Oh boy, here comes the pro russian brigade to talk about poor julian assange, hero of freedom and truth, who refused to leak russian secrets while leaking US secrets and took a paid gig on RT while actively trying to sway the 2016 election for Putin.
Cry more you bitch baby tankies. May he die in custody while you helplessly watch.
He didn't leak Russian secrets because it wasn't newsworthy. "Of course Russia is corrupt." Also perhaps he hoped they might provide him more dirt on the US.
Assange is not aligned with Russia and has nothing to do with tankies. Frankly, you're the biggest extremist here, saying a journalist should rot in prison for what he published. Shameful.
not be entitled to rely on the First Amendment right to free speech as a non-U.S. national and that, while none of the existing charges carried the death penalty, he could later be charged with a capital offence such as treason
So he's not a US Citizen and yet get charged with treason?
That is the UK court’s concern, but I don’t see how he could possibly be convicted of that in the US given he’s not an American national. Sounds like the UK court just wants assurances he will not face any capital charges regardless of how flimsy the charges may be.
That doesn't matter. Charges are in a sealed indictment. I doubt they have anything to do with his publication. He helped Chelsea Manning hack into a US military server. That's esponge and computer theft. But, it is not known what the charges are because they are sealed.
