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2011-04-25 Fifth Column

WikiLeaks and the Espionage Act: Why Julian Assange is different from the New York Times.

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Posted by 2011-04-25 11:46|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 It's the political motivation...

And the NYT has not been operating as such? Sounds more like the WSJ protecting one of its own along the old comic line "..why don't sharks eat lawyers?".

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-04-25 15:42|| 2011-04-25 15:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Professional courtesy?

Posted by Bobby on the Road 2011-04-25 19:38|| 2011-04-25 19:38|| Front Page Top

#3 >The Espionage Act requires willfully endangering the U.S.

Er Assange isn't American and wasn't in America, so not subject to U.S. law.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-04-25 19:49|| 2011-04-25 19:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Espionage is for foreign actors, and we've jugged and strung up them before. Treason is for Americans. A real CIA wouldn't have let it get to this point (and I would approve)

Posted by Frank G 2011-04-25 20:07|| 2011-04-25 20:07|| Front Page Top

#5 That's right, Julian has been caught wearing the wrong uniform, and you know what that can get you.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2011-04-25 21:39|| 2011-04-25 21:39|| Front Page Top

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