A group of lawmakers including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called on President Biden to drop the extradition and prosecution of WikiLeaks founder …
My true question is. Why focus on assange, who is an arse, when you can focus on Edward Snowden who is way more benevolent and is still wanted for treason because he whistleblown the fact the NSA was conducting internal surveillance
To be fair to Snowden, his post-leak behavior was more of a series of panicked mistakes (curiously at least in part on advice from… Assange) that reduced his options to ‘Russia’ or ‘jail’. He’s probably not a bad faith actor or a willing Russian stooge.
Cuba was right there, the US failed to kill Castro many many times, granted Snowden wouldn’t have had nearly the security as the leader of the country. But I somehow think the Cuban government would want to keep him safe to piss off the US, I guess he could be used there as a bargaining chip though so maybe I’m not the best spy
The US government probably has little interest in assassinating Snowden, honestly. “We can kill people in other places” isn’t really much of an example maker anymore, nor news to anyone. Now, trading him back to give him a hefty prison sentence as an example to other domestic whistleblowers? That’s probably much more in the cards.
I don’t see a difference between those things. When something that much larger than yourself is on the line you don’t get to make selfish choices like that without facing consequences.
My true question is. Why focus on assange, who is an arse, when you can focus on Edward Snowden who is way more benevolent and is still wanted for treason because he whistleblown the fact the NSA was conducting internal surveillance
Yest also being used as a Russian asset in a way.
To be fair to Snowden, his post-leak behavior was more of a series of panicked mistakes (curiously at least in part on advice from… Assange) that reduced his options to ‘Russia’ or ‘jail’. He’s probably not a bad faith actor or a willing Russian stooge.
Cuba was right there, the US failed to kill Castro many many times, granted Snowden wouldn’t have had nearly the security as the leader of the country. But I somehow think the Cuban government would want to keep him safe to piss off the US, I guess he could be used there as a bargaining chip though so maybe I’m not the best spy
The US government probably has little interest in assassinating Snowden, honestly. “We can kill people in other places” isn’t really much of an example maker anymore, nor news to anyone. Now, trading him back to give him a hefty prison sentence as an example to other domestic whistleblowers? That’s probably much more in the cards.
He doesn’t get good internet on Cuba
I don’t see a difference between those things. When something that much larger than yourself is on the line you don’t get to make selfish choices like that without facing consequences.
Nah man, I’m not gonna put the same level of condemnation on a Russian cocksucker like Assanage as I would on Snowden for being unprepared and naive.
Because this way they can say they tried.