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Re:Julian Assange granted permission to appeal against extra... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @09:05AM (#39827320)
>Speaking of the future, intentional or not, Assange's case has a freezing effect on people who might be thinking of sharing secrets

Saying Assange "shared" secrets seems incorrect. Manning shared secrets with Assange so that Assange could publish them.

Punishing Manning surely scared those considering sharing secrets. Punishing Assange would frighten those considering publishing secrets, something the US has generally been unable to freely do.

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Re:Julian Assange granted permission to appeal against extra... by surfingdino on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:37PM (#39831280)
We might be splitting hairs here, but is publishing not sharing?
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Re:Julian Assange granted permission to appeal against extra... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:59PM (#39831532)
From my position, your post looked like it was saying the prosecution of Assange would scare whistleblowers not journalists. You probably meant publishers, but I figured clarification would be better.

I say that, but my post also could use clarification. The US has typically been unable to scare publishers of documents, the last time they really tried was with the Pentagon Papers and the Supreme Court ruled they couldn't punish publishers.

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