roachboy,
Just because Sweden has a terrible track record prosecuting rapes (interesting articles, thanks) does not mean that the Assange trial is a farce. See it through to the end, then judge it.
The espionage laws cover Assange quite well. 798 even covers him if he had gotten the information from a foreign government. Of course he has to be tried in the US, which probably will never happen. Mr. Kohn seems to be confused about the Espionage Act on a number of points. Although he states that the information need not be classified, this is irrelevant, since it clearly was. He also states that PFC Manning is subject to the death penalty, but this would be prosecuted under § 2381 (Treason). I think he may be confusing the Espionage ACt with the Sedition Act, which was repealed before WW2.
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so we have a pathetic, delegitimating and wholly neurotic state apparatus doing exactly what the grand idea behind wikileaks predicted it would do.
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So, tell me again what side of this issue you are on...
