When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. - Edward Snowden

@geraldinecowan8301

11 ай бұрын

Excellent comment. Great quote from Snowden. Thanks for that. I had something of the same idea but not as well expressed and certainly could never be printed!

@nathan-ls8yw

11 ай бұрын

when committing treason and betraying your country don’t be surprised when you get charged in a court of law.

@sonnyng9701

10 ай бұрын

Unless you are doing it from Russia, the country that fights American injustice by imprisoning, poisoning/shooting/bludgeoning to death Russian dissidents, globally in Syria, Libya, Sudan and--yes, Ukraine! When a person is all morally high and mighty from his own convictions, he fails to see the trees from the forests.

@BeforeThisNovember

9 ай бұрын

Isn’t that Orwell

Julian Assange should be released immediately be allowed to lead a normal life with His Wife & Children. What He is going through is a Henious Crime against Humanity. He spoke the truth & raised His voice for what is right. FREE Julian Assange, don't destroy a family, Please !

@nathan-ls8yw

11 ай бұрын

he’s an enemy of the state. he’s lucky he didn’t get assasinated for being the fucking traitor he is.

@doriansierra1965

11 ай бұрын

He spoke the truth by helping tRUMP win the presidency.?

@tinto278

10 ай бұрын

Russian muppet

@user-uh9we3hk4j

8 ай бұрын

Agree, people out there who have done worse things than him. People have no compassion to let this man suffer. Very sad.

@oldernu1250

7 ай бұрын

No. He badly damaged national security, giving US secrets to Russians and Chinese. He deserves to rot.

Keep Julian Assange in the news. Thank you!

Shame on US for persecuting this inocent journalist #FreeAssange

The military analyst who published those documents on Wikileaks is free but Assange faces 175 years in prison!! How does that make any sense???

It would have been an excellent interview if the narrator hadn't said: "Video showing "possible" War Crimes". That "Collateral Murder" video leaves NO DOUBT that the MURDER of 12 unarmed civilians by the U.S. Apache helicopter IS A WAR CRIME! - as stated by former U.N. Rapporteur for Torture Nils Melzer, who is also an International Law Expert!

@Elyse81000

11 ай бұрын

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY... 'they' just had to add some propaganda. THEY also didn't state that the Sweden allegations were dropped due to NO EVIDENCE! The shame of the mainstream media who FINALLY broadcasts this historic case threatening THEIR jobs as well as our Press Freedom/1st Amendment and of course Julian's LIFE is that they refuse to do a modicum of proper research from an unbiased source!! If WE could find the facts, so could they!

@IrishDimsum77

11 ай бұрын

Yes, there was nothing ambiguous about the actions of US military, otherwise he would not have been targeted, persecuted or charged.

@Andrew-rc3vh

9 ай бұрын

America can change the past. It might look like a war crime now, but in the future it may never have happened. ABC News don't want to end up in there with him.

Julian Assange is a hero. Assange will win the legal battle

@mauricettescheyvaerts2349

10 ай бұрын

On est incapable d organiser une évasion ?

Not only should Julian be freed, he should be fully compensated for the suffering that he and his family had to endure. This is the biggest freedom of the press case in decades. If the US succeeds in its persecution of Assange, any journalist anywhere can be charged for publishing truthful information provided to them by whistleblowers. This case is an absolute disgrace to democracy.

@jcbjcb2

11 ай бұрын

Manning should have found a better way to inform the world. #PooTin isn't a whistleblower. Regardless, the "speech" and espionage aspects are somewhat independent (IOW, are not indistinguishable)

@ReleaseImranKhanNOW

11 ай бұрын

💯 AB-al8kr

@slambig

11 ай бұрын

GTFO. Classified moron. He can't publish that.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

@@jcbjcb2 Manning tried official channels but was being blocked seniors. This was the best way. If only Lamo hadn't turned out to be such a traitor.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

@@jcbjcb2 Putin had absolutely nothing to do with this case, btw.

