Every newspaper worth its salt has published classified information,and who believes the Trump administration, with its press hatred, and would quit there?In an unprecedented and dangerous move that threatens the press freedom rights of all journalists,the US Justice Department has indicated it is preparing to charge WikiLeaks with a crime and may attempt to arrest its founder Julian Assange. The charges may stem from the publication of US State Department cables in 2010 and their more recent of disclosure of CIA hacking tools.
Whether you like or dislike WikiLeaks – especially whether you dislike them – it’s well-known to understand just how dangerous this potential prosecution is to the future of journalism in the United States. Newspapers publish classified information all the time, and any prosecution of WikiLeaks puts journalists of all stripes at risk of a similar fate. Even WikiLeaks’ harshest critics need to denounce this potential move as a grave threat to the first amendment. Related: Arresting Julian Assange is a precedence, or says US attorney general Jeff Sessions Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com