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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAssange lawyer: Manning commutation doesn't meet extradition offer's conditions
Obama on Tuesday commuted Mannings sentence for leaking diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, leading many to wonder whether that meant Assange was ready to surrender to the Department of Justice.
Mr. Assange welcomes the announcement that Ms. Manning's sentence will be reduced and she will be released in May, but this is well short of what he sought, said Barry Pollack, Assanges U.S.-based attorney, via email.
Mr. Assange had called for Chelsea Manning to receive clemency and be released immediately.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/314783-assange-lawyer-conditions-not-met-for-assange-manning-extradition-offer
How shocking! Not.
Initech
(100,079 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)There's still Germany's election to upend, after all.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)brush
(53,782 posts)He got called on it and backed down.
Justice
(7,188 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)just guessing..
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)My guess is he's just a sh*t talking a-hole. Maybe we're both right?
highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)eShirl
(18,494 posts)blogslut
(38,001 posts)His offer was ridiculous to begin with. Assange hasn't been charged with a crime in the US. He doesn't offer to travel to Sweden to face the court for rape charges or to England to face arrest for skipping bail. This guy is full of shit.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)It was bullshit on its face, and now he's having to walk it back. No surprise here at all.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)I knew he was a punk liar.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I'm good with him sitting in the embassy being cheered by his Trump Humper buddies.
Assange will never be able to understand the concept of doing something simply because it is the correct thing to do. What Obama has done here. Look at how they are tripping over themselves to make it all about them. Assange is truly a narcissist with additional and serious mental issues stemming from early childhood.