US has never asked WikiLeaks rival to remove leaked cables, court told

It's pretty clear this is a huge witchhunt. I wouldn't side with assange as some of the stuff he has done is questionable, but this whole nonsensical effort to extradite him has a singular target: to scare off future leakers. Same with snowden - he's hundredfold proven right and has contributed not just to global security but also to hold the US gov to account. But of course the US can't tolerate any challenge to their way of running the show.

China, the US, Russia - these are all today just autocracies with an elite serving itself. The US has a chance to get back to sanity as its democracy is still not fully gone, but this whole duopoly of two nearly identical parties that only disagree over a few issues (both would be on a European political spectrum on the far right) prevents any real questioning/challenge of the status quo.