>belief is that (in the US) a journalist that passively receives classified information & publishes it isn't committing a crime due to the First Amendment. The

>belief is that (in the US) a journalist that passively receives classified information & publishes it isn't committing a crime due to the First Amendment. The actual crime itself was committed by the person leaking the information. Even if you think Assange did more than this, this plea deal is very clearly over passively receiving classified information. The precedent information is good to hear, thank you.