None of that is relevant to me. Even leaving aside the question of whether what he did was journalism or espionage, he still should not be subject to extradition to a country with a track record of punishment that amounts to torture.
Given that all large nations spy on one another it’s a bit ridiculous to start extraditing each others’ spies, nor does the US try to. This is probably motivated by the whistleblowing.
The law was being followed. A sealed indictment from a grand jury awaits Assange in the US. And it’s pretty common for any country to seek extradition in such a case. You simply don’t like that a case was made in the first place.
That argument is suspiciously vlose to No True Scotsman.
Sealed indictments and secret courts are all part of the reason I would oppose anyone being extradited to the US for political crimes.
Guantanamo is a massive international human rights violation that dragged on for over a decade. It’s not a country any of us should extradite non-US citizens to. Or even them, probably.
None of that is relevant to me. Even leaving aside the question of whether what he did was journalism or espionage, he still should not be subject to extradition to a country with a track record of punishment that amounts to torture.
Given that all large nations spy on one another it’s a bit ridiculous to start extraditing each others’ spies, nor does the US try to. This is probably motivated by the whistleblowing.
The law was being followed. A sealed indictment from a grand jury awaits Assange in the US. And it’s pretty common for any country to seek extradition in such a case. You simply don’t like that a case was made in the first place.
That argument is suspiciously vlose to No True Scotsman.
Sealed indictments and secret courts are all part of the reason I would oppose anyone being extradited to the US for political crimes.
Guantanamo is a massive international human rights violation that dragged on for over a decade. It’s not a country any of us should extradite non-US citizens to. Or even them, probably.
Grand Juries are fairly common in our system.