The 'Crimes' of Julian Assange | Part 3

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[builderpj]

It's not a crime to commit war crimes it's a crime to tell the public.

[accountforcommenting]

That espionage law and how it came in itself is controversal

[HisMajestyKingPantoniusDSecond]

Oh America, the country where you have the Freedom of Speech, unless you're against the Government that is.

[nomdeplume]

Free press!!! It's absolutely RIDICULOUS what theyre doing to this man. We should all be demanding his release....

[newhailman]

I didn't realize that he published the names of informants. I wonder how many lives were lost due to his self righteous act? I've now changed my position on this whole matter. I hope he rots in jail.

[ximvus]

Who cares if he broke an American law he is an Australian. The Australian government should deal with him.

[therealzeltz]

Telling the. Names of military informants could get them killed though no

[clarkogles]

The publishing charge is scary but valid, if you publish sources (informants) you are not only outing a methodology which you may not go to jail for your endangering a network of individuals and I think that is where the government draws the line, I’m not certain but I was a source handler for the army and I believe that’s the redline

[Julian-tfrb]

Publishing those names kept secret likely resulted in a great many of them being imprisoned or executed. It's not like the media should get off scott-free here. They also need to be held to account for what information they release.

[georgesb]

Assange is a hero and anyone who disagrees is a bootlicker.

[ReconSamurai]

One thing though, if the documents have people that are in other countries giving information back to the government that could put their lives in danger if you release documents.

[carlomikhailreid]

USA does not like people telling the truth but seems to have a lot to say about china

[pascalpoussin]

Good for you to talk about Assange. Free Assange.

[ArchPrime]

How is it that a American court even has jurisdiction over 'crimes' committed outside America, by an Australian?

[HEBREWBLESSINGS]

They're trying to prosecute him because they are the wicked criminals themselves... Their acts are bogus trash.

[emilyanthony]

Citizens of the world should help Jullian Assange be free from the hands of a corrupt government.

[Jade-scne]

Welcome home to Australia, Julian. May you and your family have a wonderful and peaceful life ahead of you.

[killertortoise]

I thought they say it's specifically because it was published and not redacted in a sensible way that wouldn't put agents at risk

[ilyac]

Wait wait wait, don’t most journalists go to a lot of effort to make sure what they release is safe to release? Like we don’t want journalists releasing how to guides on how to enrich Uranium or make super viruses for obvious reasons. Well trained outfits seem to understand the rules to play by and do fine.

[PeterDB]

This should have much more views and likes than it does - your rights are being affected, this is important. It will set a PRECEDENT, and that's not just a cliche saying, that's literally how the law works - if there's a similar case in the past that was handled a specific way, they use that case as a PRECEDENT to determine the current one, so any time a secret government source leaks info to a journalist (even if the info shows that the government was BREAKING THE LAW, like in Snowden's case) and that journalist publishes it, they will be liable for espionage. This is crazy!
Believe it or not, a vast majority of the law is just precedents, not written rules, so this is very important.