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Now the question is: will Assange follow up with his promise?

For those wondering, WikiLeaks claimed[0] that they'll agree to Assange being extradited to the US if Obama grants clemency to Manning, but later on Assange's lawyers said[1] that this was only applicable if Manning gets released immediately, and that the deal Obama gave was still not enough for Assange to agree to be extradited.

[0] https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/819630102787059713

[1] http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/314783-assange-lawye...

Clemency would mean that she was pardoned, yes? But she was merely released early on a commuted sentence.

Pardoning and commutation are both forms of clemency.

Clemency covers both pardons and commutations of sentences.

He has since amended his requirements. Listen to his interview here: https://theintercept.com/2017/04/19/intercepted-podcast-juli...

"Amended his requirements" aka "Oh shit, I didn't think you'd actually do it. I was only kidding!"

> "Amended his requirements" aka "Oh shit, I didn't think you'd actually do it. I was only kidding!"

He was never going to do it in the first place. Do you really think that a president would reverse a pardon if Julian Assange did not stand by his words?

I think you misunderstood what I meant

>He was never going to do it in the first place.

That is what I was implying. Julian didn't think Obama would actually commute the sentence so said he'd turn himself in for free PR points.

Not to mention that it is the Swedes that want to talk to him. The US hasn't called for his extradition.

> The US hasn't called for his extradition.

Maybe not. But I don't think he decided to spend 3-4 years in the Ecuadorian UK embassy because he's having fun there.

We don't know if the US would call for his extradition and neither does he. I understand why he would try to play it safe. I still think he should be on trial for that alleged rape.

'Alleged rape' is a term loaded with propaganda for what he is accused of, especially taking into account what the witnesses have to say about the incidents.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/17/julian-assange...

To my knowledge, that ist what he is wanted for in Sweden. If there is a better way to express that, I would like to hear it.

Good thing he wasnt sentenced to embassy arrest for 15 years- that would be something we usually only do to murders.

I thought he just liked the cat

Can I get a timecode? That is a long audio file and I apparently can't quess the right keywords to find it in the transcript.

Edit: I have now listened to the whole thing and there seems to be no mention of that offer as far as I can tell. So either I missed it, you mistakenly linked the wrong interview, this is anti-Assange Propaganda you hope nobody is going to check too closely, or it is guerilla marketing for the intercept.

Neither. I listened to the whole thing and Jeremy asked specifically what it would take to get him to leave the embassy.

Of course not.

It was dumb of Assange to make the offer.

Do you seriously think that this half-measure is sufficient to call him out on it though?

It seems to me to be too little (clemency instead of a pardon) too late (she already spent a horrific amount of time under torturous conditions in prison).

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