• Gork@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    The issue I had with WikiLeaks is that it wasn’t a Wiki, despite its name. You couldn’t edit it, which is the fundamental point of a Wiki!

    • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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      7 months ago

      It’s because is doesn’t come from the wiki of Wikipedia, but from the wiki from Hawaiian language that means fast, it had fast leaks.

  • ShadowRam@fedia.io
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    7 months ago

    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?

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        7 months ago

        And no matter where you are, or where you have citizenship, we will extradite you to the US and execute you!

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        7 months ago

        And again I will say that America’s hypocrisy on whistleblowers is stupid beyond belief. In books and movies whistleblowers are cheered on, but in rl they are vilified beyond compare.

  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    may god have mercy on his soul

    he helped to show more of the evil these people are capable of

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    7 months ago

    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.

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      7 months ago

      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.