TIL about the "'New York Times problem'—the dilemma of indicting Assange for the very same kind of investigative journalism that mainstream media engages frequently"
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Debatable. But even if he did, that means he helped uncover the human rights abuses of the US and it's allies and their unbelievable collateral damage(~60% of deaths in Irak where civilians). Again maybe legally wrong, but ethically it was the right thing to do.
I don't know where you get that info from, but if I had messed with the largest military industrial complex on the planet, I'd be looking for friends in other contries aswell. Snowden understadably did the same.
I wouldn't even want my worst enemy to experience US prisons. They are inhumane and they torture prisoners (extended solitary confinement) on a daily basis as a form of coercion. How could you wish this on anyone?