Free Julian Assange!

Never say America respects free speech or the press.

@randominternetuser2888

11 ай бұрын

Says a guy using his free speech on a corporate funded media channel 🙄 that is just reporting "news"

@dritemolawzbks8574

11 ай бұрын

When has free speech ever been an unrestricted right that nullifies national security information and laws against hacking government computers? You don't see the US indicting the NYT, BBC, or Al Jazeera.

@mixes-level1613

11 ай бұрын

He is not a journalist, he is an agent of Russia that attacked our 2016 election. He belongs in prison.

@nathan-ls8yw

11 ай бұрын

we do, unless your freedom of speech actively endangered the lives of american personel and our foreign counterparts.

@williamshaw5388

11 ай бұрын

@@nathan-ls8yw then that’s not free speech. You’re the kind of fascist ruining this nation. I have a right to say whatever I want, including secrets leaked to me.

America, the greatest lie ever told.

Meanwhile 23 hours a day in a Prison cell in Belmarsh Prison is a holiday! “Release Julian Assange” “NOW”

Jailed for simply telling me truth ⚖️

Since when did telling the truth become a CRIME?!?!?!?!?

@SoulThrashingBlackSorcery

7 ай бұрын

The united States government is and always has been just as bad as any other authoritarian regime. It doesn't take first hand knowledge and a paper trail to figure that out. Julian Assange is a fucking moron trying to do the right thing and for what?

@GrowBraveWay

7 ай бұрын

Often

Most important case of the century! This will set precedence where no journalist, anywhere in the world is safe. #FreeAssange

@mixes-level1613

11 ай бұрын

He is an agent of Russia, not a journalist. He took his marching orders from them and intentionally helped them.

Jail the war criminals but keep your bloody hands off Julian Assange💙

For the opening of an international petition: Julian Assange shall receive the Nobel Peace price!!!!

#FreeJulianAssange!!!!

Free Julian As ange

Free Assange..

since he is in the British jail, maybe it would make sense to appeal to the British autorities as well as to the American... and what about the "Royal pardon"? Freedom to Assange!

Now America can prove what it really stands for

@constantin240

11 ай бұрын

They proved it long time ago.

Society is weak we could easily revolt and get him out but we are weak.

He's not forgotten.

Brave woman, his wife. Julian Assangr has been a victim, of a fake accusation on violation which was dropped, but was enough to imprison him in Ecuador's embassy. Afterwards, in a change of government im Ecuador, he was sold to UK and they forced him out of the embassy in London. Too much, too much to generate fear through one man. They are making a hero out of this man, while trying to make people forget about him. He is more popular now than he was years ago.

@jcbjcb2

11 ай бұрын

"He is more popular now" Assange becomes less known (year by year)

@kevinjenner9502

11 ай бұрын

He was spied upon by the CIA through third parties while in the Ecuadorian Embassy…As reported by Michael Isikoff, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, formulated plans to abduct and murder him.

@Elyse81000

11 ай бұрын

We won't allow that.@@jcbjcb2

@BlatentlyFakeName

6 ай бұрын

He was only ever wanted for skipping bail in the UK, which is about 3-6 months in prison.

Free Julian

LET HIM GO ALREADY

Free Julian Assange

Free Julian Assange!!!!

Free him

Keep airing his STORY!!!

Keep him in the news :)

He’s a man’s man ❤

@pohanahawaii

11 ай бұрын

Maybe you should check out why Ecuadorian Embassy hated him and see if that still fits your idea of a "man's man".

Wow, Thanx ABC News, good report

Free Assange!!!!

Shame on US and UK!

He didn't commit any crimes if you ask me

@BlackTarH

11 ай бұрын

He did commit many crimes, you are delusional

@frankcano5359

11 ай бұрын

@@BlackTarH ok FBI agent

@Grunchy005

11 ай бұрын

“Assange did not commit any crimes,” ok so what’s he afraid of? You know what I think, I think Assange knows that he committed LOTS of crimes. I think he’s scared of facing that reality. (But, you know, think whatever you want? Free country?)

