President Trump polled his aides on Thursday about whether he should let anti-surveillance whistleblower and leaker Edward Snowden return to the US from Russia without going to prison, saying he was

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  • yeah [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    They are both good. Assange ran WikiLeaks. Snowden leaked a bunch of NSA stuff that showed they spy on basically everyone.

      • yeah [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        No, they're are allegations of rape, but AFAIK they were just a ploy to get him extradited to the US. As soon as he was set to be extradited they dropped the rape charges.

        I haven't heard anything at all about pedophilia. The rape stuff was mostly about if he used a condom or not.

        • determinism [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          The rape allegations are a much older affair. The pedophile stuff was from 2016.

          https://www.rt.com/usa/363352-assange-framed-pedophile-clinton/

          https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/312654-wikileaks-threatens-cnn-with-defamation-suit-over-pedophilia-claim

          https://www.wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/final_report_t_c_17_oct_2016-2.pdf