After years of trying to bring the WikiLeaks founder back to the United States to stand trial, the near-collapse of the case in a British court sent the Justice Department hurtling toward a plea deal.
Why wouldn’t he wait then? If he’s waited 12 years so far, why not wait the extra year or two to avoid any charges? He’s instead agreed to plead guilty. Sounds instead like he realized he would never win the stalemate and was tired of house arrest.
Because it was a bet either way. Indeed your stalemate. After this there might have been other legal avenues that the US would have attempted… prolonging the whole ordeal.
Especially the human aspect. Government employees just go home at the end of their day and sleep fine. Assange spent his time in an embassy/prison while this whole ordeal went through. Now it is over.
The US did not have him in one of their actual prisons, but they did imprison him for over a decade.
by taking the plea deal, he’s a convicted felon that will be stuck in australia for the rest of his life; under the watchful eye of surrogates of the american hegemony he spat on.
if he had waited, he would be free to go anywhere he wanted; outside the control of the people who still want him in imprisoned.
i wonder if that means that if he hadn’t taken the deal; he would be free already.
Why wouldn’t he wait then? If he’s waited 12 years so far, why not wait the extra year or two to avoid any charges? He’s instead agreed to plead guilty. Sounds instead like he realized he would never win the stalemate and was tired of house arrest.
Because it was a bet either way. Indeed your stalemate. After this there might have been other legal avenues that the US would have attempted… prolonging the whole ordeal.
Especially the human aspect. Government employees just go home at the end of their day and sleep fine. Assange spent his time in an embassy/prison while this whole ordeal went through. Now it is over.
The US did not have him in one of their actual prisons, but they did imprison him for over a decade.
IIRC he wasn’t under house arrest, he was at an actual jail
by taking the plea deal, he’s a convicted felon that will be stuck in australia for the rest of his life; under the watchful eye of surrogates of the american hegemony he spat on.
if he had waited, he would be free to go anywhere he wanted; outside the control of the people who still want him in imprisoned.
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