EFF Statement on Assange Indictment and Arrest

Re:EFF Statement on Assange Indictment and Arrest by AnthonyMouse on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:51PM (#19637916)

The trouble in this case is that the behavior being prosecuted is not the sort of thing that would result in prosecution under many other circumstances. There is a law against it, but enforcing it in this context gives the impression of selective prosecution.

They haven't discovered a crime, investigated it to determine who was behind it and arrested them; they've discovered a man they wish to charge and went around looking for something to charge him with.

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Re:EFF Statement on Assange Indictment and Arrest by ensignavenger on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:10PM (#19639251)

Or maybe they discovered that some one had leaked classified information (a crime) and during the investigation of that crime, discovered that Assange had conspired with that individual (also a crime)? That explanation makes sense to me. Maybe it isn't what happened, we will have to let the courts decide on the facts of the case.

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