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Julian Assange Gave America the Ugly Truth
Julian Assange Gave America the Ugly Truth
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van after his arrest in London five years ago. He is now fighting extradition to the U.S. (Photo by Daniel Leal / AFP)
Biden is thinking of dropping America’s case against the whistleblower. He should.
By Rupa Subramanya
04.10.24 — U.S. Politics
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Julian Assange Gave America the Ugly Truth

Filmed above Baghdad, from a U.S. military Apache helicopter, the grainy black-and-white video opens with a voice instructing the pilot to “light ’em all up.” 

Then, there’s open fire: a torrent of bullets flying into a small group of people on the ground. The pilots believed that two of them were carrying weapons over their shoulders.

“Look at those dead…

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Rupa Subramanya

Rupa Subramanya is a writer based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post.

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