Assange lawyer: Manning commutation doesn't meet extradition offer's conditions

[cloudythescribbler]

22. it is NOT self-evident to me (especially ur throwing Snowden in the list) that they're useful idiots

I think that Palast's report is VERY convincing, judging the reporting on programs like CrossCheck and not an ad hominem about the man.

As for Assange -- his revelations all other things being equal, exposed stuff in the Democratic Party of interest to the cognoscenti, which in my arrogant opinion (imao) had virtually no effect on the election, far less than eg Comey.

Since Assange and others are being scapegoated for HRC's defeat, there are many fewer defenders here on DU. Plenty of progressives still respect him and the Intercept and Greenwald.

That you throw in Snowden w/the list suggests that you really don't like the leaking of dirt altogether, not just when it ostensibly helps the RW (as I haven't seen the case made about Snowden)