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minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·6 months ago some petty bullshit making him plead guilty to espionage but
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoAmerica, after spending an insane level of resources and decades of man power to make someone say a phrase: HA! GOT EM!
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoEverybody will know that this is a forced confession anyways so who cares?
minus-squareunwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoIt does set a potentially dangerous precedent, but with how things are going (American newspapers declining in quality and SCOTUS selectively ignoring precedent and doing whatever), you’re right that it doesn’t mean much.
minus-squareKayellinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoThat’s what’s so concerning about the case. The USA tried to persecute an Australian citizen working out of the EU for publishing information. As he is not a US citizen he was not able to use the X amendment to free speech.
some petty bullshit making him plead guilty to espionage but
America, after spending an insane level of resources and decades of man power to make someone say a phrase: HA! GOT EM!
Everybody will know that this is a forced confession anyways so who cares?
It does set a potentially dangerous precedent, but with how things are going (American newspapers declining in quality and SCOTUS selectively ignoring precedent and doing whatever), you’re right that it doesn’t mean much.
That’s what’s so concerning about the case. The USA tried to persecute an Australian citizen working out of the EU for publishing information.
As he is not a US citizen he was not able to use the X amendment to free speech.