A decision will be issued tomorrow by the lower-court British judge in the Assange extradition case. It's virtually certain that Judge Vanessa Baraitser -- who has been openly hostile to Assange, barely even pretending to extend basic due process -- will rule for the USG. But...
On some level, it doesn't matter who wins tomorrow. Either way, Assange stays in prison: if he wins, the USG appeals, and if the US wins, Assange appeals.
That means the US & UK get to disappear Assange *for years* without proving his guilt: just refuse to release him on bail.
That means the US & UK get to disappear Assange *for years* without proving his guilt: just refuse to release him on bail.
The indifference, if not outright support, of most of the US media for the Trump DOJ's attempt to extradite and prosecute Assange -- despite the grave threats it poses to their own press freedom -- is repellent but predictable. I explained here this week:
greenwald.substack.com/p/the-kafkaesq…
greenwald.substack.com/p/the-kafkaesq…
Despite how consequential the Assange hearing is for press freedoms and basic transparency -- the things the US media claims to care about so much -- so few have covered the proceedings.
Follow 2 independent journalists who have superbly reported it: @richimedhurst & @kgosztola.
Follow 2 independent journalists who have superbly reported it: @richimedhurst & @kgosztola.
Absent a pardon by Trump or, failing that, the Biden DOJ's adherence to Obama DOJ's refusal to prosecute Assange, the WikiLeaks founder -- who broke more major stories than most journalists could in 100 lifetimes -- will die in Belmarsh prison in London, convicted of nothing. 
There have been some journalists with mainstream news outlets -- way too few -- who have been very vocal about the dangers of the Assange prosecution. WashPost's @Sulliview is one. @jaketapper, too. And here's NYT's @ScottShaneNYT as clear as can be:
https://twitter.com/ScottShaneNYT/status/1341549317966983172
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