If he's committed a crime, charge him with it and give him his day in court. If he hasn't -- like in the case of this story where he never asked anyone to commit any crimes against the Icelandic government, don't make charges up. I can't believe this even needs to be said.
That's what you should be outraged about, and you don't have to like Assange or Wikileaks to be outraged about that.
Isn’t this exactly what the government has done? https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1289641/downl...
There are lots of unusual things about the Assange case, but the fact that the government tried to strengthen it by offering leniency to an informant isn’t one of them.
The irony of all ironies is that many of the same people who complain about editorializing in journalism and media are the same ones who back Assange.
Why not?
>The irony of all ironies is that many of the same people who complain about editorializing in journalism and media are the same ones who back Assange.
I don't want what I view as the US backed media outlets in jail either. This isn't irony, disliking something and state prosecution are drastically different.
I’ve been following the story since the Slashdot days. Why am I not outraged? Why am I not protesting? It’s certainly doesn’t have to do with some political party that I don’t belong to. I fundamentally feel that Assange and Wikileaks went about things the wrong way. They feel more like an anarchists organization than some sort of journalists organization to me. I certainly do not feel outraged nor inclined to protest.