Samantha Cowan

Because the best way to stop a coup is to deter it.

The many mainstream journalists cheering on his extradition may come to regret in the future when the American government comes for them or their sources.

Each of these stunning disclosures gives Wikileaks and Julian Assange sufficient concern to consider himself a marked man.

If the institutions of government are deemed illegitimate, preserving democracy may well be left to the people demanding justice.

With so much at stake Autumn 2020 is a time when people have the decisive opportunity to prevent the consolidation of illegitimate power by an authoritarian regime.