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This sets an incredibly dangerous precedent for the future of the free press. thedailybeast.com/us-charges-wik…
If the government is willing to prosecute Assange for publishing classified material it didn't want to be made public, it can do the same to The New York Times, CNN, and the rest.
And if that was all he had been charged with, that might be a good point. But the new charges are for *publishing the information* itself.
Left, a response I’m seeing frequently.
Right, a law professor explains why it is irrelevant.
Right, a law professor explains why it is irrelevant.
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