Who cares, just go to cancun, live on the ocean, drink tequila and chill, if you want to travel up country to be cannon fodder thats your choice Julian, but why would you?

We must never forget who Assange really works for and the role he played in getting Trump elected.

I anticipate Trump pardoning him in the coming days but the real question must be what his future will now be. I suspect he wants to flee to Russia, where he would be welcomed with open arms. He won't be going anywhere near the USA unless he is taken there.

I have heard whispers though that we might extradite him to Australia where he would remain in custody and not be able to flee. That might satisfy UK and US intelligence and get the nod from the incoming US administration.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

The issue I has with Assange was not about releasing the material but refusing to edit it before he did. The Guardian had the common sense to do that so that lives were not put at risk whilst still getting the story out there.

It also turns out that Assange was offered equivalent material from Russia and chose not to publish it.

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I suspect the security services, on whom we all rely for our safety and the futures of those we love, would passionately disagree with you.

We are NOT being kept in ignorance and darkness. We are being protected from information being misused.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

I beg to differ. You don't have to release the names of US spies embedded in foreign governments because you want to highlight that the US forces massacred civilians in Iraq or Afganistan.

Wikileaks was just a website Assange was gifted the intelligence he didn't go and find it. No doubt other websites are available will be gifted stuff over the coming years.

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The Guardian aren't facing prosecution because they revealed the facts whilst acting responsibly.

You are correct that it is alleged that is what a court case is for the US will have to prove it which is why he should face justice and maybe innocent.

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