[aisengard]

I mean, the story was that the Soviet Union was spying on its allies. Klaus Fuchs went to jail. All of this is pretty much accepted statecraft. Are we supposed to think that something _went wrong_ when Klaus Fuchs was caught spying and went to jail? That's what happens to spies who are caught. Hence Assange.

[DiogenesKynikos]

With the important difference being that Assange is not a spy.

Edit: Downvoted for pointing out that Assange is not a spy. I'm honestly surprised by HN.

[Analemma_]

That's actually very questionable. It's pretty clear by now that at the very least he's a Russian intelligence asset.

[sgjohnson]

[citation needed]