https://tennesseestar.com/news/bipa...en-drop-julian-assange-case/admin/2023/10/24/ I am hopeful that if Assange was extradited and eventually took his case to the Supreme Court, the case against him would be overturned. And no, I don't think anyone who is remotely anti-establishment can get a fair trial in D.C. So his case would have to drag to the Supreme Court. I am hopeful that Biden can become more liberal and less leftist and become convinced through this letter to drop the case against Assange.
Why? I right wing Supreme Court would support the First Amendment more than a leftie one would. I still have not figured out why the Justice Department has indicted him and what crime he has alleged to have committed.
He is guilty of embarassing the government of the USA. It really is something Americans should be embarrassed about (and do something to fix). Land of the free, home of the brave, and land of government corruption, obfuscation, and non-accountability.
Before he gets to the Supreme Court he would have had a trial by jury. Now that could be embarrassing for the government as they would have to explain why so many secrets were kept from the citizens of the US. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68282613
I do. Assange embarrassed the federal government. Not a crime. After all federal government embarrasses itself daily.
The majority of classified information (actually the great majority of classified information) is classified not because of national security but because it is embarrassing to government or to someone(s) in government. Publishing classified information is not criminal for citizens. It is only a problem for people with security clearances. Assange embarrassed federal government. He has paid a terrible price for that. It's happening now to Trump.
To keep things in perspective, recall that all the material copied and released by Daniel Ellsberg was marked TOP SECRET. It's my understanding that none of the material copied by Manning and published by Assange was so marked. Classified, but not TS. The court ruled that the people WERE entitled to see what were the Pentagon Papers, so one would think Collateral Murder would be equally protected. Julian has been framed by the US government (and others) from the very beginning. Today's court is more interested in maintaining the status quo than it is in informing the people of their government's crimes. That's what it did in Brunson v. Adams, and what it will likely do with Julian's case. I hope I am proved wrong.
If a journalist gets hold of and publishes top secret material, I don't think he should be punished. That's just too bad for the governemnt. Freedom of the press is FAR more important than government secrets that usually shouldn't be secret anyway. The government has hidden behind 'national security' excuses FAR too many times to be credible.
