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@notimp - Cute, but here's what I can tell you about Assange (and WikiLeaks by extension):
I will not deny that Assange in his early days and at the time he peaked in popularity was an extremely important figure in coming to the realization that the US government isn't the kind thing that it is. However, there's just too much damaging stuff attached to him that make it hard for me to consider him anything but a Russian stooge at this point. The man is an irresponsible leaker.
Contrast him with Snowden, who had a much more cautious approach to the data he leaked and made sure that there weren't any damaging documents released that would implicate or put individuals at risk.
So no, I do think that Assange is someone who should be put away due to his callous disregard for human life and his collaboration with the Russian governent.
- He has not published any information compromising to Russia since 2011, while plenty of compromising information has come forward from sources Assange would likely have access to. This is because Russia is his biggest funder. He also for similar reasons opted to dismiss the Panama papers because they implicated Putin and he turned down documents that would implicate the Russian government.
- He irresponsibly leaked the information Chelsea Manning send to him, endangering the lives of the last remaining Jews in Bagdad and later expressed a callous disregard for said action (this is somewhat of a pattern for a lot of the stuff that he publishes on WikiLeaks: The man doesn't vet what is send to him, he just dumps it on there and just throws up his hands when people point out he's actually endangering peoples lives).
- About the DNC; I don't know what the fuck you're smoking but Assange specifically timed the leak to disrupt the Democratic primaries as much as possible and the leak originates from the Russian state backed hacking groups COZY BEAR (the GRU) and FANCY BEAR (the FSB). Those hacks were discovered by the AIVD (the Dutch secret service) and they were reported to the FBI. ( https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenscha...ssia-s-interference-in-us-elections~b4f8111b/ )
- Releasing large amounts of doxx on many Turkish people, calling them Erdogan emails. None of the mail's ended up being related to Erdogan, and were just average communications between Turkish citizens as well as their personal information, including their voting activity and party affiliation.
- Outing many gay people, rape victims and HIV+ people in Saudi Arabia, all of whom risk death due to numerous reasons.
I will not deny that Assange in his early days and at the time he peaked in popularity was an extremely important figure in coming to the realization that the US government isn't the kind thing that it is. However, there's just too much damaging stuff attached to him that make it hard for me to consider him anything but a Russian stooge at this point. The man is an irresponsible leaker.
Contrast him with Snowden, who had a much more cautious approach to the data he leaked and made sure that there weren't any damaging documents released that would implicate or put individuals at risk.
So no, I do think that Assange is someone who should be put away due to his callous disregard for human life and his collaboration with the Russian governent.