Anyone who interferes should be subjected to the law, its as simple as that.
What law? There is no law preventing journalism during a political election cycle. The Trump Administration has dusted off the Espionage Act of 1917, an act designed to suppress free speech of anti-war dissenters during WWI. If you publicly oppose a foreign war of choice, should you go to jail because your country now finds your freedom of speech to be inconvenient?
So when I, a foreigner, post on this website should I be subject to American law if your government feels my freedom of speech constitutes interference in your political processes? Yeah right! American law does not obtain in foreign and sovereign jurisdictions. Should professional foreign lobbyists be likewise prosecuted for interference in your political processes? Should Americans with dual citizenship be prosecuted if they advocate for the interests of their other loyalty? Mr. Assange operated openly unlike many lobbyists do. But he's on trial.
New documents obtained exclusively by CNN reveal that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received in-person deliveries, potentially of hacked materials related to the 2016 US election, during a series of suspicious meetings at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
edition.cnn.com
The CNN report was based on the intelligence reports compiled by UC Global, the same company which was hired by the CIA to spy on Assange illegally in the Ecuadorian embassy. The company which conspired with the CIA to kidnap Mr. Assange, to poison him or to murder him by other means as was revealed by the testimony of UC Global employees in the Spanish trial of the company and its owner/CEO David Morales in 2019-2020. These accusations are a matter of court record in the Spanish trial against the CEO of UC Global. Is it not possible that the CIA also paid UC Global to create a false trail to Russia that would assassinate Mr. Assange in the public relations space? The UC Global dossiers are very, very suspect pieces of evidence bought and paid for by the same government which wants to extradite Assange to its jurisdiction.
Assange is a new model for journalism? What a silly statement.
Sorry, but many of the techniques pioneered by Wikileaks to protect its sources were later adopted by the wider press in order to protect their sources too. Journalists learned lots of new trade secrets from Wikileaks and adopted them too.
Wrong. He didnt expose Putin because he knew he would be killed if he tried. And since the Russians were the ones providing him with the data, he would never go against his masters.
That is supposition on your part. What evidence do you have that that would be likely to happen? No invoking the Skripal case in the UK because that is a different kettle of fish. Mr. Skripal was a Russian citizen, a member of the Russian security services and a traitor to his own country. Julian Assange is not an American and can therefore not be a traitor to America. He operated openly and therefore is not a spy, Mike Pompeo's claims notwithstanding. What proof can you provide that Russia would kill Mr. Assange who actually did publish embarrassing documents to Russia?
So youre in love with Assange, OK.
Yeah, right. No I am in love with the Rule of Law, with the freedom of the press, with the social utility of effective and ruthless investigative journalism and with proper due process in fair trials.
Another stupid statement. I am against anyone who is employed by a foreign power to meddle in my country. Just because you are okay with that, doesnt mean anyone else is.
So foreign ambassadors and their staffs should be tried too? You did say "anyone". What about foreign celebrities who weigh in on American domestic politics? Where does your blanket statement end and reason begin?
[/QUOTE]Bullshit. Assange hid behind claims he was for freedom of the press, but in fact, he was an agent for Russia. See the above CNN article for proof.[/QUOTE]
The CNN report is based on very suspect evidence from a compromised source with a vested interest in damning Mr. Assange in the public's eyes. So you better put on some gloves because you've now got a mess you're going to have to try to stuff back up the bull's backside. The CU Global dossiers would never stand up in an impartial court, now that the story behind their purchase by the CIA's agents is part of the public record.
Continued next post.