Julian Assange leaves UK after being freed in US plea deal - BBC News

The WikiLeaks founder is freed from a London jail after agreeing to plead guilty to criminal charges.

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Godspeed, Assange. Hope you continue fighting the good fight wherever you go next 🙏
- Yeah... I've very mixed feelings about this. On paper, wikileaks was a force for good, but it got taken over by far right/Russian assets.
  
  The legacy is irreparably tainted. He abused a position of influence to push a personal vendetta and in the process, helped the kremlin inject a political cancer into western society.
  
  Assange turned out to be just as much a megalomaniacal, petty little tyrant as those he pointed a sanctimonious finger at, to the cheers of those who saw him as a "friend", when he was only just "the enemy of my enemy".
  
  It was never a force for good. Assange got innocent people murdered because of his actions.
- I hope he goes home and takes it easy, he did enough
They took a $300 000 flight to Australia. I guess that's the price when you order on the same day, but what's the hurry?

Sure, I understand the desire to get the fuck out of UK after so many years, but I suppose he'll be checking in to some hotel on arrival anyway. Asking for crowdfunding for a flight seems a little out of touch..
I have no clue what this means. But I do remember that he's been fighting for something for a very long time
- Mostly, he's been doing the dirty work for Russia.
  
  I thought Russia does the dirty work for Russia. But ok.

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