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If true then disgusting and completely unacceptable. The way in which legal systems have been cynically abused to ruin this man's life reflects extremely poorly on the people and institutions concerned. Wikileaks' revelation of the disgusting behavior of the US armed forces in Baghdad was an extremely valuable contribution to society.

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The claims of him being a russian asset and the the links to washingtonpost and nytimes as credible sources in this thread is hilarious.

I thought hacker news was more rational and logical than my twitter feed - maybe not.

Assange and WL is the last bastion of free speech and genuine joirnalism left in our modern age.

If you dont see that, then youre a fool.

Also, being a "Russian asset", whatever that means, doesn't affect anything. If he refuses to release dirt against Russia, the would be leaker can go to someone else or just release it themselves. He isn't the gatekeeper of all leaked information.

Justifying it this way is just a ploy to punish the whistleblower and I can't believe how many people go along with it.

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