@frankcano5359

11 ай бұрын

@@Grunchy005 exposing your government bad behavior isn't a crime.

@randominternetuser2888

11 ай бұрын

​@@frankcano5359not his government 🙄 or yours probably Taking state secrets and publishing them is a crime here. They are literally prosecuting a former president for stealing secrets right now 🙄

#FreeAssange

Assange should be freed. His release of the Iraqi footage was not treason. As an American, I am disgusted. He has been tortured for years. America is currently very unstable politically and I hope the International Court intervenes.

The savior and protector of Humanity. The exposer of butchery, bloodthirstiness, and greed by the Western government-corporate hegemony. May God bless you, protect you, and give you what you deserve at best.

"You are free to do as we tell you!"

Leaving him along

Pompei did this!

@jcbjcb2

11 ай бұрын

Mike (Pompeo), the same fellow who gave Afghanistan to Taliban.

@kevinjenner9502

11 ай бұрын

Mike Pompeo had his CIA formulate plans to abduct and Murder Assange, as reported by Michael Isikoff.

Welp, it's time to start passively resisting the federal US government from the inside. Sad.

This is not okay!

#FREEASSANGE

No let julian live!! This is inhumane!!

Woahhh im shocked you guys even talked about this! Free Assa ng e !!

He's not forgotten. He should be freed.

You can be a criminal and that’s ok, but report about criminals, standing for justice and you’re destroyed.

The British Govenment should be so ashamed of themselves and the British magistates too who dont seem to have the balls to actually uphold the law , as he has NOT committed a single crime on US soil, so there is NO law to support an application for extradition!

@HenriHattar

8 ай бұрын

Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barrack Obama, all are guilty and so is teh USA! A crime is a crime..exposing a crime is NOT a crime!

free j-assange

Free Julian Assange! Shame on US, UK, and my home country Sweden.

Come on USA Release him - being stuck in a prison sux

The helicopter did NOT allegedly murder the people IT DID and it has been revealed! Call it what it is!

Chelsea Manning was a US citizen who committed a crime ON US soil, there is NO resemblance to the two cases in any way!

Julian you are not alone😊

Tony blair should be in jail for 1750 then and bush

Set him free for opening his snoot once. I can't believe that wickie was that bad. 😢😮 What a punishment 😢

@HenriHattar

8 ай бұрын

The snoot that opened exposed serious war crimes and told secrets that Governments wanted to keep secret from their people, a GOOD example of this is when the Obama administration spied on the entire US people!

Extradite him! Lock him up !

He a citizen of the Commonwealth - he should be sent 2 Australia 🇦🇺

There is a cell in ADX supermax with his name on it 😂

Extradite the traitor. He has to be held accountable for his actions.

Free this man!

Free Julian Assange and preserve the 1st Amendment.

He should get released. If others don‘t pay for war crimes why should he for what he did.

Poor you.

So what happened to the U.S. soldier, who gave him the information?

@dansv1

10 ай бұрын

“She was imprisoned from 2010 until 2017 when her sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama.”

Can someone tell me who these people are and why i should care? I am way too young to know what was in those documents or what this was all about

@dritemolawzbks8574

11 ай бұрын

Ask your parents or teachers.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

There good material on KZread on Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

You should start with the ''collateral murder'' video, as that is what the US is really going after Assange for.

@jcbjcb2

11 ай бұрын

@@AB-wl8kr No, the "gunship" error was horrifying video, but from natsec pov, the cables were damaging.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

@@jcbjcb2 The video is the most famous case that made most people care and that first got serious attention from the US. It's a good starting point. From there, definitely the cables. They showed nicely how the US props up dictators and so on. Also that they spy on all their ''allies''.

