Yes, indeed. Likewise one would need to actually be eaten before one could really predict the outcome of jumping into the lion enclosure. So hard to tell...it's 50/50 between a powerless journalist being imprisoned for literally anything they can pin on him or the most powerful government in the world conceding to an open and frank discussion of their war crimes...a real tough call...all to play for! — Isaac
if you cannot tell the difference between the grotesque murder of the journalist and the effort to bring to justice Assange — tim wood
if you count the years of effective imprisonment without trial — StreetlightX
He could have had better due process of law, right away, in the U.S. — James Riley
Lol — StreetlightX
On the basis of what? The rare Saudi or two I have encountered - as students - aside from some quirks, seemed pretty reasonable fellows. Or are you representing what happened to Kashoggi as wholesomely representative of the Saudi judicial system. Because as I recall - subject to correction - the Saudis did claim to have arrested perpetrators.I'm sure the Saudis thought they "brought to justice" Khashoggi as well. — StreetlightX
Because as I recall - subject to correction - the Saudis did claim to have arrested perpetrators. — tim wood
He was never qualified as a journalist, never worked as a journalist, and Wikileaks observed none of the conventions of journalism. — Wayfarer
As for Saudi Arabia, it's a medieval theocracy. — Wayfarer
He was never qualified as a journalist, never worked as a journalist, and Wikileaks observed none of the conventions of journalism. — Wayfarer
Julian Assange’s publication of disclosed documents as part of his work with Wikileaks should not be punishable as this activity mirrors conduct that investigative journalists undertake regularly in their professional capacity. Prosecuting Julian Assange on these charges could have a chilling effect on the right to freedom of expression, leading journalists to self-censor from fear of prosecution. — Amnesty International
Those no-good rascals, Amnesty International — Banno
It has been one of the main criticisms of the WikiLeaks publications that they put lives at risk, particularly in Iran and Afghanistan. The admission by the Pentagon's chief investigator into the fallout from WikiLeaks that no such casualties were identified marks a significant undermining of such arguments.
Wikileaks was in no way a journalistic enterprise, it was an anonymous drop folder. — Wayfarer
Tragically, the US is a failed democrac — Banno
Like a school kid yelling "We hit me back first!" — Banno
None of this is relevant. A Democracy needs to know what it is doing. Assange did the USA a favour. — Banno
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