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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by beagle3 on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:39AM (#14374078)
Assange was basically, from his POV, defending his future freedom and poasibly his life, and still is.

Very likely, he was right.

How is Assange showing "idiocy" here?

Also, from the perspective of a government, any government, 10 million is not even a rounding error of a rounding error in the defense budget. The intimidation might have stopped the forming of another Wikileaks or the rise of a 2nd assange. From this perspective, it's not idiocy - it's a good investment.

Which is not to say I support this perspective - I don't. But it is important to understand motives rather than dismiss actions as idiotic.

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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by rmc on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:03AM (#14374179)
> Assange was basically, from his POV, defending his future freedom and poasibly his life, and still is.

And I suspect, his reputation/good name. If he'd gone to trial, and lost, he'd be called a "convicted rapist" for the rest of his life.

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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by Avalyst on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:13AM (#14374232)
And so he should, after all at that point he would be a convicted rapist, no?
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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by FireBeyond on Friday May 19, 2017 @11:05AM (#14376370)
True. How very noble of him. Did not want to see his reputation challenged, so refused to deal with consequences of his actions...
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