Honor, don't indict, Julian Assange

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The idea of indicting WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange for revealing the massive disregard for the law shown by our government is akin to indicting George Holliday for videotaping the Rodney King beating of 1991.

Assange has acted in the greatest tradition of whistle-blowers who put their own safety and well-being on the line in service to the Constitution and the freedoms that it guarantees to us.

Instead of trying to imprison the one man who insisted that America and its officials adhere to their own laws, President Donald Trump would do better to reevaluate the status of those who would order the kidnapping, murder, exsanguination and dismemberment of American journalists.

Ronald O. Richards

Los Angeles

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It became clear early on — when a number of personnel split from Julian Assange — that WikiLeaks’ intent is vandalism against the West, primarily the U.S. How can people consider WikiLeaks a journalistic endeavor in the name of transparency, as Assange characterizes the organization, when all it does is post stolen information meant to harm others? His alleged cooperative effort with Russia says it all.

Mark Martin

Very sad to see so many Americans thinking that patriots who reveal truth about corruption in government should be punished. I guess that’s why America is falling apart. John Rospamforme

Information is power, and Assange controls information not to inform, but to unleash a sabotage aligned to his personal agenda. Tom Kane

Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden are great heroes for speaking truth to power. Missy Newell