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Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long US push to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents.

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[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 48 points 4 months ago

Assange is different from the other two.

Agree with what Snowden and Manning did on whatever level you like but their actions aren’t the same unfortunately.

Of the 3 Snowden is feasible.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 38 points 4 months ago

Assange is by a large margin less altruistic than the other two - all three have paid a steep penalty for their actions, though.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Assange only published leaks. He didn't steal any material himself.

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