Arresting Julian Assange is a priority, says US attorney general Jeff Sessions

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11 points·Hasknewbie··4 comments

Anyone else notice the surge in "stealthing" stories in MSM? How convenient that this is exactly what Assange is accused of in Sweden and the Administration is gearing up to go after him. Removing condom w/o partner's consent is a shitty practice, granted, but why all the hyperfocus all of the sudden? It may not be Fake News©, but it appears to be conveniently timed, possibly even weaponized, news.

Or, perhaps my tinfoil hat is too tight.

So much for all the palaver from the U.S. Ambassador to London, among others, that there were no criminal proceedings against Assange and that Assange wasn't a target. To any reasonable observer, these were lies at the time and they are shown to be lies now. Assange will be this generation's Cardinal Midszenty, imprisoned in the U.S. embassy in Budapest for fifteen years, just as Assange is imprisoned in the Ecuadorian prison.

> Republican politicians expressed fury at the time, accusing Assange of treason

How on earth can Assange be guilty of treason? He is not a US citizen.

The Constitutional definition of treason doesn't mention citizenship, and neither does the statutory definition (which, necessarily, is a subset of the Constitutional one.)

That said, he also doesn't meet the "owing allegiance" requirement of the statutory definition. He might arguably be an enemy of the United States, but he can't be a traitor to the United States.

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