Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment

Re:Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment by efdee on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:15PM (#27664570)

Except that, of course, it's not. In fact, IIRC, they stated they had too little evidence to substantiate the claims.

Maybe it's you who doesn't like the facts?

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Re:Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment by res0nat0r on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:13PM (#27665444)

Like I mentioned, Assange isn't an idiot and knew full well who he was dealing with at the time. It doesn't need to rise to the level of provable criminal conspiracy for anyone to know someone as sophisticated as him just didn't bumble into the situation, especially when it was speculated at the time that the Guccifer 2.0 alias was likely a front for a foreign intelligence group.

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Re:Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment by the_optimist on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:10PM (#27666341)

This is the standard dissembling. We went from “I have got the truth! Your client is guilty!” to “He’s a smart guy, seems guilty.” Only two paragraphs. Astonishing really, that people are willing to invest themselves like this.

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Re:Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment by efdee on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:25PM (#27665624)

It most certainly does need to rise to a level of provable criminal conspiracy. Gut feeling doesn't hold up well in court.

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Re:Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment by res0nat0r on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:11PM (#27666349)

Thankfully he's not being charged re: the Guccifer 2.0 hacking.

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