The Most Astounding Feature of the Assange Case by Paul Craig Roberts!
(2024-03-27 at 19:17:32 )

The Most Astounding Feature of the Assange Case by Paul Craig Roberts!

The most extraordinary thing about Julian Assange is that he is being treated as if he were an American citizen. "Treason" was the original cry, now converted to "espionage."

There was no espionage. Wikileaks published, and made available to the New York Times, The Guardian, and other media organizations leaked information. The media organizations published the information, just as did Wikileaks, but they are not charged. Neither is Wikileaks charged. Only Julian Assange is charged.

Nothing is any different from Ellsberg releasing the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. The United States government wanted to prosecute both, but was prevented by the First Amendment and long-accepted duty of media organizations to hold government accountable. The stark deterioration in the protective power of the First Amendment and journalistic freedom since 1971 demonstrates the rise in tyranny. Tyranny is what Julian Assange is experiencing, not a legitimate prosecution.

Let us carefully examine the issue of "espionage." Espionage is a function of every embassy everywhere in the world. The purpose of embassies is not simply to represent a countrys commercial and political interests. It is also to collect information, the more sensitive the better. When embassy personnel are caught engaging in espionage, the personnel are required to leave the country. They are not prosecuted.

It is well known that United States embassies contain Central Intelligence Agency agents posing as diplomats. Under the protocol governing the Assange case, Russia, China, any number of countries could arrest members of United States embassies and put them on trial.

Indeed, many countries could do this to one another. What prevents it is not merely good judgment, but the fact that foreign citizens are not subject to the laws of other countries. Only the United States, which imagines itself as some kind of international unipower, asserts the worldwide primacy of its laws. This is an absurd claim and has no legal basis.

The orchestrated, in fact legally incorrect, case against Mr. Assange is based on nothing but Washington,D.C.s demand for revenge.

Here is what Mr. Assange is guilty of: He released leaked information that showed conclusively that the United States government is a liar, a deceiver of its allies, and a war criminal.

The purpose of the case against Mr. Assange is to pay him back and to intimidate all journalists from ever again publishing information unfavorable to the United States government.

In other words, the purpose of the Julian Assange case is to end forever the ability of media to hold government accountable. The Julian Assange case is the fundamental foundation for tyranny. Once it is in place, tyranny is unleashed.

That so many dumbshit "patriots" support "getting Assange" indicates complete stupidity. "Getting Assange" means getting themselves, and they are too stupid to see it.

This is how freedom is murdered.

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