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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1100079)	11/16/2018 8:58:53 AM
From: locogringo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580041

If prosecution of Assange is so good, why is your beloved ACLU all hysterical and upset? Also, bottom paragraph puts him in the same category as the fake Russians that don't exist and will never see a courtroom. Update: The ACLU has published a statement declaring the US's decision to prosecute Assange to be "unprecedented and unconstitutional". .@ACLU: Prosecuting Assange for @wikileaks publishing operations unprecedented and unconstitutional. .... sets dangerous precedent for U.S. journalists, who routinely violate foreign secrecy laws to deliver information vital to the public's interest. t.co — Jamil Dakwar (@jdakwar) November 16, 2018 * * * Mere hours after the Wall Street Journal reported that the DOJ was preparing to indict Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange, the Washington Post discovered that Assange has already been charged under seal by the Eastern District of Virginia, which has been handling the yearslong probe into Wikileaks' disclosures of classified government information. <snip> Assuming he is charged, it's still not clear whether Assange would wind up in a US courtroom to face trial. He has been living in the US embassy in London since 2012, fearing he would be arrested if he steps outside. While the relationship between Assange and his Ecuadorian hosts had deteriorated significantly this year - he sued the government in an Ecuadorian court after the embassy cut off his Internet access and took other punitive measures reportedly in response to his slovenly habits and penchant for food-mooching. But he lost the suit, and is now appealing. zerohedge.com