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Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Julian Assange is free.

After living in a cell for more than 5 years, he can soon go home and meet his family again.

I'm wondering if it was worth the sacrifice. The governments and tech companies are spying more than ever on everyone.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (2 children)

While I agree on the facts I want to offer a slightly different (possible) conclusion: a organisation like wikileaks needs resources and supporters. If they are targeted by all the "good guy"-countries and the only one willing to support them is "evil guy" Russia, then they are not in a position to resist. They chose to compromise their integrity instead of just not existing.

If the western world wants a whistleblower/leaks organisation that follows journalistic integrity and ethics, they need to fund it even if it leaks their own internal documents.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If the only people willing to give you money are fascists, don't take the fucking money.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I also take money from possible fascists because I need it to survive. It's called having a job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Choosing to take money and work for Putin is quite a bit different than having a salary from a corporation. Equating the two is apologizing for dictators.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Oh, absolutely!

I get why they accepted the money, but they doesn't seem to have accepted the consequences yet.

And I don't have an answer as to how to solve the issue.

We need an organization like Wikileaks, but no one will want to fund it, as they don't want their skeletons out of the closet.

The only way I could see it working would be if someone inherits shitload of money, and funds the organization directly, else there are allways conflicts of interests.