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It looks like all counts were from 2010, and not anything to do with the 2016 election. [DOJ Indictment: 1] Much of it has to do with First Amendment issues, s
by bb88 7y ago
It looks like all counts were from 2010, and not anything to do with the 2016 election. [DOJ Indictment: 1] Much of it has to do with First Amendment issues, sure. But not all of it. A large piece of his crimes were conspiracy to access computers without authorization.
I'm not sure the Julian Assange hill is the one I'd die on if I was worried about first amendment protection of the press.
[DOJ Indictment: 1] https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/press-release/file/1165566/download https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/press-release/file/1165566...
- ipqk 7y agoJulian Assange is exactly the hill I'd die on, because rights apply to all people, even the worst. And that's how they start chipping away at them.
- bb88 7y agoIf you want to make sure (like I do) that journalism isn't criminalized -- then you probably should not label criminal activity as journalism.
- e12e 7y agoCare to take a guess at what the password was? If you do, should we both be indicted for conspiracy to access a military computer system?
- bb88 7y agoYou mean guessing a password on a computer system with warning messages that say: "This is a classified system. Unauthorized access is a violation of US Code punishable by up to 20 years in prison" ? No.