Related:
Watch: The Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange, Press Freedom https://www.democracynow.org/live/watch_live_the_belmarsh_tribunal_on
Related:
Watch: The Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange, Press Freedom https://www.democracynow.org/live/watch_live_the_belmarsh_tribunal_on
Title is a pretty dumb take.
Publishing is not a crime, which is correct.
I cannot be charged with a crime for making posts on Reddit, Lemmy or wiki pages. (I absolutely can be charged by publishing to wiki leaks though under agreements)
Publishing classified information is treason under Title 18 of the U.S. Code, Section 798
This is just stupidly obvious.
The only good thing he did was bring to focus the problem with over classification of information. We now have Controlled Unclassified Information thanks to that.
Makes one wonder why the US needed to reopen a closed Swiss rape allagation rather then the obvious facts you state. To convince an allied nation to extradite then?
Its fairly clear that the law is a little less direct then you claim when talking extradition.
(Swedish =/= Swiss.)
Opps.
Honestly i do tend to muddle them up. Also been a few years so will use that as an excuse. Lame one but ah.
Tell that to the Guardian and the New York Times, who publish classified information routinely.
Oh, wait, seems like they got the message when they read the Assange indictment and wrote a whole editorial about how it threatens the 1st Amendment of (I’ll assume you’re from the US) your constitution.
I am on the fence on this one. Personally I don’t think he should be charged as he was somewhat discriminating. That being said, people more support him because he published stuff that made the US look bad.
But to put this different. If all our personal health records were stolen, would people be fine if Fox or CNN were given a copy and they published it? Likely not.
Lastly he really is a guy that is hard to like. But that shouldn’t factor.