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Biden says he is 'considering' Australia's request to end Julian Assange's prosecution

www.nbcnews.com Biden says he is 'considering' Australia's request to end Julian Assange's prosecution

Assange was indicted on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of classified U.S. files.

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About freaking time. It's been almost 13 years since this started (the US seeking Assange's arrest) and it's time to stop chasing the whistleblower already.

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- He's an information terrorist. He has everyone's secrets but releases only those that hurt his enemies and help his friends. He uses secrets as a weapon, not as a noble whistleblower helping the world
  
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  My friend, I'm confused about who you're comparing Assange to. It's pretty safe to assume that spy agencies like the NSA have a lot more secret data and they use it for their own individual purposes. Certainly they don't share it with the general public. They are not trying to make us informed global citizens. He was.
  
  The other point is that Assange is a journalist. Every journalist has to choose what story to cover. And when people are whistle-blowing or when they're leaking things, they get to choose which members of the media they want to communicate with.
  
  Finally, you made generic negative comments but didn't actually say which leaks you felt were the damaging ones. That suggests you don't actually know of any.
  
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  You do realise he was kicked out of the embassy in paet cos wikileaks published secrets of the nation that was protecting him. He has spoken at length about the need to maintains neutrality and release everything from all nations.
  
  And you my friend are a brainwashed idiot.
  
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  “Information terrorist”, says the bot implanted to sow discord without any proof. Get bent, cuck
  
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  Lol that's what news companies do, are you going to prosecute them all?
  
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i doubt that

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- Honestly, I think it’s in Biden’s interest to remain as ambivalent as possible on the matter, at least until after the election… he scores no point either way by being decisive now. He’d reveal himself to be too soft on crime, for some, or against freedom of information, for others. Or something along those lines. So, yeah… X to doubt for me as well…
  
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