Assange Gravely Ill, Transferred to Hospital Wing: Media Silent

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[–]FormosaOolong[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I guess I meant at this point, why not drop it while he still breathes?

I gather from his letter though that he really can't communicate freely with anyone. I had hoped that the book he was carrying upon arrest was the secret signal.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I guess I meant at this point, why not drop it while he still breathes?

Because then they can just kill him without any repercussions and almost certainly get away with it.

I don't think he's in communication with anyone anymore. I think the person with the dead man's switch (if it exists, which I hope it does) is just watching the news

[–]FormosaOolong[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I was going to ask what would be the point of killing him once the truth was fully out, but then I remembered all the "suicides" and "accidents" that have happened to people who have exposed heinous crimes.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Him testifying in a very public court case would draw a lot of attention to the issues. So they don't want him in court nor do they want the dead man's switch to be released. So the optimal thing for them is to just keep him in an ambiguous coma basically. At least that's how I think they're thinking.