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the United States Justice Department has
all but concluded it will not bring charges against wikiLeaks founder Julian
assigns for publishing all those classified documents
because government lawyers say they could not do so
without also prosecuting US news organizations and journalists this is
Adam australia sydney Morning Herald
and it is fascinating Louis because we've been talking about the distinction
between
Juliana sign judge and Edward snowden
for a long time now and the distinction between Chelsea Manning
and edwards known and we talked of course one difference being
that Edward snowden broke laws based on his
employment but did not expose anything that was illegal that was going on
unethical we can have that argument should not be legal
we can have that argument but all legal surveillance
on the other hand Chelsea Manning did expose crimes that took place
however Juliana sons did not steal the documents
he only publish them and if you are goin' and
the it could not be more clear than it is in the Australian australia sydney
Morning Herald
if you do choose to prosecute Juliana signs
for publishing those documents all of a sudden
you got you to be consistent prosecute
any number American journalists as well which apparently would be either
inconvenient or unpalatable
or for others but for some other reason undesirable to the government this is a
huge deal
writer maybe if by charges were to be
pressed against Juliana signs on the defense his defense could argue well
I clearly this is unfair what's happening here he's being
targeted in such a way because and then you make the example 9 at these other
outlets are being
you having charged ray could be a basis for defense that's right and let's
remember Louis this is totally separate
from the *** assault charges that he may face
in other countries right that this is a completely separate thing
in my mind far more important not
personally to Juliana signs but in the sense that the precedent that it could
or could not set depending on how it's carried forward
right and at it from the point of view above the media
I am I don't think this really matters much damage course anytime they can get
their hands on information like this is going to be released it's it's what they
do with what they want
and and for him yeah I'm not sure this makes it a big difference either I still
I really got his gun and up in the US and I don't think he's gonna go back to
Sweden Burgos
I think was the sweetener Switzerland with those charges were diagonally they
were it will heat sweeney's where he lived for a while
right right I I don't know I am pinning Switzerland for some reason didn't have
some affiliation their
not sure on and okay well anyway at yeah I doubt I'll be going back to either one
of those places like his
I changed I'm maybe I don't because any going back for him