Why You Should Care About the Extradition of Julian Assange

Deconstructed

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🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Julian Assange's impending extradition to the United States could set a dangerous new precedent in international law by allowing powerful governments to demand the handing-over of foreign journalists who publish information they deem damaging to their interests. Ryan Grim discusses the Assange case with Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof. Then, Dana Gottesfeld describes the plight of her husband Martin, a hacker and human rights activist currently serving time at a prison in Indiana, similar to the one Assange could end up in.

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0:00.0	Earlier this week, the nation's beleaguered voters were subjected to a debate the likes
0:06.7	of which had never been seen before on a presidential stage.
0:10.3	I want to make sure you are dead last and you're dead last.
0:14.7	Can you let him finish?
0:15.7	We're at the left.
0:16.7	Who is on your list, Joe?
0:17.7	This is on your list.
0:18.7	Gentlemen, I think we've ended this unprecedented record.
0:22.7	But on the plus side, we learned something interesting about Europeans.
0:29.1	You know, in Europe, they live there, far as cities.
0:31.2	They're called far as cities.
0:32.8	I was with the head of a major country.
0:35.7	It's a far as city.
0:37.2	But today on the show, we're going to flee the United States and head to a courtroom in
0:41.0	London where the Trump administration has launched the most consequential fight over
0:44.8	global press freedom in several generations.
0:48.0	The press itself has been almost entirely silent about it.
0:51.8	So let's do something about that.
0:53.9	I'm Ryan Grimm.
0:54.9	Today on deconstructed, why you should care about the impending extradition of Julian Assange
1:00.3	to the United States.
1:04.5	In that courtroom in London over the past month, a magistrate has been reviewing a request
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