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Clearly you aren't a journalist. Journalists solicit leaks all the time from people who would be breaking the law by leaking that information. There is no difference. This indictment specifically criminalizes journalism and runs directly contrary to the 1st Amendment - period.



Clearly you don't know anything about the law, which is what matters here.

This indictment does not criminalize journalism and does not run directly contrary to the 1st Amendent. Period. Full stop.

There is a SCOTUS case on why journalists can publish classified information without fear of reprisal. That same case is why Assange is SOL.


The Constitution is the ultimate law of the land.




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