The Indictment of Assange Is a Blueprint for Making Journalists Into Felons
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The First Amendment is meaningless if it only protects people the government recognizes as journalists.
by: Glenn Greenwald
Protesters demonstrate in support of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange outside Southwark Crown Court where he was today sentenced on May 1, 2019 in London, England. Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange, 47, was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions when he took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, charges he denies. The UK will now decide whether to extradite him to US to face conspiracy charges after his whistle-blowing website Wikileaks published classified US documents. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
The U.S. government on Thursday unve...