[malfist]

Julian Assange isn't a journalist though. He was a contractor trusted with protected information which he then publicized. There's a big difference between a journalist finding and publishing information, and a mole in our government sharing our secrets with people.

And that's ignoring the whole rape thing with Assange.

[scatters]

You're confusing Snowden with Assange. (And probably forgetting the role of Manning.)

[ashwagary]

My understanding is the fake rape charges were dropped. I expect it could've been an attempt at character assassination by certain governments with a long history of this kind of attack.

[sonotathrowaway]

America should have just threatened to murder him like Putin did. Maybe then he would’ve worked for the US, instead of signing a tv deal with Putin.

[ashwagary]

Stealing 10 years of his life and freedom is basically slow murder and torture. Whataboutism is unwarranted, the US is overreaching.