I am a supporter of Julian but I fear that we are missing an opportunity to create the tools of information gathering that he started. It cannot be driven by a single person as Julian did, but small groups can act as filters to gather and move useful information. (See "Strikers Game by josuter" as one example of how to do this.) People who question the value or truth of any information can repeat this same process to accept or reject it.
Conflating Assange’s targeted espionage with whistleblower-status is a mistake anyway, but further misguided as a 1st Amendment issue considering that not only is Assange NOT a U.S. denizen/citizen and therefore NOT entitled to Constitutional protections, but his act was even committed on FOREIGN soil.
The ramifications of his trial notwithstanding (and admittedly there will likely be some), extraditing him - as ALL unreasonable enemies of the state - for prosecution isn’t persecution, and may actually provide a measure of justice.
David Rovics - Behind the prison walls:
"Behind these prison walls there's a man who's won awards
For the work that he has done and all that it affords
Such as the knowledge of the horrors committed in our name
They can't stop the message, so the messenger gets blamed
Behind these prison walls is a part of Wikileaks
An eloquent orator, but you won't hear him speak
Locked away in silence, one who knows too well
How those in power act when there's another war to sell
https://leontrotsky.substack.com/p/for-whom-the-bell-tolls
I am a supporter of Julian but I fear that we are missing an opportunity to create the tools of information gathering that he started. It cannot be driven by a single person as Julian did, but small groups can act as filters to gather and move useful information. (See "Strikers Game by josuter" as one example of how to do this.) People who question the value or truth of any information can repeat this same process to accept or reject it.
Conflating Assange’s targeted espionage with whistleblower-status is a mistake anyway, but further misguided as a 1st Amendment issue considering that not only is Assange NOT a U.S. denizen/citizen and therefore NOT entitled to Constitutional protections, but his act was even committed on FOREIGN soil.
The ramifications of his trial notwithstanding (and admittedly there will likely be some), extraditing him - as ALL unreasonable enemies of the state - for prosecution isn’t persecution, and may actually provide a measure of justice.