• dont_lemmee_down@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    This is what I don’t understand. How can the USA trial him for treason? Wikipedia says

    Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance

    Why would an Australian owe allegiance to the US?

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    • holeydood3@midwest.social
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      7 months ago

      Well then maybe it’s important to note he isn’t on trial for treason? The charges are for hacking and espionage.

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        7 months ago

        maybe it’s important to note he isn’t on trial for treason? The charges are for hacking and espionage.

        He isn’t on trial for treason in courts of law, but he is in the court of public opinion - various commentators and some officials (including Senator Joe Lieberman and then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo) have used the word to describe his publishing.

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        7 months ago

        Yeah, read that on the wikipedia afterwards. There was another article posted which stated that, so that’s probably why I was confused.

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      7 months ago

      Normally the CIA would just assasinate him, make it look like an accident. But it’s just difficult because so many people are watching. Anyway if he didn’t do anything illegal then he can’t be kept in prison in the USA so he probably needs to be detained in Guantanamo bay.

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      7 months ago

      We don’t, but our government seems to think we do. Seriously if we were any further up America’s ass, we’d be licking the back of America’s throat.

      That said, sometimes I feel like we’re the rope in a tug of war between America and China. Though the majority of time America’s winning.