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I agree with Greenwald: “The DOJ says part of what Assange did to justify his prosecution - beyond allegedly helping Manning get the documents - is he encourage
by luxuryballs 8y ago
I agree with Greenwald: “The DOJ says part of what Assange did to justify his prosecution - beyond allegedly helping Manning get the documents - is he encouraged Manning to get more docs for him to publish. Journalists do this with sources constantly: it's the criminalization of journalism”
- roguecoder 8y agoOther journalists disagree: “I don’t know that journalists do “do this constantly”—I was always told that you get into legally questionable territory when you start asking for documents instead of just accepting them when offered.” https://twitter.com/yaelwrites/status/1116343757278892037?s=21 https://twitter.com/yaelwrites/status/1116343757278892037?s=... I would not be surprised to hear that Greenwald had done it, but that does not imply that it is actually common, nor legal.