U.S. government. That is why it rushed to confirm Washington’s claim that the Assange indictment was not in any way about journalism. It was only about hacking government computers! As the New York Times said in an editorial, Prisoner
sounding like a mouthpiece of the U.S. government, Julian Assange committed “an indisputable crime.” But was it? As actual journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote last month, what Julian Assange did in 2010, for which he is facing extradition to the U.S., is no different from what New York Times and other journalists do every day! He attempted to help Chelsea Manning shield her identity as she blew the whistle on U.S. government crimes to a publisher. The information in question included a video showing U.S. military personnel participating in and cheering on the murder of Iraqi civilians. Why is it criminal for us to know this?
The information in question included a video showing U.S. military personnel participating in and cheering on the murder of Iraqi civilians.
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