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No charges brought under the US espionage act will ever see anything like a free trial. That is a part of how the espionage act works. "Trevor Timm, executive
by cmiles74 6y ago
No charges brought under the US espionage act will ever see anything like a free trial. That is a part of how the espionage act works.
"Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, said, 'basically any information the whistleblower or source would want to bring up at trial to show that they are not guilty of violating the Espionage Act the jury would never hear. It’s almost a certainty that because the law is so broadly written that they would be convicted no matter what.'"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917
- nobody9999 6y ago>No charges brought under the US espionage act will ever see anything like a free trial. That is a part of how the espionage act works. Given that no journalist has ever been convicted under the Espionage Act[0] in the US, it seems unlikely that Assange will be. That's not a defense of the US or Assange/Wikileaks. Rather it's a statement of fact. While the US government is, and has been, leery of journalistic freedom for quite some time, the courts/juries have repeatedly smacked down attempts to prosecute journalists under the Espionage Act. As such, it seems to me that Assange's future (whether or not in a US Federal prison) rests on the ability of US prosecutors to prove that Assange violated the CFAA[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917#Brandenburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917#Brandenb... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act