>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 journalis

>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