Comment Assange is a spy. as simple as that.. (Score 2) 696
He'd be a traitor in Australia. To America, he is simply a foreign agent, and must be dealt as such.
Or perhaps he's a "stateless" spy? Then, he is the enemy of whoever was exposed by his actions, :-). No doubt, Wikileaks exposed a lot of dirt, but the stuff was also stolen. Espionage is a necessary evil and that's how it must remain. You can't say, "hey Assange did right, but the CIA did wrong"
Does the US have moral superiority? Can they say, "what assange did was right because we never do what he does"? No. I'm sure US spooks listen to 'dip' networks all the time on behalf of the US. Assange does it for kicks or for some holy cause, doesn't matter. He's a spy, nations and people supporting can only do because they benefited form him.
I would support him, but I would not have anything to put up in my defence if the Special Activities Division came for me. Espionage is a fair play among nations, and that's it. Morals simply don't work in this area. Just read The Spy who came in from the cold.
