Assange to go!

Regulars at Zero Hedge and Breitbart are tearing each other apart in the comments. They can't agree on the implications of Assange's arrest.

The Q cultists are insisting it's all 'part of the plan', and that Trump will protect Assange so he can have his day in court and produce testimony that will jail Obama and Hillary.

The anti-Qs are raging at Trump, claiming he's a weak sellout who betrayed Assange and 'we the people.'

One side thinks Manning should be executed for treason but Assange should go free; the other side thinks Manning and Assange both deserve pardons.

It's glorious.
 
Anyone remember this?

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Republicans were so confident that they were going to get all the dirt on Hillary at last! But alas, three years later, she's still walking around free with a huge grin on her face. :D
 
VincentHanna said:
It must be very confusing for his supporters here that Corbyn is the one standing up for him.
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Not really, consistently anti war. (Not a supporter, just laying out the mans position)

The problem now is that clearly (to me) assange and wiki leaks became politically motivated, for all the wrong reasons. Likely scaring off whistleblowers not wanting to support something with an agenda that is part of another countries military strategy.

So ironically he’s doing the ‘protect Russia **** again’, also in defending mr narcissistic.
 
VincentHanna said:
It must be very confusing for his supporters here that Corbyn is the one standing up for him.
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Not really Corbyn always sides with the underdog, communists, the IRA, now Assange. It's kind of a complicated matter rebeling from authority. What kind of authority are the Tories for example. Usually pretty greedy so what choice is there. All about fighting against tryanny even though he just ends up supporting the losers.
 
I'm not familiar with the back story of all this.

But wasnt WikiLeaks all about exposing wrong-doings immoral crimes?

If so why arent they receiving more support from the media?
 
DAIR said:
I'm not familiar with the back story of all this.

But wasnt WikiLeaks all about exposing wrong-doings immoral crimes?

If so why arent they receiving more support from the media?
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I used to support the ethos of wikileaks when that was what they were about. Then they became political, choosing one side over another. They forgot that people could be damaged and just published and be damned. Now I think that they are just out for publicity and clicks.
 
nkata said:
I used to support the ethos of wikileaks when that was what they were about. Then they became political, choosing one side over another. They forgot that people could be damaged and just published and be damned. Now I think that they are just out for publicity and clicks.
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Fair enough.

And what of the US asking to have a piece of him. I understand it's to face hacking charges. What did he expose or was it something for personal gain?
 
DAIR said:
And what of the US asking to have a piece of him. I understand it's to face hacking charges. What did he expose or was it something for personal gain?
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It all goes back to 2010:

The indictment includes one count of conspiracy to hack a computer to disclose classified information that “could be used to injure” the U.S. According to the indictment, Assange “conspired” with Manning by helping her crack a Defense Department computer password in March 2010 that provided access to a U.S. government network that stored classified information and communications.
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So it looks like they'll try to nail him on the hacking collaboration with Manning.
 
Clov!s said:
Who didn’t see Corbyn standing up for him? No wonder the spineless gimp will never be in power.
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Im not trying to defend Corbyn and Abbott looking like they support him But it is just against extrandtion to the US as they claim he is a whistle blower, which is why the US have gone for hacker rather than whistle blower.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2...-urges-pm-to-block-julian-assange-extradition
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Friday, Abbott said: “If you remember the Gary McKinnon case, the Americans insisted on extraditing him. He had done this massive computer hack, but his real crime was to have embarrassed the American military and security service.

“In the end the then home secretary, Theresa May, blocked his extradition on what she said were human rights grounds. We think there may be human rights grounds in relation to Assange.”

Abbott described the allegations facing Assange from two women in Sweden as “serious”, but said charges were never brought.

She said: “If the Swedish government wants to come forward with those charges I believe that Assange should face the criminal justice system.”

But she added: “It is not the rape charges, serious as they are, it is about WikiLeaks and all of that embarrassing information about the activities of the American military and security services that was made public.

“He is at the very least a whistleblower and much of the information that he brought into the public domain, it could be argued, was very much in the public interest.
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Personaly Id like to see him face the courts in Sweden but that wont happen if he goes to the US first. I do hope that this isnt a Trump reward moment but it wouldnt surprise me if he gets heralded as a hero by Trump.

I have to say this is quite funny as just yesterday the alt righters here were claiming the left had dropped him. How far past Corbyn and Abbott to the left are those that have dropped him?

To quote James Obrien on LBC he isnt much different to Polanski as far as Im concerened. Sexual deviant yet the "liberals" still love him. Same way I dont listen to Garry glitter anymore. Gutted having to throw those vinyls away. :eek:

Strange that those that hate Trump and those that love Trump both support Assange.
 
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