WSJ: U.S. confident it can prosecute Julian Assange

Politics
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Neither are illegal aliens.

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Does the Espionage Act violate the 1st amendment? (Assuming that is what he is charged under…)

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We’ll see, won’t we?

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President Trump should just pardon him and be done with it.

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Stick to the subject homeslice.

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Worry about your own posts.

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No need to dogpile. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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I would imagine this is a pretty powerful lobby

https://www.google.com/amp/s/cpj.org/amp/029162.html

I wonder where they’ll fall?

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Nice non sequitur.

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Amazing that that had to be pointed out. More amazing that more people have not complained about foreign interference – and I’m referring to WikiLeaks not Russia – in our election.

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Why defend Assange?

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Are you implying Assange is a journalist? He’s not.

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Another meaningless indictment that just pads the talking point of “look at all that this investigation has uncovered” so they pick at manifort, that kid and a bunch of faceless russians🤷🏻‍♂️ oh the horror!

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Oh, it follows.

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He’s the press.

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Of course he is.

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Funny, journalists – those who know the business – don’t think so.

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Funny, their opinions are worth absolutely nothing.

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They’re worth more than that of some anonymous internet pundit.

And you might want to read the SPJ Code of Ethics.

– Avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering information unless traditional, open methods will not yield information vital to the public.

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Who is an internet pundit and why?

Every journalist doesn’t belong to the little snowflake club.