• biofaust@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Last time I checked Assange was never a journalist. I think it is terrible what happened to him and I hope I can keep expecting that only from China, Russia, the USA and a few others, but this is false information and actually it explains the whole reason why the USA could very easily apply the Espionage Act in such a way.

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      4 months ago

      Also, he didn’t redact personal information, even revealing social security numbers. His timing and donors were shitty too.