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Is Julian Assange a journalist? A publisher? A hacker? A criminal? All of those? bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
It’s complicated. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Assange may be “a conscientious objector, engaging in a long, honorable tradition of civil disobedience. He may even have acted at times as only a publisher. If he became a hacker and broke the law, though, he was no longer a journalist or just a messenger. He was a criminal.”
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Robert Mueller wrote a letter in late March to Attorney General William Barr objecting to Barr’s early description of the Russia investigation’s conclusions as appearing to clear President Trump on possible obstruction of justice nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/…
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Donald Trump says he's been "the most transparent president" ever. His lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One tells us the opposite. My column on Trump's most recent battle with Congress: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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“It’s easy to see why Barr ignored Mueller’s 21 pages pondering presidential immunity, executive authority, the separation of powers and the Constitution. It would have made things complicated. Political errand boys know that black-and-white sells.” bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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stefania maurizi
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1. oggi si terrà la prima udienza per decidere sulla richiesta di estradizione di Julian #Assange negli USA. E' cruciale che voi sappiate una cosa: l'agenzia governativa inglese che gestisce le estradizioni è il #CrownProsecutionService.
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Julian #Assange has been charged with conspiracy to commit journalism. The free press has not ducked a bullet here; it’s taken one to the chest. 1/7
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Just Security
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Would charges for #Assange's role in disclosing classified national security information implicate #PressFreedoms?

Q&A with @rgoodlaw (posing questions) and @steve_vladeck (answering them)

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I made a presentation at the public forum in SF on the topic of prosecution of Julian #Assange & the US war on the First Amendment. Here are the slides that I used to explore the role of corporate media in this war. nozomihayase.com/wp-content/upl… #WikiLeaks
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