Wow. There is no media reporting on this in the US if true... [Leon Panetta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Panetta) seem to give him a nice statement when Mr. Lynn left the DoD in 2011. >> "Bill Lynn has provided outstanding advice and counsel to this department and to the nation over the course of his long career," >> "In January 2021, all ten living former defense secretaries, including Panetta, raised alarm in an open letter against a military coup to overturn the election results, warning officials who would participate and specifically naming the temporary acting secretary of defense Christopher C. Miller as the problem and that he and other acting political appointees at the Department of Defense would face grave consequences if they violated the constitution. They continued that any current member of the Trump Administration should “refrain from any political actions that undermine the results of the election or hinder the success of the new team.”" Here is Panetta-deeznuts gloating about Assange. >> [Former CIA director Leon Panetta: We are prosecuting Assange to intimidate others](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/18/assa-s18.html)