Please don't support prosecuting Julian Assange for publishing. Yes, he's a sexist anti-Semite dipshit who promotes conspiracy theories and secretly collaborates with fascists then lies about it. But precedent in this case severely threatens press freedom freedom.press/news/prosecuti…
The indictment against him is sealed, so we don't know what he's charged with yet. Charges could include conspiracy with GRU or other Russian intelligence agents, or CFAA/hacking crimes. (Probably nothing related to Swedish rape accusations, but you never know.)
But if you want the media to remain a check on government corruption, you can't also support Espionage Act charges against WikiLeaks/Assange for publishing Iraq war logs/diplomatic cables, CIA Vault7 docs, and even DNC/Podesta emails.
The Justice Dept under Trump has more than *tripled* the number of leak investigations since the Obama administration. Obama started the war on whistleblowers, and Trump has significantly escalated that war nytimes.com/2017/08/04/us/…
They're using the widespread hatred of WikiLeaks and Assange to get the anti-free press legal precedent they want. Don't fall for it.
To learn more about some of the WikiLeaks/Julian Assange dipshittery, here's a thread based on leaked twitter DMs, made possible thanks to Assange's shitty operational security
