Probably the most extraordinary factor about Julian Assange is that he’s being handled as if he have been an American citizen. “Treason” was the unique cry, now transformed to “espionage.”
There was no espionage. Wikileaks printed, and made accessible to the New York Occasions, The Guardian, and different media organizations leaked info. The media organizations printed the data, simply as did Wikileaks, however they aren’t charged. Neither is Wikileaks charged. Solely Julian Assange is charged.
Nothing is any completely different from Ellsberg releasing the Pentagon Papers to the New York Occasions. The US authorities wished to prosecute each, however was prevented by the First Modification and long-accepted obligation of media organizations to carry authorities accountable. The stark deterioration within the protecting energy of the First Modification and journalistic freedom since 1971 demonstrates the rise in tyranny. Tyranny is what Julian Assange is experiencing, not a authentic prosecution.
Let’s fastidiously study the difficulty of “espionage.” Espionage is a perform of each embassy all over the place on this planet. The aim of embassies will not be merely to signify a rustic’s industrial and political pursuits. It is usually to gather info, the extra delicate the higher. When embassy personnel are caught partaking in espionage, the personnel are required to depart the nation. They don’t seem to be prosecuted.
It’s well-known that US embassies comprise CIA brokers posing as diplomats. Beneath the protocol governing the Assange case, Russia, China, any variety of nations may arrest members of US embassies and put them on trial. Certainly, many nations may do that to at least one one other. What prevents it’s not merely common sense, however the truth that international residents should not topic to the legal guidelines of different nations. Solely the US, which imagines itself as some type of worldwide unipower, asserts the worldwide primacy of its legal guidelines. That is an absurd declare and has no authorized foundation.
The orchestrated, actually legally incorrect, case in opposition to Assange is predicated on nothing however Washington’s demand for revenge. Here’s what Assange is responsible of: He launched leaked info that confirmed conclusively that the US authorities is a liar, a deceiver of its allies, and a conflict prison. The aim of the case in opposition to Assange is to pay him again and to intimidate all journalists from ever once more publishing info unfavorable to the US authorities.
In different phrases, the aim of the Assange case is to finish endlessly the flexibility of media to carry authorities accountable. The Assange case is the elemental basis for tyranny. As soon as it’s in place, tyranny is unleashed.
That so many dumbshit “patriots” assist “getting Assange” signifies full stupidity. “Getting Assange” means getting themselves, and they’re too silly to see it.
That is how freedom is murdered.
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