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Assange wasn’t a journalist in this case he was a handler. He groomed sources and actively pushed them to steal secret information and transfer it to Wikileaks
by dogma1138 7y ago
Assange wasn’t a journalist in this case he was a handler.
He groomed sources and actively pushed them to steal secret information and transfer it to Wikileaks.
And when it suited him he happily burned and exposed his sources.
The fact that anyone can even remotely defend this tool is beyond me.
- atoav 7y agoThen think again, how would the worst people you know of use the precedent this case sets in a hypothetical dystopic branch of the future? If it could be used to act against journalists with more moral integrity than Assange, maybe you see the reason why someone would defend Assange. So it is not because of him, but despite of him.
- dogma1138 7y agoThere isn’t a slippery slope argument here anymore than there was in the tabloid hacking scandal. Wikileaks exploited individuals like Manning and pushed them to commit crimes. Journalists can’t go and groom vulnerable individuals with access to information using the same tactics that intelligence agencies use and then claim they are protecting their sources. There is no precedence to be set here.