Re:Julian Assange: peering through the murk
by partomniscient on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:28PM
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though regrettable, were within the boundaries of operational limits
Bullshit. That's the equivalent of the police force or government investigating themselves and finding no wrongdoing.
The law is just a bunch of sentences in books. Its the fair application and enforcement of it that makes it worth anything.
He's being charged for material intervention in the theft of classified information.
zealously, because:
Assange has published a zillion things many of which were damaging to the US and he's not being charged over them.
- because he easily couldn't be. It doesn't mean that they're not out to get him for that. They definitely are, they're pursuing it via alternative routes.
"with the added irony that it was through collateral damage of their own journalists being blown away by a trigger happy numbskulled armed forces member out of control."
This is false. The actions of the pilpot, though regrettable, were within the boundaries of operational limits in that situation.
What people have trouble processing is that those are the many unfortunate situations that can arise during conflict. Journalists have to be responsible for their own safety when not notifying friendly forces going directly into a combat zone wit an armed guard, lose markings, and no real way for any of the combatants to be sure of their status or intentions.
Your comments about 'making him guilty by any means possible' etc. are unsubstantiated. I'm sure there are many people who feel that way, but they don't need to act outside the boundaries of the law.
Assange has published a zillion things many of which were damaging to the US and he's not being charged over them. He's being charged for material intervention in the theft of classified information. The same thing would apply to you or I.