Any thoughts from people smarter than me on this topic?
He was a YUGE help in getting Trump elected, whether it was intended or not.
But breaking defense codes is probably a very bad thing.
A spy for the other side is bad. A spy that exposes our enemy is good. Assange exposed America’s enemy. Good for him.
The MSM combined with the State Dept and DOJ have a record of manufacturing crimes to fit their agenda.
Unfortunately, we will probably never know what really happened.
Here's some random thoughts from somebody I suspect is pretty smart. And from last night.
Under protection. Threat is real. Key to DNC 'source' 'hack' '187'.
I think this means that Assange is 'under protection' and that the derp state threat against him is real. He is the key to the DNC/hack source and the '187' murder of that source, who we know to be Seth Rich.
I believe the indictments are meant both as a means to get him to the USA and also to apply pressure to him to get him to "give up" his source. He does seem reluctant.
His giving up the source, as you know, destroys the entire Mueller/derp state 'house of cards' on the "Russians hacked the DNC" hoax.
Extra hint. Teresa May just resigned as UK Prime Minister.
Will that effect Assange's ability to be extradited?
Hmmmmm.
#TrustThePlan
Did he have to be in custody to be charged?
Also Manning should have been executed for treason, not given a sex change and release from prison.
“Any thoughts from people smarter than me on this topic?”
Most likely I am not smarter than you. However, I once held a number of secret and top secret clearances. The government took those clearances in dead earnest as did everyone I had the honor of working with. Any breach of that trust would have resulted in severe punishment. We were all honored to perform the tasks my company agreed to and I like to think we contributed to the safety and security of America.
If this man solicited and encouraged treason then both the traitor and the solicitor should be punished. What they did is no different than if it was done by Russia or China, who both benefited from their efforts. The public does not have the right to know everything the government does on their behalf. If sources were sacrificed by these men then they should experience the full force of the law up to and including execution. Their irresponsible acts may have gotten men killed.
Starting sometime in the hippy era the government went from being the good guys to being the bad guys. The government is regularly portrayed as treasonous traitors who kill baby seals for fun. The other villain, of course, is horrible corporations who destroy the environment and have people killed for fun and profit. This is a sort of self-induced propaganda against America and Capitalism. In reality, the world has experienced the longest period of peace and prosperity because of America and American power which has been a benign hegemony keeping order since 1945. Capitalism, with a capital C, has brought more people worldwide out of poverty than any other means could have. Even the poor, at least in America, are fat because of it. (Yes, Capitalism kills by hardening your arteries.)
Assange did some very, very good, and some inexcusably very, very bad.
That’s been clear from the get-go.
It all hinges on whether he actually got involved with cracking the encryption and giving Manning material support in stealing the information.
If they can prove he did that, then he is not just some passive recipient of the information who then published it, he is an active participant in the theft of the information, and subject to the espionage laws. If they can’t prove that, then he is a member of the press with 1st amendment protections.