If Your Country Were Committing War Crimes Would You Want to Know? from Consortium News
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That is a question one might pose to people who are celebrating the arrest of Julian Assange.
The
arrest of WikiLeakers founder Julian Assange on April 11 has been met
with celebration by politicians and media figures and with howls of
laughter from late-night comics.
Here’s Hillary Clinton’s response:
Here is The Daily Show‘s host Trevor Noah’s take:
A close reading of both the indictment and the criminal complaint against
Assange show that journalism is indeed being criminalized. Assange is
accused merely of trying to help Chelsea Manning, his source, to hide
her identity, not hack into a computer Manning already had legal access
to, as the indictment and complaint make plain. It was the
administration Clinton belonged to that decided, with the exact same
evidence, not to indict Assange because it crossed the red line into
making journalism a crime.
Legions
of liberals and conservatives alike are acting on received information
that Assange is their enemy. Lost in the media maelstrom is what
WikiLeaks is all about. Namely, the work it has done over the past 13
years. It’s no accident that that isn’t being mentioned.
A
question one can put to the vast majority who are smiling about Assange
being behind bars is this: “If your country were committing war crimes
would you want to know?” If they answer, “Yes,” then tell them that
that is what Julian Assange has done. And that’s why his asylum rights were violated and he was thrown in jail.
And then tell them to read Consortium News for the most comprehensive, factual coverage of the Assange case. If you would like it to continue, please support Consortium News during our annual Spring Fundraising Drive.
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