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[-] ralphio@lemmy.world 97 points 8 months ago

Whatever you think of Assange, you should know why the US government wants to prosecute him. He published this among other things:

Context: that's a US gunship firing on Reuters journalists among other civilians including kids.

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[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

Isn’t it bonkers that they want to put him in jail for publishing a thing that is today hosted freely on YouTube?

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

What if I told you that's not why at all.

[-] ralphio@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

It's definitely "why" they want to put him in jail regardless of what anti-journalism charges they hit him with.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

I know, it’s about the conspiracy charge, it was a poorly worded musing.

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