re: ACLU comment on Assange arrest

quote:

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“Any prosecution by the United States of Mr. Assange for Wikileaks’ publishing operations would be unprecedented and unconstitutional, and would open the door to criminal investigations of other news organizations. Moreover, prosecuting a foreign publisher for violating U.S. secrecy laws would set an especially dangerous precedent for U.S. journalists, who routinely violate foreign secrecy laws to deliver information vital to the public's interest.

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Translation: we don't need this guy sitting in front of Congress and saying that Seth Rich was his source because the real dead man's switch is when the crazy old bitch goes nuclear on everyone she knows as she crashes and burns and dies.

But nah. It's probably because of their journalistic integrity.