“The blast radius of an Espionage Act conviction against Assange would include every working national security journalist. Surely the Justice Department is aware of those implications.” https://t.co/9lf3IcHRQW
@HoarseWisperer@OverUnderClover @KimShoeCrzy It’s not about Assange. It’s about the charges, which don’t distinguish Assange’s unique conduct from the conduct of real journalists.
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This is a very BFD: Trump has granted AG Barr sweeping new authority to investigate the origins of the Russia probe, and ordered the CIA & other intel agencies to comply with his directive, which includes the power to unilaterally declassify documents. https://t.co/8mQdNSxWOz