Ecuador Gives Assange Citizenship, Worsening Standoff with Britain

TBH if I was Assange, I wouldn't leave the embassy now that Trump is president.

Yes, Obama aggressively prosecuted whistle blowers, but Trump is certainly worse.

So, at least three more years in the embassy?

It's ironic that he's gonna spent more time being de facto imprisoned than Chelsea (Bradley) Manning (7 years), his source.

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https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/798

18 U.S. Code § 798 - Disclosure of classified information

>Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.