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US Likely to Prosecute Julian Assange as an Asset of Russian Military Intelligence
US Likely to Prosecute Julian Assange as an Asset of Russian Military Intelligence
July 31, 2018
(MPN Op-ed) — New reports from a host of mainstream sources are asserting that the U.S. government — in its long-standing efforts to arrest and prosecute WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange — may have changed its strategy in pursuing the journalist. While past efforts at targeting Assange focused on his role as a publisher, this new strategy would see Assange targeted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as an asset of Russian military intelligence.
As several recent reports at MintPress and other independent outlets have noted, the fate of WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange and the legal charges he is likely to face if extradited to the United States are likely to set several key precedents that could upend freedom of the press, citizen rights, and other cornerstones of modern democracy — that is, if he is prosecuted as a publisher of classified information.
Yet, by changing its strategy and catching Assange up in the Mueller probe as well as linking him to a “hostile” foreign entity, the U.S. government would be able to save face by avoiding setting these problematic precedents while also still unleashing its full fury upon the Australian-born journalist who has long been the object of extreme hostility from the U.S. political establishment.
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