Re:Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment
by freeflight on Saturday June 26, 2021 @07:43PM
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> I can't fathom that being the line they'd go for.
That's literally the line they went for, thanks to Snowden we do know Five Eyes runs programs exactly for these kinds of character assassinations [0].
Or why do you think we had all these amazing headlines about how badly Assange allegedly treats his cat and how dirty his bathroom is? How is that of relevance to anybody on a global scale?
It's all pure ad-hominem to keep the narrative about him as a person, and not what he actually did and blew the whistle on.
I think that, even in and of itself, if a nation state intelligence agency is attempting a smear campaign or outright character assassination, and the very best they can manage is "may have had sex that was consensual but unprotected without agreement"?
That's one hell of a sad state of affairs for that intelligence agency.
Like beyond "never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity", "government incompetence" cliches. Like amazingly pathetic. I can't fathom that being the line they'd go for.
"Sir, we came up with a plan to destroy his character in the public's eye!"
"Great, what is it?"
"Well, uhh, he had a bit of a threesome-like affair, and he may not have used a condom even though he said he would... we can spin that so well that everyone will disown him!"
"..."