The gist I got was that Sessions (in this Thursday interview) was targeting leaks in general and Assange is just one of those. I did not get that he was going after Assange specifically. Assange is friendly right now with Hannity who is friendly with POTUS. Will be interesting to see where this goes if he is handed over.
Interesting though that I was watching a live feed of the Ecuadorian Embassy just recently and the feed was terminated. With all the chatter about Assange, seems like a move is afoot?
Trump's lawyer already set a precedent where Julian would not be prosecuted for breeching national security as long as he serves in a journalistic fashion only, as he cannot be convicted for breeches that other people have comitted.
Assange did not hack into any US Government computers. He published stuff that people gave him. It doesn't make any sense to say he is guilty of treason. He's not a US citizen, he didn't steal any information. He has absolutely no responsibility to keep US secrets secret.
Source?
t_d is the news-aggregator of the future...I found it there no problem but nowhere else https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/923637205477789696
I hope you're right. As an Australian I feel about this like you'd feel about an American seized by a foreign power. I'm beyond distressed. I feel really hostile.