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I think there's a (big) misunderstanding here. My opinion __is not__ that Assange should have refused to help Mannings, Assange is an adult, he can chose to do
by africanboy 6y ago
I think there's a (big) misunderstanding here.
My opinion __is not__ that Assange should have refused to help Mannings, Assange is an adult, he can chose to do whatever he wants.
What I'm saying is that Assange should have refused to be accessory to a crime.
Journalists are protected when they receive classified informations, even if obtained illegaly, as long as the journalist didn’t do anything illegal
He knew he was helping with something illegal (at least he should have known) and that by doing it he would lose the kind of protections guaranteed to the press.
- h_anna_h 6y ago> My opinion __is not__ that Assange should have refused to help Mannings ... Assange should have refused to be accessory to a crime These two are literally the same thing.
- africanboy 6y agoHelping in committing a crime is different from helping. Sorry if I insist on this, but helping != being accessory to a crime. You can help in many ways, most of them are not crimes. If I ask you to help me to set on fire the car of someone who harassed my girlfriend and you say "I can't" you are not refusing to help, you are refusing to commit a crime in order to help me. You might help in other ways like saying "please, don't do this".