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Quote from: Haunebu on April 11, 2019, 07:27:12 PM

7 years! Damn. Just saw the news and was surprised that he had these many charges against him(Molestation, Rape etc) of which some were dropped already while some others are still pending.

I think that the US government have no intentions to ever release him out in the open ever again.

I agree. I'd be shocked if he's ever released - his only hope is a pardon from a president way ahead in the future. It's also surprising it took 7 years to finally nab him.

It's because the government of Ecuador take him as political asylum seeker, but since they withdraw Julian political asylum status, he was nabbed in the embassy by the UK Police. I think the US is hell bent of getting him into the prison and shut him up for good. Maybe they can used the bitcoin donations for good, but I don't know if it is enough for him to salvage his freedom though.

To be honest, I was surprised to hear that Julian Assange has been arrested a few days ago. He lived in this embassy without walking the streets or parks for so long, and in fact now the government of Ecuador has decided to give him to the UK police.

It should be noted that the second-last post of satoshi on the forum was related to Wikileaks:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3;sa=showPosts

Quote from: satoshi on December 11, 2010, 11:39:16 PM

It would have been nice to get this attention in any other context. WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.

I do not know whether Julian Assange is a good or bad person, but he is quite famous in the world. I hope that all his rights will be respected.