Precisely, Hammi.
Note how you answered the question.
You admitted that
there is no legal difference between the ACTIONS Assange committed and those a foreign spy would commit(in collusion).
The difference you cite is not in Assange's actions, but in
who he is.
The question asked how the ACTIONS are different.
You concede there is no difference, with the only difference being the "identities" of those committing the crime.
In other words, two different people can do the exact same thing, but if one is a spy and one is a "reporter", they face vastly different outcomes.
Once I exposed this obvious fact, the machinery of the WF Left sprung into gear to protect one of their own.
You can witness the panic starting mid-page 5, culminating in
this thread.
They do not like being exposed in such an obvious way.
Finally, one person with the intellectual honesty to actually consider the question.
It's like finding an oasis in a desert of ignorance.