WikiLeaks says its founder, Julian Assange, has been released from prison and has left the United Kingdom, shortly after court documents revealed a plea deal that would allow him to return to Australia.
  • MountaineerOPEnglish
    161·
    6 months ago

    The US get to show just how tough they are on whistleblowers and their associates.
    Assange gets to go home.

    If I was him, I’d keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.

    • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
      52·
      6 months ago

      “If I was him, I’d keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.”

      Wouldn’t that just mean that the threats worked? The corrupt won?

      I mean, the point of whistleblowing is to do so in spite of the threat of punishment, right?

      • MountaineerOPEnglish
        51·
        6 months ago

        Yes, the threats worked and the corrupt won.

        Now he gets to see his kids.
        I’d choose that too.
        You can call it cowardice, I’d call it pragmatism.