In January, the UK High Court will decide if Julian Assange can be extradited to the US to face espionage charges. But the actual spy was Edward Snowdown, who has taken up residence in Russia. All of Snowden's info was probably already had by the Russians before Assange published it. So who did Assange give secret info to? Us? I think all he's guilty of is embarrassing the US government, which is not a crime as far as I know. You can't even say he betrayed the US, since he is Australian. He doesn't owe any allegiance to the US.

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets extradited, tried, and found Not Guilty. By the same logic, we should arrest Putin in some third country, extradite him to the US, and try him for any number of crimes against the interests of the US.

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