Assange is being charged with espionage and computer hacking, not sedition. As you pointed out, he is not an American citizen and so a sedition charge would be nonsense.
I find your lionization of Assange troubling. I believe in a free press, but I also realize that governments have a need for secrecy. It’s true that often secrecy is a cover for corruption or the unsavory things governments do, but there are legit reasons to keep things secret. How is it that he gets to decide what’s legitimate?
He also isn’t an equal opportunity leaker. I didn’t notice much dirt on the Russians, Chinese or Saudis. I suspect he realized that dishing too much on them could result in finding Novichok on his door knob. He also specifically targeted Sen Clinton to hurt her campaign I find it hard to believe that there wasn’t an equally damaging release on Trump’s campaign.
I don’t know if espionage is quite the right charge, but I’m not buying the First Amendment argument either. He’s no journalist.
Assange is being charged with espionage and computer hacking, not sedition. As you pointed out, he is not an American citizen and so a sedition charge would be nonsense.
I find your lionization of Assange troubling. I believe in a free press, but I also realize that governments have a need for secrecy. It’s true that often secrecy is a cover for corruption or the unsavory things governments do, but there are legit reasons to keep things secret. How is it that he gets to decide what’s legitimate?
He also isn’t an equal opportunity leaker. I didn’t notice much dirt on the Russians, Chinese or Saudis. I suspect he realized that dishing too much on them could result in finding Novichok on his door knob. He also specifically targeted Sen Clinton to hurt her campaign I find it hard to believe that there wasn’t an equally damaging release on Trump’s campaign.
I don’t know if espionage is quite the right charge, but I’m not buying the First Amendment argument either. He’s no journalist.