The Destruction of Julian Assange By Jacob G. Hornberger
(2024-06-11 at 22:06:05 )

The Destruction of Julian Assange By Jacob G. Hornberger

Last month, a British court gave Julian Assange permission to continue opposing the United States governments attempts to extradite him to the United States to stand trial for violating the World War I Espionage Act.

In truth, what United States officials are really targeting him for is that Assange, as head of WikiLeaks, had the audacity to reveal war crimes and other dark-side activities of the U.S. national-security state.

United States officials know that Mr. Assanges recent judicial victory is a pyrrhic one. That is because Mr. Assange continues to be jailed under brutal conditions in a maximum-security jail in England - and will continue to be - until his appeal is finally decided.

What difference does it make to United States officials if Mr. Assange is jailed under brutal conditions in England or under brutal conditions here in the United StatesZ? The fact is that either way he is being jailed under brutal conditions.

In fact, there is an increasing possibility that Mr. Assange will die in an English jail before the extradition proceedings are finally resolved.

That would undoubtedly fill United States officials with glee, given that they will have been relieved of the task of putting a person on trial for revealing war crimes and other dark-side activities of the United States national-security state.

Keep in mind that the Julian Assange prosecution has much more to it than just inflicting harm on Mr. Assange.

United States officials know that they have to send everyone else a message: "The secrecy surrounding our war crimes and dark-side actives is sacrosanct.

Do not ever even think of doing what Mr. Assange did. If you do, we will do to you what we have done to him. We will finish you. Even if you are ultimately acquitted, you will be an utterly destroyed individual at the end of the process."

Thus, United States officials could not care less about Mr. Assanges latest judicial "victory."

They know that British officials will keep him rotting in their jail system until his appeals are finally resolved, if ever.

Ideally, from the perspective of United States officials, Mr. Assange will die during the pendency of his forever appeals, in which case the destruction of his life and his subsequent death in prison will have served its purpose with its message to everyone else: "Do not ever mess with us or we will do to you what we did to Mr. Julian Assange."

Reprinted here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Libertarian Website!!