Three news outlets were recently leaked confidential material from inside the Trump campaign, but have chosen not to reveal any of the details about what they received.
That’s a fair point, however I would like to point out that being indicted by the government you’re leaking information against is a foreseeable conclusion.
Well, that’s the thing, though; Wikileaks actually never leaked anything, they just published the leaks. When the Gaurdian published the Snowden leaks, Snowden immediately became a target of prosecution, but the journalists who worked on the story were never prosecuted. Even as hostile as the Obama administration was towards the press, they wouldn’t dare prosecute journalists for publishing a story. But it wasn’t just Chelsea Manning that they went after for the 2010 Afghan War leaks, it was Assange and Wikileaks itself. You can argue it was because they weren’t a traditional press group, but realistically, it was because the government could get away with it.
Assange personally has always seemed like a piece of shit, and politically, he has definitely gone off the deep end in the last 8 years or so, but then again, 7 years a single embassy room followed by 5 years in prison is probably going to mess with your brain. I wish Wikileaks had moved on without him, and I agree that he wasn’t operating from a neutral position anymore, but without a replacement emerging, I think we’d be better off having it than having nothing.
Well, that’s the thing, though; Wikileaks actually never leaked anything, they just published the leaks. When the Gaurdian published the Snowden leaks, Snowden immediately became a target of prosecution, but the journalists who worked on the story were never prosecuted. Even as hostile as the Obama administration was towards the press, they wouldn’t dare prosecute journalists for publishing a story. But it wasn’t just Chelsea Manning that they went after for the 2010 Afghan War leaks, it was Assange and Wikileaks itself. You can argue it was because they weren’t a traditional press group, but realistically, it was because the government could get away with it.
Assange personally has always seemed like a piece of shit, and politically, he has definitely gone off the deep end in the last 8 years or so, but then again, 7 years a single embassy room followed by 5 years in prison is probably going to mess with your brain. I wish Wikileaks had moved on without him, and I agree that he wasn’t operating from a neutral position anymore, but without a replacement emerging, I think we’d be better off having it than having nothing.