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minus-squareralphio@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up100arrow-down4·11 months agoWhatever you think of Assange, you should know why the US government wants to prosecute him. He published this among other things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8xhH0FkCQg Context: that’s a US gunship firing on Reuters journalists among other civilians including kids.
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoIsn’t it bonkers that they want to put him in jail for publishing a thing that is today hosted freely on YouTube?
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoWhat if I told you that’s not why at all.
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI know, it’s about the conspiracy charge, it was a poorly worded musing.
minus-squareralphio@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s definitely “why” they want to put him in jail regardless of what anti-journalism charges they hit him with.
Whatever you think of Assange, you should know why the US government wants to prosecute him. He published this among other things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8xhH0FkCQg
Context: that’s a US gunship firing on Reuters journalists among other civilians including kids.
Isn’t it bonkers that they want to put him in jail for publishing a thing that is today hosted freely on YouTube?
What if I told you that’s not why at all.
I know, it’s about the conspiracy charge, it was a poorly worded musing.
It’s definitely “why” they want to put him in jail regardless of what anti-journalism charges they hit him with.
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