There is a jamming of the Russian intelligence on the jamming of the American intelligence on the leader of the great war. Wild🇩🇿🤝🇺🇲

Under biden imagine his punishment

America, land of the "free" 😅

@Meh-qe4rw

11 ай бұрын

Not ‘free’, it costs a lot of money to pay off US Justice for freedom.

W. Shakespeare "The Merchant of Venice", Act IV, scene II: "The qualty of mercy is not strained;// It droppeth, as the gentle rain, from heav'n// Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd;// It blesseth him that gives, and him that tales. (...) But mercy is above the scepter's sway,// It is enthroned in the hearts of Kings;// It is an attribute to God himself;// And earthy power doth then shew likest God's,// When mercy seasons justice." Shakespeare is for Assange!

... and he is forgoten now😢 sanctioned for telling the thuth

He decided to cut his hair did he in 2019? Looked rough af!

Shame on British system and people, held for 4 years without a crime, only because of 'Britain's Master's voice' says he must be punished.

It is a very dirty game that is being played here. Julian has already been left to rot in inhumane conditions in the British maximum security prison Belmarsh and will then be extradited to the USA, where he faces 175 years in prison. Unfortunately, he would not survive an American prison for long. The prisons in the USA and the conditions there are famous and notorious. I hope and pray that he is not extradited, because that would mean his certain death in the not too distant future. I have great confidence in Mr. Assange and no fault has ever been found in Wikileaks. The irreconcilable hatred of the Americans towards him can be equated with psychopathy. He has only ever told the truth and that still doesn't suit those who are affected by it. In principle, most of us know that we are constantly being lied to. What Julian did was to make this accessible to the general public. That alone and nothing else is his crime. If he is extradited, it will be a serious blow to investigative journalism. It would be a resounding slap in the face to independent journalism as a whole. Julian Assange has pilloried the cheats, liars and criminals. In the name of God. Is that a crime? Those he has exposed should go to prison in his place, because Julian is innocent and even an American hole called a prison won't change that. Free Assange!!!

I find it adorable that The Embassy of Ecuador took the moral high stand by sheltering Assange for all these years....only to kick him out for smearing excrement on the walls. 💩

He needs to be left alone

Brico Jan is still alive and lives in Africa after the Arab countries

The Swedish assault case was dropped bc the statute of limitations expired.

@williamshaw5388

11 ай бұрын

Has nothing to do with the fact that what Julian Assange has printed is totally true. That the United States government has an continues to commit war crimes.

@DistrustHumanz

11 ай бұрын

The female clearly stated that she wanted and enjoyed the intercourse, but was unaware that he did not use a condom, which Sweden defined as SA. Once most people understood this fact, public support for his prosecution waned.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

The women involved didn't want to escalate either but the police made it into something it was not.

@jcbjcb2

11 ай бұрын

@@DistrustHumanz "understood"? "unaware that he did not use a condom"

@damnjustassignmeone

11 ай бұрын

@@DistrustHumanz Not true. On 8/16/2010, Assange wanted to have unprotected sex. The woman insisted he wear protection, which he did. But then the next morning, she woke up to him having unprotected sex with her. When she asked him to at least get tested for stds, he refused.

Deport this Russian intelligence asset to the USA at once and quit fiddling around! I would hope the judge gives him the maximum sentence after he's found guilty.

There's a lot of Russian sophists in the comments.

@VanSisean

11 ай бұрын

Also a lot of neo-McCarthyites, from what I have seen. Personally, I condemn the persecution of Vladimir Bukovsky, Cardinal József Mindszenty, Andrei Sakharov, Elena Milashina, etc., and the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko, Anna Politkovskaya, Paul Klebnikov, etc., with just as much vigor as the persecution and assassination efforts against the likes of Jack Anderson, Fred Hampton, Karen Silkwood, Danny Casolaro, Michael Hastings, Kenneth Michael Trentadue, and (yes) Julian Assange, among numerous others.

@matthau87

10 ай бұрын

Doesn't make US war crimes and prosecution of journalists better.

Bring him to the US, he’ll have his day in court.

