Julian Assange getting kicked out of the Embassy he has been in since 2012

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killerpigeon

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Police were welcomed into the embassy and arrested Assange. He was seen be carried out, thrown into a waiting van, and taken away.
 

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In almost 9 years since this started, I have yet to hear any reasonable explanation how what Assange did is any different legally or morally from what Daniel Ellsberg did. Ellsberg even defends Assange. I think people in power are just pissed that he embarrassed them.
 

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I guess we'll find out if there really was a dead mans switch or not and if the encryption code he sent out last year really goes to anything that may soon pop up..
 

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In almost 9 years since this started, I have yet to hear any reasonable explanation how what Assange did is any different legally or morally from what Daniel Ellsberg did. Ellsberg even defends Assange. I think people in power are just pissed that he embarrassed them.

Embarrassing the power elite is a federal felony. Notice that not one single solitary soul who perpetrated the embarrassing acts that were divulged, received so much as a reprimand. They all kept their jobs. Most of them went on to more prominent positions even. Not a single one of them was ever indicted.

Seeing as this breach apparently had no impact whatsoever, I'm not so sure the charges shouldn't be dismissed with prejudice. :(
 

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