His mind is probably completely gone at this point, I'm sure he's bonkers. and has been there ever since (about 4 years now). So, using the fresh US charges as pretense, UK authorities yank him out of the embassy in London, he's thrown into solitary confinement. He also is not a US national (he's Australian), so say what you like about what they revealed, it wasn't a treasonous act. In one's capacity as a journalist, pushing a source for more docs or proof is actually the irreducible essence of investigative journalism, and First Amendment protected activity. The US DOJ under Trump's pick Barr advanced charges against him when the furor died down somewhat, and the charges were incredibly weak: he was asking Manning for more documents or evidence, which isn't a crime. presidential election, that all hell broke loose. It was not until the PODESTA WikiLeaks were released, just weeks before the 2016 U.S. The scandal only increased his fame and reach. He was allowed to continue doing his thing.
Their "Collateral Damage" video showed the US military erroneously gunning down Reuters wire journalists from a chopper, and although it led to a lot of questions, they didn't drone Julian or anything like that in the aftermath. For starters here, let's remember that WikiLeaks was a revolutionary publishing outfit at the time.
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