@punapeter

11 ай бұрын

he's not amerikkkan

@annakarievjenolsen9078

11 ай бұрын

And a fair court in Virginia? 😂

@ReleaseImranKhanNOW

11 ай бұрын

He's Australian & US has no jurisdiction over another country. And the court he will go to has absolute 0 chance of fair trail.

@punapeter

11 ай бұрын

@@ReleaseImranKhanNOW Should make for a huge demonstration. Both red and blue clowns know he should be free.

@Mozokuni

11 ай бұрын

@@annakarievjenolsen9078 Yes

Die ganze welt war on 2017-2023 sicher ist sicher 🇺🇸🖕🇩🇪. 🌐🇨🇵🌹🇨🇭🦾

Lock him up

An Obama regime operative 😂

He is still alive, living in the desert of Algeria, in the Tassili desert. He is still alive. He will not die. Prigozhin

stealing computer files does not make one a journalist

@williamshaw5388

11 ай бұрын

He stole nothing. Try again chump.

@randominternetuser2888

11 ай бұрын

No publishing them does 🙄 Stealing them makes someone a "whistle-blower" or a spy depending on the propaganda

@dritemolawzbks8574

11 ай бұрын

​@@randominternetuser2888 Neither whistleblowers nor legitimate journalists get charged with crimes. If he didn't have criminal liability, he would be getting prosecuted.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

​@@dritemolawzbks8574Nonsense argument as that is exactly the case here. Julian is being charged for publishing secret information that was leaked to him exposing war crimes of the US. Investigative journalists do this all the time.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

Julian never stole files, they were leaked to him.

Look what happened to Manning and Snowden because of him.

@williamshaw5388

11 ай бұрын

Have another drink.

@randominternetuser2888

11 ай бұрын

​@@williamshaw5388be rude-er 🙄

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

Nonsense statement.

@jcbjcb2

11 ай бұрын

It was Greenwald who took advantage of Snowden

@yvesfree-assangescherdin6138

11 ай бұрын

So the stories of Manning and Snowden should not have been made public at all? Keeping silent and letting things get worse? 1. It is the US state that is punishing Manning and Snowden. (and many other whistleblowers, not only those who turned to WikiLeaks) 2. Snowden is a free man because of Assange. 3. Snowden's revealings were covered by Greenwald and Poitras, not WikiLeaks. But Snowden also demands the freedom of Assange.

Keep your spirits up Julian, unfortunately that is easy of me to say. I’m following your progress

#extraditeJulianYesterday

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

No

@punapeter

11 ай бұрын

why

You know what would be hilarious is if he comes to trial and they find him “not guilty.” But the fact is, everybody knows he’s guilty as hell.

@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings

11 ай бұрын

Mind Begs the Question: If a Govt and Truth stand on opposite ends Must stand with - Govt,Truth?

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

Guilty of espionage, really? Are you stupid or something?

@LOLXD-sf4yd

11 ай бұрын

Of what?

@punapeter

11 ай бұрын

exposing war crimes@@LOLXD-sf4yd

@punapeter

11 ай бұрын

guilty of telling truth

Reminder to everyone that this is the guy who jumped in at the final hour to help Trump get elected due to a personal vendetta against Hillary Clinton.

@dritemolawzbks8574

11 ай бұрын

It's difficult to over look that fact, and his near razor sharp focused on American's war crimes, military secrets, and its hypocritical foreign policy, without using the same level of transparency with autocratic regimes in Moscow, Beijing, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf. The US is far from perfect, but it never had the international monopoly on violating human rights and having a blatant disregard for international law.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, by showing everyone how corrupt Hillary and the DNC are. Imagine being pissed at someone for exposing corruption. What does that make you?

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

​@@dritemolawzbks8574Wikileaks has absolutely published information on other autocratic nations. That's why their leaks contributed to the Arab Spring.

@annakarievjenolsen9078

11 ай бұрын

But, he is not charged for that is he. Or...you mean the US gov. uses the courts for personal vendettas? Hmm, maybe.

