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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Problem is the way the government is acting not so much as what is being release that I have issues with. Now there are voices within the government who want Assange charged under the Espionage Act. Given that journists are protected under the act, the government is trying to label Assange as not a journalist... So apparently the government is going to get to decide he is not a journalist.
Slippery slope because when you have the state saying who is and who isn't allowed to report the news, its going to degrade into the press become the propaganda arm of the government at some point. US is hosting the 2011 free press event too... pft.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20...=2547-1_3-0-20 |
You do understand that the "government" doesn't get to just label anyone as journalist or non-journalist for purposes of legal protection right? That's a task reserved for the courts, so unless you're willing to go to the extent of arguing that the "government" controls the decisions handed down by the courts you're way off base.