so why has assange got a target on his back? (btw i don't fully subscribe to the idea that he's a free speech crusader, think theres more than meets the eye.. but i'd like to know why he's been the punching bag for so long. did he do any real damage?)
Assange pleaded guilty and was sentenced. He was sentenced to the same time he served in jail in the UK while fighting extradition. So he had already served his time and was set free. He probably can't enter the US or the UK, but he's a free man back in Australia now. Target is off his back.
He gave a speech in France in Oct so he can travel.
He did genuinely commit a crime. It wasn't like a newspaper getting an envelope of secrets and publishing them. He actively helped Manning stealing documents.
This was said to be among the worst things
Prosecutors also added a charge related to the disclosure of national defense information that included the unredacted names of human sources in places such as China, Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
This would have led to people working against Communist China to be killed.
There were definitely concerns that in the Vault 7 case he also stepped over the line. Some people thought he would get indicted for this.
Julian Assange doesn't have a collection of Clinton emails.
They were released by the State Department.
You can find them here https://foia.state.gov/Search/Results.aspx?collection=Clinton_Email
WikiLeaks just downloaded them from there and put their own UI on them.
so why has assange got a target on his back? (btw i don't fully subscribe to the idea that he's a free speech crusader, think theres more than meets the eye.. but i'd like to know why he's been the punching bag for so long. did he do any real damage?)
What target?
Assange pleaded guilty and was sentenced. He was sentenced to the same time he served in jail in the UK while fighting extradition. So he had already served his time and was set free. He probably can't enter the US or the UK, but he's a free man back in Australia now. Target is off his back.
He gave a speech in France in Oct so he can travel.
He did genuinely commit a crime. It wasn't like a newspaper getting an envelope of secrets and publishing them. He actively helped Manning stealing documents.
This was said to be among the worst things
This would have led to people working against Communist China to be killed.
There were definitely concerns that in the Vault 7 case he also stepped over the line. Some people thought he would get indicted for this.
The Hacker in the Vault 7 case got 40 years
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/prosecutors-want-life-sentence-ex-cia-hacker-leaked-secrets-wikileaks-rcna136775
But you're right Pompeo wanted him bad.
According to this Pompeo went ballistic about vault 7
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html