@jcbjcb2

11 ай бұрын

@@dritemolawzbks8574 Good summary of a well-rounded/balanced overview,.. and which most persons shouldn't find difficult to ascertain.

People supporting his release should think: what if their most intimate moments were released as a KZread video, that anyone --your friends and colleagues, parents, anyone-- could watch, mock, snicker? This guy did worse, because he damaged national security.

I mean he kinda put himself In the situation by attempting to hack Into government computers so he can leak more info, I understand why he would want to but definitely not the way to go about It especially having a family? Could of just stayed under the radar and lived life with his family but couldn't. Hard to feel sorry for someone who's just dumb 🤷🏻‍♂️

@vilmospalik1480

11 ай бұрын

Bro the hacking charges are at most 5 years of his 100+ year scentence stop being a dumbass

@matthau87

10 ай бұрын

I think you're confusing Julian Assange with Chelsea Manning. Assange was just the publisher of the documents.

@Anonymus-zd7ec

8 ай бұрын

@brandonjames9143 Never in my life have i seen such a stupid comment. The facts that you call Assange dumb is delusional. Ofcourse he could have lived an easy life without getting in danger, but he chose to do what is right even when he knew his life might be in danger. The fact you said he attempted to hack government computers just shows your stupidity... He published leaks.

Extradite him and make him face his day in court. If he is innocent then he doesn’t have much to worry about but if he isn’t then so be it. Could have been all over and done if he hadn’t hidden away like a naughty little boy for so long..

@HenriHattar

8 ай бұрын

You dimwited ignorant dumb person, he is NOT liable for USA Law, never committed a crime there, is NOT a USA citizen, never a question of facing a USA court at all! Can you imagine if China wanted to put on trial all the US people who called THEM out what you would be saying !

There’s a difference between compromising agendas and compromising national security.

@williamshaw5388

11 ай бұрын

And I have a first amendment right to use my speech to say whatever I want, including things that damage national security. My right to free speech, Trump’s national security, every single time.

@mehnameehjeff6325

11 ай бұрын

@williamshaw5388 Your right you do, but the point I’m making is the agenda is a perpetual war, with young men testing the most advanced unalive technology like its a sport on under developed nations rich in resources. To being in the military or following the military acting as an informant to a foreign nation on tactical strategies and equipment placement.

@randominternetuser2888

11 ай бұрын

​@@williamshaw5388false. But I encourage you to f around and find out. Like that guy that tuth social turned in, in utah. His free speech was "absolute" in his opinion too. 🙄

@dritemolawzbks8574

11 ай бұрын

You're not a judge and didn't draft the indictment. Why are you pretending to know US federal law and the charges against Julian Assange better than the US Justice Department?

@mehnameehjeff6325

11 ай бұрын

@dritemolawzbks8574 Why are you pretending that laws in the US apply to those that don’t live in it?

I live not far from where he grew up and as far as I am concerned The U.S. and The U.K. can fight over him all they want coz I don't want him back here.......He has a number of kids to a number of women and he has never provided for any of them because he is a dead beat......I have a close relation much like him always claiming to get secretive info out there but never having a real job in his life......B4 he became famous there was a funny series on T.V. about famous house guests who refused to move out.......One young married couple knew him thru friends and said he could stay in their apartment for the weekend and he refused to move out for 6 months.......He even brought women over he had met in a bar......That is why he loved living in The Ecuador embassy and I KNEW they would have to throw him out. He doesn't care if he can't leave the embassy because he had free rent and food for years there right in the heart of London.......He would have stayed there forever had they not kicked him out.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

You're a clown.

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

What an empty smear attack full of lies. You must work for the state department.

@punapeter

11 ай бұрын

jealous much, you can't get laid lol

Hes a criminal everywhere he goes

@AB-wl8kr

11 ай бұрын

Wrong

@punapeter

11 ай бұрын

why