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Old 12-07-2010, 12:06 PM   #206
valo403
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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder View Post
A journalist sharing information that he received from sources. How is that not protected under the First Amendment? How is Assange under a legal obligation not to share the information? The illegal is committed by leaking it to Assange. I fail to see how anything Assange has done could be construed as illegal.
If you frame it like that it's obviously protected, but that's a pretty convenient way to frame it and certainly not an argument that would stand up in court.
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