<story><title>Julian Assange granted permission to appeal against extradition to US</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/26/julian-assange-granted-permission-to-appeal-against-extradition-to-us</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>prmoustache</author><text>I still don&amp;#x27;t understand how a country can grant extradition of a non US citizen to the USA for &amp;quot;espionage&amp;quot;. Every country is potentially spying on every other country and it doesn&amp;#x27;t even matter if they are supposed to be allies or enemies. The only limits are resources.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bdw5204</author><text>Arguably, the rest of the &amp;quot;free world&amp;quot; can be seen as provinces of an American Empire with their independence. From that perspective, the Assange extradition makes perfect sense.&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;#x27;t as crazy as it sounds because the Roman Empire had provinces which were technically &amp;quot;independent&amp;quot; monarchies aligned with Rome. Most famously, Egypt under Cleopatra and Judea under Herod.</text></comment>
<story><title>Julian Assange granted permission to appeal against extradition to US</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/26/julian-assange-granted-permission-to-appeal-against-extradition-to-us</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>prmoustache</author><text>I still don&amp;#x27;t understand how a country can grant extradition of a non US citizen to the USA for &amp;quot;espionage&amp;quot;. Every country is potentially spying on every other country and it doesn&amp;#x27;t even matter if they are supposed to be allies or enemies. The only limits are resources.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>surfingdino</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a complex legal matter and nobody involved is in any rush to make hasty decisions, because they may impact future extradition requests. Speaking of the future, intentional or not, Assange&amp;#x27;s case has a freezing effect on people who might be thinking of sharing secrets. That&amp;#x27;s already a win for those who don&amp;#x27;t want secrets to be shared with the public.</text></comment>