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Re:The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange by josteink on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:30AM (#18467165)
What charges? Uncovering massive war-crimes committed by the US? (And how many have been charged as the result of those?)

Are you saying it’s ok to let people off the hook for war-crimes, but reporting them should put you in prison?

What kind of society would that be? Certainly not one I would want to live in.

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Re:The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange by matt4077 on Friday November 16, 2018 @06:46AM (#18468088)
The danish rape charge, which would have probably been resolved with a few months of probation or some mandatory training.

Somehow, Assange managed to turn that prospect into the self-inflicted and unlimited golden cage that is the Ecuadorian Embassy. Guy's a true genius...

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Re:The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange by cheez on Saturday November 17, 2018 @12:28AM (#18474119)
If you've been paying attention to #metoo, Kavanaugh and all that, this type of thing is done to discredit. No matter what Assange would do afterwards, every story would start: Assange, who agreed to probation for a rape charge, ...
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Re:The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange by ineedasername on Saturday November 17, 2018 @10:52AM (#18475962)
Yeah i never quite understood the charges either, but more because he works for an organization that isn't subject to the US jurisdiction.
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