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Re:Ecuador will hand over Julian Assange to the UK by squirrelicus on Saturday July 21, 2018 @01:48PM (#17582894)
Hmm sample size is too low to draw conclusions. 3 vs 8 over several years? Ehh.

But you're probably right for other reasons. He was a bit of an authoritarian despite talking like a cuddly bear. His relationship with the intelligence community is probably what allowed him to spy on the Trump campaign and more or less keep it on the down low for a while.

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Re:Ecuador will hand over Julian Assange to the UK by dbg31415 on Saturday July 21, 2018 @02:55PM (#17583253)
The gap between what he said and what he did was not small.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSDs3CJAwI4

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Re:Ecuador will hand over Julian Assange to the UK by squirrelicus on Saturday July 21, 2018 @04:22PM (#17583670)
I'm definitely not saying Obama was an ally of whistleblowers. It seems like he was just mostly average in this realm. I mean, 8 is still more than 3, but again, that might not be his fault, whistleblowing might have just more than doubled. Hard to tell.
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