he will be extradited to the US, to help Barr lock up the actual criminals.
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Re: Assange

Post by WiseOne » Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:33 am

Tyler wrote:
Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:24 pm
Xan wrote:
Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:25 pm
What the feds are actually accusing him of seems to be conspiring with Bradley Manning to actually steal documents via hacking. If he did that, would that make him more of a criminal and less of a journalist?

Well, in that case the individual who physically stole the documents and gave them to Wikileaks was pardoned by Obama. I don't see how an unbiased observer can defend that decision while prosecuting Assange. And if we get too deep in the weeds of a publisher conspiring with an insider to illegally obtain classified info, that could get really murky for the media and their government sources really quickly.
Ha! I forgot about that. Chelsea Manning was (sort of) pardoned, so how come posting the stolen documents is worthy of extradiction & prosecution?

There's no question in my mind that if the documents Julian Assange posted provided dirt on Trump that resulted in Hillary winning the election, no one would be going after him and he wouldn't have had to hole up in the Ecuadorian embassy for 7 years. And there would be no investigation into election meddling, either. BTW, who do you all think pressured Ecuador into withdrawing Assange's asylum protection?
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Re: Assange

Post by jacksonM » Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:10 am

Andy McCarthy from National Review, much more knowledgeable about such things than I am, shares my belief that Assange will never see the inside of an American court room.

Lots of food for thought in this article, including the question of why was Bernie Sanders not the target of an investigation for colluding with the Russians? Emails reveal that the DNC hackers only thought Trump had a 25% chance of defeating Hillary and it was Bernie Sanders they were really trying to help.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/ ... th-russia/
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