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FPF Statement on Rejection of Julian Assange’s Extradition Appeal (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] catharticrespite 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The environment has changed now. Democrats were pissed about the 2016 (2015?) leaks and started crying that Assange was a Russian agent

I'd be pleasantly surprised if Biden relented on this, but surprised nonetheless

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Problem is Assange's interests and Moscow's interests aligned very very closely in Wikileaks' heyday, so he's won zero friends. He'd be better off trying to flee to Russia, which of course is a very dark definition of "better" and almost certainly impossible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't say they aligned, more like if you start unburying bodies, what you'll find the most of are bodies buried by the West. Snowden is no communist and probably hates Russia right now, but you end up not having much alternatives.