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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

"If I was him, I'd keep my head down and try to get to know my kids."

Wouldn't that just mean that the threats worked? The corrupt won?

I mean, the point of whistleblowing is to do so in spite of the threat of punishment, right?

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

Yes, the threats worked and the corrupt won.

Now he gets to see his kids.
I'd choose that too.
You can call it cowardice, I'd call it pragmatism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm not calling anyone a coward.

I'm just less sure it's the end of anything.

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

He plead guilty. The US has successfully convicted a foreign publisher under its Espionage Act. Assange, WikiLeaks and everyone on their side in this decades long struggle has ultimately lost.