Trump is not pardoning Assange. He tried to get him extradited to face charges in the US, allegedly offering immunity in exchange for giving up his sources for the Hillary emails to prove it wasn't Russian hacking, and directed Ric Grenell to try to hide through Aaron Schwartz it before a court case a few months ago.
Cassandra Fairbanks has the call from Aaron Schwartz recorded and uploaded it after entering it into evidence in that same case.
Back when he was with the Guardian and first working with Snowden, he devoted a significant amount of column space to trashing Assange for doing things "the wrong way." He believed at the time that just releasing the damn files was bad, and that they should instead be combed through by the amazing gatekeepers of our wonderful media so as not to endanger national security.
This was his excuse for never releasing the vast majority of the Snowden info, btw. So his reasoning on this change of heart is sorta important.
(This is the 30th thing he's desperately needed to explain that he probably never will. Like his propensity to call everyone "cheerleaders for the Iraq War" without mentioning that he was a vocal and public supporter for the first few years. Or whatever his stance is on gun control today, and yes it changes that wildly that often. Or firing Matt Taibbi and hiring Talcum X.)
the change...my guess would be.....that when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's administrationn charged him with conspiracy for critical reporting on the Brazilian government., he found himself personally in a very similar situation as Assange. His evolution from initial contact with "Cincinnatus," regarding Snowden was a long cautious climb. I am no expert into the mind of Greenwald but i'd speculate that he got there by some evolution of thought and personal experience of the lash and that sealed the deal.I think he is a very cautious individual.
I don't think he ever wanted to be where he is now, in regards to "Intercept" but he is. Few of us have the guts of Assange and Snowden...or John Pilger...or Christopher Hitchens but the last man "in" is "still :in".
...and Assange, he has really stuck to supporting Assange
He was on Tucker tonight as well as few weeks ago when Trump hinted at pardoning Snowden and Assange.
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I posted the clip of him on Tucker if you want to check it out. It was a great interview.
https://thedonald.win/p/11PW39hbso/greenwald-might-be-a-lefty-but-h/c/
Trump is not pardoning Assange. He tried to get him extradited to face charges in the US, allegedly offering immunity in exchange for giving up his sources for the Hillary emails to prove it wasn't Russian hacking, and directed Ric Grenell to try to hide through Aaron Schwartz it before a court case a few months ago.
Cassandra Fairbanks has the call from Aaron Schwartz recorded and uploaded it after entering it into evidence in that same case.
https://youtu.be/Lj0C0rqSZVw
When did that change?
Back when he was with the Guardian and first working with Snowden, he devoted a significant amount of column space to trashing Assange for doing things "the wrong way." He believed at the time that just releasing the damn files was bad, and that they should instead be combed through by the amazing gatekeepers of our wonderful media so as not to endanger national security.
This was his excuse for never releasing the vast majority of the Snowden info, btw. So his reasoning on this change of heart is sorta important.
(This is the 30th thing he's desperately needed to explain that he probably never will. Like his propensity to call everyone "cheerleaders for the Iraq War" without mentioning that he was a vocal and public supporter for the first few years. Or whatever his stance is on gun control today, and yes it changes that wildly that often. Or firing Matt Taibbi and hiring Talcum X.)
the change...my guess would be.....that when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's administrationn charged him with conspiracy for critical reporting on the Brazilian government., he found himself personally in a very similar situation as Assange. His evolution from initial contact with "Cincinnatus," regarding Snowden was a long cautious climb. I am no expert into the mind of Greenwald but i'd speculate that he got there by some evolution of thought and personal experience of the lash and that sealed the deal.I think he is a very cautious individual.
I don't think he ever wanted to be where he is now, in regards to "Intercept" but he is. Few of us have the guts of Assange and Snowden...or John Pilger...or Christopher Hitchens but the last man "in" is "still :in".