I'm not for Wikileaks and I think Assange is... well, HE thinks he has good intentions. But it's the sort of "good intentions" that thinks the US is too powerful and the best thing for the world would be to decrease our power etc, etc. He is, in the classic sense, a "useful idiot".
But I also think this "Sex Crime" charge is bullshit. Something really stinks about this whole deal and at least on this point, it's not coming from Wikileaks. I think this is a classic set-up. And as much as I think Assange is a little prick that deserves whatever he might get IF it were related directly to an espionage charge, (and there's no guarantee that whatever Wikileaks did rises to that level) I DON'T think he deserves this and if this is indeed an "Op" by the US to drag him in this is the WRONG damn way to do it.
What I don't get is this:
Assange had mentioned and or implied at some point that if he and/or Wikileaks were "taken out" that there is some kind of massive file containing really embarrassing and/or dangerous files from the US (state department or one of our intelligence services) and that the files would be released via several sources if that were to happen.
I don't see how he could not understand that doing that would put him MORE at risk of death? From, say - Russia? Or Iran? Or China?
I mean think about it - if they (the countries I mentioned and/or others) think he really does have files that would seriously damage the US and its intelligence services that badly, wouldn't THEY want to kill him so that those files get released?
That's not a real good insurance plan there!
But I also think this "Sex Crime" charge is bullshit. Something really stinks about this whole deal and at least on this point, it's not coming from Wikileaks. I think this is a classic set-up. And as much as I think Assange is a little prick that deserves whatever he might get IF it were related directly to an espionage charge, (and there's no guarantee that whatever Wikileaks did rises to that level) I DON'T think he deserves this and if this is indeed an "Op" by the US to drag him in this is the WRONG damn way to do it.
What I don't get is this:
Assange had mentioned and or implied at some point that if he and/or Wikileaks were "taken out" that there is some kind of massive file containing really embarrassing and/or dangerous files from the US (state department or one of our intelligence services) and that the files would be released via several sources if that were to happen.
I don't see how he could not understand that doing that would put him MORE at risk of death? From, say - Russia? Or Iran? Or China?
I mean think about it - if they (the countries I mentioned and/or others) think he really does have files that would seriously damage the US and its intelligence services that badly, wouldn't THEY want to kill him so that those files get released?
That's not a real good insurance plan there!