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Wikileaks gets raked over the coals for (allegedly) printing similar information and the LA Times gets a pass. I believe it was in the Noriega case where the f
by pseingatl 8y ago
Wikileaks gets raked over the coals for (allegedly) printing similar information and the LA Times gets a pass.
I believe it was in the Noriega case where the first order to CNN not to publish was made. It was overturned by the 11th Circuit.
- ars 8y ago> and the LA Times gets a pass Hu? The LA Times took it down. How is that "gets a pass"? The LA Times also acquired the information lawfully, Wikileaks did not.
- hedora 8y agoThe people at the LA times that published the information haven’t been forced to choose between exile in an embassy, and facing a kangaroo court, and also well-documented persecution via probably illegal psy-ops, falsified slanderous/libelous communications “from” trusted colleagues, etc, etc. Compared to wikileaks, they “got a pass”. It doesn’t make the mistreatment of the LA Times any better though.
- ars 8y agoBecause they obeyed the court order and took it down, so obviously they didn't have to do any of that. I really don't understand what you are expecting. If you disobey a court, you get punished. Why is that strange? And the exile in an embassy thing was unrelated to any leaks, despite Assange desperately trying to make it as if it was. Look, I supported Wikileaks goals at first, but then Assange tried to turn it into his personal PR firm, using the name "wiki" to try to make it as if it's some "for the public thing".