The last tweet he put out clearly said clemency.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/819630102787059713
If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status...rc=twsrc%5Etfw
He also said it during an interview with Sean Hannity, but I know better to post anything from Fox News here. :P
Julian's lawyer is already weasel-wording to get out of it - http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecur...radition-offer (Basically, wants clemency as well...which is utter nonsense, as the commutation is effectively clemency in this case)
In any case, there really isn't much evidence that the commutation of Manning's sentence had much to do with Julian anyways (yes, I know...both Assange and Trump think the word revolves around them). However, if there is a play of that nature, the US could hand Assange over to Sweden for him to face his rape accusation.
Yeah, looks like i might be wrong here. It seems some the media (especially the news aggregates and blogosphere) used the words pardon and clemency interchangeably when reporting this a couple days ago and I must have latched onto the pardon thing at some point. Could have SWORN i heard him say pardon to Hannity, but i can't seem to find it on the transcripts, so this may be a confabulation on my part. hehe. I have to post this. As an apology, I offer this gem if you ever need an example of foxnews being bad at news.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01...eaks-says.html
Remember when Democrats celebrated Julian Assange as a hero? Pepridge Farm remembers!
On MMO-C we learn that Anti-Fascism is locking arms with corporations, the State Department and agreeing with the CIA, But opposing the CIA and corporate America, and thinking Jews have a right to buy land and can expect tenants to pay rent THAT is ultra-Fash Nazism. Bellingcat is an MI6/CIA cut out. Clyburn Truther.
Remember when there was a difference between exposing war crimes and indulging in partisan politics during an election?
People who aren't 7 year olds remember.
Also 'member when Republicans went after Whistleblowers as well? 'Member how all of them right now are talking about how Manning should be imprisoned for life, if not executed?
You can get off your high horse anytime now.
I am not sure about Julian Assange. I believe he did selection on what to publish in favor of his own wish to influence american politics.
Well, it didn't take long at all. Assange said he won't pledge for an extradition, and came up with a Trumpism saying basically that he was misinterpreted, sorta sarcasm, instead trying to mean that Manning was imprisoned unjustly (so to speak):
"Mr. Assange was saying that Chelsea should never have been prosecuted, never have been sentenced to decades in prison, and should have been released immediately."
So now Assange is seen as a liar.
Not in the least bit surprised Assange bitched out.
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Yeah, back before he doxxed gay people in Saudi Arabia and acted as a kind of shitty PAC. Either you don't know what Wikileaks has been up to prior to Podesta, or you're a hack. Either way, you should stop having opinions.
Bah..I am fine with him destroying Hillary. I am not fine with him pretending to be some kind of whistle blower. He is just a caricature of his former self now. Real question is where does he go from here? I am going to assume he is unemployed for the moment till Putin summons him again?
Of course he won't. Sock puppets don't have spines.
He didn't get clemency? Part of his sentence was commuted, he is still in jail until May and he is still considered to be a criminal.