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Biden says he is 'considering' Australia's request to end Julian Assange's prosecution
(www.nbcnews.com)
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My friend, I'm confused about who you're comparing Assange to. It's pretty safe to assume that spy agencies like the NSA have a lot more secret data and they use it for their own individual purposes. Certainly they don't share it with the general public. They are not trying to make us informed global citizens. He was.
The other point is that Assange is a journalist. Every journalist has to choose what story to cover. And when people are whistle-blowing or when they're leaking things, they get to choose which members of the media they want to communicate with.
Finally, you made generic negative comments but didn't actually say which leaks you felt were the damaging ones. That suggests you don't actually know of any.
You're comparing one random guy to a letter agency and wondering why one is allowed secrets at the other isn't? Are you a child? And he's not a hero, or a journalist. You'll never be able to convince me that someone who sides with, helps, and takes money from Putin is a good guy
I don't care if you think he's a good guy. I didn't say he was, and I don't know or care.
My point was simple. Assange got secret information and shared it with the world. That makes him a journalist. That's what journalists do. We wanted the information he shared. Good for us.
At the same time, various spy agencies surely had the same data, but they all kept it secret. They didn't want us to know, because they prefer an ignorant people.
You can argue that Assange's leaks were slanted. But what of it? Let's assume you're correct. If your government is doing shady shit, wouldn't you want to know? It's a strange rebuttal to say, "Well Russia is bad too, but nobody leaked their secrets! How hypocritical!"
You do realise he was kicked out of the embassy in paet cos wikileaks published secrets of the nation that was protecting him. He has spoken at length about the need to maintains neutrality and release everything from all nations.
And you my friend are a brainwashed idiot.
Why didn't he release the RNC emails?
Wasn’t Assange part of the whole releasing dnc emails but not rnc?
Yes, because he was taking money and orders from Putin
i agree with you but i hate this trend of 'everyone i disagree with is a bot'. real possibility this person isnt aware of context behind it or something.
e: i also disagree with straight up deleting their comments. let people know why they were downvoted and why whatever they were saying wasnt liked here.
Fair point. I reacted angrily to what i perceived as an offensive comment that offered no real argument or proof to sustain a position… it just got to me. This is actually my first comment on here, LOL. Point taken!
Beep Boop. Anyone who disagrees with me and states the facts I don't like is a bot. Meep morp.
Loser.
Lol that's what news companies do, are you going to prosecute them all?
When they start releasing classified information yes
Classified info is what whistleblowers release, so the rest of us aren't blind all the fucking time.