A Swedish judge has rejected a request to detain Julian Assange in absentia

Re:A Swedish judge has rejected a request to detain Julian A... by effie on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:50PM (#20090680)

I don't claim he is innocent but the argument is well known: he is a journalist who had no obligations to the U.S. government regarding what they want to maintain a secret, so going after him for exposing some information is mistreating him and by implication an attack on independent journalism. U.S. government had a breach of security and ethics, but instead of quietly fixing that they target journalists.

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Re:A Swedish judge has rejected a request to detain Julian A... by colechristensen on Monday June 03, 2019 @09:26PM (#20090871)

You think that he is innocent and/or was outside US jurisdiction to the extent that indicting him and the following due process is immoral?

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Re:A Swedish judge has rejected a request to detain Julian A... by effie on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:15PM (#20098790)

I don't know that. If there is a reason to believe he commited a crime that harmed the U.S.A., then the U.S. government going after him for that crime is to be expected. But the widespread concern here is that the government is going after him so devotedly not solely because of that harm, but because they seek to gain back face and intimidate other journalists. There are other possible ulterior motives. I don't have enough information to decide one way or another, but given what we know, the concern is reasonable.

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Re:A Swedish judge has rejected a request to detain Julian A... by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:06PM (#20097618)

I thought he was charged with computer crimes, not publishing crimes.

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