US Gov’t accidentally reveals they’re charging Julian Assange, paving the way for persecution of all journalists
Written by the Free Thought Project. The ACLU has published a statement declaring the US’s decision to prosecute Assange to be “unprecedented and unconstitutional”. .@ACLU: Prosecuting Assange for @wikileaks publishing operations unprecedented and unconstitutional. …. sets dangerous precedent for U.S. journalists, who routinely violate foreign secrecy laws to deliver information vital to the public’s interest. https://t.co/DJY1CfbpEx — Jamil Dakwar (@jdakwar) November 16, 2018 Mere hours after the Wall Street Journal reported that the DOJ was preparing to indict Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange, the Washington Post discovered that Assange has already been charged under seal by the Eastern District of Virginia,...
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