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>Speaking of the future, intentional or not, Assange's case has a freezing effect on people who might be thinking of sharing secrets Saying Assange "shared" se
by boomboomsubban 3y ago
>Speaking of the future, intentional or not, Assange's case has a freezing effect on people who might be thinking of sharing secrets
Saying Assange "shared" secrets seems incorrect. Manning shared secrets with Assange so that Assange could publish them.
Punishing Manning surely scared those considering sharing secrets. Punishing Assange would frighten those considering publishing secrets, something the US has generally been unable to freely do.
- surfingdino 3y agoWe might be splitting hairs here, but is publishing not sharing?
- boomboomsubban 3y agoFrom my position, your post looked like it was saying the prosecution of Assange would scare whistleblowers not journalists. You probably meant publishers, but I figured clarification would be better. I say that, but my post also could use clarification. The US has typically been unable to scare publishers of documents, the last time they really tried was with the Pentagon Papers and the Supreme Court ruled they couldn't punish publishers.