I thought he was like one of the most important whistleblowers of our time exposing war crimes and shit. Some of you don’t wanna see him live another day, why is that?

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Obviously everyone involved responded quickly and got their at-risk people to safety. And even if spies got killed, I doubt the CIA would admit that their spies got caught.

    As for indirect deaths (consequences of operations being scrapped, plans being altered, troops being redirected): it’s hard to tell. Maybe lives were saved, maybe lives were lost, it’s impossible to say.

    So far, nobody seems to have been prosecuted yet. The case against Assange is still in progress, but a judgement in the case will follow soon enough.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If anyone should be facing a firing squad for putting people at risk, it would be Scooter Libby and Dick Cheney long before Assange. There are verifiable deaths from those leaks, yet nothing even close to justice has been visited on either of those traitors.

      • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
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        10 months ago

        I totally agree. The way Assange has been (and will be treated) is a complete injustice. If I had my way, he’d be free tomorrow.

        That doesn’t really change the fact he did endanger spies and other secret agents with some of the details he published.