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The UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed off on the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, reports El Reg.
Javid's certifying of the US extradition request lodged this week is the first formal step in having Assange sent across the pond. The next phase is tomorrow, when Belmarsh Magistrates' Court will set a date for a full extradition hearing. After that, assuming a district judge (full-time professional magistrate) OKs the extradition, Javid himself will make the final decision on whether or not to send the one-time chief WikiLeaker to America, as UK.gov's website explains. It is almost certain Assange will file an appeal to the High Court after the district judge's ruling, and again (as the law allows) after the Home Secretary's final decision.
In the US, Assange will face charges of violating espionage law.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @09:27PM (5 children)
I don't have any evidence, but I'm going to make unsubstantiated claims anyway!
Government sometimes do unethical and bad things, therefore all laws are repressive!
Wake up sheeple! If you aren't against all forms of government, you're part of the problem!
But don't take up arms against the evil gub'mint! Just try to cheat them when you can!
There's no point in trying to strengthen the rule of law. So let's just subvert it more!
That's it! That's the ticket!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @09:31PM (2 children)
And soon will come the troll mods, as folks aren't interested in discussing all angles, just in confirming their own beliefs and prejudices.
Because anyone who doesn't believe the same way must be evildoers who want to enslave them, or puppets of those who do.
It's not possible to hold contrary positions without being evil and wrong. amirite?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday June 14 2019, @12:46PM (1 child)
When you come in with apologia for parties that are clearly acting on a vendetta rather than an actual crime, then yes. When you defend a rigged game that is our modern system, then yes.
You're effectively behaving like a lickspittle in service to Al Capone, who declares that those accusing him of murder are conspiracy theorists right after he has beaten John Scalise to death with a baseball bat.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @02:00PM
No. There's no apologia there. The US government has acted shamefully both in the actions revealed by Manning/Wikileaks and the hounding of Assange.
I'm instead railing against statements which are unsupported by evidence or rational argument. The person I responded to was encouraging armed insurrection and further dilution of the rule of law. Not supporting those things makes me an apologist and a lickspittle? I'm sorry, I haven't seen you on the news getting arrested or shot dead for armed insurrection against the US government.
By your logic, that makes you a lickspittle apologist too, right?
What's more, instead of getting cogent, reasoned arguments (or any arguments at all) it's just troll mods and blather [soylentnews.org], as I predicted [soylentnews.org].
Even *factual* statements [soylentnews.org] as to official statements are shouted down [soylentnews.org] with no evidence, and arguments that boil down to "you're wrong!" even though I just paraphrased the link provided, while *specifically* stating that I could not verify the veracity of the claims made.
That's not discussion. That's not even advocacy. That's just moronic posturing.
So if desiring to discuss facts and evidence with reasoned argument makes me a "lickspittle" apologist, then so be it.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @10:54PM (1 child)
Hello fren [justice.gov], you were sayin'? [soylentnews.org]
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 13 2019, @11:47PM
I'm not your "fren" c0lo.
I linked to the same DOJ press release you did [soylentnews.org]. Your point?