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stui magpie
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Interesting article from a seriously strange unit. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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ronrat
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The USA Government have not learnt any lessons from the revelations of Watergate and the My Lai massacre.
I was talking to 3 Americans last night and despite 2 being Trump supporters etc they all agreed that the sins of Government and the Military should not be grounds for punishing those that exposed it. _________________ Annoying opposition supporters since 1967. |
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David
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^ On the contrary, I’d say they’ve learned very well – to do a better job of shooting the messenger. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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thesoretoothsayer
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David
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David
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David
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^ Great video! Their stuff is always brilliant. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Jezza
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stui magpie
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Quote: | Judge Michael Snow said Assange's claim that he had breached his bail conditions because he could not expect a fair hearing in the UK was "laughable".
"His behaviour is that of a narcissist who cannot get past his own self-interest," Justice Snow said in his judgment. |
Personally, I'd prefer Judges to be sticking to facts and precedents rather than making judgements on personalities that they're unqualified to make _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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David
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As pointed out in the article, only two weeks short of the maximum sentence for the crime. And some people think this isn’t a total kangaroo court. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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David
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David
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stui magpie
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Interesting. Yeah, I know it's Wikipedia but some info on the Espionage act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917
On one hand, by obtaining info related to defence and providing it to someone who shouldn't have it (the public) there's an argument that he has breached it.
On the other, Espionage almost by definition comes with some intent to hinder defence operations. I'm not sure if that's so clear cut.
Also interesting that the act has been in constant battle with freedom of speech.
It's going to be interesting how the US approach this, Assange had almost diminished into a parody of himself and lost the public interest. This has the potential to stir things right back up again. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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ronrat
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When I was working with Defence we were warned not to read wikileaks when all this stuff came out. Not sure how they would know and what the penalties would be. The Intelligence Corps were up to their arse in alligators trying to find out if Australian interests were exposed. They have completely let Assange down as a citizen. _________________ Annoying opposition supporters since 1967. |
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