Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amendment Issues

Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by zaroth on Thursday May 23, 2019 @08:27PM (#19997371)

Whistleblowing isn’t to the NYT, it’s to the government itself.

Also;

> ...existing legal protections for whistleblowers are limited and generally do not extend to leaks of classified information. [1]

[1] - https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/F...

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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by galaxyLogic on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:27AM (#19998994)

So does this mean it is possible to hide a crime by making it classified, making it illegal for anyone to reveal that such a crime was committed?

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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by zaroth on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:02PM (#20006291)

As far as I understand it, if the DOJ and the Inspector General are all on board with whatever is being done, then realistically there’s no way to get it in front of a court or the court of public opinion without risking being charged for disclosing classified material all the way up to treason.

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Re:Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amend... by michaelmrose on Friday May 24, 2019 @04:18AM (#19999529)

Basically yes unfortunately.

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