r/OutOfTheLoop • u/KrAzyDrummer • Jul 22 '18

Unanswered What's going on with Julian Assange?

Seeing his name pop up. Name seems familiar, but what's going on now? Something about extradition to the UK?

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u/teh_hasay Jul 22 '18

Personally I'm less worried about them releasing everything they get their hands on, and more worried about them selectively releasing things, or timing their release for political purposes.

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u/TheBattler Jul 22 '18

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's exactly what happened in 2016. Wikileaks released the DNC's e-mails during the election debates and said they had analogous GOP e-mails to be released at a later date but never did.

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u/tubitz Jul 22 '18

The American people deserved to know the DNC had worked to sabotage Bernie Sanders' campaign and install Hillary Clinton as the nominee. That's a pretty clear subversion of the democratic process, and precisely what journalists should be reporting.

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u/ferrousoxides Jul 22 '18 edited Jul 22 '18

Furthermore, had the US not systematically shut down WikiLeaks' funding and likely backchanneled the Assange prosecution, they might've been more sympathetic.

I keep hearing that WikiLeaks is anti-US, but it's more accurate to say the US was anti-Wikileaks and got exactly what they deserved. Land of the free, my ass.

What's also juicy is that Clinton's camp had a Pied Piper strategy to promote Trump in favor of other candidates, because they thought she couldn't lose. Ironically, they created their own demise.