• The_Caretaker@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    This is exactly what the US government tried to put Julian Assange in prison for. A journalist publishing classified information that was leaked to him.

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      3 days ago

      They already stated it was not classified information. They want to go after the journalist but also need to cover their own asses. Can’t have it both ways

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        3 days ago

        Stop underestimating the fascists. They’re already kidnapping people with masked agents in unmarked cars and holding them without charge, legal representation, or any kind of due process. They will “have it both ways” whenever they feel like it.

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          3 days ago

          True that. I guess the question of whether it was classified information is kind of moot now that any semblance of the rule of law has been abandoned.