The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange for life

Re:The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange f... by knl on Friday September 25, 2020 @09:28AM (#24589461)

If that is true, shouldn't the current administration just let him go? Because, you know, the head of the administration just loves Putin?

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Re:The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange f... by tgv on Friday September 25, 2020 @10:27AM (#24590121)

I can think of four reasons:

A. It's only speculated that Trump has some sort of special relation with Putin; it's by no means certain, and if so, this might not be part of their relation.

B. A relation between Trump and Putin doesn't have to mean much for the rest of the administration.

C. Assange is just a pawn.

D. Why would Trump draw even more attention to himself?

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Re:The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange f... by darksaints on Friday September 25, 2020 @10:44AM (#24590311)

When Iran coordinated attacks on American soldiers, Trump almost started World War III. When Russia coordinated and put bounties on American soldiers' heads, Trump tried getting Putin invited to the G7 summit.

Saying that Trump has a special relationship with Putin isn't even close to speculation. It's an easily observable understatement of the decade.

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Re:The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange f... by ogre_magi on Friday September 25, 2020 @11:05AM (#24590568)

> When Russia coordinated and put bounties on American soldiers' heads, Trump tried getting Putin invited to the G7 summit.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-pentagon-officials-russi...

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Re:The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange f... by jessaustin on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:25PM (#24592686)

I like how the slug in the url omits the word "not" that's in the actual page headline. This is a word that really changes the meaning of a statement.

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