@xposefacts@JesselynRadack@McClellanKM@KPaoletta As more and more reporters are working independently, funders in the journalism space need to consider alternate models of legal protection for press freedom.
At @xposefacts, we've been warning on this for a LONG time. My colleagues @JesselynRadack & @McClellanKM are the only pro bono attys dedicated to defending sources in these cases. As @KPaoletta points out, sources have the most to lose & least protection. https://t.co/YvU64kMgtt
“This law would effectively protect those who serve the public interest by blowing the whistle on government wrongdoing. And it would help protect all Americans, who deserve nothing less than the full truth about the officials they elect and the government they fund.” https://t.co/mnYxMvXS56
Great piece on #DanielHale & “CMU creep” — using secret, extra-restrictive prisons to punish prisoners for their dissent . . . not their dangerousness. https://t.co/6zlzZspftj
Friday Live on Fly on @WBAI
Assange Countown Final Cut
Guests (alphabetical order)
Stevr Donziger, Abby Martin,
Stefania Maurizi, Craig Murray, Jesslyn Radack,
Afshin Rattansi, Scott Ritter,
John Shipton & Roger Waters
6/28 3PM EST 99.5 FM NYC Stream https://t.co/xhhRN5e5Ao
We did it. 14 years of legal battles and we are finally taking him home to Australia to be reunited with @Stella_Assange and his kids - and giving him his life back.
So many thank yous to make - and will come.
Can’t wait to touch down in 🇦🇺
Assange added in Saipan court, " I believe the First Amendment and the Espionage Act are in contradiction with each other but I accept that it would be difficult to win such a case given all these circumstances."
Judge asked Assange what Assange did to constitute crime charged: "Working as a journalist I encouraged my source to provide information that was said to be classified in order to publish that information. I believe that the First Amendment protected that activity… "
Small reminder that a “non-state hostile intel service” & its head don’t get sweetheart plea deals. ALWAYS fight govt efforts to censor, blockade, bankrupt, smear, kidnap & imprison media figures.
#AssangeFreed
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FINALLY!!! JULIN ASSANGE IS FREE!!
Congratulations and thank you to the tireless activists around the world who have been fighting for so many years for this day to come. You should be proud.
Julian #Assange should never have had to endure years of imprisonment. #Assange’s prosecution will go down in history as an ill-conceived attempt to stifle publishing truthful information in the public interest and a stain on any U.S. proclamation on the value of the free press.