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Re:Abuses show Assange case was never about law by gwbas1c on Friday May 31, 2019 @10:34AM (#20061251)
The whole thing looks like a mess where it looks like every party did something wrong.

Let's not forget that Wikileaks violated certain journalistic standards for divulging confidential information. It's a "two wrongs do not make a right" situation.

Yes, the rape charges are an awfully convenient distraction. But they exist, and should be investigated.

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Re:Abuses show Assange case was never about law by leesec on Friday May 31, 2019 @10:48AM (#20061375)
>Let's not forget that Wikileaks violated certain journalistic standards for divulging confidential information.

Which standards are those? I thought journalists were supposed to divulge confidential information if crimes we're being committed.

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Re:Abuses show Assange case was never about law by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 31, 2019 @10:51AM (#20061407)
> Which standards are those?

The ones that say if you get a pile of cables containing war crimes and private medical records of no public concern [1], you publish the former and not the latter.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/aug/23/wikileaks-post...

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