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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Thursday May 23, 2019 @06:25PM (#19996639)
There should be no consequences for carrying out criminal activity across borders due to matters of jurisdiction?

International law is incredibly complicated. It's up to the countries involved to make the decision in addition to whether or not extradition makes sense. You don't have to agree with that but once again- what is your alternative?

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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by peterkelly on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:36AM (#19999041)
> There should be no consequences for carrying out criminal activity across borders due to matters of jurisdiction?

In China it's against the law to publicly criticise the government. Should the US extradite people to China to face the penalties for violating that law?

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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by megous on Thursday May 23, 2019 @07:35PM (#19997075)
> There should be no consequences for carrying out criminal activity across borders due to matters of jurisdiction?

Depends. But sometimes yes. "Criminal activity" is often times country specific.

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