Re:Assange case: Key witness admits he lied
by vidarh on Monday July 19, 2021 @04:01PM
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> correct. Hes in jail because hes a flight risk, whilst he is await the outcome of extradition. This extradition is _different_ to the one he was originally hiding from.
Yes, and this has no relevance to the claim you first replied to, and no relevance to the correction I made.
> knowingly publishing government secrets is certainly going to be a specific crime under the heaps of crap thats in the official secrets act.
That would be relevant if the US made allegations to that effect, but they can't because merely publishing government secrets is not a crime in the US. See e.g. the Pentagon Papers publication. So figuring out whether it meets the standard in the UK is irrelevant.
This is not how dual criminality works - you can't say "this is illegal in the US, and this other bit over here is illegal in the UK". The same alleged action must be illegal both places.
Yes, and this has no relevance to the claim you first replied to, and no relevance to the correction I made.
> knowingly publishing government secrets is certainly going to be a specific crime under the heaps of crap thats in the official secrets act.
That would be relevant if the US made allegations to that effect, but they can't because merely publishing government secrets is not a crime in the US. See e.g. the Pentagon Papers publication. So figuring out whether it meets the standard in the UK is irrelevant.
This is not how dual criminality works - you can't say "this is illegal in the US, and this other bit over here is illegal in the UK". The same alleged action must be illegal both places.