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Authoritarian regimes develop a knee jerk response to anything that might reflect negatively on them, even if it ends up actually harming their long term interests.

>>ashton+(OP)
As evidenced by the fate of a certain former occupant of the Oval Office.

>>ashton+(OP)
"Authoritarian regimes.." - oh I see, it is the "authoritarian regimes"..

Now go and check (it contains a story about FOIA requests to the UK government on Assange's case)

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/11/18/signs-of-u-k-misconduc...

It is the 6th (!) year that the litigation to obtain the information goes on.