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Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (19 children)

Afaik the charges were just a tool fabricated to be used against him.
He exposed US war crimes and therefore they made him an enemy of the state and want to make an example out of him, to show others that when going against the US you have no rights - they can torture you, imprison you forever, etc.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Afaik the charges were just a tool fabricated to be used against him.

Yes, that's a very popular conspiracy theory among his online supporters. It's founded in literally no material evidence of any kind, but that's never stopped a conspiracy theory from gaining traction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Why would the spooks leave material evidence. The conspiracy doesn’t have to be very large to work.