Julian Assange taken into custody

[row_33]

32 minutes ago, sabrecrazed said:

I don't think tibs reflects idiocy. I think he absorbs it... it's the only thing he's good at. 

 

if he acts the same in real life as the fake persona on here, he is confusing his Preparation H and Crest toothpaste every morning and evening

 

 

[3rdnlng]

9 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

if he acts the same in real life as the fake persona on here, he is confusing his Preparation H and Crest toothpaste every morning and evening

 

 

What's the difference? His head is up his ass anyway.

[Wacka]

5 hours ago, sabrecrazed said:

I don't think tibs reflects idiocy. I think he absorbs it... it's the only thing he's good at. 

Tibs, the black hole of idiocy.

[Taro T]

6 minutes ago, Wacka said:

Tibs, the black hole of idiocy.

 

More like the wormhole of idiocy.

 

It all escapes out of him.

[Q-baby!]

 

[Doc Brown]

14 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

I'm not sure what to make of this statement.

Hillary Clinton unloads on Assange, calls him 'only foreigner that this administration would welcome to the US'
 

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"It's clear from the indictment that came out that it's not about punishing journalism," she told attendees and moderator Paul Begala, referring to the Assange case. "It's about assisting the hacking of the military computers, sealed information from the United States government. And, look, I'll wait and see what happens with the charges and how it proceeds, but he skipped bail in the U.K., in Sweden had those [rape] charges which have been dropped in the last several years. But, the bottom line is that he has to answer for what he's done, as has been charged."
 

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I love how the only thing she's given the Trump regime credit for is bombing Syria and arresting Assange.  Even though I despise Assange for putting lives at risk, his arrest on dubious charges is a direct attack on freedom of the press.

[row_33]

8 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

I love how the only thing she's given the Trump regime credit for is bombing Syria and arresting Assange.  Even though I despise Assange for putting lives at risk, his arrest on dubious charges is a direct attack on freedom of the press.

 

He isn’t the press, so to speak.

 

freedom of information is more the issue here

 

 

[Foxx]

46 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

He isn’t the press, so to speak.

 

freedom of information is more the issue here

 

 

constitutionally, there is not really a difference from Wikileaks and say, MSNBC.

[row_33]

1 minute ago, Foxx said:

constitutionally, there is not really a difference from Wikileaks and say, MSNBC.

 

Wiki has released documents that are explicitly off limits.

 

MS/CNN gives us uninformed opinion and pretends it’s news.

 

im mostly down with more freedom of info, but have to work under restrictions at work and when under government clearance 

[/dev/null]

10 minutes ago, row_33 said:

MS/CNN gives us uninformed opinion and pretends it’s news.

 

MSNBC / CNN are 24 hour infomercials for the DNC

[3rdnlng]

14 minutes ago, Foxx said:

constitutionally, there is not really a difference from Wikileaks and say, MSNBC.

Now this is the crux of the argument but is open for debate.

[Buffalo_Gal]

Some wikileaks data dumps (mild stuff according to the people who have looked through it):

Index 1

More Clinton emails

[Foxx]

29 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

Some wikileaks data dumps (mild stuff according to the people who have looked through it):

Index 1

More Clinton emails

precurser/warning?

[Doc Brown]

6 hours ago, row_33 said:

 

He isn’t the press, so to speak.

 

freedom of information is more the issue here

 

 

At the very least it's a warning to journalists to toe the line or we'll arrest you on bs charges.

[row_33]

Just now, Doc Brown said:

At the very least it's a warning to journalists to toe the line or we'll arrest you on bs charges.

 

So everything critical about Assange is BS to you?

 

 

 

You can’t walk off with restricted documents, especially if you have vowed to comply for clearance

 

[Doc Brown]

39 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

So everything critical about Assange is BS to you?

 

You can’t walk off with restricted documents, especially if you have vowed to comply for clearance

 

What?  I'm not talking about Snowden or Manning here.

[GG]

7 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

What?  I'm not talking about Snowden or Manning here.

 

Note that the charge against Assange is not related to releasing the files, but for helping Manning break into the government servers.

[Doc Brown]

26 minutes ago, GG said:

 

Note that the charge against Assange is not related to releasing the files, but for helping Manning break into the government servers.

I'm aware of that and the evidence of that is flimsy.  Assange was trying to find a way for Manning to anonymously hack in and send him those files in order to protect his source.  Those charges are nothing new.  It was brought up in the Manning trial and the Obama DOJ didn't believe they had enough to prosecute Assange with anything as they concluded there's no way to distinguish Wikileaks from the Washington Post for example.  

Edited April 13, 2019 by Doc Brown

[Nanker]

And the same administration paid for his sex change and set him (sickles) free. 

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11 minutes ago, Nanker said:

And the same administration paid for his sex change and set him (sickles) free. 

 

Bradley Manning will be a wild card in any Assange trial

 

He has nothing to gain by covering for Assange.  By virtue of his pardon, he can provide detailed testimony regarding how WikiLeaks operates with absolutely no fear of punishment.  However if he covers for Assange and is found to have perjured himself, he could face further prison time

 

Obama may have issued a full pardon to somebody that may end up providing testimony damaging to members of the Obama Administration